It’s been over two weeks since my last post, but that was just a momentary lapse due to our family vacation to Los Angeles. It was the first time my wife and daughters visited the United States, and my second time since spending a semester abroad during my studies.
As happens more and more often, I found my daughters watching a TV show I had never heard of. A show about a fourteen-year-old who becomes the CEO of a toy company, leaving a group of kids in charge of the completely wacky, chaotic day-to-day operations,
Over a decade ago, I started a blog about my PhD journey. That blog is now discontinued, but I wrote some content for it that I think still stands the test of time and deserves to be revisited. The original text was written in Norwegian. The text below was originally
I hate going to the office on Fridays. It is the perfect day to work from home. Finish up things a little early, don't spend close to an hour commuting back home and begin your weekend by 15:00. But today I had some meetings that required in-
Over a decade ago, I started a blog about my PhD journey. That blog is now discontinued, but I wrote some content for it that I think still stands the test of time and deserves to be revisited. The original text was written in Norwegian. The text below was originally
Earlier this year, I got hooked on The Pitt. An amazing medical drama taking place all in one day in a busy emergency room in Pittsburgh, with each episode representing one hour of the day. I enjoyed it so much that I had to show it to my wife, and
Last Monday, I started a new job, and I've been swamped. In addition to starting a new job and all that entails—a new office, new colleagues, new routines, new IT system, new commute—I had to manage to get my daughter to and from summer school that
Over a decade ago, I started a blog about my PhD journey. That blog is now discontinued, but I wrote some content for it that I think still stands the test of time and deserves to be revisited. The original text was written in Norwegian. The text below was originally
I watched Train Dreams a while back and absolutely loved it. It's been lingering at the back of my mind ever since, and every now and then it creeps up to the front. There was something about this movie that really resonated with me. The movie is based
I sat down in my office after lunch on Thursday, getting the go-ahead from my wife to sequester myself for some me-time, planning to do some revisions to my novel, maybe do some research on bettering my query letter. Instead I realized The Incident at Galley House had
"This is dumb," I thought, the first time I saw the Viking Row. A stadium full of grown adults sitting down in formation, miming an oar stroke, chanting "ro." This isn't a Norwegian thing. We've never done this. I didn't
I am starting a blog. In 2026. Really. I have tried this before. More than once. At best I have managed three or four consecutive posts before quietly abandoning the whole thing and hoping no one noticed. Once I tried a blog about my PhD research, the science behind it,
Each week Scribophile post a weekly writing challenge where aspiring authors get a prompt, a word limit and a deadline to produce a short story. This is the story I wrote based on the following prompt: Write a story or scene about the beginning of a new relationship. The “meet
This short story began after a friend of mine, who's also an aspiring author, discussed writing in different point of views. We both love first person narration, we enjoy third person narration a lot, but we differ on second person narration. My friend dislike them, while I love