It’s a sign I’ve been around enough geologists in my job that I understood some of the jargon in there. At least I understand cake.
Category: The Library
Video: Royal wedding
I know this is wildly out of date now, but I recently rewatched it – and I still think it is a fun watch to put a smile on your face.
Review: Gin O’Clock
If you’re not following The Queen on Twitter, the title of this book will likely mean nothing to you. The fictional Twitter account is usually a funny, running commentary on what the life in the UK is like from the throne, written in the royal “One”. (It usually involves a large consumption of gin, hence… Continue reading Review: Gin O’Clock
Video: 25 actors before they were famous
Because it was kind of fun.
Brass players and ballet
I think this is probably funnier if you’ve played a brass instrument, but it’s Canadian Brass doing ballet while playing – so naturally it must be shared.
Book review: Wait for me
While I was living in Denmark, I found the book about the Mitford sisters in a bookshop across the street from me that sold (or for all I know still sells) used books. Some time in the previous year, I picked up the youngest Mitford sister’s biography, Wait For Me!: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford… Continue reading Book review: Wait for me
Norwegian Christmas carol: En stjerne skinner i natt
Merry Christmas This is Oslo Gospel Choir singing one of the newer traditional Christmas carols.
Norwegian Chrismas Carol: Mitt hjerte alltid vanker
Tine Thing Helseth on trumpet performing Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker.
Video: Dinner for one
Dinner for one is traditional “Little” Christmas Eve, ie. December 23, watching in Norway. It airs around 8 o’clock in the evening. And it is almost always as fun each year to watch them toast and the stumbling of the butler. In other parts of Europe, it airs on New Year’s Eve.