Weekend in Sweden
Saturday, August 4th, 2012 Posted in Biking, Lifestyle, Norway, Sports and Fitness, Travel | No Comments »Last weekend I went with the family to Sweden for a retreat with some of our scandinavian peeps. This was the first of a soon to be annual event held at the Björneröds Ridcenter. The wife and kids have been ...
If I can’t be famous, I’ll be infamous!
Friday, July 20th, 2012 Posted in IPS, Krav Maga, Martial Arts, Norway, politics | No Comments »The martial artist in me is conflicted by the recent turn of events in Colorado, and the anniversary the mass murder in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian gunman had more than an hour to hunt down and attack his victims. More ...
Paintball: Urban Warfare
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »I started off the Spring break vacation by taking the family for some fun at New York City Paintball (http://www.newyorkcitypaintball.com). The break was just an excuse needed to arrange an early birthday outing for my wife who, believe it or ...
Return to Berlin
Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway, Travel | No Comments »The family and I just returned from a recent trip to Germany. Ski and I took a trip a to Berlin a few years back and enjoyed it so much that this year we decided to take the kids and ...
Norwegian Birthday?
Monday, July 25th, 2011 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway | No Comments »I am not sure that Norwegians understand the whole concept of "birthdays". Usually on birthdays people take it easy and relax. However my wife and mother-in-law got a real kick out of working me out on my day of rest. ...
They really want a dog.
Friday, July 23rd, 2010 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway | No Comments »We babysat a good friend's dog for a few days and now the kids and wife have been bugging me to get one when we get home. Personally I think that they are all just missing our pet cat who ...
Home Alone
Monday, July 6th, 2009 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway, Travel | No Comments »It is really weird how dependent you can become on the sounds and routines that we fall into over time. I bring this up because the fam has taken off for the summer and left me home alone. As ...
A Visit from Norway
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway, Travel | No Comments »My mother-in-law and my nephew flew in from Norway last week to spend some time with us over the kids' winter break. It was good to see them since we had not gotten together in a few months. The kids ...
Returning home
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway, Travel | No Comments »So, I am finally back home after nearly ten weeks overseas in Norway. Needless to say, it has been very rough getting back into the swing of things. I definitely could get use to the European way of living. I ...
Always buy the Applecare: Round 3
Monday, August 13th, 2007 Posted in Lifestyle, Norway, Technology, Travel | No Comments »OH YEAH!! They replaced my laptop battery without a fuss. I took my battery to the Apple reseller in downtown Oslo and they swapped it out for no charge. I was worried that being overseas would complicate things with the ...
