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Finland for Thought
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Politics, current events, culture - In Finland & United States
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Finland: A Nation of Progress!
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…
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
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
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
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...
