Missed Scandinavian Fest [again]

For the 13 years now, I’ve missed Atlanta’s very own Scandinavian Festival. The problem is that it’s hosted on one day of the year and I always seem to discover that day after the fact. This year, I was prepared all week. Well, mostly prepared. I had planned on going, though I didn’t bother to… Continue reading Missed Scandinavian Fest [again]

Christmas Adam

Yesterday the family celebrated Christmas Adam with my mom. It’s a traditional ceremony for us – one that I invented when I was very young, so a long-standing one at that. Christmas Adam is the day before Christmas Eve. Christian mythology teaches us that Adam came before Eve, though there are no days celebrating that.… Continue reading Christmas Adam

Scandinavians r l33t

The renaissance is coming for my ancestral kin-folk, the Vikings. Once pillaging coastal cities with axe and arrow, their reach is now extended to the digitally connected world. Their great Viking DSL Longships ride the Internet surf to unleash hordes upon luddites of the modern world. Wielding now, their fancy cell phones and European technilogical… Continue reading Scandinavians r l33t

MadLib Biographies

My friend, Jason D., sent me a chain-letter to fill out and send to a million people for good luck or something. I am against such things, but I like Jason and wish to at least better his luck. Instead of emailing everyone with my MadLib biography, I chose to post it here on my… Continue reading MadLib Biographies