One more year…

  So I’m skiing with Friar’s Mom out West again,  and that’s something special.  Because it’s not every year I get to do this.  In order for this to happen, I need at least three things:   the time,  the money, and the health.   And that’s not always guaranteed. Because some years, I didn’t have the health.    Like [...]

Original Watercolors: Going Bananas

This post is dedicated to a guy, who works in an IT department somewhere. Because I know he really enjoys it when I post my artwork.

Viking Winter Olympic Events

Full-Contact Ski Jumping The objective of the Defense Team is to prevent the Jumper from breaking through their lines. The objective of the Jumper is to smash through the Defense’s lines, and try to fly to Valhalla. Whoever wins doesn’t matter.  Either way, it’s all good entertainment. a Warrior Figure Skating Ten percent of the [...]

Five Things Women Do to Make Their Life More Complicated

1. Thank-You Cards Some people will insist on writing these notes  for each and every occasion in life.   For gifts received, for being invited to dinner.  Or even if someone compliments them on their new hat.     And there’s a whole level of self-imposed stress involved:  for going to the store, selecting exactly the right card,  putting down the exact right thoughts and going [...]

Viking Training: Wii are the Warriors

One bright winter day in the village SmelBaäd, there was a knock on Clöst Aerfrök’s door. “Why, it’s the Traveling Kilted One!”, he cheerfully exclaimed.   “To what do we owe the pleasure of this visit?” . “I come bringing a gift:  a new way to train your warriors to fight.”, said the Kilted One.  “It’s [...]

Foods You’re Supposed to Feel Guilty About Eating

McDonalds (or any Fast-Food, basically) Okay…putting the fact aside that you’re killing one of God’s creatures by eating animal flesh… OMG…did you see Supersize Me?    The dude ate nothing but McDonalds for 2 days, and his liver self-combusted!   Seriously! That junk is just grease and fat.  You shouldn’t eat it…ever, ever,  EVER. Not to [...]

Tell us why you’re such a loser

I remember the interview like it was last week. I had applied for an internal  job within the company I was working for at the time.   I figured I had a good chance. After all, I was on good terms with the Friendly Manager, who liked me and basically encouraged me to apply for the [...]

Friar Versus The Anti-Christ

Ahhh…the Anti-Chirst.  Who’d have thought such a simple assembly of Plexiglas and copper could be so devious and evil?   If you saw it, you woudlnt’ think there was much to it.   It  was basically a long rectangular-shaped pipe with two copper pieces embedded in two of the opposite walls.  The purpose of the Anti-Christ was to measure the rates of mass transfer under [...]

Silence by Head-Lamp

There’s something special about going cross-country skiing at night.   Leaving your warm, comfortable house, getting away from the TV, putting on your skis, turning your headlamp, and going trekking off into the cold dark woods. It’s almost a little frightening,  going off into the bush by yourself at night (What the hell am I doing?)   [...]

Ski Watercolor

Last Easter, I was skiing at Jay Peak, Vermont.   I was on top of the hill, just getting off the tramway, and I saw this ski patroller just below me. I liked the composition:  he seemed to be standing in the right place at the right time, so I took the photo. As you can [...]