Kuopio, Café & Opening Hours

Posted on July 26, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

[A call to my readers in Kuopio, in particular.] If you live in Kuopio, or you are an attentive tourist, you are likely to notice a peculiarity of the city in a matter of days, weeks at most. Most locals I have talked to agree: Kuopio lacks a few cozy coffee shops with opening hours [...]

Memorable Days

Posted on March 14, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

Largely due to discussions on women’s rights, equality, misogyny with a woman while I was in the USA during 2008 and the resulting misery I occasionally felt for being a man following those discussions, today I’m more than ever sensitive to a particular day of March, namely the 8th of March, the day that marks [...]

Water Flows Down The Sink

Posted on March 27, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

I believe, my beard shaving career started when I was 13 or 14. The process, shaving, is repeated perhaps once or twice a week and the technique has never changed over the years: it involves blades, shaving foam and water. A lot of water. I have been shaving my beard roughly 75 times a year [...]

Experiment: Stock Markets

Posted on March 26, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

From the New York Times, U.S. to Detail Plan to Rein In Finance World, The Obama administration will detail on Thursday a wide-ranging plan to overhaul financial regulation by subjecting hedge funds and traders of exotic financial instruments, now among the biggest and most freewheeling players on Wall Street, to potentially strict new government supervision, [...]

The Obama Post (Interactive!)

Posted on November 6, 2008 | by Markus Stocker

An American friend has been wondering what Europeans think about the new President Elect of the United States. This post is an attempt to answer that question. You, my friends in Europe, are invited to voice your opinion and discuss what Obama means not only for the future of the United States, but the world at [...]

 

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