Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me...

It's the gf's birthday today. She looks pretty hot in the dress I got her as a present, especially when she's being clever like in these photos.

Smile!

Horrible!

Joshua and Caleb ... priceless!

I knew there'd be a gem somewhere inside my good friends, home-schooled brothers Joshua and Caleb's website. Turns out to be a goldmine. Thank you guys, thank you! This is from their post 'Evolution isn't even logical':

Where Did All the People Go?
Evolutionists claim that man is one to 2 million years old. However pendulation expert Thomas R. Malthus discovered human populations have tended to increase geometrically with time. This means that if the time for the population to double itself is called T. Then starting with the initial population of 2 people, after T years there would be 4 people, after 2T years 8 people, after 3T years 16 people, etc. History has been consistent with this. During the time of Christ there were 300 million on earth. In 1650 there were 600 million. In 1850 there 1.2 billion. In 1950 there were 2.4 billion and in 1990 there were about 4.8 billion. This present population indicates that there have been 30 doublings (T) in history. This would carry us back to about 3500 B.C. which was the time of Noah's flood! Interesting.

If the first man appeared 1 million years ago as Evolutionists claim, and these conservative growth rates applied during that period, the world's population would be, at present, 10 with 27,000 zeroes after it. However, no more that 10 with 100 zeroes after it could be packed on the earth and that would be wall to wall people. Where have all these people gone? Shouldn't their bones have at least remained? Population statistics tell us the earth isn't that old.

From The Good Report

Thank God for musical blogs - NOT

Ok this shout goes out to anyone even contemplating putting auto-cued bl**dy music on their blogs: IT STINKS! REEKS! SUCKS! We *all* hate you for it. It does NOT make your blog cool. Oh, and before you try to show off your musical taste, maybe you should get one in the first place! Wow I feel a bit better now. And who caused all this ranting and raving. Joshua and Caleb did, "two homeschooled brothers [whose] main purpose is to give you a 'Good Report' from God's Word." Well done. Well done, home-schooled brothers Joshua and Caleb. Here's my report to you: F! F for turn the freaking music off! Here is their blog -- turn up your speakers and see for yourself.

Magic radioactive mushrooms

Sounds like something out of radioactive man's secret lab. I read this story on spiegel.de, so it must be true. Apparently fungi Wangiella dermatitidis and Cryptococcus neoformans are capable of feeding off pure radioactive energy. Scientists in New York ran an experiment comparing one sample exposed to the normal level of background radiation, the other sample received 500 times that amount. The radiation junkie fungi thrived happily and outgrew the ecologically grown fungi. Apparently large quantities of this fungi have been found growing inside the Tchernobyl containment area. The authors speculate that this type of fungus could provide an unlimited food supply for nuclear-powered manned space exploration. And here's a sample of it growing on radioactive man:


NB not really my toe, I'm glad to report. Found on 'zfootdoc' - gross!

Roller coasters

I love roller coasters. The best coasters I've been on were at the Universal park in Orlando. 'The Hulk' and 'Dueling Dragons' are both fantastic rides, hard to choose between them. Orlando is highly recommended as a fun-filled holiday destination. If you go, get the combo pass that includes Universal and Wet 'n Wild. Disney is OK for kids, but I was quite bored. Anyway, here are 2 vids of the Universal rides. They are better in real life! I went about 40 times, and had a blast every time.
- The Hulk -


- Duelling Dragons -

Talking to the lovie

...on a Sunday morning is great!

Can you feel the love tonight

I am not easily taken in by cheeze. But hearing this Elton John sop fest on the radio made even this old Scrooge a bit soft. It must be the key changes. It's quite beautiful though. Listen:
There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world
Can be turned away

An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for wide eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There's a time for ev'ryone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn

There's a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this starcrossed voyager
Beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest?
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
It brought back memories of long Sunday breakfasts in York, with Sunday Love Songs playing on Classic FM. It was magic. But so is Norway. All it takes is a magic person.

Random facts

I got tagged by the gf, so here are 8 random facts about me.

- I bought my first car this year. It broke down the next day. It's fine now.
- I once peed next to Jakob Nielsen. I didn't look at his schlong.
- I am notorious for breaking deadlines. Notorious.
- I once cycled 190km in one day.
- I shook hands with O.J. Simpson. He seemed like a nice guy.
- I have a tooth missing, but you can't see it. I'm very scared of dentists.
- I live 300 metres from a nuclear reactor.
- I have made over 200 blood plasma donations. All the money I made from it was lost in the dotcom crash. My stocks went down by 98%.

DVD scare fest

Hooray, DVDs are on their way! After a couple of nights of scanning my collection for anything watchable, it was time for a binge-buying session. So here's what will be hitting my screen this summer:

The Grudge
A Tale of Two Sisters
Dark Water
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Family Guy: Season 5
Das Boot
Cube 1-3
Lady Vengeance
OldBoy
Phone
Crash
Pulse
Love Actually
Alien 3
Dawn of the Dead

And here is what the gf thinks about scary movies

flickrvision

flickrvision is a very neat application that can keep you captivated for hours (or minutes). Also try the '3d' button in the top left corner.

Caravan of Love

After the gloom of the previous post, something more cheerful. This clip features the highlights of a recent trip with the newly acquired radioactive van (aka snuggle car). The gorgeous scenery is in the Hardangervidda national park in Norway (4m snow in late April), and the Aurlandfjord just north of there. The clip is slightly embarrassing, but always brings a smile to my face, so why not share it!?

Photo project

I found this photo on another blog (lost the URL). I was quite intrigued by it. Once I get my new camera, I should like to do a project along similar lines. Maybe I can persuade grumpy nun to be my model, she'd be perfect (scary!).



Here is another haunting and beautiful forest photograph, entitled 'the red blanket', by the very talented Floriandra.

Norway Day

Today is Norway Day, hooray! I made a pledge not to get infected by the buoyant spirit of Norwegian self-celebration, but walking in to work this morning, I couldn't help but feel the excitement. Lesson learned: Dress up when you leave the house on Norway day. Percentage of chaps in suit and tie: 100. Except radioactive man (unshaven, unkempt, red fleece, fat pants). Result: Dirty looks from passers-bye. There are flags everywhere - almost as if they'd won the world cup. Which of course they never will, hihi (Germany won it 3 times, by the way). I made it into the office unscathed - it's a haven of tranquility on a public holiday. Outside, the parades marched through town all morning, complete with brass bands and the odd gun shot from the festning.

Norway Day is also the culmination of the russe celebrations. Russe (pronounced ry-sse) are the high-school graduates. Their main party period is between May 1 and Norway day. The russe tradition consists of: Getting an old, rusty, red russebil (VW bus, Ford Transit or such like), paint the names of the gang of russe who own it in big white letters all over the bil. Driving around town, honking their customised horns and being a general nuisance. Shooting water pistols at little kiddies. Wearing red dungarees or low riders with Norwegian flags on them. In the weeks before Norway Day, the russe challenge each other to a series of dares. These include things like kissing a police man, brushing your teeth with fjord water, and running across the main square naked (or so I am told). Each challenge earns a ribbon which goes on their hat. During the Norway Day parade, they hand out russe cards, little red business cards with their photo and a joke on it (I had the weirdest flashback of London phone booths). Anyway, things have cooled down now, along with the weather. I guess the russe are taking a well-deserved snooze in their russebils (I understand they don't get much sleep in the run-up to ND). And for another year, my little Norwegian town falls into its usual, slow pace of life. Happy Norway Day, and good luck all you russe!