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LifestreamWas at IKEA the entire day. Yeah, not much else happening. Still I managed to pull off a couple of things from the todo list.
For one I went back and got a new set of batteries for the Vanson recharger unit. Something was surely fishy with the first set. Couldn’t power the digital camera for more than perhaps 50-100 shots (as little as 20 at current outdoor temp). Yet none of the cells were broken. The batteries in question are not branded Vanson but rather “Digital” and are rated 2300mAh. Looks pretty no-name to me. Says “made in China”. Nothing more specific. Hopefully this set will be more up to spec.
More related to IKEA, I got myself a new pot from the 365+ series .. for the oatmeal I guess. I noticed that most of the pots and pans around here have taken a heavy beating over the last couple of years. Most are worn beyond the point of usefulness. In time, I’m going to replace every single one. So far I have two good pots, one pan and one wok pan. All the rest to go. Ahh, perfection. Also, I settled for the IKEA/365+ Spice mill. Very efficient and cost-effective design.
Added a couple of bits and pieces from the DRAGON cutlery series.
And finally, about the curtain rails I got two KVADRANT Single curtain rails and two ANNO SANELA (beige) to go with that. Ceiling fixture of course. Total cost for this type of fixture is about 500 SEK / 2 windows which is still reasonably affordable.
While you’ve been basking in the last days of autumn we here are celebrating the election of Bush for another term. http://www.georgewbush.com/
Enjoy!
Yeah I kind of noticed that too in the corner of my eye but chose to ignore it. I’m hopelessly tired of the whole thing. And still I’ve only been following it on the evening news. But I have a couple of reflections on the event since you brought it up.
Hype: Is that an official or a fan site? It looks official by the content but anyway I think they need a new webmaster. Seriously. One that can bring more stature to the design. And less of a football club feeling to it. Anyway, I’m amazed at how hyped up this thing is. And how unsound that is. Wow, I’m starting to enjoy the tranquility of swedish elections (before they too transform into this kind of funfair, while they probably will in time). One party wins, one guy gets a handful of flowers and the next day it’s all back to doing your job and stop fannying about. I don’t get point of this cultivating, revelling and spiting. It can amount to no good in the end.
Unfortunately there are no corresponding sites like this in Sweden. Even voting for people and not parties is a new thing here. But I can provide you with links to the two major parties and you can probably see that the layout and content is more … cold, to the point and dispassionate:
http://www.socialdemokrater...
http://www.moderat.se/
Clarity: Bottom line, and what you want to know, would I have wanted Kerry to win and am I pissed … yes. At least given the choice of only those two candidates and those two parties. His attitude towards science and his lack of religious rhetoric speaks for itself.
BUT, lets be honest here. And go back in time to when Bill Clinton was president. I know many liberals have been longing for those sunny days … but all I see is a pitch black sky. I just remembered how I used to nag, bitch and moan over Clinton’s policies. He bombed civilians on a whim, initiated PR military campaigns, torpedoed the WTO Seattle conference .. the list goes on. And that is after all one of the best and brightest your system can produce on the liberal side.
Bottom line, the problem is beyond any one man, woman or party. It resides in your very system and is a startling, if not new, discovery. In that sense, both Bush and Kerry are irrelevant. Both are products of, serving, and fishing votes from, a system that went awry a long time ago.
Examining US foreign policy dating back to the mid-1800s gives a more than chilling account .. a steadfast tradition and an attitude of moral superiority that makes me sick. It’s good thing most nations aren’t as fastidiously nationalistic as you are .. or they would come after you with everything they’ve got .. even to repay 150 year old debts.
Apart from basking I’ve also squeezed in these two documentaries, which I think speak for themselves in this context —
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt...
Control Room:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt...