My English Dialect

Hmm. I had a feeling that I had lost my accent. I should be Midwestern or Dixie.

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English 20% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Global warming... Is it caused by us humans, or is it simply out of our control? Could the source be solar rays as has been suggested?
I have long believed it was human CO2 emissions which was the main factor, but search as I might I found little conclusive evidence supporting this. Other than Al Gore's movie of course. And naturally loads and loads of newspaper articles and TV programs. But on the other hand, certain US senators - and certain websites asked Questions to which I had no answer. As I am not a climate researcher, I felt a little uncertain about what to believe.


So when I found this very thorough article by NewScientist I could finally feel relieved. Now I can say with certainty what is causing the warming of our globe. And it is neither cosmic rays nor sun spots.
We are looking at a man-made problem.

Antioxidants

I just found a great website with lists of how much antioxidants foods in Norway have (here) and foods in America (this list is 34 pages long! quite extensive!)

"Breathe!"
-a Kelly and Vegar "bar-hopping" story

Yesterday Kelly and I went on one of our adventures. We both love trying new things every once in a while. So, our experiments lead us to some fairly interesting things this time...

See, I have had problems with breathing (nothing serious, nowhere close to serious, but well...) since my bronchitis. So we decided to go and try a different form of date in the light of this...

We decided to go to a bar. Not just any bar. An Oxygen bar (haha, had you going there, didn't I)

Anyway... We went on-line and found a place in central Oslo. We popped out and took the tram there. A few minutes later, we were reclining on very comfortable recliner chairs, with plastic tubes up our noses. Some oxygen came out through the tubes, with an added scent of something slightly citrus-ish. Quite a delicious smell really.

After a while Kelly asked me "Do you feel that?" Her muscles were tingling slightly from the increase in O2. Mine did not, but my headache which had been making it's presence known for the last few hours dissipated gradually. Kelly and I talked for a while, but the calming effect soon took over. We were lulled to a degree of comfort and relaxation I have not experienced before. It was very comfortable to lie there and breathe. Funny as it sounds.

Before our twenty minutes were up we had nearly fallen asleep. Kelly stated "Not even Melatonin makes me this relaxed!" - to which I agree wholeheartedly. We left our room wondering where we might buy one of these machines. Such bliss!

Today we celebrate a birthday. My sister (in law) Amanda is 23 today!
We wish we could share in the day more than we can over the phone.
As that is not a possibility though, we gathered what photos we have of her, and made this;

Amanda's smile and hilarious personality - this represents the thousand ways she makes the world smile!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!