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Somehow I got inspired
By hanging out over youtube, I found this old interview of Tarja Turunen. She is talking about her album (My Winter Storm).
I find it interesting how strongly she relates it to her culture and her country.
I need to listen to more interviews like these, because I feel like it's teaching me about the finnish culture. And that's rather cool.
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Un hommage aux militaires tués en Afghanistan
He's probably not the only one doing this, but the fact that he's an iraqi of origin makes it special to me.
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Dude! That's what I've been saying for years! Well, sort of.
I always though that everybody should learn to play guitar. Why? Because it is demanding, and if everybody had to practice guitar everyday - a good and productive practice -, they wouldn't have time to get at each other's throat anymore. How great would that be?
Of course, this article is about air guitar. As much as I have nothing against air ( Read more... ) -
It's all because of the "u"!
Sometimes, I just wonder how competent people working for the government are. I can go around misspelling "Iqaluit" all I want, but I am not working in any public domain.
However, one would think that these people, would bother checking out the spelling of their public announcements.
From "many fishes" to "unwiped bums"
Oh well. Now at least, I ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts and Language
Finnish language threatened by degeneration but enriched by neologisms
I remember hearing about this situation happening to other languages. I know it is happening to my mother tongue.
And I think that this phenomenon is probably the reason I somehow became more protective of my mother tongue. Of course, some things haven't changed - i.e I still don ( Read more... ) -
Alien Abduction Lamp
Okay that one is just cool. Kinda wish I were more crafty, cuz I'd so do this one. I guess I'll have to put this on my last of things to do before vacation is over!
See linkie for more details: dollarstorecrafts.com/2009/03/alien-lamp/p/
PS: Thanks to basepair @ xfiles who posted this.
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Sauna Contest!
I had no idea those actually existed. =)
Finland takes gold in World Sauna Championships
Finland, which brought the world the oddities of wife-carrying and mobile phone throwing, burned off all comers to take gold in the World Sauna Championships.
( Another reason to love Finland! )
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