The Day Before the 1st Advent Sunday

President Obama got a little roughed up in his basketball game yesterday -- an elbow to the mouth -- and had to get 12 stitches for the wound.  This is totally embarrassing, like when during the premiere of Quantum of Solace, Daniel Craig had just injured his arm and walked the red carpet in a gawdawfully ugly sling. 

The Danish People's Party proposed making students pay back their student grant money if they work outside Denmark within the first 5 years of finishing school.  I think I'll send an app to them.  This proposal applies to ethnic Danes too.  In general, the government wants to cut one year off the amount of time that students can receive grant money, which is now something in the neighborhood of $1000/mo for 6 years.  Believe me, folks: $1000/mo does NOT go very far here, in the land of overpriced items and the highest taxes.

Speaking of overpriced items, the government gave a resounding "NO!" to allow big-box retailers in the country.  A huge reason to have them was to increase the competition, and give consumers fairer prices.  I've lived this long without WalMart, I guess I can live a bit longer without it too.  But it's getting hard, with being allowed only one free checked bag on flights to/from the US.  And as for the argument that big-box stores will destroy the local shops, well I'm not shopping at the mom-and-pop stores anyway, because they don't have what I want.  It would, however, increase the competition with the 'small-box' Danish grocer retailers, like Coop and Dansk Supermarked.

And with that said, breakfast is ready.  Enjoy the snowy weekend, and stay warm!