Never take powerball tips from powerball winners.

In the US, maybe not. But other places, things are slowly happening. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/09/two-senior-norwegian-diplomats-being-investigated-over-epstein-links

it will take time, though.

Big discussion in Norway atm about this aesthetic-- kitsch? camp? vulgar? too aryan? to chauvinistic? or just too close to nazi symbolism for comfort?

https://thevikingherald.com/article/the-vikings-return-to-america-norwegian-soccer-team-gets-in-the-world-cup-spirit/1395

https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/kritikkstorm-faen-sa-dum/84715979

“Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well.”

Most things I do, most of what we all do, we do *well enough *. Ain’t nobody got time for doing every bloody thing to perfection.

I wrote a one man play! I am not a professional writer, even though i have tried, and not at all an actor, and the play touches some things in me, i get both angry and sad for real while playing -- 13.1 is the date, and i'm both super stoked and super anxious. but proud! a real achievement in my world.

Long story short: taught kids about swearing as s substitute teacher, got the principal (my mother) in trouble, wrote a manuscript about swearing, interviewed a linguist about religion for the humanist (atheist) magazine, she invited me to join her book project on swearing, the book was published, the «kulturelle skolesekken» (bringing culture to schools) invited me to tour the northernmost, most swearing part of Norway to talk about swearing.

https://www.nettavisen.no/teacher-taugth-swearwords-in-religion-class/s/12-95-151785

yes. the text over is "Bestemor og mig 3mnd" -- Grandma and me three months ". She, this baby, died an old woman 80+ years later without any kids, never married, afaik never a boyfriend. Only my mother wanted to have her photo album.

Yes, just got a magnet one. He was over the moon. He is one of those kids who has a hard time with everything boring, like brushing his teeth or cleaning his room, but can lose himself for hours on end in the most impossible tasks when he has the drive. At the moment, his mania is the cube. So a magnet cube is indeed very much worth it.

I’m a crossing guard at school. My amazing trick is to balance the lollipop on my nose.

I also know some Shakespearean sonnets and the first page of finnegans wake by heart, but that’s usually more expected.

The most wow reaction i had from my sons’ friends was when i swore better than them. But then again, i once went on a two week tour to schools teaching the kids how to swear, so .., no big deal.

Me and my wife’s motto: Vi klarer alt, translated as We can do/endure everything. Usually accompanied by us clinking our wedding rings.

Bach. Both easy to listen to and a never ending trove of new discoveries. Emotional and yet silly. Spiritual even for an atheist. Simple yet cerebral. Occasionally melancholy yet always life affirming. Rule bound, yet jazzy.

Well, he has a myriad ideas -- cup, vase, generic bricks, sling ammo, pot -- but so far we have just been gathering clay and leaving it to dry into oblivion on the porch.

Yes. Usually when waking up or after dozing off. In extreme cases, i sometimes know i am in location A, and yet struggle to accept it — the sounds or smells or something is just too reminiscent of location B.

December was way too warm for snow, earnest on record by far, whereas Jan and Feb have been really really cold and dry. But in general, yes, climate change means less snow, as it's warmer. at least until AMOC collapses.

Obsidian.

Yes! But like all projects, they die quickly.

One channel for poems, mostly in Norwegian, but the occasional English/German as well Joyce!

Another for teaching Norwegian (in English) Some years old now

Not my tracks, but quite sure they're from ice skates.

snow last year, I have no idea, sorry, I moved back this summer... but if you're really interested, this web page has all the info you'd need https://www.senorge.no/

I lived in Morocco for three years and there it’s more common to walk in the street than on the sidewalk. Compared to the other places I’ve lived (Northern Europe), it’s strange, and the driving is more reckless, but no drivers got mad. Walking in the street is just what people do.

Yes, we have a slight suspicion and are on the case. It’s challenging when you are very much not adhd, WHY CAN’T HE JUST DO THIS IT’S SO EASY, but my job is to understand and help, not force my way of thinking unto his. Thanks for corroborating my hunch, though.

From Norway. Lived in a handful of countries the last decade or so. Probably going back to Norway this summer. Always a bigger culture shock than going abroad.