Escape from boredom

My 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 East after the end of the war. More, it was frightening to read about the suffering on both sides during the battle. We are never able to understand it by just reading about it, but then again, at least when having read the book I know more…

Read more at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad
Review of the book in Norwegian http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2002/12/09/355882.html

Various 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

The 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/

Friends of me has said it, I repeat it – Egil Svartdahl is scary! And even worse, he is able to scare others as well by being the preacher man and pretending to always know whats best. I read this article “Jakten på Satans tjenere” http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2006/11/28/521105.html. Afterwards I also found this article http://www.forskning.no/Artikler/2002/september/1032951528.94 written by Didrik Søderlind. Didrik is one the guys behind Kjettersk Kjeller http://www.kjetter.com/ which I would recommend!

My latest book “Nikkel, jern og blod” by Alf R. Jacobsen. Yet again about WW2 in the northern part of Norway, this time focused on the former Petsamo, now Pechengsky district http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechenga_District and the battle for the enormous nickel resources hidden there. Until now I had no idea how important those resources was for the Nazis during WW2. The book has also enlightened me on the role of Finland during WW2, why they formed an alliance with Germany to get protection from Stalin and such.

Read Per Haddals review of the book http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/litteratur/article1546142.ece

Feel the groove and dance away, but first learn the basic steps…
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If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Speech after the German invasion of the Soviet Union (June 1941)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Churchill

If you live in Oslo you might find this interesting, old photos of Oslo taken from the air. Found a picture of Haugerud from 1960 http://www.byarkivet.oslo.kommune.no/OBA/ (Choose “Flyfotodatabasen” in the upper right corner)

From my high school years I knew the vocalist Ivan Magnussen in the band Ghost Dog. Read about the in the local newspaper here the other day, and took a note reminding me to check them out when in front of the computer the next time. Did not know what to expect, in fact: for some reason I did not expect to like the music…but, sometimes it helps to have low expectations, because I really enjoyed it I must say.

Make your own opinion at http://www.myspace.com/dogsghost

Up north, borrowing my grandmothers old Ford Sierra 2.0 CLS year model 1989, a red beauty. Or at least, it used to be a red beauty as long as I frequently was home and nursed it. Now when years passes between each time I’m at home its beauty vanishes day by day. On the hood there was heavy oxidation and immediate measures was needed. I bought Turtle Wax Super Cleaner and got to work.

The picture shows the hood when I had just started. On the left I have used the Super Cleaner wax, and on the rest you can clearly see that the painting is almost white.

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After the use of Super Cleaner and then treatment with car polish. The car is as I say: Pretty from far away, but far away from pretty (directly translated from Norwegian). The paint has still some spots that have lost much color, but at least now the protection is much better.