English tweets help lower LA Crime

I found this piece amusing in yesterdays Wall Street Journal!

A California City is into Tweeting  – Chirping in a big way!

I know Robin was a crime fighter but I thought he was a ‘boy wonder’ and not a red breast!

 

Why Iowa matters?

I am sure wherever you are in the world you would have heard or seen Iowa on your television state. Tomorrow Iowa voters decide who their Republican nominee should be. The Primary season is fascinating. In England (with the exception of the Conservative Party’s test in Totnes) the Party membership selects the candidate and not…

Libertarians have never had it so good.

It is almost primary season and American politics is starting to really heat up. As I have blogged before, out of all the front runner candidates I identified most with is ‘libertarian leaning Republican’ Ron Paul. During one of the early debates, I was impressed with another candidate – Governor Gary Johnson.  Johnson also was…

An American Life – Photos from 2011

A picture is worth a thousand words. So without further ado – here are some aspects of my American Life 2011 in photos.

‘Welcome Home’ after 100,000 miles of travel this year

How do you beat jet lag? Wide awake since 3 am. The joys of transatlantic flights.  No matter what strategy I employ I can never beat it. I have the next 2 weeks off work so I am not too worried about it. The wheels skidding on the runway at San Francisco International yesterday signaled…

Back to Blogging

This week I received my green card. That means I am now a Permanent Resident of the United States of America. This does not mean that I am a citizen, just that I can now make some more long term plans. I shelved the blog during the green card process because I did not want…

Come Back to Stockholm!

Hello from San Francisco… For various reasons I gave up blogging on this site. I was telling Merv the other day that my life in the USA is very different than my time in Sweden.  If truth be told as much as I enjoy living in the United States, it’s not as magical as Sweden….

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