tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:05:35 +0000Making Fun of SwedesTravelDrinkjobsPoliticsWeathersportFoodHolidaysLiteratureMedicationAsk Swedish SlothFilmMusicSexElisaStockholmVideo GamesAn ex expatriate becomes expatriated again and writes about it. Hopefully this time it's permanent.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sloth)Blogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-3408675619172483138Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:53:00 +00002012-01-30T11:53:53.807+01:00 Thanks Elisa for cleaning the toilet for Daddy!http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/thanks-elisa-for-cleaning-toilet-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-3443588779489084057Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:50:00 +00002012-01-30T11:55:54.849+01:00 View from my kitchen balcony Having a kid has made me realize that heretofor every thought I ever had has has been primordially selfish.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/having-kid-made-me-realize-that-almost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-3962663187153957059Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:38:00 +00002012-01-23T09:39:32.163+01:00 It suddenly dawned on me today that I am going to spend 50% of my free time over the next couple of years cleaning up after the baby. Elisa seems to have a knack for wrecking rooms. She likes to empty out drawers, flip over flower pots, clear bookshelves, and smear food over a 3-foot radius when she eats. In this picture you can see the desire to make a mess in her eyes.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-suddenly-dawned-on-me-today-that-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-1527458664577925197Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:32:00 +00002012-01-26T07:58:19.604+01:00 Get me out of here! Elisa loves to play in the dishwasher and then she's like, "Pick me up, Daddy!" Right now it's her first major way to communicate. http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/elisa-loves-to-play-in-dishwasher-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-289742822357496413Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:48:00 +00002012-01-12T13:15:13.220+01:00StockholmWeather This is the view from my living room window one year ago today. That building is Söder Station. The time is 12:00 noon. There was a lot more snow last year. Stockholm is  having the warmest winter on record this year. Right now it's 2 degrees and raining. I am becoming more like the Swedes. I do not go outside in weather like this if I can help it.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-is-view-from-my-living-room-window.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-4756362321264875438Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:49:00 +00002012-01-12T11:51:59.346+01:00Making Fun of SwedesWeather More Swedish memes here but they are not as funny as this onehttp://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-3305306743498179271Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:25:00 +00002012-01-05T11:51:38.534+01:00ElisaI could get Elisa to clap today. But it took like an hour. I gave here a Cheerio as a reward. The Cheerios in Europe are much sweeter than the Cheerios in the States. Why do companies have to put sugar in everything? I guess because so many people have sugar addictions.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/day-2-no-waving-yet-but-clap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-4029892881399818207Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:44:00 +00002012-01-04T12:08:40.330+01:00I am home papaledig for 7 months with Elisa. She is 1 year old. It's the second day. I am trying to teach her to wave to me. Now when I wave and say "Winka til papa!" or "Wave to daddy!" at her she gives me the dog-watching-a-card-trick stare. I guess it takes a few more months of development.I will teach her to wave eventually.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2012/01/papaledig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-6080092447806070626Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:29:00 +00002010-11-11T09:09:34.609+01:00I just installed Adobe Acrobat Reader on my Windows 7 box... which according to Adobe supposedly takes up to 335MB when fully installed. The download itself is 53.5 megabytes. Now I hate PDFs as much as the next person, but they are a fact of life. You just gotta deal with them sometimes. I used to use Foxit Reader (which uses a lot less disk space and likewise memory), but I got a really fast http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2010/09/adbobe-master-of-bloatware.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-1925674572355411467Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:56:00 +00002010-02-14T13:29:08.225+01:00I found this Swedish military shit on YouTube. Funny funny funny. It lists an American military commercial and a Swedish military commercial.Here is a Swedish anti-tank weapon in action... holy moose meatballs!People in the military may be tough but they look silly to us civvies. Why does every move involve either putting your head or hands on the genitalia of another man? Just get a hotel room http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2010/02/swedish-military-vs-usa-military.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-6554805973734881793Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-03-22T21:00:12.639+01:00I knew it!" In November 1989 a 'completely terrified' woman contacted RAF Wattisham in Suffolk to report her close encounter with a man claiming to be an alien.She said she met the fair-haired man with a Scandinavian-type accent as she walked her dog on a sports field. He told her crop circles were caused by others like him who had travelled to Earth and that the purpose of his visit was friendlyhttp://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2009/03/swedes-are-aliens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-9098453359016385453Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:19:00 +00002009-01-07T12:37:48.091+01:00Happy 2009... For those of you who are sick of watching The Israelis bomb the fuck out of Gaza, here are some of my favorite Swedish Idol moments:This is a real pimply-ass gangsta from the hood...I don't know what this is but it's hilarious...Kurt Cobain could learn a thing or two from this girl...http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2009/01/swedish-idol-yes-they-make-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-4116741378186944104Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:44:00 +00002009-01-07T12:36:02.041+01:00You would never see this on QVC back in the States. For those who don't speak Swedish, she blames her on-air vomiting on PMS...http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/09/swedish-woman-throws-up-on-live-tv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-8810277210226388394Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:53:00 +00002008-08-30T19:22:01.183+02:00Just when I thought Stockholm was hopeless in terms of music, we are getting Primal Scream and Spiritualized playing within a month of each other... at the awesome venue Berns no less.Hope to see you there... it will give me an opportunity to jump around like an idiot and celebrate how much I love life. Until the next morning of course.