Earlier this evening we enjoyed yet another great dinner at Big Horn in Sarpsborg, this time with Marianne’s parents. As usual it was hard to decide which of the nice dishes to take, but I played it safe and took the 300 grams (10.5 oz.) Mexican Pepper Steak, which I’ve had there twice before [...] Read more »

This morning I was traveling by comfortable express bus to the office, as I do 5 days a week. All went nicely on schedule, until we reached Høyden. There the bus started to drive very slowly. First I thought that we had a tractor in front of us. That happens some times on the road [...] Read more »

As you may or may not know, health care in Norway is (almost) free. Yes, I know this is hard to believe for most people. Norway was originally supposed to be included in the Michael Moore movie ‘Sicko‘ on the workings/failing of health care systems on this planet, but he decided to take it out [...] Read more »

Here’s one for all you conspiracy nuts out there:
Within the time frame of just mere hours both the Church of Greece (aka the Greek Orthodox Church) and the Mormon Church (aka The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) lost their leaders in the last 24 hours.
Gordon Bitner Hinckley, President of the Church, died due [...] Read more »

This is not a smart request to make during a meeting with the management, in my opinion.
Why not, you may ask? Well, if you ask for a raise you want something from the management. The management is then in the position to make demands, set requirements which you have to meet to actually get that [...] Read more »