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My hot bikini pic
A little less than 30 years ago, around mid 80's, I had a brief career as a hot blonde bikini model. Note the ruffles, the hat and the yellow slippers. Also pay close attention to the stylish haircut. Photo taken in front of my old summer cottage.
I've gotta learn to take notes
I constantly have great blog post ideas. Like an entry about why I liked this and that movie. Or why you should target women in with your social media (marketing) stuff. Oh and of course what's the difference between constructive and destructive criticism. These ideas rumble through my head usually when I have a shower or when I'm supposed to sleep. Or any other inconvenient moment. I have the whole post typed in my head. The witty side remarks and all. But when I get to my laptop and start to actually write the thing I all of a sudden don't have much anything. Only vague outlines of what...
Mummu
Early this morning my maternal grandmother, the last of my grandparents, had passed away. In a couple of weeks she would have been 91 years old. Mummu, as my sisters and I called her, was a stubborn little lady. After the death of her husband she raised her three daughters alone. She provided her family's living by working as a seamstress and also at construction sites. I hadn't seen mummu in years since we lived quite far away from each other. In time to time I called her, to congratulate on her birthday, to wish merry Christmas and so forth. Mummu used to have a flying rug. At least I...
The rude sound of silence
In time to time it happens: A potential client asks for a quote and I give it. And then nothing. After a week or two I'm very much aware the price was too high and I got silence treatment. Of course it's a missed opportunity, not just for me but for client as well. No negotiations. No new offer. Nothing gets done. It's a really rude thing to do. Saying "this is too much for me" wouldn't be rude at all. Or maybe asking for a new price, better suited for your budget. The silent treatment kind of leaves me hanging and results to really unnecessary awkwardness. Actually if the budget is real...
Of making tea
A common misconception is the tea should be made in boiling water. If the water is too hot it will make the tea bitter. Tea possesses flavonoids and antioxidants, to mention some of it's health benefits, and heat can destroy some of it's good qualities. Green and white teas also start to taste really grassy, if made in too hot water. Different tea types are made in different temperatures. Black tea usually can take the highest temperature, about 80 to 95 °C (176 to 203 °F). Green and white tea should be made in 70 to 80 °C (158 to 176 °F). The steeping time varies mostly from 1 to 15 minutes...
Hempseed rolls
6 dl flour* 1 1/2 to 2 dl soy flour 4 to 5 dl water 1/2 dl rapeseed oil 11 g dry yeast or about 30 g yeast hempseeds (at least a fistful) Warm the water to about 40 °C. Combine the water and the yeast. Add hempseeds. Gradually add flours and soy flours to the water-yeast-mix. If the mix feels too dry, add a little more water. When the dough starts to seem like dough (you know, something you could mold into things) add the rapeseed oil. Make sure the dough doesn't get too wet nor too dry. Leave it to rise for 30 minutes. Take a shower, tweet, make an ass of yourself on Facebook or have...
About taking a break
Sometime around 2005 I took a break from blogging. It was because I wasn't all happy with my blog, but also because of some very technical reasons. I had been really blogging for a couple of years and before that had a very simple online journals since I don't know when. The idea of blogging had been quite a natural thing for me. This break was supposed to be for just a little while. Weeks, maybe months. The next time I actually blogged was during the spring of 2010. Taking a break feels sometimes necessary. Break from work, break from a hobby, break from the daily or weekly exercise....
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