Jag känner en bot

And I thought number 3 was bad. Now, topping the list at number one on the nyt.hs.fi purchased tracks chart, Boten Anna by Basshunter. What is the world coming to? I readily will admit that my past prediction came true and I listen to it way too much, but that doesn't mean anyone else should fall victim, nor that it deserves to be topping ANY list, save for perhaps catchy/kampy europop... jeah.

Finnish cooking isn't THAT bad

With the Finnish (EU) presidency coming to an end, it's time for the government to host their summit in Brussels. Following comments by Chirac of France and Berlusconi of Italy, the Finns have sent their top chef to cater the event and show that Finnish food it not something one simply endures, but something that can be enjoyed too. The menu? Blinis with Finnish fish roe, followed by seasonal deer and for desert a cloudberry mousse from Lapland. While I would agree that Finnish cuisine isn't always necessarily that exciting, I disagree that it is not tasteful. Some of my favorite food dishes are Finnish. More [here].

As an aside, I'm heading over now to turn in my final (35 page) assignment for this semester. After catching up on things I've been neglecting, I'll start catching up on other things that I've been neglecting, then hopefully I'll catch up on this blog.

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää, Suomi!

Happy independence day to Finland, 89 years old today.

(and happy birthday to my grandma, much younger than Finland)

The Litvinko killing

This story gets stranger and larger by the day. Latest news from the BBC indicates that Finnish airline Finnair is now involved:

On Saturday the Russian transport ministry's press service said traces of radiation have been found on a Finnish plane in Moscow that had flown from Berlin via Helsinki.

I've no idea how a plane not even in England and in fact flying the opposite direction could've come into contact with the substance, but that's what it looks like happened. Sad, since last I new airports had screening machines that picked up on radioactive material people were trying to smuggle onto planes. Obviously not a sound investment.