Tag: stieg larsson
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Movie Weekend
My mind was taken back this weekend, to my last visit to Stockholm in 2017. In particular, to Gröna Lund, the amusement park on Djurgården, located on one of … Read the rest “Movie Weekend”
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Millenium Tour, Stockholm
“There’ll be a new book, a fourth one at the end of August”, we were told today by Carin, our tour group leader for the “(Stieg Larsson) Millenium Tour” run … Read the rest “Millenium Tour, Stockholm”
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Movies and Shows
“The subtitles don’t exactly match the text”, I whispered in the ear of my friend Grant.
“And isn’t it great that we can recognise this?”, he responded.
We were sitting … Read the rest “Movies and Shows”
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The boy who loved schlager
Grant and I went to see “The Girl Who Played With Fire” at the Dendy in Newtown, this afternoon.
It’s the second film in the Stieg Larsson “Millenium” trilogy that … Read the rest “The boy who loved schlager”
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Det blir svårt
“Det blir svårt”. “It becomes difficult” in Swedish is how I’d sum up my day.
On the way home from work, I was armed with a copy of “Män som … Read the rest “Det blir svårt”
I love this story. It reminds me of a segment James used to host called "One Degree of Separation," based…
Here's my inevitably trivial six degrees of separation from you. In 1985 I had a crush (unrequited and undeclared though…
Not sure if you've read this yet: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n17/paul-laity/after-martha but thought I might mention it. Seems to be paywall free for…
I know what you mean. I'm going to write a post some day about how I use my mobile phone…
Agreed. I likely took on too much. I arrived back exhausted. I'm guessing it's the combination of the two back…