It’s New Year’s Eve, December 31st, and all afternoon, some kids have been lighting firecrackers and simpler fireworks. It’s not legal; they need to be over 18, but not a single adult, not even me, has said a word to the 10 or so boys who have been happily lighting stuff, and diving for cover […]
I went a little nuts this December and bought me a bunch of DVDs. Among my purchases were a few in glorious black and white, including “12 Angry Men”, which I watched last night. I knew the plot, I knew the outcome, but what got my attention this time around, was the reaction of the […]
The Recipe For Keera 3 parts Sass 2 parts Slyness 1 part Passion Splash of Instinct Limit yourself to one serving. This cocktail is strong! What’s the Recipe for Your Personality? Funny thing is, this actually fits. Cheers! (Found at Paula’s, where else.) PS: Upon rereading my blog post title, I was reminded of the […]
I’m watching a show about Mexico on Discovery Channel and they describe how the migratory monarch butterfly seems to sit in lifeless clumps for three months, until the February sun penetrates the trees and strikes the butterflies. Because of buildings in front of my 2nd story apartment, I don’t get any sunshine in my apartment […]
I tripped over a Norwegian trivia and puzzle site (finally, I may win money with my sudoku addiction), and discovered that I know more about pop stars than I do Sweden. Twice I got the question “Who is Sweden’s prime minister?” and twice I gave the wrong answer. So why don’t I know his (or […]
It’s been stormy for the last couple of days. Tear-trees-up-and-close-roads-with-them stormy. I haven’t stuck my nose outside (as the Norwegians say) since I was with friends on Christmas Day, which was the one day we had some lovely weather. The temperature dipped to freezing, the skies cleared and a wane sun actually managed to make […]
I have joined something called Blog 365, thanks to Paula. The idea is, for 2008, to blog every day. If the computer is not available, write something and post it later. (Leap Day is a day of rest.) Also, if you have more than one blog, then posting to one if not the other counts. […]
I have a friend who is an atheist. She’s an atheist because she sees no evidence to the contrary, though she has tried. I have another friend who’s an atheist, but he has figured out the “where do we go when we die” thing: We live on forever, not as who we are but as […]
Every other blogger has something to say about the holiday, so I decided to, too, instead of feeling left out. First off let me say this: I wasn’t traumatized by Christmas growing up and I knew extremely early that Santa doesn’t exist. I love Christmas movies, because I love the combination of magic and inevitably […]
I just bought a book, Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World, partly because of the introductory chapter. There, a method for “borrowing days” to predict the weather was mentioned: The weather on the day before the winter solstice forecasts the weather for the first month of winter, the weather on the day of […]
I think that those of us who search for meaning in our lives, do so because we need some sense in our chaos, some hope in our darkness. We have pasts that have left us with scars and we want to know how to move forward. The fact that we even think like this, is […]
My friend Max took the test and got such a wicked cool picture to illustrate his results ((sorry, no linky) so I took the test, too. If you score highly on all four elements, you get Harmony. If you score equally low on all four elements, you get Balance. As I did: Your Score: Balance […]
Inspired by the normalcy of Badaunt’s list of seven random things (in other words, I tagged myself), here is my attempt: I have such good peripheral vision, I can see 180 degrees. I treat Norwegian “brunost” (goat’s cheese) like candy. (It’s kind of sweet, anyway.) I can type the ten-key pad by touch. I once […]
The first time I saw the finale to this, I actually started to panic, wondering about how the cat would get back out. It became a little too much for my latent claustrophobia. But it was a pretty darn good kitty trick! (Via Cute Overload, who were more taken with the cheesy laughtrack.)
I am so looking forward to the solstice this year! I can’t wait for these gloomy days to get more daylight. We’ve have more overcast weather than not this year, and as of yesterday, 2868 millimeters of precipitation so far in 2007. Sure, it’s in itsy-bitsy metric, but it’s still a large number even when […]
I wasn’t tagged. I just went and stole this from Paula, partly because it looked like fun, and partly because some of the resulting answers actually held meaning (so do mine). So let’s fire up iTunes and see what happens. The rules are: Put your music player on Shuffle For each question, press the Next […]
The last thought I had before letting myself out of my apartment, was to bring my cell phone because maybe somebody would need me to call the police or something. Yeah, right. Like that ever happens. As promised by the weather bureau, today was an absolutely beautiful day. The sun actually came out. From my […]
A Roll in the Universe 