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Posted onNovember 8, 2021November 21, 20212007

Flipside 2007: Sunday, the night of the burn

by Elze

The geek factor at Flipside: not too high At that time I had been reading too much of Wired magazine, because it was probably there…

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Posted onOctober 21, 2021October 21, 20212007

Flipside, Saturday morning and Sunday; art and costumes

by Elze

On Saturday morning I was really grumpy and exhausted. I could not sleep all night, both because of insomnia and because of constant noise —…

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Posted onOctober 10, 2021May 21, 20222007

Burning Flipside, May 2007: Friday night

by Elze

Pictures of Flipside at night, and me walking into torches The most unexpected thing that happened to me at Flipside was that I walked right…

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Posted onOctober 7, 2021November 21, 20212007

The Squelchy — uh, sorry, Burning — Flipside, May 2007

by Elze

I went to Flipside, a local Burning Man-style event in the Austin area, in 2007, the year it rained almost non-stop all summer, making water,…

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Posted onSeptember 11, 2021September 11, 20212007

E at 2 years: Sears portraits, May 2007

by Elze

When E turned 2, I took her to Sears to have her photos taken at a photo studio. One of the props in the studio…

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Posted onJanuary 3, 2021January 3, 20212006

Miscellaneous interesting things and people in Sweden, May of 2006

by Elze

This post contains pictures of random details of Swedish everyday life that were, if not unusual, then at least different than what you see in…

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Posted onJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 20212006

Street fashion in Stockholm, Sweden, May of 2006

by Elze

In 2006, magenta hair was pretty rare in the United States. It took another 5-10 years for everybody to start dyeing their hair in “fashion…

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Posted onJanuary 1, 2021January 1, 20212006

Gripsholm Royal Castle, Sweden, May 2006

by Elze

While visiting my friend in Stockholm, we went to see the Gripsholm castle, which is in a town of Mariefred, a relatively short train ride…

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Posted onDecember 30, 2020December 30, 20202006

Sweden, May 2006: signs that make multilingual puns

by Elze

These are signs I saw in Stockholm that make multilingual puns, with the exception of one at the bottom that’s memorable for other reasons. They…

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Posted onDecember 29, 2020December 29, 20202006

Skansen historic museum and pre-industrial craft workshops, Sweden, May 2006

by Elze

The Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm is kind of like a historic theme park that shows how life in Sweden looked before the historical era.…

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