Escape from boredom

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…

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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.

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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…