The weekend is over again

I checked my mail box today (not the virtual one) and got a nice letter from Charlton Athletic Football Club... I know that Håvard, Tommy, Kjetil and Thomas will like the content!



My K700i once again prove to be an excellent... phone.

I am impressed by Charlton's quick despatch of the tickets, maybe they can't sell them fast enough after they sold Danny Murphy. I look forward to the match against Aston Villa, and the completion of my Premier League London stadiums collection. Also, I saw something strange today.





Is this a good sign; no-one need the service of the company. Or a bad sign; even the emloyment office couldn't make a living here... Well, 50 metres down the road is a nice pizza place called Barbican Express. This must not under any circumstances be mixed with Barbican Grill, London's worst lunch place...
During the exam period before christmas, Leif Olav and myself ordered a lot of pizzas and chicken wings from Barbican Express. Convenient, and very good junk food as well. On Thursday we considered to order some pizzas around midnight. We were however uncertain whether they had closed. They answered the phone, and on the question whether they were closed, the answer was a bit embarassing... "Yes, we're closed. But for you guys, we'll open!" Right... Maybe we should take this as an opportunity to cut down on the junk food consumption?
Otherwise, I'm thrilled to hear that Pogo Pops has decided to start playing together again. Or, as the lead singer and song writer Frank Hammersland put it; "We played our last concert in 1996, and officially we never dissolved the band." Now, they're making a "Best Of"-album, and they are going to have a lot of concerts. Great! I guess London is a bit far off, but if I'm lucky I'll be in Norway when they're playing. I hope... Thanks to Håvard for the link to this great news!
I've spent a lot of time this weekend discussing the recent development in the Mohammed cartoon incident, both with muslims and other parts. It's been very interesting to hear both sides of the story, as only reading Norwegian newspapers and talking with "Westerns" would be a bit biased. And I must say three things.

1. The recent events cannot be called terrorist acts. Not that they aren't criminal or extreme actions, but they simply don't fall under that category. I discussed this with a good friend, Knut, and I must admit I agree with his view. Feel free to comment on that one, the basis of our discussion was the definition of the term "terrorism", which can be read about all over the internet. I suppose the term terrorism is a bit overused, and I fell into that pit myself...

2. The biased focus on THE REACTIONS to the publishing of the pictures has overrun the focus on WHY the pictures where published in Jyllandsposten and Magazinet in the first place. The violent and extreme actions in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey have of course contributed to that... (See, I'm learning!)

3. My (quoted) description of the Norwegian foreign minister was a wrong one, as I think he (and OK, maybe the Prime minister to SOME extent) has dealt with the situation in a far from spineless way. The defence of the freedom of speech and democracy in Norway is a job well done. Now it will be interesting to follow the diplomatic conversations with Syria about their handling (or lack of) of the demonstrations.

I suppose you are all bored of reading all this, and I apologise for that... I guess I am getting a bit carried away with the situation, and I'll try to move over to more trivial events in my daily life in London after this. You all have a nice week!