Actually I love to listen to Windir’s “Journey to the end”. It’s quite an epic song with so much to discover every time I listen to it. The original version sounds like this:

And there are – of course – some good covers out there.

One I really like is from Tordenskrall:

I think especially the technoid background gives it a special kick

And there is a piano cover I just discovered. Very amazing although it’s too short

Everytime I listen to this song I imagine myself somewhere in the Norwegian wilderness walking some place I will live in peace without the disturbances of the modern civilization. Thanks Valfar for this wonderful peace of music!

My life lies in shatters
I try to collect them to build a new life
But I feel like I’m missing a huge piece
My life looks so small and promiscuously
Without you

I just want to feel your skin
I just want to touch your hair
I just want to smell your scent
I just want to listen to your words
I just want to hear your voice

Where did it go wrong
What could I’ve done better
Why does it hurt so much
To loose an important person
You

You guided me a long time
You corrected my haply way
You made sense to my life
You are the one I was looking for
Gone

I cannot live without you
Yet I have to
My brain feels melted
The burning fire in my heart
Lets every thought decay

I just want to feel your skin
I just want to touch your hair
I just want to smell your scent
I just want to listen to your words
I just want to hear your voice

What can I do to change your mind
How can I reconquer you
Is there anything to avoid the disaster
The inevitable just happened
Now I am all alone

One addition to this poem: this was written in expectation of the “hit”. It states the feelings and thoughts of a splitting of a very lucky man who thought he just lost the best woman of the world. But after a long talk both agreed to have a friendship where they will meet without anger or rage. And hope springs eternal.

Yesterday I had my navigation system displaying the speed I was travelling at. So I could estimate the real speed compared to that displayed on the tachometer.
Between 80 and 140 km/h the tachometer displayed about 7-8 km/h too much. But on one stage of the autobahn I accelerated up to 190 km/h on the tachometer and the navi showed 188 km/h. This is really strange. The faster I drive the more precise the tachometer becomes. Whatever that means

… obviously… shame on you!!!

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/24/us.landmines/index.html

You really are fools… you think you have such a high morale but you are just some bloody company marionettes. You really don’t see the big picture, do you?

I actually love all the Rambo movies. They are all pretty good and I will never be tired watching them. My favourite ranking is 1 – 4 – 3 – 2. Nevertheless I love a good parody.

This one is from Weird Al Yankovic

And this one from a German parody series called Switch:Reloaded. Very good indeed!

So many emotions in this song. And what an amazing performance:

Ola Nordal was so nice to translate the Norwegian lyrics into English. Many thanks for that

One of my colleagues bought a new car and I had the honour to test drive it for a couple of km. First of all it is not a bad car he bought. Especially for older people
But after the test drive I prefer my Paseo. He might not be one of the luxuriest cars there is but who needs that crap anyway. The Paseo has 90PS (89hp) and 130Nm and weighs 995kg (2183lbs). The engine has almost no flywheel which results in an amazing acceleration. On a dry track and a cool day the acceleration is about 9s 0-100km/h (0-62mph) although certain websites state longer accelerations. The only alteration I made are an K&N air filter and 0-30W motor oil. The latter he likes a lot
Because of it’s light weight the Paseo is pretty fast in corners although he is not lowered very much (my Paseo has it’s original configuration).
The Paseo is clearly a 2-seater. The back seats are more of an quick access luggage room. The front seats don’t provide much grip especially in fast, sharp turns. But fortunately one sits so deep that you can clamp yourself between the door and the transmission hump
But what’s really amazing besides the quick acceleration is the low fuel consumption. Usually the car consumes less than 6,5l/100km (36.2mpg). I tried to reach a minimum consumption over one gas tank (5,7l/100km = 41.3mpg) and a maximum consumption (8,2l/100km = 28.7mpg). I read that some people made it to 10l/100km (23.5mpg) but I wonder how they made it. I am not a slow driver but I shift up as soon as possible.
Until now the car left me alone only once and this was my own fault. I ignored the low battery sign and one morning the battery was completely dead… after 10 years and 90.000km (55,900miles)!!! But besides that the car is doing his job very well!
Well, the conclusion is: if I had to buy another car for that kind of money, I would buy it again