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  1. Viggen

    One Handed

    By Viggen,

    Itching on my left index finger, scratching it, next day waking up with swollen finger plus blood infection ---> Result; doctor cut it open, giving me a huge bandage, getting sick leave and unable to do the simplest tasks without needing endless time...
     

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    Open Air Hockey

    By Viggen,

    This saturday i went to the first open air hockey game in austria (since well the old days), it took place in the soccer stadium of Klagenfurt in front of a capacity crowd of 30.500.
    It was magic, i never expected it to be so good. The atmosphere, the view, the game (my team won).
     

     
    You know, in my province hockey rulez, not soccer but hockey, always has been, so it was no surprise that despite the currently two worst teams in our league playing,tickets were sold out within 4 hours, and according to officials 90.000 requests for tickets came in....
     
    I upload some more photos tonight...
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    Vienna oh Vienna

    By Viggen,

    I am going next weekend to vienna!
     
    One of the reasons i really love to go to vienna is that my brother and my sister lives there, and its just 200 miles away from here, but its a different world compared to my little hometown. According to the Mecer Quality of Living global city rankings 2009 it took first spot worldwide, and I am not arguing with that!
     
    ...and for everyone that hasn`t been there, here is a little video of the vienna inner city
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    The Boss in Vienna

    By Viggen,

    About two weeks ago, Bruce Springsteen had a concert in vienna, my sister and my brother had the privilege to get tickets and with 50.000 other fans, they could be part of something that never happend before in Europe...
     
    ...he played Jersey Girl for the first time in Europe! All it took was a girl in the audience with a TShirt written Jersey Girl on it. The camera got hold of her and she was all of a sudden on the big screen. When she realized she was on that big screen she took of her TShirt and waved at Bruce, he grabbed it, went back wrapped it around the microphone and performed for the first time "Jersey Girl".... (especially for her).....
     

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    Double Digit again

    By Viggen,

    During the downtime i had with my back I put on some serious weight. The negative highlight was 113kg (249 pounds for my american friends). At that point i really felt uncomfortable and decided its time to get rid of some kilos. I was pretty strict with mostly eating fruits and vegetable. I cut out snacks and sweets completely, use no longer suger in my coffee and after 5 weeks i am now down to 99.5kg (219 pounds), which is when you are 1.86cm (6.1 ft) still too much, but i feel much much better already.
     
    Now that i realized i dont really miss those fattening stuff, i decided to go for 89kg (196 pounds), which shall be my final goal. I keep you up to date....
  8. Viggen
    Long weekend getaway + 3 Airports + eleven times controlled/checked as if i am on some sort of watch list or member of an terrorist organisation = considering buying my own plane and screw that whole crappy procedure
     
    To give you an example; on my way home from Airport C to Airport B, i get controlled first at arrival (which means belt off, shoes off, all pockets emptying) in a queue of like 2 billion people (or at least it feels that way), finally its my turn and stop, somewhere it is still beeping on my body, so the thorough examination starts, back and forth about 4 times, it`s still beeping somehwere on my body but they couldnt find anything and finally give up. I move about 3 steps further to my hand luggage and i was told that i have some sort of weapon in side the bag and i must open it in front of them, so i open my hand luggage and we are searching for about 20 minutes through my bag to no avail, needless to say the queue behind me was getting reeeeaaaally long, and my patience was no longer existing.
     
    Eventually after putting that hand luggage 5!!!! times through that xray, they gave up (i would like to add that the whole time i was standing there without belt and shoes) I really feel that terrorist accomplished everything the wanted, they screwed up the lifes of millions of ordinary people....
     
    p.s. i rather not mention any of those involved airports, because by now i start to believe they are out there to get me....
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    Chick Flicks

    By Viggen,

    I was recently told i am one of the few male that actually enjoys watching chick flicks, now what does that say about me?
     
