Turtle from above

I took this picture of Raphael on Saturday. I really like it, because it shows his 'turtleneck' so well ... the fold of skin around a turtle's neck that appears and disappears when they retract and extend their heads. It's as soft as velvet ... which you can actually kind of tell from this photo. :-) It also shows the long claws on his front feet, which look like enormous monster claws in this picture. I like that. :-D

You can also tell very easily from this picture why these animals have some issues with depth perception.

Aw, his little face. :-) Look at his precious little squishy nose. :-)

Don't be too sure

Well-known Keanuquote:

I used to have nightmares that they would put 'He played Ted' on my tombstone.

'Used to', you say ...

Noe å huske

Et interessant innlegg i Aftenposten har gitt opphav til en ganske interessant debatt. Der har en av deltakerne skrevet en kommentar som jeg synes er så bra at jeg ikke bare vil huske den for fremtiden, men jeg vil gjerne dele den med verden også. :-)

Før du leser videre nedover, husk at:

å ikke samle frimerker er ikke en hobby,
å overleve er ikke en måte å dø på,
AV er ikke en TV-kanal,

å ikke spille fotball er ikke en sport,
tomrom er ikke en planet i bane rundt Sola,
fred er ikke en form for krigføring,
og ateisme er ikke en religion.

Så hvorfor identifiserer ateister seg da som ateister?

Fordi ateisme er som å ikke samle frimerker i en verden der nesten alle samler på frimerker; der nesten alle studerer sine samlinger for å finne ut hva som er rett og galt og hvilke lover man trenger; der de starter kriger med hverandre over hvor på et brev frimerkene skal sitte og hvilke kanter de burde ha; og hvor nesten alle tror at Posten skapte universet.

I en slik verden ville nok afilatelister fått en identitet ganske fort.

Les absolutt debattinnlegget også, det er verdt det.

Stop forwarding that crap to me

I'm sure everyone who reads this has at some point or another - overwhelmingly likely more than once - received forwarded emails that are nothing but worthless crap. 'Warnings' about viruses supposedly going around or scams being worked, that anyone would know was bogus after three minutes on Snopes. Really badly done 'illustrated poetry'. Chain mail. Just BS that takes up space in your inbox and wastes your time. We've all been there. So of course, Weird Al has made a song about it.

Please note that I am not particularly bothered by such emails myself ... I have mostly sensible friends, the few people that forward crap to me don't read this blog AFAIK. So don't be upset, this is probably not directed at you. ;-) But the song is soo cool and the video so well made that I just have to post it. You'll like it. And if you like Jim Steinman, you'll love it. :-)



Widescreen here.

I like Jim Steinman.

Farmers' market FTW

We started our cultural explorations tonight at Matstreif, the farmers' market, and we ended up spending like three times as much time there as we had expected we would. It was fantastic, best farmers' market I've ever been to, absolutely wonderful. Biggest Matstreif ever, I suspect, and really an experience. Don't miss it. :-) It's on tomorrow too, ten till six on Saturday. You should definitely go there if you have the chance. Lots of free samples of yummy foods from all over the country, and endless shopping opportunities for things you don't find in stores. :-)

Don't miss Masstua and their amazing jellies (especially the raspberry and redcurrant one, it's to die for) and Romstad Farm with the best butter EVAR. Seriously, you'll never believe how good it is. And that's just two of soo many. :-)

Ooh, and here is that raspberry and cheese ice cream cone. So creative, I love it.

What a weekend!!

Seriously, if you're in Oslo this weekend, you won't know what to do with yourself. There's SO much going on, almost too much IMO. Would have been better spread out over two weekends. But what are you gonna do. Try not to miss the best parts, I guess. :-)

Tomorrow night, Friday, is this year's Culture Night. All over town. There are so many cool events and places to go, I can't even begin to list them. The program is here, check it out. If you can't find anything to interest you, you must be the most boring person on earth. Oh, and all the events are totally free. :-)

Also tomorrow, plus Saturday, is Matstreif, which is basically a farmers' market, usually really good. It's open till eight tomorrow and ... five or something on Saturday. It's in City Hall Square. Will probably be hard to miss if you're in the area. :-) They have had the coolest ads around town this past week, I love the one with the cheese and raspberry that look like an ice cream cone. :-D

And finally, the whole weekend, Friday through Sunday, is this year's Bookfest. It's in a bunch of different venues - there's a lot of stuff going on at the Opera House, there's things at the various publishing houses, I hardly know where it all is. The program's here somewhere. Not as good as last year, I don't think, but still stuff worth seeing. Ooh, and free movie screenings on the Opera roof. Anything is cool on the Opera roof. :-)

Have fun!!

Jeg skulle nesten ønske ...

... at jeg bodde i Balsfjord. For de har nå offisielt den kuleste lokalpolitikeren noensinne i kommunerådet sitt. (Eller er det byråd? Er Balsfjord en by? o_O Alle slags tullesteder kan jo bli by i våre dager.) Han heter Helge Solvang, han er 98 år gammel og når han ble spurt av VG på nett hvordan han kom til å bli som politiker var dette svaret hans:

Jeg skal være som Fantomet.

Hard mot de harde.

Helge Solvang for president!! :-D