Category Archives: Random thinking
Just be yourself
Every human being plays many parts. If you’re at home with your parents, you play one part. If you’re with your friends at school, you play another. If you’re at work, you engage with people you might not otherwise talk … Continue reading
The trial of 22 July
This has been a very special week. It has felt like going back in time – back to 22 July last summer, and the weeks following what happened on that day. It’s odd, as a Norwegian, to see something happening … Continue reading
Posted in Death penalty, Media, Politics, Random thinking, Religion
Tagged Aftenposten, death penalty, justice, life in prison, Norway, Oslo, Reprieve, The New York Times, transparency, trial, USA, Utøya
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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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Adoring the few
I tend to get philosophical when it comes to world affairs and politics. It can be a bit overwhelming at times. Even though we’re constantly presented with what is happening everywhere at all times, we’re not able to take it … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Culture, Education, Life, Media, Politics, Random thinking, Religion
Tagged idols, Jesus, perfection, persuasion, philosophical, worship
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Expressing the inexpressible
What would this world be without music? It would be less cheerful, for one. Less understanding. Less poetic. Less fun. You might argue that the world already seriously lacks these qualities, despite the amount of music being made. But I … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Culture, Life, Philosophy, Poetry, Random thinking
Tagged classical, diversity, genres, instruments, interpretation, music
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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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Living in denial
I would assume many have watched some of Louis Theroux’s documentaries (BBC) from various societies around the world. He’s the guy who visited the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, USA – the crazy sect that goes around to strangers’ funerals … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Life, Philosophy, Random thinking, Religion
Tagged denial, Israel, Louis Theroux, Palestine, Westboro Baptist Church
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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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You’re not gonna get it anyway
This blog really doesn’t have a particular theme, and I don’t know if it’s interesting for anyone to read it. But I enjoy writing it. Sometimes the posts are related to something specific, other times it’s completely random. Like today. … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Random thinking, Religion
Tagged media, newspaper editors, passive, religion, respect, The Sun, UK, underestimating
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