Archives for: January 2008
The meaning of songs
January 31st, 2008Remember back in the 80's when I was just a little boy the song Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen was really cool. Little did I understand of the meaning of the song, due to my age and most of all the lack of knowledge for the language. Later I have r… more »
Todays MySpace playlist
January 30th, 2008Deeyah http://www.myspace.com/deeyahmusic Like nothing else I usually listen to
Hinda Hicks http://www.myspace.com/hindahicks To much jazz...
Dimmu Borgir http://www.myspace.com/dimmuborgir ...not my cup of tea
Surferosa http://www.myspace.com/surfero… more »
Bokhandleren i Kabul - Åsne Seierstad
January 29th, 2008My latest book "Bokhandleren i Kabul". Quite good book I must say, but then again I also understand that Shah Mohammad Rais got upset since even if Åsne had tried hide his identity it was of no use. How many people like him was there in Kabul? But apart… more »
Legalize drugs?
January 29th, 2008An interview with Kristoffer Joner gets me going for sure. He wants to legalize drugs like heroin, and by doing that he hopes to get the abuse under control. The article is found here http://www.kjendis.no/2008/01/27/525093.html He even compares the way… more »
Close call
January 28th, 2008Check out this video, only 10 seconds long, god damn, I'm not shocked if the police man now has started reading the bible...
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Todays MySpace playlist (and a bit more)
January 28th, 2008Ida Maria http://www.myspace.com/idamaria
The cure http://www.myspace.com/thecure Concert on the 11'th of Feb?
A Perfect Cirlce http://www.myspace.com/the1hollow
Maria Solheim http://www.myspace.com/mariasolheim
U2 "Wide Awake in America" http://www.… more »
Pappa for første gang - Finn Bjelke
January 23rd, 2008My latest book, "Pappa for første gang" (Daddy for the first time) written by Finn Bjelke. Got it as a Christmas present and found the time to read it now. Not an encyclopedia so to speak, but the book manages to emphasize some important issues in a funn… more »
Todays MySpace playlist
January 23rd, 2008Maria Solheim http://www.myspace.com/mariasolheim
Gillian Welch http://www.myspace.com/gillianwelch Followed a link from Maria Solheim
Neil Young http://www.myspace.com/neilyoung Followed a link from Gillian Welch
Annie http://www.myspace.c… more »
Kautokeino-opprøret
January 22nd, 2008We went to see the new movie Kautokeino-opprøret http://www.filmweb.no/kino/article117345.ece today. We both found the movie very good, and felt sorry for the rebels being somewhat forced to do what they did. But, when back home we started to read a bit… more »
"Gud er norsk" - Aslak Nore
January 22nd, 2008My latest book "Gud er norsk" written by Aslak Nore is a book about Norwegian soldiers serving abroad. Starting with Tysklandsbrigaden after the second world war and up to Iraq and Afghanistan today. I find parts of the book very good and informing, as f… more »
Todays MySpace playlist
January 18th, 2008Ida Maria http://www.myspace.com/idamaria From Nesna, actually my father who told me about her the first time I believe
Ghost Dog http://www.myspace.com/dogsghost Still as impressed as the first time I listened to them, go Ivan go!
Maria Solheim… more »
Need to fill up some space
January 17th, 2008I guess he had a bit of rush, the journalist writing this article http://www.kjendis.no/2008/01/17/524200.html because I can't seem to figure out why on earth he have placed the picture of Janne Formoe and Synnøve Skarbøe at the beginning since they are… more »
Summary of 2007 on hellem.org
January 17th, 2008Here is the Awstat report from last year for my website. Not sure what was so special about February, but there must have been something... more »
Malicious pleasure
January 15th, 2008Sometimes malicious pleasure might sometimes be the best kind of pleasure. Today when driving to Årvoll for the weekly spinning with Rye I was overtaken by an old Saab. It was for sure not the place to do it, the speed limit was 50 km/t and I drove with… more »
How to reset your Polar S210
January 14th, 2008Wanted to reset my Polar S210, but was unsure how to do it since I've lost track of the manual long time ago. Thanks to http://www.pulsklokke.no I managed.
Gå inn i den siste filen i File menyen. Bla deg frem til Tot.Time-trykk på den røde ok knappe… more »
Technical difficulties
January 14th, 2008Read an article about Tor Erling Staff and his client, also known as Lommemannen. It has gotten a lot of attention the past few days, which also the cell phone belonging to Staff has taken notice of
Pågangen på telefonen til Staff har vært massiv de s… more »
Weekend in Prague
January 13th, 2008We have spent the weekend together with my colleagues in Prague, as alway a very nice city. In January much better than during high season in summer, you are able to walk around without 100.000 other people around you at all time.
I've taken pictures… more »
Led Zeppelin - Mothership
January 13th, 2008Got it from Elin - the Led Zeppelin compilation, a must have! more »
Hot'n Spicy - Journey
January 13th, 2008Christmas gift, Lars Tormod wants to raise my jazz knowledge :-) more »
Berlin - Anthony Beevor
January 13th, 2008My latest book is Berlin by Anthony Beevor, the same author who wrote Stalingrad. As for that book this one is really good, the author is well known for weaving together the basic facts with personal histories. What I did not know, and found the most sho… more »
Animal positions
January 10th, 2008Lost track of your favourite lynx, or maybe deere? No need to worry, just go to http://www.dyreposisjoner.no/ more »
Biting your own tail
January 10th, 2008The leader for Norwegian Immigrant's Forum http://www.norskinnvandrerforum.no/ says in a response to Aslam Ahsan that he can see no problems with schools with only minoritys. He claims that Norwegian schools prioritizes so called Norwegian knowledge, and… more »
Dagbladet is bringing you the news
January 10th, 2008First of all, let there be no doubt about the fact that the story itself is sad, and that it is no laughing matter, my point here is what the news value is for me and my fellow Norwegians.
I turned on my computer this morning just to check my email be… more »
Need a chest of drawers?
January 9th, 2008This one have been standing on the other side of the street just outside our house for two days now. Need it, come and get it more »
Visiting Trosterud
January 9th, 2008Yesterday I visited Trosterud, not well known among tourists I would guess, but I have found some information about the place. First the subway station http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trosterud_stasjon, then they have young chefs there http://oslopuls.no/fr… more »
I went to the hairdresser
January 9th, 2008On my mothers request, here is a picture of me at the hairdresser. more »
Medium - the tv serie
January 8th, 2008I'm very fascinated of the wake up scene of todays episode of Medium http://www.nbc.com/Medium/. They both woke up, husband and wife, wearing their t-shirts, in fact Allison had on shirt on top of the other one. My first reaction was that it must be hot… more »
Stalingrad - Antony Beevor
January 8th, 2008My latest book "Stalingrad" by Antony Beevor. Stalingrad is considered the turning point of WW2, and I find it very interesting to get to know how the Russian victory of Stalingrad would then again strongly influence how Europe was divided into West and… more »
I spent 16 minutes watching theese videos
January 6th, 2008Various tractor and truck crashes. Some of them I really wonder how it could happen.
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There is also a vol 2 of this movie, just double click on this video, it will then open at the YouTube website more »
Jingels from hell!
January 2nd, 2008The radio show "Kompani Knutsen" at NRK PeTre...ARRRRRGHHH! It is only a compilation of jingles, crappy radio to the people for sure! http://www.nrk.no/programmer/sider/kompani_knutsen/ more »
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