Monthly Archives: February 2006

Movie reviews #9

Posted on Feb 11, 2006 by sim

One of the easiest things to do when you’re on sick leave is to watch movies, so now that that’s finally wrapping up, it’s time to take stock of the movies watched in the past week or so. There were … Continue reading →

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On average, every Finn is a drunk

Posted on Feb 9, 2006 by sim

Well maybe not a drunk but pretty close. How’s this for an enlightening statistic: Finnish consumption of alcohol continued to increase last year, now coming out at 10,6 liters of 100% alcohol on average per year per person. If we … Continue reading →

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A dollar for you, a trillion for me

Posted on Feb 7, 2006 by sim

Partly inspired by My Life that I recently read, I decided to take a closer look at the United States budget proposal for the fiscal year of 2007 and try to see what kind of changes have been made during … Continue reading →

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Why build one when you can have two for twice the price?

Posted on Feb 6, 2006 by sim

The talk is on about the sixth nuclear reactor in Finland, and the situation reminded me of a great quote from a great movie from which the post title comes from, billed as the “First rule of government spending” by … Continue reading →

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Review: My Life by Bill Clinton

Posted on Feb 5, 2006 by sim

This 1,000-page behemoth is something I’ve been reading on and off for over a month now and finally got to the end today. I’d always been interested in autobiographies but curiously have never really read any, so I thought this … Continue reading →

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