Me with my new Sony Alpha 100
I finally got my Sony Alpha 100 today!
It has taken ages! First I tried to get it from DigitalKind, but it just kept being delayed. I then tried to get it from Rankhour, but they also started to talk about delays, so I asked for a refund. I then tried A J Purdy, and that worked – they shipped it within 24 hours!
It seems to be a somewhat dodgy shop, though. Instead of sending me a box with an Alpha 100 body, they sent me the lense bundle one, but with the lense taken out. 
The camera is great, though! It’s so fast, and it makes reassuring noices when I take photos.
Born to assemble Ikea furniture
Phyllis had warned me before she moved in, but six-years-old Charlotte has nevertheless impressed me hugely with her ability to assemble Ikea furniture.
It wasn’t so much when she assembled Léon’s chair on her own, since that was pretty easy anyway, but yesterday she twice did things right that I did wrong while we assembled a bed, and I’m normally not too bad at doing these things.
I wonder whether anybody is willing to pay extra to have their furniture assembled by a wee girl?
Kørekort 1
I går bestilte jeg et midlertidigt kørekort (provisional driving licence). Jeg indsendte en formular med foto, en check på 38 pund (kr. 422) og mit pas. Jeg håber ikke, de smider passet væk, for ellers kan jeg aldrig mere forlade Storbritannien. 
Når jeg får mit kørekort, har jeg lov til at køre bil, så længe en erfaren bilist sidder ved siden af mig. Jeg har altså ikke været til teoriprøve eller noget som helst, men sådan virker systemet herovre.
Jeg blogger mere, når jeg får kortet (og forhåbentlig mit pas!)…
I got horns that open bottles
One of the great things about living with kids is that you get an excuse to eat burgers at Burger King and then go to the cinema to watch movies like Hoodwinked. 
It was a really funny film – and I loved the goat…!
Vedbendsvandaler
En dag, vi kom hjem fra en gåtur, havde nogen fjernet næsten al vedbenden. De lod det øverste sidde, men det visner jo snart, når forbindelsen til rødderne er væk.
This will drive you nuts!
I got this from Phyllis, who got it from her parents. It’s very simple: Count the people, wait until they shift, and then count them again.
Sygt barn
Léon har fået et underligt udslæt over hele kroppen. Det er muligvis en form for fødevareallergi, men ud over de røde plamager har han også blålige områder, og han er opsvulmet og har lidt feber.
Vi var på skadestuen med ham fra 20-tiden i aftes til kl. 3 om morgenen, men alle lægerne dér kunne ikke finde ud af noget.
Selvom jeg ikke kan gøre noget konkret, føles der forkert at efterlade Phyllis her og tage til fest i Danmark, når Léon har det sådan, så jeg har besluttet at blive her og droppe TÅGEKAMMERET’s 50-års-jubilæum.
Going public
My girlfriend, Phyllis, has finally told her parents about us, so now I can finally blog about it in public.
To cut a long story short, my office-mate Phyllis and I gradually fell in love sharing an office, but we managed to keep a distance until she went on maternity leave with her third child, Léon, a year ago. Not seeing each other in the office every day drove us into each other’s arms. The year since then has been an emotional rollercoaster for all of us, but she finally left her husband on 26 September and moved in with me. At the moment, her youngest son, Léon, spends most of his time with us, while Marcel (9) and Charlotte (6) spend more time with their dad. They’ve alredy spent a full weekend here, and it went really well. They’re all really sweet kids.
Jeg håber, jeg snart får mulighed for at tage til Danmark med Phyllis, med eller uden børn, så venner og familie kan få lejlighed til at møde hende.
Famous
A newly published book, Limits of Language by Mikael Parkvall, has a section about me (see all of it on the right). It’s a very amusing book in general, so I recommend it highly.
NB: Of course it’s my father, not my mother, who’s of German origin.
Inkubo
Mi ĵus eltrovis, ke William Shatner foje aktoris en esperantlingva
filmo, Inkubo. Ĝi estas iomete multekosta, sed mi ege ŝatus vidi ĝin.