Category Archives: For fun
Becoming a Londoner (kind of)
I’m slowly getting used to working in central London. I get on the train in the morning (alternatively: squeeze on with a million other people), and I trek my way through the business district, dodging important-looking men and women in … Continue reading
Posted in For fun, Life, Random thinking
Tagged business, jogging, London, Pippi Longstocking, weird
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Norway’s butter crisis goes global
In relation to my last post, “Butter crisis”, I thought I’d post this awesome little thing – you should watch it: The Colbert Report – Norway’s butter shortage So, our crisis has reached an international audience. Excuse me while I … Continue reading
Posted in For fun, Life, Media
Tagged butter shortage, crisis, Norway, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
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Butter crisis
I’m reading the news. It’s not very cheerful. There has been another school shooting at Virginia Tech University in the US. Otherwise, the country is having enormous economic difficulties and high unemployment rates, like many other countries across the globe. … Continue reading
Turning ten
Pippi Longstocking once said: Well, the years pass and one gets older. In the fall I’ll be ten years old, and we all know it’s downhill from there. This girl is the most well-known character born out of Astrid Lindgren’s … Continue reading
Does this look familiar?
A friend of mine found a picture in a library book (Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths) while studying at Kingston University in London. There’s a small message on the back of it (in Norwegian), but it doesn’t mention any names. By … Continue reading
Posted in Books, For fun, Life
Tagged book, Jorge Luis Borges, lost picture, Norwegian
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Memory
Memory fascinates me. Always, when i think of something as vague as this (which I often do), I look it up in the dictionary, just to see how it’s defined: the power of the mind to remember things, something remembered … Continue reading
Posted in For fun, Humour, Life, Memory, Random thinking
Tagged dementia, grandmother, information, memory, nostalgia, random, Seinfeld
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The charm of a small town
If you grew up in a small town, this post will be familiar to you. I have a feeling that all small towns, no matter where they are in the world, have something in common. It’s especially fun to come … Continue reading
Posted in For fun, Life
Tagged charm, childhood, elections, hiking, nostalgia, small town, vote
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Cool thinking
Isn’t it fascinating that someone might be thinking of you at this very moment, and you have no idea? Well, I think it is. A thought can be many things: an idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in For fun, Life, Random thinking, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert Einstein, idea, random, talking, thinking
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Beauty
Take a look at this picture. You’re looking down on the village of Ballstad, which is situated on one of the Lofoten islands in northern Norway. I think most people would agree with me that this view is beautiful. But … Continue reading
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