(Edited) I know I said I wasn’t going to talk about my digestion any more, but since other bloggers have given me information by telling their stories, I’ve decided to give an update. It is clear that alcohol and coffee do not agree with my stomach. I can drink coffee if I make it weak. […]
Month: May 2008
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Failing the climate quiz
Yesterday, right after work, my division had a meeting about the climate. Some of the questions were about how we thought the climate changes would affect our work. I can’t really see any direct influence on my work as a graphics designer. Indirectly, there are heaps. The climate changes has made us aware of how […]
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Wordless Wednesday – Meet Tim
Wordless Wednesday
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What do I desire?
“What do I desire?” was the prompt on the prompt generator – and a good prompt it is. Last night’s seminar has (happily) given me a lot of inspiration and – desire. Desire to look seriously at what I really want out of life and the faith that I can make my desires realities. But […]
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Thinking big thoughts
Tonight I attended a course that uses this. It was advertised as teaching The Secret, and I had no clue what to expect since I hadn’t even heard of the course instructor. However, the Norwegian woman who held the four-hour seminar was both lively and brilliant and real. I am very happy I went to […]
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At the fountain
Lured by a free outdoor concert I took a trip to town on a glorious Sunday afternoon. Me and my camera. Among the things I wanted a picture of was the sparrows’ favorite drinking spot. I had noticed them a couple of times before as I walked by on other occassions. They had found the […]
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AFK
It’s almost 8 pm. It is the first time today I sit down at the computer. And it felt good, in more ways than one. I have been struggling with some achy hip joints, which – I discovered – have to do with too much sitting, especially on a bad chair. I now try to […]
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The hardest decision
I had another nice walk to the police station this morning. I learned that if I were a European citizen the stamp in my passport would be valid for 25 years. I am, however, not a European citizen. As I left the police and walked to work, I thought about changing my citizenship. Giving up […]
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Fitting in – more or less
I wrote earlier about a frustration I have being foreign, which involves getting a new visa in my passport. I have permanent residency, so it’s just a matter of constantly renewing the official stamp in my passport that says so. And it was indeed a breeze to use the local police station. (The queue ticket […]
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The high school guidance counselor
Paula kvetches about her daughter’s high school guidance counselor in this post. I put in my 2 cents in the comments, but I thought my own readers deserved to hear my own kvetching. I actually liked high school, though I didn’t like homework (but always did it, because I am unable to cram) and by […]
Talking about digestion is something old people do. So let me talk about my digestion now and get it over and done with because I really don’t want to be having this conversation when I’m old. I am currently reading a book, “Hidden power for human problems” by Frederick Bailes. I hadn’t heard of Bailes […]
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A bit of refurbishing
Yesterday, my blog looked like this: I moved my blog to Blogspot because I wanted a couple of things posting with FTP to my homepage site couldn’t give me (simply): A collapsable archive list and a label list. Mainly I do this for me (as the commercial goes). To me, a long list is just […]
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Constitution Day and oystercatchers
I went digging through the archives and apparently, I’m more fascinated with oystercatchers having sex sitting on eggs than I am Norway’s Constitution Day. It’s a day of sack races, balloons, ice cream, hot dogs, throwing up in the bushes only to go right back for another ice cream, and forced to do all that […]
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Priorities
Norway’s largest labor organization, LO, has many member unions. Some of them organize airport employees. And some of those employees went on strike today at 8:00 am, closing five airports including ours in Bergen (BGO). It’s rather interesting to hear what sort of emergency solutions people and airlines come up with. The airlines did not […]
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I am safe as long as…
I have a good friend, Ken, who has often functioned as my personal guru. He has a simple but effective suggestion for when life seems to get difficult or worrisome: Go find the party. Or, if that’s a little out of reach, affirm to yourself, “I am safe as long as I’m breathing, no matter […]
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Cool idea with no verbs
From Neatorama’s own post about a story without verbs, inspiration. Otherwise, none at all. Too short a night, too long a day, too empty a mind, too empty a blog post. But, no! 365 days of posts! Yes!
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Deacceleration
This being a three-day weekend in Norway since it’s Whitsund, I decided that I should do something different, so I went looking for a day trip. I found one that would take me by boat to the barony in Rosendal. It said trips daily Monday through Friday and I wondered if that included this Monday, […]
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Home-made card
I can’t remember when I last made a home-made Mother’s Day card, if ever. Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May in the US, so I made this card at home, 21st century style (Photoshop. layers, effects, more than one photo), showing Grandma and me, and sent it to my mother:
A Roll in the Universe 