The suffering of “filthy, faggot Swedes” in the South East Asia disaster was punishment from God for Sweden’s tolerant attitude toward homosexuality. This is how a website owned by an influential Christian extremist movement in Kansas has reported Swedes’ suffering in the tsunami disaster.
So says Swedish pastor disowns US hate site.
I got a letter today saying I’m still needed to appear as an expert witness at a trial in the High Court in Dublin. It turns out the settlement everyone was working on actually fell through. The punchline: I’m soon going to California for a week of meetings related to some new work (woo hoo!), and shortly after my return our family is going right back to America on vacation to play tennis with Elana’s parents and our niece and nephew.
The trial landed smack dab in the middle of those two trips, when I’ll actually be here in Ireland. Talk about lucky timing. For both sides, really. 
I loved this page - some are truly poetic… It reminded me of when I was a TEFL teacher and asked a Spanish boy if he had any pets:
SB: “I don’t have any pets now, but when I get home my parents will get me a dog.”
me: “What sort of dog will it be?”
(We had been talking about different breeds of dog. Spanish boy surreptitiously leafs through illegal dictionary concealed on his lap, and confidently announces to the class:)
SB: “My dog will be a little bastard!”
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