Jacob Christensen » Life as such http://jacobchristensen.name Notes from the Outside of the Inside Wed, 16 May 2012 10:38:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 It Was Friday the 13th. Why Do You Ask? http://jacobchristensen.name/2012/01/14/it-was-friday-the-13th-why-do-you-ask/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2012/01/14/it-was-friday-the-13th-why-do-you-ask/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:55:12 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=6084
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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2012/01/14/it-was-friday-the-13th-why-do-you-ask/feed/ 0     The Christmas Tree 2011 http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/12/24/the-christmas-tree-2011/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/12/24/the-christmas-tree-2011/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:34:03 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=6060 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Despite alle the doom and gloom in previous posts, it is still time to celebrate Christmas

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/12/24/the-christmas-tree-2011/feed/ 0     11/11 http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/11/11/1111/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/11/11/1111/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:21:34 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=6000 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Bruges: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse IV

    It is perhaps worth remembering that November 11 is the anniversary of the 1918 armistice which ended World War I. The Horsemen of the Apocalypse which I photographed in Bruges this summer were not displayed as a memorial for the War and the dead but as it was Flanders and as those living at the time may very well have feared that some kind of apocalypse had come, they may still serve of a fitting reminder of a truly terrible war.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/11/11/1111/feed/ 0     Danes, Swedes and The Bridge http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/11/10/danes-swedes-and-the-bridge/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/11/10/danes-swedes-and-the-bridge/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:13:05 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=5997
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    Many would probably see the main characters Saga Norén and Martin Rohde as national stereotypes with Norén as the formalistic, rule-oriented Swede and Rohde as the laid-back Dane, but if you have worked in both countries things are a bit more complicated. In fact, Norén (minus the sex bit) looks very much as the embodiment of the traditional Danish public bureaucracy which was excessively rule-oriented while Swedish public administration (just like Rohde) has a tradition of being oriented towards negotiations, consensus and the logic of appropriateness.

    Of course, one shouldn’t make too much of a dramaturgical tool but the contrast between stereotypes and reality is fascinating.

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    Instead a glass (of something alcoholic, I assume) will be served before dinner.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/11/03/the-crisis-has-been-cancelled/feed/ 0     Quote of the Day http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/10/06/quote-of-the-day-17/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/10/06/quote-of-the-day-17/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:56:14 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=5963
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    Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/10/06/quote-of-the-day-17/feed/ 0     Egghead http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/09/10/egg-head/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/09/10/egg-head/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:57:04 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=5884
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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/09/10/egg-head/feed/ 0     On the Eleventh Day of Campaigning http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/09/05/on-the-eleventh-day-of-campaigning/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/09/05/on-the-eleventh-day-of-campaigning/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:37:28 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=5855
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    To let

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/09/05/on-the-eleventh-day-of-campaigning/feed/ 0     Der bliver aldrig valg. Ever. http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/08/18/der-bliver-aldrig-valg-ever/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2011/08/18/der-bliver-aldrig-valg-ever/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:38:13 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=5782 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> For those of you not on Tumblr.

    Update: The jokers are really on a roll today. Here’s Lars and Helle debating.

    PS: No, I’m not the person behind the Tumblr-blog. But I know who it is :-)

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    Bruxelles

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