Monthly Archives: October 2009
In which your blogger reflects
I feel like I made a huge mistake. Everyone else here seems to have been convinced or tricked here. Someone said “It’ll only be for a year” or “I get a bigger salary there” or “But my Auntie Helle is … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Travelogue
The Muslims and the Rhetoric of Hate
There is a great bit in a book by Alice Walker (Possessing the Secret of Joy) where a woman goes in search of her roots and gets talking to a woman from her old country. The woman says “What does … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Overgeneralisation
The greatest thing about me is how thoughtful I am. It happens to make me one of nature’s worriers. People tell me I think too much, most of the time. But like those dropped stitches in carpets, without this flaw … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Question
Hardly a week goes by without being asked a variant on “If you can think critically and are expressing those thoughts freely; shouldn’t you consider a different country?” To which the answer is “But I just bought a dining table!” … Continue reading
The Things I Do Not Like
Let’s do a quick scan of the readership… I know I have some real life Danes who read this and before I start, I need to make it clear that the following crass generalisations are only about you if you … Continue reading
Posted in Danish, Politics, Travelogue
