Strange, scary, loving christmas trees are now on exibition at the lobby of designer hotel Birger Jarl in stockholm.
Fashion designers have been invited to style their christmas tree. Among the designers are Odd Molly, Cheap Mondays & Dagmar.
There are roses for mother, skeleteon parts to symbolise that Christmas is dead and fishes and nets to symbolise all the typical? items swedish people hang in the trees.
The Christmas trees can be seen up until New Year.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
Nearsighted Swedish men
In 1930 less than 10% of the swedish young men drafted to military service were nearsighted, today around 40% are. Why?
The only solution scientists can think of is that people today spend most of their time in front of a computer screen or reading books and magazines. This is not what our eyes were meant to do when they were developed during evolution.
Young boys today can spend all their free time playing computer games, some might spend 10 hours per day with a concentrated look into the screen 40 centimeters away. The eye simple does not practice during this time and seems to grow to big causing nearsightedness.
What to do? Limit computer time? Is it possible?
I just know that I'm soo happy that there were no computers available when I was a young kid. I had to live irl....
irl = in real life :-)
The only solution scientists can think of is that people today spend most of their time in front of a computer screen or reading books and magazines. This is not what our eyes were meant to do when they were developed during evolution.
Young boys today can spend all their free time playing computer games, some might spend 10 hours per day with a concentrated look into the screen 40 centimeters away. The eye simple does not practice during this time and seems to grow to big causing nearsightedness.
What to do? Limit computer time? Is it possible?
I just know that I'm soo happy that there were no computers available when I was a young kid. I had to live irl....
irl = in real life :-)
Monday, November 06, 2006
Typical swedish woman?
Young Swedish woman Heidi Andersson won a silver medal at the 2006 World Championship Armwrestling recently.
She became famous in Sweden when she starred in the documentary movie "Armbryterskan från Ensamheten". The documentary depicts her life as a professional armwrestler. See it if you can, a wonderful movie.
The championship was held in Manchester UK and there were 800 armwrestlers from 44 countries participating. Sure glad I wasn't there to shake hands with all of them...
She became famous in Sweden when she starred in the documentary movie "Armbryterskan från Ensamheten". The documentary depicts her life as a professional armwrestler. See it if you can, a wonderful movie.
The championship was held in Manchester UK and there were 800 armwrestlers from 44 countries participating. Sure glad I wasn't there to shake hands with all of them...
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