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	<title>Over Here</title>
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	<description>This world is a funny place to live.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The next phase</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To look at things on the bright side, I&#8217;d like to think that I&#8217;m making it very easy for people to say that they are &#8220;regular readers&#8221; of my blog, by making that take only about twenty minutes per year. If I were to look on the less bright side, I might lament the fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new start</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. Yet again, about nine months have passed since I posted to my blog. There are two main reasons for this. The first is that I have let the blog sink lower and lower on my priority list, and the second is that during the past half year, I have started a new job, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passed the test</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/61</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now April 1, I&#8217;m back in Sweden, and, rather than trying to fool you, I&#8217;ll tell you the story of my trip to the US. If you have read the previous post, you will know that I recently submitted my PhD thesis. While this does indeed create quite a sense of accomplishment, there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye graduate school</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/60</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot can happen in nine months. I apologize to those few who have cruised past this blog from time to time to see if anything was new. It must be a bit like driving past that restaurant that used to be pretty good but has been under renovation for several months, despite the sign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Härnösand</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/59</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I admit that four months is a ridiculously long time to go without posting to one&#8217;s blog. I have been hoping to find the time to recount my experiences at the Icehotel, in Spain, in England, and other places I&#8217;ve been over the past few months, but to be honest, I&#8217;ve been too busy.

The main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunshine and ice</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/58</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a beautiful Sunday morning. The sky is a light, clear blue, and the sun is glinting off billions and billions of ice crystals on the ground and on the houses. The birds are bouncing around in the trees and twittering, and the flags are flapping desultorily in the vague breeze. The air is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s with the blowtorch?</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/57</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have decided to write shorter pieces, more often. This is based on the twin observations that (a) I don&#8217;t have much free time, and (b) something is better than nothing. So&#8230;

Yesterday I had an unusual experience. A man jumped out of a garbage truck and ran up to me brandishing a blowtorch. Points to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peering over the edge</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/56</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now the end of the year has come already, and I have not written anything here for almost two months. Forgive me, those of you who have stopped by hoping for news of my doings, strange facts about Swedish holidays, or simply a respite from all those websites that impart useful information.

I reported over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is this? (#4)</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/55</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not finding a lot of time to write blog entries, but I certainly have time for another installment of &#8220;What is this?&#8221;. As before, the rules are simple: Try to guess what the object is that is pictured here. All guesses and musings are welcome.
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		<title>How to finish a dissertation</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/54</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I have to admit that that title is a bit overblown, but I wanted to get people&#8217;s attention. Did it work? I wasn&#8217;t going to write anything here about my work schedule, since I figured that work schedules aren&#8217;t a very sexy topic (unlike, for instance, ham). But then I realized that I know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where have I been?</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/53</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now it probably seems, to those inclined to notice, that I&#8217;ve dropped off the map. I haven&#8217;t added to my blog for months now, and my e-mail and other contacts with the rest of the world have dwindled. Some people have publicly wondered where I disappeared to.
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		<title>Seeing the world through ham-colored glasses</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/52</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[For an explanation of what&#8217;s going on here, you might read Incognito ergo sum.]

The day I left Albarracín, I was standing at the bus stop, waiting for the bus&#8212;and I really mean the bus, as there is only one per day that goes to the provincial capital&#8212;when I started chatting with an elderly couple, also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sketches of lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/51</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[For an explanation of what&#8217;s going on here, you might read Incognito ergo sum.]

My schedule here includes one meal per day in a restaurant. Given that restriction, it&#8217;s clear that lunch is the one to go for. Spain does lunch the way the US does an &#8220;international police action&#8221; (except that the Spanish have an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What language do your products speak?</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/50</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[For an explanation of what&#8217;s going on here, you might read Incognito ergo sum.]

I really like the flat I&#8217;m staying in here in Albarracín. It has a beautiful view despite the medieval moisture level. It also has all the modern conveniences, including a dishwasher that speaks Italian.

Yes, that&#8217;s right, every few days, I am forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll have seen a bar in Albarracín</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[For an explanation of what&#8217;s going on here, you might read Incognito ergo sum.]

I am reasonably pleased with the title of this piece&#8212;though I have to concede that it doesn&#8217;t come anywhere close to Dorothy Parker&#8217;s brilliant &#8220;I&#8217;d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy&#8221;&#8212;not least because there are surprisingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rain in Spain is mainly just a pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[For an explanation of what&#8217;s going on here, you might read Incognito ergo sum.]

I got to Albarracín on the evening of my second day in Spain, after two trains and a taxi ride. Albarracín is a small town (1100 inhabitants) in the mountains, half an hour&#8217;s drive from Teruel, the smallish capital of the second-most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bienvenido a casa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[For an explanation of what&#8217;s going on here, you might read Incognito ergo sum.]

I touched down at Barajas airport in Madrid on a plane full of Swedes who where on their way to represent Absolut vodka at a trade fair. A very jolly bunch, as Swedes go. While talking with the young woman beside me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incognito ergo sum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title of this piece is Latin for &#8220;I am in hiding in order to think&#8221;. OK, that&#8217;s not actually true as far as Latin goes, but it&#8217;s true about me. I am presently conducting an experiment in discipline, work, and lifestyle. That may sound grandiose, but you should see where I&#8217;m doing it.
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		<title>Oh yeah, I&#8217;m a surfer dude</title>
		<link>http://www.garretson.info/blog/archives/45</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever visited a city, stayed in a big hotel, eaten in the tourist restaurants, seen the top ten sights, taken the duck tour, and secretly wondered all the time what kinds of things a local would show you?

Imagine that when you went to a foreign city, you could just grab a resident, stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In-Between Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now late May, and I&#8217;m right in between two trips. We&#8217;re also in between seasons here in Sweden. We often seem to be in between seasons in Sweden. In fact, the Swedes&#8212;especially those from the north&#8212;count far more than our four seasons. They have, for example, vårvinter and höstvinter, or &#8220;spring-winter&#8221; and &#8220;autumn-winter&#8221;. These [...]]]></description>
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