Culture in the Blender

The world from the middle of a culture smoothie

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Entries from July 2008

Change has come to the world

November 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It seems almost unfair that such a small part of the world population could vote in the US elections. Luckily, the Americans came through.
Sweden had a very bad prime minister for quite a while, up until the last election. But who cares if Sweden’s prime minister is an idiot other than the Swedes? No one. […]

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Tags: Affirmative Global · Politics · US

Future direction of the world

November 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So today is election day in the United States. Today it will be decided what kind of a direction the world will take. I wish I could vote, but I can’t, so like most of the world I can only wait and hope. (I did, however, participate in ousting the social democratic party of Sweden […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Global Lounge

November 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I am planning a cocktail party. My guest list has people of four ethnicity categories from four continents. I’d have an even more varied guest list if distance wasn’t a factor.

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Tags: Distant Proximities · Global Culture