Yeah, I am still here. I swear, Christmas is the largest load of hooeee I have ever known. That’s for another day though. 

I have been thinking about some of the things I have learned, from the internets, that has made my life better or cheaper… or both. I have compiled a list. 

1. You know that stuff you put in the dishwasher to stop streaking and spots? Well, we have hard-ass water here and, instead of that chemical crap, we put in white vinegar. Works great. 

2. You know the lint trap in the dryer? Take it out and run water on top of the screen. You will notice that the water does not go through. That’s fabric softener crap. Its the number one reason people’s dryers burn out. I was freaked out the first time I tried it. Just wash it with soap. Use, again, vinegar as your fabric softener. 

3. A simple bowl, near where I walk in the door, has saved me hours of looking time. I put all my pocket crap there when I walk in. Bonus: Put your chargers there (ipod, phone). 

4. If your there is any appendage you have that hurts when you move it… don’t move it. 

5. Shaving. I hate it. Old hair conditioner is awesome for shaving your face, legs, ass or anywhere else society has told you to remove hair from. 

6. You know those 5 blade razors that cost a shitload? Want to make them last? Dry them off, back and front, with a towel after you use them. I have used the same razor for the last 3 months. Still works great. 

7. Boil a bag of potatoes every week. Let them cool and leave ‘em in the fridge. They go with everything when you are hungry. 

8. Metric apology… 

          - 5 deciliters rice

          - 10 deciliters water

          - little salt and oil

          - Put it all in a microwave bowl and mix it up…

          - HIGH 10 minutes

          -don’t stir!

          -15 minutes medium low. 

          -fucking rice man!

I use this one 3 times a week. 

9. Use soap and vinegar for cleaning pretty much everything. Google is your friend. 

10.  Don’t ever put salt in your eyes.

I am sitting at work waiting for my next class… in 4 hours. At home I have a 14 pound turkey that is waiting for me, calling me. Of all the holidays I miss, Thanksgiving is the big one. No presents must be produced, everyone gets stoned off the turkey and mumbles incoherent political statements. 

I won’t have time to finish cooking everything today. I get home too damn late from work. Guess Friday will have to do. The Norwegians don’t know what they are missing. 

Happy Thanksgiving.

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Strange. This video may be the answer to the last 3 or so posts I have made.

Over the summer, in July, I was part of a commercial for Norway’s largest sport company, G-Sport. We traveled up to Jutenheimen  and filmed for 2 days. It was a lot of fun. The weather was great, the scenery was amazing and the people I worked with were fantastic. 

Here are a few pics from the shoot.

Me during one shoot. My clothes were supposed to be 70

Throwing the backpack

Me fishing ( I thought this one would be in it for sure)

Now, here’s what did make it in… Kinda sucks but hey, I got paid and had fun. 

Just me in a very long shot.

AND FINALLY… The complete commercial airing in Norway now.

I am really trying to get in the writing mood again. I decided to post regardless of what was going on in the brain. This is leading to some interesting posts. The last one is a good example. I already have different feelings about it. 

I am really worried that McCain may take this election. I decided to visit some very red state websites to see what was going on there. I swear they, minus the typical talking points you hear daily, sound very confident. I felt like commenting and challenging many of the bullshit comments, but decided against it. If they don’t get it yet, well… you now the rest. 

What really disturbs me is all the videos I have seen from the people entering the McCain/Palin rallies. They are so ignorant. All the debunked shit still flies out of their mouths. Little do they know that they are supporting people who are not looking out for their best interests at all. 

The scariest thing is, many of them look like normal, everyday people until they open their mouths.

Evolution?

Please let me know if you thought Palin did well in the debate. Please tell me so I can cross you off my Christmas list and put you on my fucking idiot list. 

I have one idea why the polls are so close. Follow me…

“Remember, 50% of the country is below average.”  Makes sense doesn’t it? The Idiocracy is currently at 50%. If the smart people fail to bear more children than the idiots in the next 10 years, we could be looking at a jump of 5%  or more. That could tip the scales of the US elections of the future  and eventually lead to our demise. That’s why this election is so important. 

As far as my opinion of the debate? I had a much different  reaction than most. I looked at the debate as a whole, and how it looked to others around the world. How about, instead of asking who won, we address the fact we had someone on stage who didn’t fuck-up and, therefore, was a success? Is this where we are headed? Smart people around the world, I can guarantee, would say Biden won. He answered with substance, not catch-phrases and mumbled, mixed-up sentences. But now people around the world see the country’s reaction to the debate and the say, “Huh? THAT many people liked her?” I know I did. 

You see, I am not inundated by the media from the US. I get to see and read multiple opinions about what is going on in the US. I can choose what to think. I see that what happens in the US effects people around the world. I see what the world thinks about the US now. Many Americans have no fucking clue. I would guess that is the connection to the polls. 

In the US you will hear (over and over):

“The Surge worked.” Ummm, no it fucking didn’t. We just started giving money and arms to everyone NOT to fight.  In addition, we shouldn’t be there in the first place. 

“We need to drill more.” Umm… no you don’t. It won’t make a lick of difference for many many years, if it ever does. 

“Clean coal.”  Oxymoronic. Total, utter bullshit. There is no such thing. 

” They hate our freedoms.” Really? David Cross can clear that one up for me.

“Rescue package.” Pleeease! Rescue package? Is this Go Diego Go? How about calling it “Put more burden on Americans, already struggling, to keep the wealthiest 1% rich and in control package.” It sounds less dire now doesn’t it? Also, regarding our current financial crisis. Did we cut spending and hold those who caused the mess accountable? No. We borrowed MORE money. Happy Birthday Kids! Someday all of this will be yours!

“Joe-Six-Pack is Mr EveryPerson. We need a regular guy in office. ” I don’t know about you but I would rather have a strong, intelligent, well-educated person looking after things. Who wants the guy who gets into fights in the end-zone, because someone doesn’t have the same jersey on, running the country? 

Norway looks better every fucking day.

“When the government says, ‘We need to change things for your safety… that’s when I get worried’” Someone close to me said that. Why such a huge production for something like this? Fear? Or is it? A normal person would say, “Hey, fuck ‘em. Let them figure it out for themselves.”  

Then nothing happens.  That may be the real reason.

Gotta love this. Look how far, we frogs in a frying pan, have come. 

I have an eye twitch. This, ordinarily, would indicate stress. Well.. maybe it is stress. Why should I be stressed? Only weak people have stress right? Weak, weak people. I am forever strong and mighty.

So Obama took Iowa. Huckabee took Iowa too.  I don’t know about you.. but if I won a contest with someone else who is certifiably insane, well, I would begin to question myself.  Does anyone else feel like this shit is rigged?

Huckabee has to be the most fucked up person this world has to offer to a democracy. A serious WTF goes to him.

Obama is a little bit better. Phew! I guess the lesser of two evil is what the corporations want.

God Bless US! Each and every one of US!