Well, now that Blogger’s not acting up, and I’m not busy erasing my hard drive (on purpose), I can finally show you my new hairdo. I got tired of the blond stripes and wanted my brown back. And while I was at it, I changed the cut, too. I’m ready for more change. I wasn’t […]
In spite of four weeks off from work, and 22 days away from home, I’m missing summer already. Maybe I’m missing summer here at home. The rain came back in July, a week before I started my vacation, and is still here – now with renewed strength. The forecast suggests autumnal downpours and temperatures, i.e. […]
I went on a trip, I visited my mother and my childhood friend, and it could have been the usual. “Did this, saw that, and oh, guess what happened when we…”, while passing the photo album around. But something happened under the surface, and the result was that I dreamt I was pregnant, a very […]
All the little blessings add up to one wonderful day. Interestingly, yesterday morning’s affirmation involved seeing and experiencing love in everything. Thank you, God, for the love I experienced. Thank you for: …easily finding everything at the grocery store …the money in my account that let me afford all that food – and a cash […]
Making room 1 I weighed myself this morning. On April 30, when I officially started my diet, I weighed 65.9 kilograms (145 pounds). This is on a body that measures officially 161 cm (5′ 3.5″). I was into the “overweight” part of the body mass index as was also evidenced by my need to go […]
Making the rounds of some Norwegian blogs is a meme about what you remember from 1987 (a 20th anniversary). I can’t tell you anything about popular culture, fashion, top 40 hits, news items, or the year’s best movies without looking it up, because I can’t remember. I do remember 1987, though, because that was the […]
Elsewhere in Blogland (Blogdom, Blogovia, Blogostan, etc., take your pick) or at least that part of the Country of Blog I visit, the debate of freedom of speech and how far can you go in saying mean or threatening things to someone in a comments war has resurfaced. I’ve already given my opinion on the […]
An insurance company in Norway has interviewed people about bad luck. Is it your own fault when you trip or when you spill or break something? When that happens, how do you explain it? You’re clumsy? You’re stressed or distracted? Or it’s just one of those things? There’s a fourth explanation they don’t list: It’s […]
In a comment to my last post there was a suggestion that I got my morals from a religion. I replied “My morals have not been dictated to me by religion (because I didn’t have one), but by my family, society and personal experiences.” Actually, I’m not sure where I got my morals from, but […]
September has been a month where things came to a head for me. I don’t function well when I’m tired. Ever since childhood, I’ve always gotten cranky when tired. After a weekend of little sleep, I got cranky at work last Monday, and the person I was cranky with (a regular co-worker) took it so […]
A Roll in the Universe 