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Juli 28, 2007
The Psychic Princess
At last, something actually happens in event-shy Norway. Princess Märtha Louise, 4th in line to the throne, has declared "I am psychic" and is opening a school to teach people how to communicate with angels. The princess has been in contact with winged celestials, having previously had her third eye opened by communicating telepathically with horses.
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Posted by barry at 11:52 EM
Juli 23, 2007
Fellesferie (part 2)
There are certain advantages to the desolation of Oslo in the month of July. For one thing, our bar is one of the few places that actually has something going on. This week we had some busy events, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, during which we were thanked for keeping the city alive.
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Posted by barry at 11:32 EM
Juli 18, 2007
Fellesferie
I title this picture "Nature: bored." A bird flew into my hallway, looking for something different. The streets and gardens of Oslo offer nothing to anyone anymore.
It is July, the most hideously vacant month in the calendar, a month in which I have all the time in the world to write about the particularly torturous phenomenon of the Norwegian summer.
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Posted by barry at 5:38 EM
Juli 14, 2007
The Magic Symbol (part 2)
More about the magic symbol. This time I can't pretend it's too much of a secret. The editor of blather.net greased up his research elbows and emailed me some pertinent information about it, thus rousing me from my drunken squalor.
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Posted by barry at 2:39 EM
Juli 5, 2007
The Magic Symbol
One interesting thing for a tourist to do in Oslo is visit the Viking Ships museum, where you get to see, er, Viking Ships, but also some of the fancy stuff that was discovered with the boats. There's a particular pot lid with this magic symbol on it. My niece sketched it for me, and wrote, "The magic symbol on the viking lid. It took less than two minutes to reproduce."
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Posted by barry at 5:37 EM