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Comment on The next phase by alejna

alejna — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:54:09 +0000

Congratulations! That is really fantastic.

(And I must say I was startled to see a post from you pop up in my reader! Here's hoping that I will get to feel less shock about that in the future.)

Comment on A new start by Gregory

Gregory — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:40:17 +0000

Hi Joel, and thanks for pinging me. And thanks for your blog about Iceland. Next stop: Sweden!

I'm happy to report that I'm back in the saddle and have started writing again. Thanks for hanging in there!

Comment on A new start by joel

joel — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:41:47 +0000

well, so much for starting up the blog again, eh? Not that I’m any better, mind you - I’m just sayin’

Comment on A new start by John

John — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:35:43 +0000

Nice to have you back. I’ve just checked here occasionally over the last several months, partly because I was travelling a lot in the second half of the year during my sabbatical, which alas ended last weekend. Now that you’ve set the scene, I look forward to some informative and entertaining observations of life in Uppsala. Whatever the merits of Facebook, there’s still a place in the world for literate blogs.

Comment on A new start by Gregory

Gregory — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:52:24 +0000

Miguel, I’m glad to hear that about Facebook, and I don’t doubt that you are getting a lot out of it. I do have issues with Facebook as a business and the policies thay have about, for example, privacy. But the real reason I haven’t started using it is that it just seems to take up so darned much time, and I haven’t got that kind of time. It also seems like it would be hard to consciously limit the amount of time you spend on Facebook, given its supposedly addictive nature. That really scares me!

Comment on A new start by Miguelitow

Miguelitow — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:11:46 +0000

I just don’t think that I’ve bought into anything by using Facebook… Unhip as it sounds, Facebook has positively made my personal life considerably better, and it has helped strengthen many family ties and made some of my friendships deeper. Un abrazote, Greg Oreo. Espero que nuestras coordenadas GPS se crucen en algún lugar pronto!

Comment on A new start by Gregory

Gregory — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:44:20 +0000

Miguelín,

Hey there! Boy do I miss you guys. I wish I could be in Spain right now rather than here in the slush (today it was above 0 degrees Celsius!)

There has to be an alternative for those of us who like the idea of keeping in touch but don't want to buy into the whole Facebook thing. I wonder if anyone has any good ideas?

Come up to Sweden and I'll take you sledding!

¡Abrazos!

Comment on A new start by Miguelitow

Miguelitow — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:08:00 +0000

Greg Oreo!! Dude, you should, like, join Facebook and keep in touch with your Spanish amigoes.

Un abrazote desde Valencia. Miss you lots.

Comment on A new start by Gregory

Gregory — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:14:14 +0000

Sven, det var verkligen toppen att höra av dig! Ja, det känns faktiskt jätteskönt att komma in och kunna jobba precis som man skall. Hittills har mina arbetsgivare betett sig oklanderligt, men det var bra att veta att du står redo att “play the heavy”. Tack! Hoppas vi ses snart.

Comment on A new start by Gregory

Gregory — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:05:56 +0000

Calin, it’s great to hear from you. Thanks for being there. I will try to write something interesting that you can spend your non-Facebook time on.

Alejna, nice to hear from you, too! Thanks for noticing the blip. I hope things with you are well. Sorry to hear about the “abusive relationship” part, but I’m glad you’re dealing well with it. I wonder if they have support groups for ex-Facebook users?

I was actually thinking I would write a post on my commute, just in case that might seem interesting. I’ll answer your other questions in an e-mail.

Comment on Passed the test by Gregory

Gregory — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:59:34 +0000

Tack Sven! Underbart att höra att du närmar dig ljuset. Jag hoppas att kunna fira med dig inom en snar framtid!

Comment on A new start by Sven Olofsson

Sven Olofsson — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:27:45 +0000

Vad skönt att du kommit in på allvar på den akademiska arbetsmarknaden. Jag hoppas att du trivs och missköter sig din arbetsgivare så ska de få med mig att göra.

Comment on Passed the test by Sven Olofsson

Sven Olofsson — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:20:49 +0000

Stort grattis Gregory! Både till doktorsgraden och jobbet i Uppsala. Börjar själv närma mig ljuset i tunneln. På snart återhörande! /Sven

Comment on A new start by alejna

alejna — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:00:53 +0000

I was so pleasantly surprised to see a post from you pop up!

It sounds like you have been both busy and productive. Congratulations on the job and other good things.

So, where are you living now? What is Annelie up to? How far apart are your jobs?

(And I have recently largely withdrawn from the tractor beam of Facebook. It felt a bit like getting out of an abusive relationship.)

Comment on A new start by Calin

Calin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:51:27 +0000

Thanks for the nutshell! I, too, have avoided the tracktor beam of Facebook, and so far am very happy with my decision. It’s just that I don’t have an office job, so I don’t have enough computer time. Or something. Anyway, looking forward to the next entries!

Comment on Passed the test by Gregory

Gregory — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:43:03 +0000

Hi Aimee, and thank you very much. I wish you could have been there, too. I’m starting to get used to the idea of being done with BU, but I will certainly miss Boston. Who knows, maybe we’ll both end up at the BUCLD some time!

Comment on Passed the test by Aimee

Aimee — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:15:28 +0000

Oh, I wish I could have been there. You must feel so relieved to be done with it all! I miss Boston and hope to make it back there at some point. I've started working on 3rd language acquisition (basically, the interplay between the L2 and subsequent Ls), so maybe someday I'll even have something to submit to BUCLD!

Congratulations again on this huge achievement.

Comment on Passed the test by Gregory

Gregory — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:25:02 +0000

Hey, thanks Jean! And thanks not only being there at the defense, but for celebrating later. It was really good to see both you and Jay.

Comment on Passed the test by jeanerz

jeanerz — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:21:54 +0000

so happy for you. congratulations again!

Comment on Passed the test by Gregory

Gregory — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:03:01 +0000

Thank you Erin! In fact, the zombie book in question is not one of the wave of American classic-victorian zombie-mashup novels that everyone is talking about, but rather a Swedish novel called Hanteringen av odöda ("Proper handling of the undead") by a guy whose novel about vampires in suburban Stockholm I read and quite liked, John Ajvide Lindqvist. I don't know if the zombie book is out in English (it was ultimately just OK), but I imagine the vampire one is. They made an excellent film out of it (here in Sweden) with virtually no special effects. Makes Hollywood look like a bunch of thoroughly tasteless six-year-olds brandishing water pistols with sirens.