Paradoksal fornøyelse

Min supre kjæreste har fikset adventskalender til meg med en liten overraskelsespakke og et spor på en CD hver dag i førjulstida. Her om dagen kom det en bok om store og små paradokser. Jeg digger slike språklige finurligheter og ønsker derfor å dele noen av mine favoritter med dere.

* Jeg er nødt til å følge dem, jeg er deres leder – Alexandre Ledru-Rollin
* Ingenting er noe man bør gjøre mye av – Johan Siebke
* I dag har vi alt – og det er også alt vi har – Ole Paus
* Det kreves mer tro å leve uten tro enn med
* Det er umulig for en optimist å bli behagelig overrasket
* Den medisinske forskningen har gjort så store fremskritt at det praktisk talt ikke finnes et friskt menneske lenger – Aldous Huxley
* Folk skyr ingen anstrengelser for å slippe å gjøre noe – Dan Brun
* Det er aldri tid til å gjøre jobben skikkelig, men alltid tid til å gjøre den om igjen – Meskinen
* Intet er umulig for den som ikke skal gjøre jobben selv – A. H. Weiler
* Hvis det er noe du vil ha gjort, spør en som har det travelt
* Skål for avholdssaken!
* Det er ikke noe galt i totalavhold, bare det ikke overdrives – fritt etter John Ciardi

Liverpool stars

I met Pepe Reina today. The Spanish goalkeeper for Liverpool FC was both friendly and fun to shake hands with. Also Jamie Carragher paid my note block a visit before rushing into a car at the Merseyside training facility.

I am in Liverpool. As a journalist. Covering the fullfilment of dreams from a young lad from Brøstadbotn – my home town. With his Liverpool-hooked family, the 11-year-old goalkeeper Sindre (yes, that is my name too), got to meet the player he one days want to outbeat: Reina. We also had a good look and great personalized tour of Anfield Road, the home stadium, from Brian Hall himself, an important midfielder for The Reds in the 60s and 70s. And we actually got to step out onto the very grass ground.. Sweet.

After shipping the story to Norway to be published in Troms Folkeblad tomorrow, we went out to eat at Jamie Carragher’s restaurant Cafe Sports with two of Liverpool Football Club’s biggest fans: Sam and Lisa, who helped sort this wonderful trip out with all their connections into the club.

Albeit being at work today and having a rush with finishing writing my story, I had a childlike enjoyment with meeting the players and visiting the gigantic stadium in Stanley park. And tomorrow Liverpool plays Hull at Anfield and we will watch it from VIP seats.

Albert Docks and the Beatles museums will also be paid a visit either tomorrow or Sunday. We return from Manchester on Monday.

You will never walk alone

E: Online clips 34

We have reached advent. Here are some fun clips, a couple of cool ones and one touching story.

Shoppings carts with wheels roll. These guys did not think too much about it.
http://www.break.com/index/massive-shopping-cart-fail-by-two-morons.html

Trigger Happy TV have tons of fun hidden camera ideas. Here are two of them: Job interview with animals and Secret agent in train. Or simply watch the best of season 1.

The Matrix ping pong became a hit long ago. This new contribution with a couple fighting across the table is another highlight from the Japanese TV show.

Australian Nick Vujicic is no oridinary preacher. Even without arms and legs, he can achieve heaps. See one of the presentations or visit his blog.

En moderne klagesalme

Min venninne Maia er midt oppe i eksamenslesinga, men ikke tapt bak noen bokpermer. For å få utløp for studiepresset, har hun rett og slett skrevet en klagesalme. Den lærer best, den som praktiserer er hennes motto. Salmen er tilgjengelig på nettsidene til Menighetsfakultet og hennes blog My Story.