Today I have hang out with Kent, Loy, Alf, Espen and Simen. First I stopped by Loy who is making a potato cannon, so far it blows, but soon it will blow the potatoes far, far away http://glassx.googlepages.com/. Then we went to Espen , ate a lot of pizza, drank wine and flew his new mosquito helicopter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IKTfe5TBmY
Loy waiting for the blast
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Simen behind the helicopter, only showing by its green light…
Kent was out on the balcony when he shouted to me “Rune, come here and see…” So I went out to see this big truck with a trailer mounted going in reverse the whole length of Haugerudhagan. I guess due to the construction of new houses at the end of the road the turn spot had no place for him to turn on.
John Garcia, former vocalist in Kyuss, with his new band Hermano. Heard one of the songs on this record on Myspace, the cover of the AC/DC-song TNT, wonderful!! Garcia is king of rock, and the cd rocks!!! http://www.hermanorocks.com/
The project started last year at Vestreng, cutting down trees to get back the cultural landscape from Gaya which tries her best to concur it back. So this year we have managed to finish one third of it, there is now an electrical fence around it where two horses have spent the last two months.
But, still two thirds left, the following pictures from last weekend showing the work being done and most important of all – how much work still left
First, me in the big 4WD towing Anders up the hill while he uses the backhoe loader to get rid of all the roots
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Still a lot more to be done before horses can walk here next year
Old, but still working
My friend Simen now has his own blog as well – keep the good things coming…
http://www.klavenes.dk
especially since I today found even Guns N’ Roses there….whooowowow sweeeet chiiiiild of miiiiiiiineeee…. http://www.myspace.com/gunsnroses I realize that everyone is there…
Also stumbled across Ted Nugent http://www.tednugent.com/ Totally crazy man, supporting National Rifle Association and such, but the song played when you enter his site is really good…
I also had to check out Thin Lizzy http://www.myspace.com/phillynott , problems there with the player so I was not able to listen to it, so instead I ended up with Metallica, the live version of Orion is really good http://www.myspace.com/metallica
Espen and I went down to Halden last Saturday to participate in the 100 km race “Femsjøen Rundt”. Espen said that he wanted nice weather since he was tired of cycling in the rain. He should not have said that, the weather was ok at the starting line, cold and a bit of rain, then later no rain, but the second half was bad, it rained almost more than Lillehammer – Oslo, if possible…We are not on the video below, but if you fast forward to the end, you will see the comment “To much rain to film from a cab…”
The results are here, but last time I checked Espen and I still was not on the list, due to trouble at the finish line. Anyhow, he used 2.44 and I 2.45 or so…
[video:youtube:qnVtbZzoedw]Due to the fact that I’m quite lucky, living here in Norway, with my girlfriend, both working and not much to complain about I do believe that it is my responsibility to do at least some small things. So last week I wrote a letter to the General Prosecutor in Russia demanding him to look into the disappearance of Bulat Chilaev. It is the least I can do, being who I am and living where I do – a drop in the ocean maybe, but still – the ocean consists of many drops and all that stuff…
Read more here http://www.amnesty.no/web.nsf/pages/CE1E97234A93BED3C12573450034FCB0
And yes, it might be that my voice, together with all the others in fact will make a difference
http://www.google.no/search?q=Bulat+Chilaev
I was about to go to bed when I read an article in the latest issue of Ny Tid, and it got me to do a search on Youtube for the words Stewart and Crossfire. John Stewart, the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, now showing on NRK2 here in Norway was invited to Crossfire on CNN. A show that Stewart had mentioned several times due to its nature, always wanting just yes/no answers, asking only the simple questions, a bit like Holmgang on Tv2 here in Norway (if you have watched either of the shows, you get my point!!). Anyhow, I spent 14 minutes watching the clip, and it is…hilarious I must say. Stewart is not there to be funny, and it is a bit like a tank running over unarmed soldiers (but in a good way), Stewart leaves the two hosts with nothing but disgrace.
[video:youtube:aFQFB5YpDZE]Here is the transcript http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bljonstewartcrossfire.htm And don’t let you be fooled by the “politicalhumor” url, this is in fact deadly serious
And at last, I had to check Holmgangs webpage
Vi skal informere, engasjere og provosere, sier programleder Oddvar Stenstrøm.
http://pub.tv2.no/TV2/magasiner/holmgang/
…like hell you are…