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Alex

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About Me

http://www.alexakesson.com/
http://www.facebook.com/people/Alex_Akesson/608023380 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wowzer888/
http://www.hedgefunds-weblog.com/
http://hedge-fund-news.blogspot.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexakesson
Bit of a traveler, writer and artist/jack of all trades. Born in Sweden, raised in India and S. America.
Moved across the sea from underworld New Orleans where I lived 10 years, circa Katrina. I now live in Gothenburg and freelance for a couple of websites.

My World Visitor Map!

My Interests

Extinction, Exploration, Ecology, Rugby, Quasiintelligence, AI, History, Sociology, Genetics, Archeology, Politics, Satire, Philosophy, Graphics, Oceanography, Music, Mathematics, Art, Archery, Literature, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Kickboxing, football , Sculpture, Calligraphy, Carpentry, Farming, .... ect...........

I'd like to meet:

Kilgore Trout.

Music:

QOTSAge, Goran Bregovic, Gogol Bordello, White Stripes, Bowie, Joy Division, Doors, Tom Waits, 9 Inch Nails, Leonard Cohen, Zappa,... ect..any good lyricist...ect

Movies:

Resident evil (s), Salton sea, 28 Days later, Strange days, Adaptation, Where the buffalo roam, The way of the gun, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking barrels, Man of la mancha, Zorba the Greek, Montypython, ect

Television:

Dexter, Third Rock, Blackadder, Californication, PainKiller Jane.

Books:

Aldous Huxley, Iain Banks, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, J. Joyce, William Saroyan, Wilde, Hunter S Thompson, Neil Gaiman, Bertrand Russell, Naoya Shiga, P.G. Wodehouse, Richard Dawkins, Robert Graves, George Orwell, Edward Rutherford, James Clavell.............

Heroes:

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My Blog

Verification

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Posted by Alex on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:18:00 PST

End Of Story

A story I have been following (reporting on) the last year ended now with the founder hanging himself in his cell. The background is here. Im not sure how the hedgefunders will take it, but Ill ...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 26 May 2008 08:33:00 PST

Cows & how the world works

SOCIALISM:You have 2 cows, and you give one to your neighbour.COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:49:00 PST

No Evolving Allowed

http://www.caglepost.com/cartoon/Parker/50536/LOCA...EmailCo mmentSee more cartoons ...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 05 May 2008 04:07:00 PST

Heimweh

The Greek word for 'return' is 'nostos.' 'Algos' means 'suffering.' So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return. Europeans utilize a word derived from the Greek ('nostalgi...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:46:00 PST

Bioeffects Of Selected Nonlethal Weapons

A recently declassified US Army report on the biological effects of non-lethal weapons reveals outlandish plans for "ray gun" devices, which would cause artificial fevers or beam voices into people&rs...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:09:00 PST

Dissolutionment

I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me upin his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pave...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:58:00 PST

Futuristic Freak Out - DARPA

Doggie/snow horse weird thangie/theFLY Lighten his load so we may pounce!
Posted by Alex on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:09:00 PST

Living in a big glass tube can add 40 years to you life

Abandoning your job, your family and the outside world in favour of a big glass tube can extend your life expectancy by decades, according to a new study. -Satire from the Daily Mash ...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:12:00 PST

Creeping Up On Ya!


Posted by Alex on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:03:00 PST