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Å vi e AIK/ å alltid e´ vi med er/ och alltid ska vi se er ta poäng
So tomorrow I'm going to the footie! My first trip to a match in the Allsvenskan.
Malmö play AIK at home, and I'm going with my AIK-obsessed boss, to stand with the away fans while my guv'nor throws abuse in a Stockholm dialect at the locals. Who knows, I may learn the Swedish for 'who's the bastard in the black!'
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This Sporting Life
A great weekend for sport coming up. Le Tour reaches the alps (will Geraint Thomas strike out for the yellow jersey?). We have the British GP at Silverstone. Then there's a Cup Final in which King Billy's men will be taking on the Dons--two teams hungry to get the first star on their shirt.
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But my name really is Deathblood Blackaxe!
There's been a lot of net chatter about the soundness of Blizzard's attempts to break WoW forum trolling by introducing a new ID system that gives out personal information. Blizzard have sensibly walked back the decision, much to everyone's relief. However, here's a great Metafilter post outlining why this was a shitty idea from top to tail, ( Read more... ) -
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
So, my recovery from the lurgi took a small step backwards this morning. But I'd agreed to go to the zoo today, and so we did ( Read more... ) -
Harry Ecclestone
Here's an artist whose work I admire (and I suspect most of you lot do too):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jul/06/harry-eccleston-obituary -
The Sash My Father Wore
Congratulations to King Billy's men for winning last night. Hurrah for the land that gave us, uh... marching Orangemen and the Orange Free State.
It would be awesome if there was a Holland/Germany final on Sunday. That would be one of the greatest grudge matches ever. The Dutch and the German fans just *hate* each other. -
Meatballs and muppets
Christ, has it been a year since I was offered the job in Sweden? -
Fighting With Teenagers
Given that copyright law had roots in the piracy of sheet music, there's something appropriate about this e-mail exchange which musical composer Jason Robert Brown had with a teenager who was wanting to pirate sheets of his music.
Well worth a read...Customs and Excise
Okay, so I'm feeling a bit better today. Things have cooled down outside and all of Skåne is reassuringly grey and miserable. Just how I like it.
Since going on vacation I've been doing a lot of production art for my Bomber Command game. Though only the Lord knows when it will be published ( Read more... )"Those who found him ridiculous were the true fools"
I would dearly loved to have met this man.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/7866571/Amedeo-Guillet.html
Amedeo Guillet, who died on June 16 aged 101, was the Italian officer who led the last ( Read more... )