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Had a couple of days off last weekend, so I thought I’d better get into the mountains and enjoy the snow before it all melted. Here are a couple of pics from the vacation.

Snowboarding w/ expats
Cross Country Skiing w/ Bill

Now really, how am I supposed to compete with that? I mean, I can’t compete with that. Who could compete with that? I know at least one person that just can’t… that’s right… me.

From MarkPhillip.com:

First of all, i would like to point out that like my host (that would be mark—my blog host—not the human body which i have overtaken in order to move undetected among the masses of unsuspecting apes which have infested the planet) i am a staunch advocate of public tranportation. i could give you all of the environmental and social reasons why i am a proponant of mass transit but i’m not here to sell you a monorail…yet.

Happy Easter!!

Oh happy day. There’s officially more sunlight in Oslo than in Austin!! Today is a good day.

Austin, TX [30' 17" North, 97' 44" West]

Date  Sun Rise     Sun Set      Length
3/21  06:36:53 AM  06:42:54 PM  12:06:01
3/30  06:25:17 AM  06:47:44 PM  12:22:27

Rocky Mount, VA [37' 36" North, 80' 26" West]

Date  Sun Rise     Sun Set      Length
3/21  07:27:24 AM  07:33:22 PM  12:05:58
3/30  07:13:10 AM  07:40:49 PM  12:27:38

Oslo, Norway [59' 55" North, 10' 45" West]

Date  Sun Rise     Sun Set      Length
3/21  07:21:31 AM  07:28:00 PM  12:06:28!!!!
3/30  06:53:48 AM  07:48:57 PM  12:55:08

The Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark is one of the largest music festivals in Europe. It’s June 30 - July 3 and the lineup is looking pretty good (though not all the artists have been announced yet). Also, there’s onsite camping starting on June 26. I’ve just purchased my ticket and I’m planning on heading down with a group of expats that I’ve met here in Oslo. Anyone else wanna go?

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Went out last night for a bit to “The Dubliner”. It was PACKED. Had a few beers with Bill, then met up with some ex-pats that I met last week for a few more beers. Was a nice evening. Think I’m going snow-boarding this weekend.

Holy crap this is a cool video. Not only is it a cool video, but it’s paying homage to a couple of the coolest videos ever made (Daft Punk’s Around the World & The White Stripes The Hardest Button to Button… both by Michel Gondry). And on top of all of that, I really like the song.

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Here’s the pictures of the ironwork in Vigeland park that I mentioned in an earlier post. These are the gates to one of the most incredible parks I’ve ever been to. Pictures of the actual park are still to come.

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I got an email from Beth this morning with a broken link to some pictures of her birthday. A bit of poking around looking for the pictures and instead I found these pictures of the deck at my house… and it appears that the deck is finished!!! That’s awesome, though I’m a bit surprised that no one mentioned it to me. Kick ass. Thanks to Mr. Beebe and Mr. Lopez for cleaning up my mess. I owe you both big.

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In celebration of the successful release of one of the products here, we all went Curling the other night. Basically, shuffleboard mixed with Horseshoes… on ice. Big, big fun.

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