    Chick flick (also "chick's flick") is slang for a film designed to appeal to a female target audience.... Although many types of films may be directed toward the female gender, "chick flick" is typically used only in reference to films that are heavy with emotion or contain themes that are relationship-based (though not necessarily romantic)...
     
    ...to put it even more drastic, i would like to quote Jude Law`s Character Graham Simpkins in The Holiday, as he referred to himself as a weeper when it comes to romantic movies...
     
    ...to my testosterone`s defence, i have to say though, that i do not have problems to go, after watching (and weeping) The English Patient, out on the hockey field and body-check the hell out of the opposition... now what does that really say about me? LOL
     
    ...whats your ultimate chick flick?
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    White Men Can Jump

    By Viggen,

    I just watched today europe`s biggest TV Show Wetten, dass..? (which would translate into something like Wanna Bet..?). This show is one of the few i really like to watch on a regular base (its usually about 6 times a year), it has the
    , and some really funny moments on german TV.  
    Todays venue for the show was the Coliseum in Mallorca, which is a wonderful setting to begin with, the next great thing was swiss Michelle Hunziker, a beautiful women that seems to be not only pretty but also has this feel good laugh and fun person to be around. (italians should know her well she hosts there a show). Finally, eventually it has been proven, white men can jump!
  11. Viggen
    Why i got up this morning and went to the voting poll...
     
    Living at the border to two other EU countries (Italy and Slovenia) makes you appreciate the EU a bit more then the average european. I mean i remember the times going on holiday to Italy very well, you already lost money by exchanging currencies and you had no real clue what things would really cost (Italians had the lira back then and the smallest denomination was the 1.000 Lira note).
     
    For Example; if you want to work for another EU country, well you know, just move there, no applications, no forms, no questions, you are citizen of the EU, just go there and start to work...
     
    For Example; Europe must be the bloodiest battle field in the History of mankind, so to all youngsters out there, it wasn`t always the way it is today, you know, chances are my grandfather was shooting at your forefathers and vice versa...
     
    There are a million reasons why the EU sucks, but believe me there are even more reasons if we didnt have one...
  12. Viggen
    I recently stumbled over Mark Twains Appendix D from Twain's 1880 book A Tramp Abroad called The Awful German Language
     
    ...being a native german speaker, i found it fascinating how Mark Twain "manages" to learn the german language and how he wrote with his usual wit about it...
     
    Now observe the Adjective. Here was a case where simplicity would have been an advantage; therefore, for no other reason, the inventor of this language complicated it all he could. When we wish to speak of our "good friend or friends," in our enlightened tongue, we stick to the one form and have no trouble or hard feeling about it; but with the German tongue it is different. When a German gets his hands on an adjective, he declines it, and keeps on declining it until the common sense is all declined out of it. It is as bad as Latin. He says, for instance:
     

    SINGULAR Nominative -- Mein guter Freund, my good friend.
    Genitives -- Meines guten Freundes, of my good friend.
    Dative -- Meinem guten Freund, to my good friend.
    Accusative -- Meinen guten Freund, my good friend.

    [*]PLURAL
    N. -- Meine guten Freunde, my good friends.
    G. -- Meiner guten Freunde, of my good friends.
    D. -- Meinen guten Freunden, to my good friends.
    A. -- Meine guten Freunde, my good friends.


    Now let the candidate for the asylum try to memorize those variations, and see how soon he will be elected. One might better go without friends in Germany than take all this trouble about them...
     
