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Finland for Thought

Finland for Thought

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  • Finland: A Nation of Progress!

    Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 05:08 in

    During my almost six years living in Finland, I’ve seen this country progress immensely - Case-in-point: Dr. Pepper. When I first arrived in Finland, Dr. Pepper was only a myth, it was found nowhere. Soon we found single cans of Dr. Pepper sol...

  • School is out and it wasn’t a shooting and no youtube…

    Posted on Monday July 21st, 2008 at 10:29 in , crime & safety, everything

    Last Saturday evening at 9pm a 14-year old girl from the local basketball club was stabbed fatally when she was alone practicing at a basketball court in Savio. ( For our international readers - 9pm this time of the year is still “in broad dayl...

  • Field required: Choose State

    Posted on Monday July 21st, 2008 at 04:30 in

    Don’t you hate it when you’re signing up for something online and you’re REQUIRED to “Choose State”!? Grrr!!! It makes me embarrassed to be an American knowing my fellow countrymen/web developers never thought that som...

  • I began swearing even more when I moved to Finland

    Posted on Sunday July 20th, 2008 at 04:30 in

    I swear a lot. I think swear words are funny. I love to write and I need my swear words. Young Ralphie’s quote about his father from “A Christmas Story” sums up my feelings quite well… He worked in profanity the way other a...

  • Finland’s little secret: No one actually likes winter sports

    Posted on Saturday July 19th, 2008 at 12:01 in

    I used to say, “Why would anyone want to leave Finland in July? The weather is so perfect!” After yet another cold, wet summer, I say that no more… July has been unseasonably wet in Finland this year. Northern Ostrobothnia and Kuu...

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