“May Day is a name for various holidays celebrated on May 1 (or in the beginning of May), ranging from several festivals to International Workers’ Day.” So whatever you’re doing today, wearing funny sailor-type graduation hats and having a bonfire like the Finns, Morris Dancing like the English or celebrating Lei Day like the Hawaiians, [...]
It was snowing today, can ya believe it? April the shaggin 4th and the snow was coming down in buckets. This bloody winter will never end. Global warming my hole. Someone would want to have a chat with Mother Nature. I would but we’re no longer on speaking terms, something to do with me calling [...]
The old enemey does it again, Sweden takes gold in ice-hockey. It was a fantastic tournament for Finland but in the end they just couldn’t produce the goods in the final. Well done to Sweden on their deserved win … feckers.
The Finnish men’s ice hockey team did the stuff once again last night by knocking four past Russia to advance to the final. It was expected to be a tough match but Russia were somewhat disappointing and couldn’t find a way past the Finnish defence especially goalkeeper Antero Niittymäki who has been playing a stormer [...]
Great news for all you Finnish ice-hockey fans in the Irish blogoshpere … erm, just me I guess … Finland have booked their place in the semi-finals after beating USA 4-3 in this evening’s match. The Finns are unbeaten in the competition so far having won all five preliminary round ties including a shut out [...]
How is it bears with their thick fur get to hibernate* yet us thin skinned cunts are expected to get up every morning to go to work? I think I’ll have a lie in tomorrow morning. *Useless fact for you: Bears don’t actually hibernate, they simply go into a deep sleep (and stay fairly warm [...]
The second round of the Finnish Presidential Election was today and Tarja Halonen was re-elected by a tiny margin. She claimed just 51.8% of the votes beating off Conservative candidate Sauli Niinisto. Halonen would be my choice too, I think she’s a better ambassador for Finland than “neo-liberal hawk” Niinisto. Thankfully this candidate, Timo Soini, [...]
I hope you can forgive the lack of activity here recently. I’ve managed to contract some sort of bug and my head has been pounding for over a week now so it’s been hard to focus long enough to get a post out. You’d think the cold temperatures* would kill all these bugs but somehow [...]
It’s with a heavy heart I announce the demise of a grand old gal, Serena, my 1990 Nissan Sunny, the only car I have ever owned. She got a bad case of heart burn over the Christmas, the anti-freeze froze and her engine over heated and melted, unfortunately she’ll require a heart transplant if she [...]
I suppose I should mention that today is Finnish Independence Day (Itsenäisyyspäivää). They’re fairly proud of their independence these Finns. They had a parade in the city centre with all the usual flag flying, military vehicles and a fly-over of some Air Force aircraft. I would have taken some pictures only I was in bed [...]