Found an old picture I made for a presentation a couple of years back. It strikes me now that the pictured scene is very bizarre. Read more »
Archive for the Fun and weird Category
Freebie Friday
Posted in Fun and weird with tags medical convention, pharmacy, sponsoring, freebies, kidney on November 22, 2008 by Øystein
I attended an oncologic convention this week. Lots of interesting lectures, especially one on laparoscopy in the treatment of gynecological cancers, but what is knowledge compared to all the free stuff I bagged from the pharmaceutical company stands… Read more »
Gebrselassie & me
Posted in Fun and weird with tags gebrselassie, half marathon, marathon, running on September 29, 2008 by Øystein
Only twice as fast as me.
I usually don’t write about personal matters outside my professional arena, but I just have to mention this.
Yesterday I ran my first half marathon. I’ve been training for a long time, had some problems along the way, but in the end I was free of injuries and in top shape.
I finished in two hours, three minutes and fifty-eight seconds – 02:03:58.
Also yesterday, Haile Gebrselassie (photo credit), Ethiopian long distance superman, set a new world record in the marathon of two hours, three minutes and fifty-nine seconds - 02:03:59.
Which means I run (almost) exactly half as fast as a world record holder. Not bad :)
Hi, my name is
Posted in Fun and weird with tags names, Norwegian, pronouncation on June 20, 2008 by ØysteinAn English speaking reader sent me this question:
How do you pronounce “Øystein”?
English speakers tend to go for something like “Oisteen”, but here is the correct pronouncation:
Ø like the U in Urge.
Y like in Yeti.
ST like in STone.
EIN like in EINstein.
Øy-stein with pressure on the Y. Øystein is an old norse name, and the original meaning is lucky stone/stone amulet. Øystein I was king of Norway from 1103 to 1123.
Six word memoir
Posted in Fun and weird with tags meme, memoir on May 6, 2008 by ØysteinI was tagged by rlbates who was tagged by Midwife With a Knife for the six word memoir meme.
The instructions? Write a 6 word memior and tag 6 others. Leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.
rlbates - My life is full of stitches.
MWWAK’s - Catch a baby, watch the floor.
Scanman - Aiming for accuracy in grayscale images
And here’s mine:
Marveled at inner and outer landscapes
Which sums up my love for nature and anatomy, two important aspects of my life. Lots of other things are and have been important to me, but it’s simply impossible to distill them all into 6 words.
I really don’t like pushing stuff on others, but this somehow comes across as more meaningful than other memes. Makes you think. But as I’m running out of possible blogs to tag, I’ll break the rule and tag just these four: Øystein in Antarctica , Kariknapp, Jeffrey and makeminetrauma,
Amateur Surgeon
Posted in Fun and weird with tags flash games, online games, Surgery on March 9, 2008 by Øystein
A free online flash game called Amateur Surgeon has got me addicted this weekend.
You play Alan Probe, a pizza delivery guy who’s always wanted to be a surgeon. Driving your truck while reading “Top 100 gross surgeries” you crash into an old guy and have to perform emergency surgery. Read more »
Surgical steel (well, metal anyway)
Posted in Fun and weird with tags band names, death metal, medical terminology, music, Surgery on February 9, 2008 by Øystein
Most people are not familiar with medical terminology. To some it’s just a lot of mumbo jumbo. To others it’s a source of horror.
The foremost purveyor of horror in music is death metal. Raging drums, ripping guitars and growling vocals all combine to create a dark and aggressive expression. Some bands choose to top this off with lyrics about war and destruction. Others feed off the shock effect of the prince of darkness. And some turn to medicine and surgery for help.
I’ll take you on a tour of some of the strangest choices of band name. Strange, that is, from a medical perspective. Read more »