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/08/primal-scream-and-spiritualized-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-5008348890587723240Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:35:00 +00002008-07-09T09:09:58.417+02:00Okay we all know it's funny although we don't always know why. The Swedish Chef is one of America's most beloved muppets, even though it remains a total mystery to the average Swede.I was recently surprised to find out that the Swedish Chef is based on a real guy.Here is the story:Lars "Kuprik" Bäckman is the real-world chef who, rumor has it, served as the inspiration for the popular Swedish http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/07/swedish-chef-is-real-guy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-4186487822081533351Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:18:00 +00002008-06-11T15:20:31.086+02:00We beat Greece yesterday 2-0. Time for some cider!http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/06/yummy-kopparberg-cider.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-6121061970513057893Tue, 20 May 2008 14:11:00 +00002008-05-20T16:16:08.485+02:00Many people complain that Sweden is one of the most boring countries in the world.I am not going to argue. You can't score here to save your life, a mixed drink with 4cl of alcohol costs $15, and between September and June there is no one on the streets after 8:00 pm (except Friday nights where everyone binge drinks and then throws up in the sidewalk).At least some people have a sense of humor http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/05/party-in-swedens-pants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-8919380726522202073Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:41:00 +00002008-07-09T08:57:55.095+02:00Yes Steve Jobs looks more and more like a monkey every year...but he makes awesome laptops. I've often wondered why PC designs lag so far behind Mac designs. There must be 100 PC laptop manufacturers and their offerings look terrible in comparison. And many include some deal-killing stupid feature that no one would ever want (fingerprint readers, glossy screens, Vista, etc).Dell? Sony? Acer? http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/04/macbook-air.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-911620358911395014Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:28:00 +00002008-02-27T08:49:06.924+01:00I hate the Swedish alphabet.Who do they think they are to fuck with a perfectly good English alphabet?I hate the Swedish alphabet.It causes havoc whenever I try to make a website in Swedish. All the weird characters end up looking like insane chicken scratch or ?'sI hate the Swedish alphabet.I still like the girls still, though.I hate the Swedish alphabet.My last name begins with a 'Z'. I got http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-hate-swedish-alphabet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-5631577955742791337Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +00002008-02-19T16:16:00.001+01:00If you think your life is pointless, then check out this Swedish woman's death..."A 63-year-old woman died on Saturday night after falling down a well while trying to fish out a dead chicken. The accident occurred near Ed in Dalsland in western Sweden. "Read the whole article at The Local.http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/02/swedish-woman-dies-fishing-for-chickens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-1017346846238986528Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:29:00 +00002008-01-30T09:11:28.662+01:00BERLIN (Reuters) - The owner of a small German computer company has fired three non-smoking workers because they were threatening to disturb the peace after they requested a smoke-free environment.The manager of the 10-person IT company in Buesum, named Thomas J., told the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper he had fired the trio because their non-smoking was causing disruptions. Germany http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/01/smokem-if-you-gotem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-2859495223380492939Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:05:00 +00002008-01-18T08:28:58.694+01:00It's no secret to anyone who knows me that I fucking love the Talking Heads and I used to worship David Byrne as a god back in 1984 when I was 13.Over the years I have developed my musical taste to include all styles, but there is still something fascinating about Talking Heads and especially lead singer David Byrne. He is one person I would love to meet... even though I've heard he is not that http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/01/byrne-and-wikipedia-on-ikea-names.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-530059967908472350Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:04:00 +00002008-01-03T14:13:46.024+01:00http://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2008/01/coolest-anything-of-all-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-8433076127018123400Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:29:00 +00002007-12-18T03:36:37.510+01:00Linda and I are in New York for the holidays... actually we are heading to Bahamas as well which is pretty good because New York weather is pretty much like Stockholm in December.Wanna see us do the Christmas dance? Click here... Love you guys forever (even though nobody commented on my last amazingly funny and under-appreciated moose post), -Swedish Slothhttp://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2007/12/merry-x-mas-from-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257447.post-4125565790534272808Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:44:00 +00002007-12-03T19:34:36.649+01:001. When you go to the store in Sweden, watch out for moose. They might steal your food. Moose eat a lot of food. And they don't have jobs. Therefore you know they must be thieves.2. When you take money out of the Cashpoint, watch out that moose aren't looking over your shoulder and trying to read you pin code.3. When you send your girlfriend home at night, make sure she has some moose mace so shehttp://swedishsloth.blogspot.com/2007/12/10-tips-for-dealing-with-moose-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sloth)0