"Mass Immigration"

On my drive home from work this afternoon I heard a debate on the radio between Jimmie Åkesson, The Sweden Democrats Party, and Lars Ohly, The Left Party.

Did anyone hear the same debate and if so did any of you count how many times Chairman Jimmie used the word "massinvandring" (mass immigration)? Hillarious!

It really reminded me of the good old days in 2006-2007 when President George W Bush and all his cabinet members and staff couldn´t use the term "weapons of mass destruction" often enough.

Children in day care are killing me

I really hate it when my co-workers with children in day care bring their kids viruses to our workplace. I got hit with a new variety today...

As a childless man I am the most vulnerable, because I haven´t built up any resistance to their bloody infections.

Don´t they realize that the "common cold" killed millions of indians after Colombus stumbled over the Americas? And anyhow the infection I got this time must be the "uncommon cold".

Could someone please pass me the chicken broth?

One of the absolutely best thing about Second Life is you can meet people without the risk of contracting deadly disweases like the so called "common cold", by the way can we really be sure it´s not deadly anymore?

Rest in Peace, Harry

Harry Schein (13 October 1924, Vienna - 11 February 2006, Danderyd was an Austrian born Swedish writer and a major figure in Swedish culture.

Schein was a founder of the Swedish Film Institute and acted as its first Managing Director from 1963 to 1978.

He is best known for his role in pushing through the film reform of 1963, which ensured that 10 percent of the money from cinema ticket sales was handed to a central film organisation. This system guaranteed continuous production of Swedish films for several decades.

Harry Schein died sick and alone in the deepest misery after many years of severe alcoholism.

After Harry Schein's death a dispute about his will arose.  

On one side: Mr and Mrs Björn and Solveig Baldring who were Harry Scheins greedy neighbors, with whom he had little or no contact. On the other hand, Scheins gold-digging former mistress, Eva Fischer, who lived with Harry Schein, ten years before he passed away.

Attunda District Court decided in December last year that Eva Fischer had the right to Harry Schein's legacy of SEK 30 million, but the sentence was appealed by the defendant, Harry Schein's former neighbors, spouses Solveig and Björn Baldring, to the court of appeal.

The Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt) has today announced its ruling in the case. The decision upholds the  district court's ruling last year. Neighbors Solveig and Björn Baldring must also pay Eva Fischer's legal costs of around SEK 3.5 million.

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Rest in peace, Harry, the dirty fight is over!

Jason Mraz sings "I´m Yours..."

This song caught me on some blog, and I cannot get it out of my head.. (Unfortunately the embed option had been turned off on the official version. I wonder why they would do that...?)

RSVP to Kandinsky Beaumont

In a comment to one of my earlier posts I found an invitation from Kandinsky Beaumont.

In adherence with the rules of Emily Post I would like to respond in the same manner.




Dearest Kandi,
Thanks so much for the invitation, I would love to attend!

Yours,
Bock McMillan

"Oopps, did we just blow our cover?"

Photo by Anders Wiklund/Scanpix

"The racism that says that you are not worth as much as I am, that you will not have the same rights as me and you are not worth a life of freedom, and that for a single reason - that we happen to be born in different parts of our world - it is not worthy of a democracy like ours to make a difference between people" is what the Bishop of Stockholm Eva Brunne said today at the inauguration ceremony of the Swedish Riksdag (The Swedish parliament). 

At this point all the representatives from the Sweden Democrats rose from their seats in the Storkyrkan (The Great Church) in Stockholm and marched out in protest with all their entourage.

If someone leaves a church, which they have voluntarily entered into, because someone says what the bishop said, they have stamped themselves as xenophobes. 

I wonder if that is really what the Sweden Democrats had intended, but I am happy they did. 

Ahhhhhhhhh it is glorious and a true delight to be alive when one can witness moments like this! 

The dear bishop may need a speech writer - thats one of the worst sentences I have ever seen - but I share her sentiments with all my being, even if I am an atheist. 

Sydsvenskan

It´s time for a confession

I need to come clean with something to you all, because I want you to read it here first.

There is a person whom I have told about this. At the time when I told her I thought of  her as a friend, but we have since parted ways and broken all contact. Still she keeps on baiting me on almost a daily basis and I am just waiting for her to "spill the beans". I do not wish to be afraid anymore, so here goes.

After my husband Ars passed away I was diagnosed with clinical depression.

Clinical depression is a serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.

I was unable to function as I used to and lost interest in activities that were once enjoyable to me. I felt sad and hopeless for extended periods of time. Clinical depression is not the same as feeling sad or depressed for a few days and then feeling better. It affected my body, my mood, my thoughts, and my behavior. It changed my eating habits, how I felt and how I thought, my ability to work and how I interacted with people. In short I did not "feel like myself" anymore.

Clinical depression is not a sign of personal weakness, or a condition that can be willed away. Clinically depressed people cannot "pull themselves together" and get better. In fact, clinical depression often interferes with a person's ability or wish to get help. Clinical depression is a serious illness that lasts for weeks, months and sometimes years. Mental health counselors and psychiatrists are trained to diagnose and treat clinical depression. With the right treatment, most people who seek help get better within several months. Many people begin to feel better in just a few weeks.

I am grateful to my boss for forcing me to seek medical help at an early stage already in May 2010, and for the support I have since received from her, from my co-workers, from my true friends and family in real life and in Second Life. I have been receiving medical treatment for this since May and mostly I feel much better and stronger although not quite my old self yet.

I am relieved that I have now come to the decision to tell you myself rather than wait for it to be hurled out on another blog.