Archive for December, 2008

Bad Cake, Bad Puns

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

I posted a link to Cake Wrecks once before, but I just love this blog!  To make it even better, the daily update seems to show up in my RSS feeds sometime in the afternoon Oslo-time, so the daily Wreck is often a much-needed afternoon pick-me-up.  Anyhow, I felt compelled to repost today’s cake for all [...]

God Jul!

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Before work and deadlines managed to completely drain my holiday spirit, we squeezed in one last weekend jam-packed with Christmas cheer.
On Saturday, we went with one of our friends to the Christmas Market at the Norwegian Folk Museum, where we froze our toes while shopping through the myriad of handicrafts and watching the folk dance troupe [...]

An Inappropriately-Timed Travel Article

Monday, December 8th, 2008

We’re getting close to the winter solstice, and it’s getting darker and darker every day.  Yesterday, we went to a Christmas party and stood in the snow drinking Glühwein by candlelight.  It was pitch black by 4pm.  This morning, I dragged myself out of bed before dark, but I’d still hit the snooze button long enough [...]