I've read a lot of books about Swedish immigrants coming to the US in recent years, so I thought I would describe some of them, and how their perspectives differ, and bring up how the American Girl series about the Swedish girl, Kerstin, seems to clearly cannibalize from a previous book. Utvandrarna/The Emigrants, Vilhelm Moberg… Continue reading Books about Swedish immigrants to the US
Tag: USA
Malala’s book
I've had Malala's book on my shelf for 10 years, and never read it yet! So I finally picked it up and on page 100 what did I find: Excerpt from Malala's first book Would you look at that? No one wonder the US govt doesn't complain when other highly-esteemed countries do the same thing… Continue reading Malala’s book
Finding a Syrian-Danish-American online
A long, long time ago -- 2012 to be exact! -- I read an article in the Huffington Post. It was a somewhat whiny article, I thought, and it was in response to some sort of uproar about Muslims in America happening at the time (though there have been so many uproars, I don't even… Continue reading Finding a Syrian-Danish-American online
Something new in the Blender tutorials
It's rare enough to find a Blender tutorial made by a woman. I won't complain too much, because essentially all the men making tutorials are sharing their knowledge for free -- aside from some ads -- but when there's no women making tutorials, it gives you a sense that you don't really own the field… Continue reading Something new in the Blender tutorials
Amtrak’s clever plan for getting from Houston to Chicago
Let us first examine the map, so we know what we're talking about: See that, Houston to Chicago, a straight shot north across the United States. Here's Amtrak's proposal: Step 1: take the Sunset Limited train from Houston to Los Angeles. Step 2: take the Coastal Starlight from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon. Step 3:… Continue reading Amtrak’s clever plan for getting from Houston to Chicago
“We fell in love in a hopeless place”
This was my third article for The Daily Tar Heel: "We fell in love in a hopeless place." If you go to my "writing" page, you will see that it's one of my favorite articles that I wrote. I wrote it during a pretty stressful time; and I wrote and re-wrote and crafted every word… Continue reading “We fell in love in a hopeless place”
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