May 17! (The Norwegian independence day) Sausages and ice cream, occasional proper frostbite, sometimes sleet and even snow, but always, (almost) always – rain. Children’s cheers, kids with flags and instruments that never sound as they should when used. Adults in bunad (Norwegian traditional clothing) or suits, cameras and mobile phones. Everything must be immortalized, displayed, remembered… …
Who is the Ugly eagle? My name is Knut A Braa. An ordinary norwegian name. (My middle name is Arnljot, wich means something like an ugly eagle, but that is another story) The best name when selling cars? Anyway, when I was working in Denver in the late 80’s people had trouble pronouncing my name. …
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Poems dressed in wonderful music I was ( still am) an avid fan of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Their lyrics (mainly Paul’s lyrics) were something out of the ordinary. They were poems dressed in wonderful music. Who forgets sentences like: People talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songs that voices never share (from …
Luckily, I remind myself, I have someone to motivate me to exercise. Let’s rewind a bit. (Who wouldn’t want to rewind time a few years, especially those of us who are starting to reach the upper end of the life course? But that’s another, more morbid (if you will,) story.) For the sake of today …
The web is full of paradoxes. We have all heard about “20 paradoxes that changed my life, 10 mind blowing paradoxes that literally blew my mind, 15 spooky paradoxes…” You get the grip. Well, this is handpicked paradoxes I have found. They are all stolen somewhere (and I will give you links if I can) …
The solution to millions of years of evolution is a clock that counts down from five minutes. You’ve probably heard of the five-minute rule. And if you’ve heard of it, you know what procrastination is. The five-minute rule is the enemy of procrastination. Table of content You want to avoid work What is …
Presumably you say, after laughing a bit at the question. “Of course I want that.” Let me tell you what I think about that dream. Dreaming of billions is something we can all do. Lotto prizes that never come our way and incredible business adventures that remain – just adventures. The big hustle on internet …
a friend you wished you had met earlier. “Only in the trenches during the artillery fire had I come so close to other people. Today’s blog is very personal. It will be about a man who is no longer with us, but who left solid imprints before he died. I do not …
Finding flow when you have PTSD Three years ago, I bought a van, a VW Crafter. The plan was to convert it into a campervan. I started the project in April and finished it in two and a half months. I had absolutely no precondition for building anything. I used youtube and learned everything I …
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