A perfect Christmas Turkey


How better have your christmas meal then with a real Kelly Bronze Turkey. These special bred Turkeys are the best there are and they are very simple to prepare: No basting necessary - the trick is a low temperature (140C) and start baking with the bird with his breast down. We had a huge bird, so I guess we"ll have turkey for the next couple of days in one way or the other...
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It's a wonderful movie


This is the season to watch some classic movies and because of the bank crisis we couldn't resist to watch "It's a wonderful life" again. In this "uber" Capra Mr. Deed, Mr Smith and all his other famous characters come together in George Bailey. James Stewart is -as always- great: you can see his inner struggle.

I love It's a Wonderful Life because it teaches us that family, friendship, and virtue are the true definitions of wealth.
In 1947, however, the FBI considered this anti-consumerist message as subversive Communist propaganda (read original FBI memo).

The FBI specifically detested the way Mr. Potter was portrayed:
The casting of Lionel Barrymore as a "scrooge-type" resulted in the loathsome Mr. Potter becoming the most hated person in the film. According to the official FBI report, "this was a common trick used by the communists."
Maybe because of Madoff and all the other the think a little bit different now...

By the wayL Is it really true that every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings? :-)
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Do the Swedes hate Victor Muller?


When watching SVT I saw that they already name him VUCTOR Muller... ;-)
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Wordle - nice word cloud generator


Just trow in some words (or a part of your blog) and click create: viola! a nice word cloud.
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Angels in America


Tony Kushners' Angels in America is one of the plays you must see in your life. I went to the performance of Toneelgroep Amsterdam with Hans Kesting and Barry Atsma.
It is quite a play: 5 hours - but worth it all. 
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Flickan som lekte med elden - osammanhängande bilden


"Flickan som lekte med elden" i uppföljaren till "Män som hatar kvinnor" men hälften så bra...
Som actionfilm är det knappast rafflande – slagsmålen är få, fast jag misstänker att misshandeln av Paolo Roberto (spelas av Paolo själv) blir en publikfavorit – men spänningshalten är högre än i Män som hatar kvinnor. En bra bidragande orsak är att filmen utspelar sig med Stockholm som kuliss. Det har man mjölkat till sista droppen med bilder på Gamla Stan i skymningsljus och häng på populära kaféer.

Jag har två svåra invändningar mot Flickan som lekte med elden. Liksom i andra svenska genrefilmer beter sig skådespelarna som om de drog in extrapengar på fikarasten. Det är trist att behöva vrida sig i skam när någon som Lena Endre öppnar munnen. Värst är den konstanta mattan av förprogrammerad stämningsmusik – ömsom romantisk, ömsom dramatisk. I en ödesmättad scen tycker jag mig faktiskt höra syntetiskt dånande kyrkklockor. Det hör hemma i en billig tysk tv-serie, inte i en biosalong.
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Let it snow! - and let's build something out of it


When you are plannng to build your snowman this weekend, take some cues from the Sapporo snow festival which every year creates the most wonderful sculptures out of snow...
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The end of Saab? I think it already ended in 1990...


When GM took over Saab back in 1990 it was already done and over with the Saab I liked: An innovative, sportive sturdy car maker. You only have to look at the Saab 99 EMS to know what I mean. After 1990 Saabs were Opel with a different jacket. So the fact that Saab will dissapear is no news for me.
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Hmmm...


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X-mas testdrive


As X-mas is approaching the food is getting better and better... ;-)
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Leaders of the world.





Platon photographed the leaders of the world for The New Yorker. Next that they are great pictures it gives a nice reflection of the diversity of how people look like around the globe.
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Halvvägs? nej just startade!

Jag har mycket ork för studerar på svenska och Rosseta Stone level ett är nästan färdig.
Men nya böcker vara under vägen och jag tänkar den jag behövar ätminstone sex månader till jag talar litten svenska...
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Lost something? Want me to help looking for it?


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Annise Parker - the first gay elected mayor of Houston


In the campaign of Annise Parker the fact that she is a lesbian was never brought up. Even all the pictures of Annise were of her alone, although she has a partner for 19 years, Kathy Hubbard (and three - adopted- children). Even stranger if you realize that she began her career as an advocate for gay rights in the 1980s...
But anyway: her election is a big thing 'cause Houston became the largest city in the United States to elect an openly gay mayor!
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A special bonus for bankers


The new Christmas Carol is a visual Bonanza. Especially in IMAX 3D. A must see for all bankers, let's say as a special bonus ;-)
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Barack strikes again - best Nobel acceptance speech (ever?)


Barack did it again - with his Nobel Peace prize acceptance speech he eloquent explained why when being in pursuit of peace one sometimes have to be prepared to take up arms and to combat. He also addressed the criticism of some that you got this prize way to early. In short: it was an other example of how to speech...
Take a moment to read the end - wow!

Somewhere today, in the here and now, in the world as it is, a soldier sees he's outgunned, but stands firm to keep the peace. Somewhere today, in this world, a young protestor awaits the brutality of her government, but has the courage to march on. Somewhere today, a mother facing punishing poverty still takes the time to teach her child, scrapes together what few coins she has to send that child to school --because she believes that a cruel world still has a place for that child's dreams.
Let us live by their example. We can acknowledge that oppression will always be with us, and still strive for justice. We can admit the intractability of deprivation, and still strive for dignity. Clear-eyed, we can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace. We can do that -- for that is the story of human progress; that's the hope of all the world; and at this moment of challenge, that must be our work here on Earth.
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Reading a poem - Lisa at Santa Claus


It can be quite difficult to read your first poem when you are 8 years old... But with a little help of everyone Lisa made a splendid performance.
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The day I stopped boxing - for two weeks that is...


I thought it would be a good idea to take a (little) break from my -grueling- trainings schedule and so today I started 14 days without JohnJohn and the gym - well maybe I"ll pop-in to do some running...
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Anyone for a SNAKE buddy seat? - The whole new Z1000


Lately I've run into some troubles with my Honda CB1000R. I am not sure why, but I keeping getting little flaws with this bike. The last thing is that I cannot rely on the head light anymore. So maybe I must look out for a new bike in spring. What about the new Kawasaki Z1000? 1043 cc - maroon brown with a (imitation) snake buddy seat. So bad it is awesome again :-)
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The last Van Veeteren


After Wallander, Annika Bengtzing, Beck it is now the end of our DVD box of Van Veeteren. So we have seen almost all swedish detectives available on DVD (with subtitles). I liked Van Veeteren especially because it supposedly is set in Amsterdam - or Maasdam as it is called in the series. The funny thing is that the whole thing is filmed in Sweden...
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