As I came home from work today, the doormat outside was turned upside down and put to the side. \u00c2\u00a0I doubt the neighbors would do that, so it is almost certainly the landlor or his family. \u00c2\u00a0Leaving the mat like that may be a subtle way to say “we are watching you”. \u00c2\u00a0Which is OK as long as they don’t go through my papers or my hard disk.<\/p>\n
On a related note, I have continued throwing away something each workday. Actually, each morning another glass jar, and pretty much each afternoon something else, usually a couple more CDs. \u00c2\u00a0(Although I also took a bag of paperbacks to the used-book store on Monday. )<\/p>\n
There are a few CDs I don’t intend to thow away. \u00c2\u00a01:<\/strong> The first two CDs I bought. \u00c2\u00a0(I don’t remember which of them was first, therefore two.) 2:<\/strong> Classical music, which supposedly actually sounds better off a CD than an MP3. Although I will consider ripping them to FLAC instead (lossless compression, much larger files). 3:<\/strong> Japanese CDs. \u00c2\u00a0My Japanese reading is still not up to telling apart all of the CDs (although I recognize a couple) so I depend on the pretty covers to tell which is which.<\/p>\n I use the manual lawnmower pretty much every weekday unless it is raining. \u00c2\u00a0It is nice exercise, not too hard but as hard as I want it too. \u00c2\u00a0It will become less pleasant if I do it mid-summer, when the heat of the sun is brutal. \u00c2\u00a0It is quite nice now. \u00c2\u00a0And there is a lot of lawn.<\/p>\n While mowing, I stopped for a breath and saw that it is actually possible to see the spire of the village church from the farthest corner of the lawn. \u00c2\u00a0I had not known that. \u00c2\u00a0In a couple year it will likely be hidden by the growing forest. Like everywhere in Norway that I know of, the forest is growing eagerly. \u00c2\u00a0Perhaps it likes the extra CO2 in the atmosphere? Well, I am not sure, but I suspect I contribute more CO2 by my breathing when I use the manual lawnmower than I would have done with the gas-driven one. \u00c2\u00a0So drink it up, forest. \u00c2\u00a0The churchyard can wait, as far as I am concerned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I came home from work today, the doormat outside was turned upside down and put to the side. \u00c2\u00a0I doubt the neighbors would do that, so it is almost certainly the landlor or his family. \u00c2\u00a0Leaving the mat like … Continue reading