Thursday, 8 July 2004 - 7:11 AM PDT

Hej, Chinq:

I'm sorry you're so tired; unfortunately, I know how you feel. I should give you some serious kudos, though, for being so consistent with the blog; I get something new to read every day. You're keeping me from dying from boredom at this job. Tack so mycket (thank you very much).
I.

Thursday, 8 July 2004 - 9:51 PM PDT

Hey Inga,

Glad I can help make your day go faster, or at least help to keep your head from hitting your desk.

I got that "business proposal" to Rance Wednesday. He didn't post it, so we'll see if he makes an appearance. I just hope I really posted it, because I've noticed that when I'm sleepy, I mis-post sometimes. Not a way to run a business.

I had this quick, witty reply to Gus Openshaw, I mean it was on the mark. And -OOPS- it's lost to cyberspace and I'm totally unaware until the next day.

Anyway, I plan on partaking in Midsommar this weekend, per your permission. Aquavit will be the official beverage, as we will not put aside Absolut(is that "registration mark" a wingding?)for special occasions & holidays.

Let's sleep in on Saturday, deal?

Chinquapin

Friday, 9 July 2004 - 12:29 PM PDT

Hej, Chinq:

I read Rance this morning; he's complaining he's got too many hits. Hey, he started it, and now he's complainin'! I hope he makes an appearance to your blog, for your sake; you've worked so hard. I think it would be great fun.

Salut, and have a great Midsommar this weekend! Enjoy the Aquavit! And to get that little R with a circle around it, I typed the document in Microsoft Word first (put your cursor where you want the symbol to to, then go up above and left to INSERT, then to SYMBOL, find what you want out of all those little symbols they offer you, click on it to highlight it and then hit the bottom "Insert" box. Close your little INSERT box to go back to your document, and it will sitting there, so cute, right where your cursor had been), then I cut and pasted the whole kit-and-kaboodle into your little "Comment" box (God forbid they come after me because I left it off. You never know with these trademark people). In case you want to learn more Swedish, "absolut" in Swedish means "absolute" and "absolutely."

I'm sleeping in on Saturday (TGIF!), but I'll be up at 4:00 a.m. to go to Maine on Sunday morn. I'll be a tired flicka (girl) on Monday - you really will be keeping my head off the desk with your entertaining blog.

Vi hors, (be talking to you)
I.

Saturday, 10 July 2004 - 12:53 PM PDT

Inga,

Have a safe trip.
FYI: I had an AMC Wagon in the 80's.
Your friend flicka(whinnie...).

Chinquapin

Monday, 12 July 2004 - 2:18 PM PDT

Hej, Chinq:

I'm back and in one piece!

Yay for you for having an AMC! I love it.

I know that you know that flicka is Swedish for "girl." Remember the old horse caretaker on "My Friend Flicka?" He had a thick Swedish accent (I cannot remember the actor's name). Well, according to the storyline of the series, he's the guy who named the horse. So, all he did was name the horse, "Girl." I only remember this because I grew up in an Italian, Portuguese, African-American, and Hispanic neighborhood, and I had no one out of my immediate family that looked like me (all the kids freaked out in Kindergarten at my towhead and blue eyes. Kids were always getting up in my face to check out something they'd never seen before - touching my fine, almost-white hair and staring into my eyes). I was definitely a minority in the neighborhood, but I'm glad - it has taught me to love and respect all other ethnic groups. So, hearing about that "Swedish" man on "My Friend Flicka" was the first time (at about 5) that I knew, outside of my own family circle, that other "Swedes" existed. I thought we (in my family) were all "weird" since my family looked so different than all my friends (my very smart Swedish grandmother explained that God made us all different "shades" on purpose to teach us tolerance for one another. She was so far ahead of her time, since she told me that in the early 1960s!).

But anyway, don't all simple words sound so much prettier in another language? Whether it's French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish - somehow the simplest words sound so much more sophisticated in someone else's language.

I.