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I seriously need a minion to take care of this sort of thing for me. All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air[1] — but convenient to public transportation, preferably within walking distance of at least one or two vegan-friendly restaurants or grocery stores (and a pub nearby wouldn’t hurt, either). Internet access, please; preferably WiFi, but I’m not too picky. Parking is irrelevant. Cheap is good, though the more I look the more okay I find myself becoming with “more than I pay for a month’s mortgage”; I’m okay with dingy and kind of sad-looking, because most of the time I’ll be in the room, I’ll be asleep, or possibly whining about how sore my feet are. On the other hand, I’d rather not be out in the ‘burbs, and a handy location can cost a bit. Ensuite, if at all possible (go ahead, call me a wimp; I’ll live). I can live without fancy-schmancy interior design, and could hardly care less about whether there’s a gym, spa, or restaurant in the hotel. Just a bed, Internet, bath and assorted related fixtures, and a door with a lock on it. Doesn’t even have to be a particularly good lock.

Of course, there’s also the seductive appeal of the Good Story Hotel. There’s the LÃ¥ngholmen Hotel, which used to be a prison. That would be kind of cool. However, I’m kind of leaning toward the old: possibly this one (even though one of their room photographs includes leather-upholstered chairs, the point of which I have never seen), which is apparently in Gamla Stan (the particularly old bit of town). It should be convenient to the Medeltidsmuseet and transportation . . . or maybe I should go with something more in Södermalm[2]. . . .

Whoever provided Glorificus with her minions in series 5 of Buffy, would you please send a few along to me?

(Aside: Please, would somebody else please donate to my walk for Farm Sanctuary? Please? Anybody? I know it says my goal is $500 and I’ve only got the $50 I donated myself; it was in a fit of unbridled [ha] and foolish optimism that I typed that. I’ll take spare change, really. Canadian coins. Old bottlecaps. Pocket fluff, even.)

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[1] Great, now I’ve got that song stuck in my head. Sorry if I’ve inflicted it on anyone else.

[2] Wasn’t sure until tonight whether Swedish subs an extra e for an umlaut when you’ve got an umlautless keyboard and can’t remember the ASCII code[3] for the letters you need. It appears that what I’ve been viewing as be-umlauted characters are, in Svenska, actually treated mostly as letters in their own right. Thus, I’ve been screwing it up badly. Yipe. ö = ATL + 0246; Ã¥ = ALT + 0229. Yet more stuff I must remember now. (On the other hand, while trying to find out the answer to this burning question, I discovered that Wikipedia has a link that lets you listen to the German alphabet read out loud. In my present weakened state, I found this endlessly entertaining.)

[3] Favorite ASCII code of all time: ALT + 0254, which makes the thorn character: þ. As was pointed out on the BBC news magazine page yonks ago, it’s very useful for emoticons — :þ.