Today I got my Swedish Permanent Residency sticker applied to my passport. So now we are all set with the government!

Still not sure of exactly when we’ll be moving, but we’re looking at November.

In light of Jimmy’s Recent Post, I thought it might be interesting to tell my story as well. Better late than never, eh…

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I know the world has advanced a great deal in my time, but I’m always amazed by technology. When technology works, it just works. Brilliant, I say, bloody brilliant.

I’m writing this blog entry from a moving Caltrain train. I’m using GPRS from T-Mobile via Bluetooth on a Sony Ericsson T610.

From a moving train.

Now arriving Belmont, this is Belmont station…

When I moved into my apartment in Ohio, I didn’t bring much kitchen stuff. So one of the first things I had to do was go shopping for kitchen stuff. One of the many things that I bought was PAM Cooking Spray.

I haven’t actually done any cooking with it, as I have a whole assortment of other oils (corn, peanut, grapeseed, sesame) and of course, butter. I have however, used it exactly twice.

Once, to grease a squeaking ceiling fan.

Once, last night, to grease a squeaking case fan in my desktop PC.

It works perfectly.

Numbers are a complex topic… a lot more complex than most people think.

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