Well, I survived the first weekend without the web at home. In fact, it was quite pleasant. I wouldn’t exactly say that I was more productive, but I wasn’t trying to work very hard either. Saturday morning I picked up my fixed Canon Powershot from the shop in Montague Gardens: it is a nice trip, [...]
I planned to write a “final” post here last night, but I just ran out of time. In this context, “final” refers to the fact that I am now officially internetless, netlos, nettiton, sans net. No big deal, although the withdrawal symptoms will probably set in over the weekend. I plan to read a lot. [...]
I’m still a little pissed off at the municipality for their refuse bin red tape. So, I decided to deliver a couple of bags to the dump site myself this morning. The first attempt was a disaster: the closest site is only about 10 minutes away, but it was full! It seems they are closing [...]
OK, not quite so late. About to go to bed. If I can get to sleep soon and again tomorrow night, I might just get into the right routine. As far as sleep is concerned, that is. Today was blissfully workless. Instead I did some essential shopping. Very excited that I might try a photography [...]
So, don’t read the red stuff, unless you are interested in some gory details of the day. Deep thoughts follow at the end, in black again. So, I never got around to buying my little photo gadget. I spent 9:00 to 14:00 running errands (about 1.5 hours driving around, admittedly) and by that time I [...]
Yesterday evening I attended a lecture by Hannu Sinisalo about “Finns vs. others — Cultural prejudices and sympathies of the Finns”. It was fascinating and made me think about many things related to the topic. Firstly, it made me think about my own experience of Finnish tolerance/intolerance. Of course I have thought about it before, [...]
On Saturday I visited Ähtäri zoo with Antero and Tiina. Even though the weather was not ideal, it was — just like our trip last summer — a wonderful experience. I saw several animals that I have never (and probably shall never) see again. Except that I plan to definitely go again. According to Antero [...]