    My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired. If it is to remain as it is, it ought to be gently and reverently set aside among the dead languages, for only the dead have time to learn it.
  13. Viggen
    In 2008 (1st of January till 21st of May) we had 649,837 Absolute Unique Visitors
    In 2009 (1st of January till 21st of May) we had 746,778 Absolute Unique Visitors
     
    ...up by 14.91%!!!
     
    p.s. while the USA makes up the majority of our visitors,
    i would like to share with you exotic places we had exactly 1 visitor
    202. Samoa 1
    203. Gabon 1
    204. East Timor 1
    205. Cook Islands 1
    206. Montserrat 1
    207. Niue 1
    208. Greenland 1
    209. French Guiana 1
    210. Anguilla 1
    211. Aland Islands 1
    212. Tajikistan 1
    213. British Indian Ocean Territory 1
    214. Norfolk Island 1
    215. Sierra Leone 1
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    Speed Reading

    By Viggen,

    The average reader manages about 160 to 250 words per minute (wpm). I was a till a week ago at around 260 wpm which is already a bit above the average but nevertheless not really satisfied. I bought a speed reading book and practising now for one week, having managed to finish about a third of the exercises i am currently at a reading speed of 620 wpm. Reading fast without understanding is of course not really useful, so i am glad my speed reading book has its focus on not only reading faster but also understanding what you reading. I would estimate that i will eventually get to 800 wpm without compromising comprehension.
     
    How fast are you reading?
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    Meaning of Life

    By Viggen,

    ...is there one?
    ...has anyone figured it already out?
     
    In the meantime i go with Peter Ustinov, who once said...
    The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
  16. Viggen
    ...last night i had a really strange dream,we were hosting a conference for publisher and authors, but who knows maybe i just glimpsed into the future...
     
     
    UNRV Anual Digital Classics Conference London
     
    UNRV ADCC Agenda Overview
     
    09:00am-9:15am Conference Welcome by Chris Heaton
     
    09:15am-10:00am Opening Keynote by Elinor Hirschhorn (Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer Simon & Schuster) Classics in the Digital Age - Challenge and Opportunity
     
    10:00am-11:15am Adrian Goldsworthy - How to write for the mainstream without compromising quality
     
    11:15am-11:45am Coffee and Tea
     
    11:45am-12:30pm Caroline Lawrence - Children and the Classics - Why you shouldnt write for little adults but for Kids
     
    12:30pm-13:15pm Andrew Brown, (Managing Director, Cambridge University Press) - Meeting the needs of authors, readers and publishers
     
    13:15pm-14:45pm Lunch
     
    14:45pm-15:30pm Professor Mary Beard, (Classics editor of the TLS) - Engaging the Reader/How to make your writing come alive
     
    15:30pm-16:15pm Olivia Hetreed, (screenwriter) - From the Book to the Screen - Insights from a screenwriter
     
    16:15am-16:45am Coffee and Tea
     
    16:45pm-17:30pm Steven Kessel, (Senior Vice President Amazon) - Kindle/How to profit from electronic books
     
    17:30pm-18:30pm Live Panel - Discussion with all participating speakers who will answer questions from the audience
     
    ...i dream of weird things, right?
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    Call me Director

    By Viggen,

    ...so, i am now proud director of a UK Private Limited, the company is situated in Stockport near Manchester, although i have no idea what i am going to do with that, i feel important for now
    ...i convinced a friend of mine that it would be a good idea to have in his CV a UK Limited company hehe, and it is a rather nice Tax Shelter when it comes to personal income that you do on the side...
     
    so here it goes....
    The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that
     
    XXXXX
     

    is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private


    company and that the company is limited.
     
    ...but wait, uh, what about Scotland and Northern Ireland?
     
  19. Viggen
    During my current adventure to become filthy rich, i read lots of books on how to become just that. Those are financial books, self help books, books to get things done, books on making your life filled with purpose, and almost in all of them is at least one quote of Marcus Aurelius...
     
    ...for example;
     
    Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
     
    Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
     
    Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
     
    Each day provides its own gifts.
     
    Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
     
    He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
     
    It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
     
    Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
     
    The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
     
    Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
     
    You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
     
    ...and i could go on for a long time...
     
    For me, the most important piece of wisdom from Marcus Aurelius is however;
    Our life is what our thoughts make it.
  20. Viggen
    I am doing great, much better then expected and at a much faster rate. (Just got an 20% increase)!!!
     
