Only in Norway?

The annual ski race «Rindhovda rundt» had to be cancelled - for the first time since WWII. The reason? The skiiers are almost outnumbered by moose. The animals use the ski tracks as a walkway and the risk of colliding with them is just too big.

Beate Øygarden from the ski group says she doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. "As soon as we prepare the trakcs, the moose come and use them. It seems hopeless this year."

aftenposten.no

Idiot

Of all the words in the world, with all its definitions and degrees of meaning, I thought this described something we'd recognize when we saw it. Apparently I was wrong.

Idiot: an idiot is a stupid person with a mental age below three years, while a moron is a stupid person with a mental age of between seven to twelve years

What about all the people with mental ages between three and seven?!? I need a new word!

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/idiot

Bergen: In 2007 more people moved away from than to the city, making it the only Norwegian city to lose residents.

"When it's been raining sideways since October and heavy clouds lie just above the pavement, there's no wonder people want to leave."

"There's a really difference in weather in the two cities [Bergen and Oslo]. I tend to think of the first man who decided to settle here. "This place was nice, I want to live here." I'd like to meet him. He must have been a raving lunatic."

Pål T. Jørgensen, news anchor
nettavisen.no

Famous pre-divorce words:

I think it's really great how you and my best friend get along so well!

Flowers

My boyfriend left my place to go to his, a trip which usually takes at least 20 minutes. Only a few mins after he left here (or maybe it only felt that way), he was on gtalk.

Me: That was quick :o
BF: Not all of us stop to smell all the flowers on our way :P


He knows me all too well....

Go home and have sex, pastor tells flock

Miami - A Florida church leader is challenging married members of his congregation to have sex every day for a month.

The challenge for single parishioners is slightly different, though - to abstain from sex for 30 days, reports Sky News.

Paul Wirth, head pastor of the Relevant Church in Ybor City, said the marathon undertaking could help cut high divorce rates.

He said: "Couples across America are struggling in their relationships, both married and single people.

"For married people it seems like the sex is great up front, but then for some reason life happens."

But when you're single it's like you're always thinking about it and you're like, man I'd like to have it as much as possible.

"And sometimes that prevents them from having a great, healthy relationship later on when you do get married.

"The Relevant Church describes itself as "a casual, contemporary Christian church" and says its services are designed "specifically for urban professionals and young families".

Independent Online

Obsession

 b·ses·sion [uhb-sesh-uhn]

 -noun

• the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
• the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.
• the state of being obsessed.
• the act of obsessing. 

[Origin: 1505–15;  L obsessiōn- (s. of obsessiō) blockade, siege, equiv. to obsess(us) (see obsess) + -iōn- -ion]

dictionary.com

6am

I've written a little more than the 1,500 words I was supposed to write on my anthropology paper for my 204-course "Economic life in a global perspective: Symbolic and material aspects of production, distribution and consumption."

I always start late but this time was later than usual. Yet I've only been here for 6 hours and I still have 8 left. I'm almost impressed at how well developed my procrastinating skills have become.

I have a feeling that's a very bad thing...

Yummy yum yum!

I had this year's first strawberry today.

I'm ready for spring!

My Tuesday Morning

7:00 In bed
I'll get up... soon...

7:30 On the floor
I'm up! I'm up!

7:35 In the bathroom
BANG!! <-- Thunder 7:40 My room
Lights blink, it's completely dark outside for a couple minutes

8:06 My room
Leaving for my lecture, starting at 8:15

8:13 On the bridge
Wait a minute... [slowing down] Wasn't there something about us not having lectures one of these weeks?And was that the week we were writing our paper? Because that is this week. Which might mean there is no lecture today.

8:20 Lecture hall, Social Sciences building
Door is locked. No lecture today? Crap! I woke up at 7 for no reason??

8:21 Lobby, Social Sciences building
I was supposed to go to the library to get a book that's waiting for me, and I was going to buy a book I need for my paper. But nothing opens until 9. I'll go to the computer lab and check out when the library and the shop opens. I didn't bring any books since I was going right back home to work on the paper.

8:25 Computer lab
As always it takes an eternity to log on..

8:30 Computer lab
A very long eternity...

8:32 Computer lab
No one else can sign in either...

8:35 Different computer lab
I'm all alone here. Let's see....

8:40 Same different computer lab
Nothing works!! What do I do now, just sit here?

8:45 Still same different computer lab
Hmm... I got a two week old paper I can read...

9:03 Hallway outside computer lab
Finally it's 9!

9:05 Ground floor of building containing library
Library opens at 10. Good thing I got to check out the opening hours at the computer lab first. Not!

9:15 Book store
Got the book!

9:45 Back home, online

• 05.02.2008 Logon problems. Due to power outage there are problems with logon to My Space this morning.
• My Space is temporarily unavailable. Check your e-mail and My Space.
• All central systems have been stopped.
  - All central IT systems have been down due to power outage, email is still unavailible.

9:50 Back home, still online
This means I can't find out if today's lecture really was cancelled, I can't see if Thursday's lecture is cancelled and I can't find the paper I'm supposed to be writing.

9:51 Still online
Maybe I'm psychic but I actually downloaded the assignment last night.



I really should have taken the big bang in the bathroom this morning as a sign not to leave the house.