Archives for: May 2008
Is soccer a top level sport?
May 30th, 2008Is soccer a top level sport? For some that would be true, but all in all I would say that the answer is no, no, no! One of the top clubs in Norway, Lillestrøm has just fired their coach...or the official version is that he has resigned. According to VgTv… more »
Nick Cave - The Good Son
May 28th, 2008Needed this one because of The Ship Song, and also to complete my collection even more more »
Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
May 28th, 2008A double cd, even more of Cave in my collection. more »
Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
May 28th, 2008Yet another cd by Cave in my collection more »
The best hangover song
May 28th, 2008Whenever I have a hangover http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangover the best song to listen to if you ask me is Pink Floyd "Mother". Not sure how many days I have managed to crawl into the livingroom and put this song on just to crawl back to my bed again.… more »
Vestfold Rundt yesterday
May 26th, 2008Yesterday we participated in Vestfold Rundt, 165 kilometers around Vestfold county. By far my worst experience this year, hope it will stay that way :-) I guess the need for me to sleep on a towel due to pretty much sweat the night before had something t… more »
Early warning sound mirrors
May 22nd, 2008Was surfing around earlier today when I stumbled accross this guy planning his U.K holiday based on tips he got on his Wiki http://www.mentalkipple.com/myukholiday.
Someone had tiped him about going to see the early warning sound mirrors.
A forerunn… more »
Foreign accent syndrome
May 22nd, 2008We where watching the Omid Djalili-show as usual this Thursday evening. He had a joke about a judge having a special problem, he had the "Foreign accent syndrome". Afterwards he told that it is actually a real syndrome. I looked it up on Wikipedia, read… more »
Pictures from Nordmarka Rundt
May 21st, 2008Me passing the finish line on Sunday, with Hans behind pushing Frode who have just fractured his collar bone!
This picture and 298 others are available at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/froy/sets/72157605126099832/ more »
Ever wanted to drive an escort car?
May 19th, 2008My team needs 5 escort car drivers for Trondheim - Oslo on the 21'st of June. All expenses will be paid, you only need a drivers license and a day of form work - Friday the 20'th.
Følgebilsjåfør søkes! Vi trenger følgebilsjåfører til Styrkeprøven, no… more »
Nordmarka Rundt today
May 18th, 2008Today I competed together with my team in Nordmarka Rundt. 155 kilometers around...Nordmarka. Starting from Valle Hovin, towards Bærum, Jevnaker, Roa and back to Valle Hovin. My team did reach our goal almost, I believe we ended up with the time 4.20, we… more »
My latest book - "Gøy på landet? Landbruk i ei postmoderne tid"
May 16th, 2008My latest book is "Gøy på landet? Landbruk i ei postmoderne tid" written by Dag Jørund Lønning. Just found it in the bookshelf and decided to read it. A present to Elin from her friend Arve for her 25'th birthday.
Forfattaren ser på framtida til det n… more »
Sunset seen from our kitchen window
May 14th, 2008This afternoons sunset seen towards Tryvannstårnet more »
Yet another cryptic review
May 14th, 2008Found this in the latest issue of Ny Tid. Again in Norwegian
Etter Michael Mores suksess har det flommet over av subjektive slentre-foran-kamera-dokumentarfilmer. Debbie Melnyk og Rick Caines På Sporet av M.M er en underlig avart av undersjangeren. D… more »
Todays bicycle ride
May 11th, 2008Had planned to go with my team around Nordmarka today, but after a telephone conversation with Espen yesterday I gave in even before I had started. Due to the race yesterday I agreed with him that it would be better for me to slow down today, so I went a… more »
Special cookies when I go on long bicycle rides
May 10th, 2008Yesterday I baked "biking cookies" after the recipe I found on the web page belonging to Team Jæren. The url to the recipe is found here http://www.teamjaren.no/2008/hva-skal-du-spise/ (Norwegian). Tried it today when riding Ceresrittet, did the trick. E… more »
I hurt myself here the other day
May 9th, 2008I woke up a few nights ago and felt really thirsty so I stood up and walked to the kitchen. When standing there in the dark I saw that the glass was on the table in the living room. I picked it up, and when walking back to the kitchen I managed to kick m… more »
My latest book
May 8th, 2008Found this one in the bookshelf - "Snø i helvete" by David Ålskjær. more »
My latest book
May 7th, 2008My latest book is written by Marina Lewycka and is called "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian". more »
MegaMila
May 6th, 2008Participated in Megamila today, 10 kilometers time trial today. Finished at the time 15:39, all in all ok, remember I don't have time trial equipment and such :-)
Check out my hair when finished
The complete list
http://idrett.speaker.no/Dow… more »
What I've done today
May 4th, 2008I've been active today.
First I used the high-pressure hose to clean the tarmac outside our main entrance because it was covered with moss. You can see the stripes on the tarmac after the water jetting.
Then, after we have had a lot of visitors tod… more »
Can someone please translate...
May 4th, 2008For those of you that are able to understand Norwegian, can you please help me explain this review of the new DVD-release of the Swedish movie "Du levande" . The review is from the latest issue of Ny Tid
50 stiliserte øyeblikk som beskriver det sven… more »
Our dinner today
May 3rd, 2008Had to take a picture of it, our dinner today, fish soup. The ingredients:
Cod fillet, carrots, potatoes, leek, sweet pepper, broth more »
My car has now
May 3rd, 2008My car has now passed 70.000 kilometers, still going strong. I thought when I got to know that we should get a child that I needed to buy a new one, but no - we perfectly manage. Peugeot 206 SW covers all our needs. more »
Todays bicycle ride
May 3rd, 2008The plan today was to join Lille40 (Lillehammer - Oslo 40 km/h average), but since I had misplaced my bike pump I was about 30 seconds to late to be able to join them. I saw they started out from Hydro just when I got on top of the hill, but I was to far… more »
Enebakk Rundt yesterday
May 2nd, 2008My team and I managed to do Enebakk Rundt almost as fast as we had hoped for. 2.05.44 is the official time for our team, 2.04 was our goal, but if we give us some slack due to the weather I would say that we managed!
My results:
Resultater for: Run… more »
The Omid Djalili-show
May 1st, 2008We watched the first episode sent on Norwegian tv today with the Omid Djalili-show. That, I must say, was a breath of fresh air! Sign me up next week for the next episode...
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