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Norway post #5 (greetings from sunny Norway)
As I write this, I am watching the VG top 20 live concert on TV. Lots of teenage girls getting rained on and singing along to a song whose lyrics include "you are like a sunset, behind a mountain, somewhere." I don't know who the singer is, but if I was 14 years old, I'd totally dig him.
The announcer appears to be high.
The Fram Museum
Last night I ( Read more... ) -
Norway post #4 (why do my feet hurt?)
My feet hurt. My legs are a bit sore.
It probably has something to do with the immense amount of walking I did yesterday.
As I type this, it is overcast and windy outside. It has been raining on and off all day and promises to do so for much the rest of my trip. Knowing this in advance, I decided to take advantage of my last sunny day in Oslo to ( Read more... ) -
Norway post #3 (while you were sleeping)
I seem to be on a travel-writing roll. Might as well go with it...
Today Eric was working at the conference so I got to play tourist on my own. I was in the mood to check out a museum or two but since there was a strike closing down some of the museums, I wanted to check which were still open. I figured the tourism office would know a helpful ( Read more... ) -
Norway post #2
Some thoughts before I head out of the hotel and start the day ( Read more... ) -
Norway post #1
Eric is taking a nap so I'm going to take a minute to scribble down some thoughts.
I've never been jet lagged by 9 hours before. Definitely discombobulating. We left Seattle on Sunday afternoon around 5 PM and arrived in Iceland at 7AM. It never got dark. I didn't get to see out the window though, we had aisle seats and all the window blinds ( Read more... ) -
snippet stolen from an email discussion
Not entirely sure of attribution - Donn perhaps? In case you didn't know this about me, one of my big peeves is people who don't return my attempts at communication. Guess I'm not the only one...
The thing about silence
Is that it's hard to know from whence it comes
Is it indifference
Cold it be disapproval?
When you look at silence
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Question House Sunday Night Movie Annual Reminder
Good afternoon and happy new year, fabulous people.
This is our once-yearly reminder to all that we have a movie night, roughly every other Sunday, at Question House.
If you are not on the email list that we use to announce the next movie, and would like to be, please let Eric know. Traffic is low; typically one or two emails a week tops.
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