Blog Feed: Helsingbloggin' - Malmö

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010: Dental care by the seat of your pants in Malmö and Helsingborg

Published on 2010-11-09 08:21:00

What I think:I've been to the dentist a few times over the past couple of months. Apparently there are spaces between my gums and teeth in which bacteria are starting to form, which could cause me grief a bit later on in life; the grief being that I > read more

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010: Top Toilet Tips: Pubs in Malmö - Part One: The Pickwick Pub

Published on 2010-06-23 06:12:00

What I think:A wise man once said: "Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana."With those words, and following the great success of my Top Toilet Tips for pubs in Helsingborg*, I start my first in the series of Top Toilets Tips for pubs > read more

Saturday, January 30th, 2010: Acting, performing, and publishing recordings in Helsingborg and Malmö

Published on 2010-01-27 11:00:00

What I think:All in all, January's been quite a cool month for me here in the beautiful south of Sweden. I could have done without the snow, but it is winter, so I can't really complain too much about that.Here's a photo taken today from our rooftop > read more

Saturday, January 9th, 2010: Healthcare in Malmö, Sweden - my foot!

Published on 2010-01-09 03:25:00

What I think:Happy New Year. May 2010 bring you lots of attractive things with elaborate frilly edges and modern, but artistically understated, motifs.With the continued hub-bub about so-called "socialized" (UK: socialised) healthcare in the US, I th > read more

Friday, November 20th, 2009: Beer and Loathingin Helsingborg and Ängelholm or A Tale of Two Telegrafens

Published on 2009-11-20 05:17:00

What I think:So, it's official: Ängelholm is my least favourite place in Sweden. Actually, I take that back; it's my least favourite place on Earth. In fact, if some form of intelligent life was ever discovered on some distant planet, somewhere in t > read more

Monday, September 14th, 2009: Health, suicide, and parties in Helsingborg

Published on 2009-09-14 05:42:00

What I think:Health:A few weeks ago, an American author and blogger named William Campbell (no relation to the soup, as far as I know) e-mailed me about a blog project he was working on about healthcare in different countries. Unless you've been livi > read more

Thursday, August 27th, 2009: How to take a train from Helsingborg to Malmö (buying a ticket)

Published on 2009-08-27 11:18:00

What I think:According to a survey of Helsingborg residents a couple of years ago, the best thing about Helsingborg is that it's easy to get away from. I think people probably meant that it's a decent travel hub, with its trains and ferries offering > read more

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009: A quick note about Helsingborg and Malmö: Signs

Published on 2009-07-02 13:19:00

What I think:Since it's been a while since my last post (yeah-yeah, I know, shut up), I thought I'd just ease back into the blogosphere with a couple of quick observations. Yep, keepin' it brief.People often ask me if I enjoy living in Malmö since I > read more

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009: Recycling (and my strange building) in Malmö

Published on 2009-03-24 14:59:00

What I think:Since I moved to Sweden, I've felt that recycling is a pretty thorough thing here. I even wrote about how it works in Helsingborg a couple of years ago (here). But it appears that recycling is not quite as thorough in Malmö as it is in > read more

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009: So long Helsingborg, Hello Malmö

Published on 2009-03-18 11:09:00

What I think:It's the end of an era.Last Saturday, my girlfriend and I moved from Helsingborg to Malmö.It was a pretty smooth move, although Lucy Fur (the cat) was none too pleased about sitting in a little cat-box for the two hours it took us to ge > read more