Uniquely American
Today, I’d like to talk about two huge financial systems in the United States and how they could maybe benefit from – once again – a little Swedish influence. No, this isn’t about Wall Street or the...
View ArticleParty Crasher!
Awww, Louisville hasn’t forgotten me. Velocity Weekly, one of the city’s entertainment papers, has just published an article about me, the Metroschifter and Sweden. Written by the talented and funny...
View ArticleSecret Code: Are Swedes trying to keep Swedish to themselves?
As I’ve mentioned many times, most Swedish people speak perfect English and they love doing it. It’s the opposite of French people. The French can speak English with you but they don’t want to. The...
View ArticleAlternate Reality Check
Is this thing on? Can you hear me? Testing, testing… Today’s report is being broadcast to you all the way from Kentucky, in the heart of God’s Great United States. After finishing up a European tour...
View ArticleWelcome to Sweden
A couple Tuesdays ago, I visited Skatteverket (the Swedish tax office) to apply for my personnummer. The personnummer is the Swedish equivalent of an American Social Security number. In Sweden, you...
View ArticleAllt om mig
Enough about Sweden already. Let’s talk about me.Today’s story has been in the works for more than a few weeks. It has a lot of personal information about my thoughts, feelings, and ideas, so if you’re...
View ArticleThe American Dream – På Svenska
Back in March, my friend Johanna interviewed me about my move. She is a student at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (The Swedish Royal Institute of Technolgy) where she is studying, well, it seems she is...
View ArticleHervé Villechaize Language School
I heard a story a long time ago about Hervé Villechaize. He was the actor who played the character Tattoo on the television series Fantasy Island and was famous for his line, “The plane! The plane!” in...
View ArticleInescapable Freedom
Sometimes I feel like a lot of the material I write for this website is the same. It goes something like this:“Sweden is clean, quiet, beautiful and the people here have it all figured out. Americans...
View ArticleThe Immigrant
A lot of what makes for good writing is having the time to write.After spending most of 2009 in Sweden, I’ve been back in America since December. Since being Stateside, I’ve realized that I just...
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