When I worked at Cargo Furniture, we paid some clown $75k or something to come up with a "mission statement." I always felt if the mission wasn't immediately apparent, there's a problem in the company. I felt it was simple, "We sell durable furniture and have great customer service." But the consultant they hired wrote up a long, run-on sentence ( Read more... )

From "The Local," an online Swedish newspaper in English, about the artistic group, "Lykke Li & Anna Järvinen":Two of Sweden's most popular artists share the stage on the Mosebacke terrace. If the music is unfamiliar, it won't be for long and there's always the panoramic views across Stockholm's inner harbour to make the walk up to Mosebacke ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I also went to the Vasa Drott Lodge Swedish Bazaar, and bought a lot of Swedish things; mostly food. I really miss Sweden a lot ( Read more... )

My cousin, who works for various museum in Sweden, has asked me to check the English on this translation that will be on a sign about Peter Artedi that will placed outside the local museum of Anundsjö nearby Örnsköldsvik. Sven's English is pretty good, actually, but I think he wants an extra set of eyes since English is not his native language. ( Read more... )

They say that Stockholm is one of the top four cities in the world where if you lose your wallet or mobile phone, you're the most likely to get it back. Being sorta Swedish, I take pride in that ( Read more... )

Kiruna is Sweden’s northernmost city. It’s famous for that, along with having Volvo’s big test facility, which IIRC is partially on a frozen lake.


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My cousin Sven e-mail me today and let me know he got us train tickets from Stockholm to Sundsvall, and then back to Arlanda (the airport) for like $140 for CR and myself. That saved us about $300 over buying them online. In addition, the hotel rates he got were so cheap for such a nice hotel, I think he saved us almost $400-$500 on this trip so ( Read more... )