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The Awesome Nicknames of European Nobility and Royalty, part 4

By terje | Published: July 13, 2009
Moving a bit forward in history this time, to the age of Metternich and his lot. Julius Jacob von Haynau (October 14, 1786 – March 14, 1853). The Hyena of Brescia. Haynau was a Austrian noble and general whose hatred of revolutionary ideals (and revolutionaries, for that matter) was legendary. He also had an infamously bad temper, so [...]
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The Awesome Epithets of European Nobility and Royalty, part 3

By terje | Published: July 7, 2009
It seems I promised you a series of these once, so let’s continue, shall we? Constantine V (741-775) of Byzantium: Kopronymos — the Dung-Named. Constantine was an Iconoclast, and hostile Iconodules referred to him as “the Dung-Named”, as he was to have defecated in the purple cloth in which he was swaddled during his baptism. Imagine how nice [...]
Also posted in Byzantium, Greek stuff, Impressions, Irony, Lists, Medieval stuff, Roman stuff, The Awesome Epithets of European Nobility and Royalty | 17 Comments

So, eh, umm…

By terje | Published: July 7, 2009
I succumbed to the dragon, and if any of you did too, we have an easier way of keeping in touch, yeah? In case you do later, I added the link to my blogroll.
Also posted in Ambiguity, Blogroll, Conflicting emotions, Discomfort, My microcosmos, Oh noes!, Pain, Panic, Paranoia, Pessimism, Scepticism, Why do I think anyone cares? | 9 Comments

How Things Change — 2009-07-07

By terje | Published: July 7, 2009
“My music taste is pretty limited, mainly ’cause I don’t prioritize it, so my favorite bands/artists are as follows; Led Zeppelin, Wolfmother, The White Stripes, ACDC, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Queen. Do you know of any other bands that may fit the genre (I spent a lot of money on a mp3 player and [...]
Also posted in Blogroll, Failed attempts at subtility, Irony, Lotta, Music, Nostalgia, Paranoia, Quote of the day, This Blog, Whoa, lol | 2 Comments

A matter of spiritual kinship — 2009-03-30

By terje | Published: March 30, 2009
Bob goes to church every Sunday, Every Sunday that the fish ain’t biting Bob never has to have dinner with the preacher, cause Bob never bothered getting married He likes to drink a beer or two every now and again, he always had more dogs than he ever had friends Bob ain’t light in the loafers, he might kneel but [...]
Also posted in Music, Quote of the day | 2 Comments

New blog! =D

By terje | Published: January 24, 2009
My travel blog is now up and running, over at Onkel Reisende Terje.
Also posted in My microcosmos | 3 Comments

An awesome coincident

By terje | Published: November 23, 2008
So I’m sitting in my room, working on my linguistics home exam, and I’m trying to explain why the verb paint in the sentence his father was painting a picture is not the same verb as the paint in the sentence his father never painted again, right? My line of resoning is the kind I [...]
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Interview with the Vampire

By terje | Published: November 19, 2008
Man, I did not until a few seconds ago realise what an inane title Interview with the Vampire really is; it is scary to see just how much an article can matter… Anyway, I had my sister over for dinner a couple of days ago, and we watched this thing, mainly because we both remembered the [...]
Also posted in Annoyance, Boredom, Death, Disappointment, Language, Literature, Misery, Movies, Pain, Panic, Review, Speculative fiction, Weird stuff, lol, meh. | 2 Comments

Conan the Destroyer

By terje | Published: October 19, 2008
When I was reviewing Conan the Barbarian, I read a few pages of the discussions on the IMDb boards (for once they weren’t just filled with flame wars). From these I gathered that the orthodoxy in Conan fandom is to regard Conan the Destroyer as the clearly inferior movie. Consequently I started watching it with [...]
Also posted in Literature, Movies, Review, Speculative fiction, Weird stuff, meh. | 5 Comments

Conan the Barbarian

By terje | Published: October 18, 2008
He also strangles a chicken (well, not strangle, really) pucnhes a camel, punches a horse, clobbers the same camel again, and for a second there it looked like he was going to do something to the elephant too. Conan HATES animals. — MegamanIXI, on the IMDb boards. In Conan the Barbarian, an adaptation of Robert E. [...]
Also posted in Annoyance, Discomfort, Hodge-podge rambling, Impressions, Literature, Misery, Movies, Quotes, Review, Speculative fiction, Weird stuff, meh. | 4 Comments