Archives for: October 2007
When does a boy become a man?
October 31st, 2007I wonder when a boy becomes a man, is it when he does grown up things, but if he does childish and stupid things he is still a boy. In Norwegian, consider the following statement
Tagger pågrepet
Vektere fra Oslo Sporveier meldte klokka 12.29 at de ha… more »
New trailer available for GTA
October 29th, 2007There is a new trailer for GTA IV available, for sure quite old for those who are really hard core and checks that web page each day, but anyhow - I'm really looking forward to it http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/ more »
Movies seen the past week
October 27th, 2007Last weekend we bought the DVD "Kalde Føtter" when out shopping food. I had seen the trailer last year and thought is seemed cool. So, we spent Saturday evening watching something...boring...The story was kinda funny, but the actors - god damn, did they… more »
Hege Storhaug - "Tilslørt, avslørt"
October 25th, 2007Just read Hege Storhaugs lates book, this book about the hijab http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab. This book not as good as the one before, mainly due to the chapter where she dresses in a burka and walks around in Oslo. But apart from that, still a book… more »
Follow up on renovation of the kitchen
October 25th, 2007Elin doing her thang...
All that is left in the kitchen today
My laptop available as always more »
Renovation - Second day of tearing down the kitchen
October 21st, 2007We have not teared down most of the kitchen, just keeping the sink to be able to do the dishes for a couple of days more at least. So now almost all memories from Jetmund, except the smell of onion, is outside...
These two pictures where f… more »
Started renovating again - the kitchen
October 20th, 2007Today we have started for real renovating the kitchen, and in about a month we will be finished, looking forward to that I must say. The first layer of wallpaper, the one that really have done our kitchen up until now is mostly teared down, but the under… more »
Cartoons - Middle East Times
October 20th, 2007Found this cartoons, funny... http://www.metimes.com/cartoons/index.php
If the above link changes, here are the actual pictures from this week
http://www.metimes.com/images/photos/full/20071019-101542-1803.jpg
http://www.metimes.com/images/photos/fu… more »
Krev din rett - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
October 20th, 2007My latest book, "Krev din rett" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a book about women and Islam. On the front cover there is a quote from Salman Rushdie "Dette er en ekstrem viktig bok, heftig, utfordrende og nødvendig". It is well worth reading!
Found her blog… more »
4000 kilometres on my bikes
October 19th, 2007Two days ago I pasted the 4000K limit with 10K's. Most of it spent on my racing bike, but strangely enough I've managed to do 1300K on my mountain bike as well. I had hoped to get 5000, but due to two weeks of sickness when we came from Croatia I missed… more »
The Book of Books - Trevor Dennis
October 12th, 2007Just read the book "The Book of Books" by Trevor Dennis, a introductory book about the Holy Bible. As I have read books about Islam in the past I wanted to read about the bible as well. And already today I got to use my knowledge when referring to the st… more »
Concert with Goldwasser
October 11th, 2007Yesterday I was at Blå where Goldwasser played http://www.myspace.com/panatropes . Elin is the vocalist in the band. It was different, nice - even though parts of it are...strange... more »
Radio Controlled Cars on steroids
October 11th, 2007Top Gear always takes things to the next level!
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Til siste slutt - Alf R. Jacobsen
October 9th, 2007My latest book was "Til siste slutt" by Alf R. Jacobsen, telling the story from the 6'th of May when German soldiers killed 6 civilians at the small place called Hopseidet http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopseidet As usual when it is about the second world… more »
Blind chinese civil rights activist beaten
October 9th, 2007Some time I ago I did my duty and sent a letter to The State Council of Beijing doing my share to help Chen Guangcheng, a blind civil rights activist who is now doing his time in jail. Read more at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Guangcheng#Detention… more »
Custom Valtra
October 8th, 2007Was surfing on Finn.no looking at tractors when I found this Valtra T180 2003, costing kr. 485.000,- for sale. At first I found nothing special, just another expensive machine, but then...I studied the pictures in detail
Airbrush your tractor...if… more »
A bunch of crap
October 8th, 2007Celebrity's are influencing a lot of people, and now how people date, such as "elderly women dating younger man" - their proof Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore...and also "celebrity's are living together, but not necessarily getting married...as this was n… more »
Walk like a man - The Sopranos
October 7th, 2007Tonight we saw episode 5, season 6 of The Sopranos. The first scene when Tony is walking down the stairs he sang a song which I knew that I should know but could not remember. And when the episode was over they played a song that Elin wanted to know whic… more »
rblog - Connecting people
October 7th, 2007Last year I read the book "Hemnes at war" and as usual I created a post in my blog. Here the other day I got a comment on that post http://www.hellem.org/blog/index.php/new/2006/08/04/hemnes_i_krig_1940_45 , Neil Livingstone had visited Hemnes last week… more »
Vacation up north
October 6th, 2007Back home from one week of vacation up north. We flew to Tromsø last Saturday and was picked up by my cousin Andre. When walking around in the streets of Tromsø Elin suddenly started talking to someone who came out from a shop, first I could not understa… more »
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