Escape from boredom

My latest book, “Få meg på for faen”. Needed something to read on my way home today. It lasted a couple of hours. Have been praised in the press http://www.samlaget.no/item.cfm?id=13906&read=lang_omtale, in my opinion … somewhat funny, but then again as Elin says: “You read only about the WW2 and Islam”
Anyhow, since Charlotte plays a part at the theater in this play and we might go to see her as Alma, I thought I had to read it anyhow http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/netuser/repertoire/presentation.asp?pid=212

My latest book, which I must admit I have spent some time finishing is “I gode og onde dager”, or “Marriage, a history” as the original title is. Very interesting book I must say, it tells the story of the marriage through all time. What it meant _back in the old days_ when people got married to survive, up to now when people get married _out of love_. I must say that the book brought new light to some misunderstandings I have had, and that the book also should be considered a “must read” for conservative people that always says that is was so much better back in the old days. Not true, divorces have existed through all time, and if divorce was not possible, why not just kill the other one and such…

I would really recommend this book.

http://www.stephaniecoontz.com/books/marriage/

I got my first Christmas present this year from Anders, Elins father. After a day as normal at Vestreng, doing “farm tractor logging” I got my first present this year. It stood there on the kitchen floor when I came in to eat dinner, a Jonsered CS 2152. As found on http://www.hegrabensin.no/index.php?head=6

En skikkelig profesjonell sag i 50 cc-klassen med rask akselerasjon og aggressivt temperament. Kombinert med det unike vekt/effektforholdet, gjør dette sagen uslåelig når det gjelder effektiv kvisting.

Every man must have his own chain saw!!!

“Why stay ordinary”, that’s the slogan of Jonsered http://www.jonsered.no/

I GET http://www.get.no pissed when it comes to Get providing digital cable tv. Every once in a while, and in the past, quite often, we get this grey box on the tv saying that the list of channels are being updated and that I have to wait. But, why oh why do they have to use this big box, right in the middle of the screen, especially when I want to watch the program that is running…I beg Get to quit!!

Today when waiting for the bus on my way home out at Fornebu, there is a traffic light just next to it. The light was red and two cars stood there waiting, when another one approached from behind, starting to brake about 10 meters to late…bang…and broken glass…no people injured but two cars…so, drive slow and look ahead…

Spent two days in Trondheim this week teaching WCM. Stayed one night at a hotel and went out to see the movie “Si at du elsker meg” http://www1.vg.no/film/film.php?id=9012 I would agree with review, but I do not agree with the last sentence, I do not see how this movie can comfort anyone.

The last day before I took the night train back home to Oslo I visited Einar and Laila, thanks to them I did not need to walk around the streets in Trondheim all by myself 🙂

And here is a picture of the locomotive, a diesel locomotive. And my advice to you, if you ever travel with a night train in a sleeper, then it might be bad to sleep with an open window. The exhaust came straight in, so I had to close it…doh! But when in Oslo the next morning, they had changed it to an electric one, so somewhere during the night I could have opened it again. Maybe that is why the train was one hour late, but a good thing anyhow, since I got to sleep on hour more.

But, not with my friend Kent, but the Swedish band Kent http://www.kent.nu/. Bendik & co had a ticket to share, so I joined them. I must admit that I hesitated a bit, I still remember their concert at Roskilde in 2002 which was…not…very…good. From that day I’ve refused to go to yet another Kent-concert, they are better on cd than live. I must admit, that even though the concert was better this time, I still do not like them live…better spend the money on some other band.

While browsing for the correct way to write “necessary” I stumbled across this article http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/08/cz_af_1008health.html

Kent tipped me about this great gadget. If you have a Mini-Z or some other remote controlled car you soon will start to wonder how fast it goes…the solution “Tamiya TAM15183 Mini 4WD Speed Checker”

http://www.nekadar.com/43787.html

Had to buy some lunch today, so I bought a bread and needed something on top. I ended up with something really old fashioned “Sunda” – which has the slogan “Sunda, kraftig godt!”. The box has not been changed since it was brought to the market in the 1930’s…

http://www.stabburet.no/palegg/sunda