Celebrating 1st advent Sunday|Første advent på Fløyen
We decided to take the funicular up to the Fløy Mountain today to celebrate first advent – it came early, to be honest I thought it was next Sunday. The «candle» were lit to...
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Festival of Light 2009|Lysfesten 2009
Each year we mark the start of the festive season with a Festival of Lights. Thousands gather around a small lake in the city center. Christmas songs, fireworks, torches and lighting the Christmas tree....
Norwegians in Eurovision 2010 announced|Min Grand Prix favoritt
Time has changed and I can relate more and more to the music in Eurovision. The list of Norwegian contestants have been released and I am happy to see Julian Berntzen, he will be...
The pocket man in trial|VGs bilde er misvisende
The «Pocket man» in Norway is in trial for molesting hundreds of children. Its a guy from my area and I hope he get life in prison. (sadly this mean 9 to 15 years...
Polls between elections|Journalister tror det er valg igjen
I’ve had it with polls between elections. We’ve just had an election and now media is starting with polls allready, 4 years until next election. What is the point? We cannot throw out our...
Media fired Peter Mueller – Norways skating coach|Media fikk sparket Peter Mueller
Norway axes Peter Mueller, the coach for our national speedskating team. He said «you’re a discrase to Norwegian speedskating» to a girl. The media in Norway pushed this case to the limit and I...
Two persons arrested for ruining Gingerbread city|2 personer arrestert og siktet for Pepperkakebyødeleggelse
Two persons (21 and 26 years old) have now been arrested and charged by the police. I bet they had a lot of fun while crushing the city but not anymore. I guess we’ll...
Nerd Monday – Pixel by Pixel|Nerdemandag – piksel for piksel
To draw pixel by pixel can be fun sometimes, how about doing it with tiles for the shower? Å tegne piksel for piksel kan være morsomt av og til, hva med å prøve med...
Iran’s days are counted|Beroligende statistikk om atomvåpen
Now that Iran is soon being bombed by USA and Israel I remembered this one, maybe it can be used to calm people who fear nuclear holocaust? Nå som USA og Israel snart skal...
Going by bus is not safe|Å bruke buss er ikke trygt
Do you remember when bus-drivers where polite people? Time has changed, or is it only in Norway? Here the bus-drivers are rude, drive before elderly people have found a seat, doesn’t help people etc...
Gingerbread city in ruins|Vandaler i Pepperkakebyen
Before every Christmas kids in schools, homes and kindergartens creates each their gingerbread house and delivers it to the Gingerbread City in our city centre. And when we’re getting closer to Christmas the city...
We give up|Vi har gitt dere opp
Finally environmental friendly biogas entered the market, but what happens? Our government decided this week to put extra taxes on it. Isn’t it sad? They demand that their people do what they can to...