    I decided that I need some extra Karma , and joined the World Vision Sponsorship, thats 30 Euro a month to support a child in need! This is such a wonderful organization and if you read up on how much my (your) 30 Euro per month can change a whole families life, it makes one really humble. I could choose the gender (I have choosen a girl) the age (below 7 years) and the country (mozambique). Soon i will get per post a folder with all the infos of the little girl i am going to support now. I keep you guys up to date!
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    Getting Wealthy - Debt

    By Viggen,

    I managed to move all my current debt into a single low interest loan at my local bank. Which means Credit Card, consumer credit and overdraft (both with high interest) are on zero (and will stay that way). This move which took me less then 60 minutes reduced my monthly payment to service all my debt by 12% and shed a good year of paying back too...
     
    I am really cruising nicely along right now, i am ahead of plan!
     
    The interesting thing is that the more i think of getting rich, the more i think of money, the more i think of how to reduce costs, the more i think of increasing income, the more of all those things are happening --> a classic case of self-fulfilling prophecy?
  22. Viggen
    Yesterday was my cousins wedding, i was invited there and although i thought it was going to be a complete disaster, it was bloody cool!
     
    The bride was from Russia and couldn`t speak a single word of german! He met her while he was studying technical physics in ST. Petersburg. Luckily she speaks fluent english, so at least 90% of the guests could have a conversation with her, plus a good friend of the family knew a russian girl that lives now for more then five years here, so we had a translator and a new friend for the bride. It was at times really funny, having this russian-german-english mix of conversations.
     
    ...in any case, one of my cousins classmates who will became a monk was sitting next to me, so I pretty soon got him engaged in a roman history discussion, as he is very knowledgeable in the early church history, can read and write, old greek, latin and hebrew and was pretty relaxed about christianity, we had some pretty interesting hours. I invited him to join our forum, let`s see if he does, once he sobers up! ;-)
     
    btw.
    I learned three things about Russia;
    ...the russian language in action is much more pleasing to the ear then i thought
    ...being a professor in Russia means you are bloody smart, but you wont make a living and
    ...russian girls can drink more then you, don`t try!
  23. Viggen
    ...after two months into my adventure becoming really wealthy, i experience side effects i did not expect...
     
    While the focus of this two months were to slash costs on not necessary stuff, something else happend, as i think, breath and act as if i already have those millions on my bank account, the following is happening...
     
    I seem to attract rich people
    In the last two months i had an unbelievable amount of interesting encounters with wealthy people, at the weiredest places, i think the smell of money attracts each other (even if i only have them only in my vision yet)
     
    If it wasn`t for the Euro Soccer Championships i wouldnt have turned the TV on, i don`t know if that is true, but it seems when you think of wealth, TV seems to become less attractive, i estimate i watched less then 5 hours the last two months
     
    I stopped reading my local newspaper, it wasn`t even a planned move, the subscription cancelled (fault on their site), so i had spare cash i have now the Financial Times Germany instead and read even more about wealth...
     
    Classical Music is all of a sudden really nice to listen to
     
    I get money i did not count on.
    unexpected tax refund, i find money on the street, a guy that owed me for years, all of a sudden paid back in full,
     
    ...so there you have it, more to come
     
    cheers
    viggen
  24. Viggen
    Now that i got my message out that i will no longer accept the mediocre financial state of mine, i would like to share the how i will do it!
     
    First things first!
     
    One needs a goal, without a goal nothing will work, let a couple of people run in a circle without a goal or purpose, they will eventually loose interest and stop - draw a line (finish) and everything changes! The moment there is a goal, one can plan! So that was my first piece of work, having a goal. At first i was thinking of 1.000.000 million euro, but soon realized that this was not really something my little mind could grasp. I needed something more visual. So i redefined my goal. I would start treating myself as a company, Viggen Inc. if you like, and my goal is to make it a successfull company. So in order to run a company one needs a budget, so i started one, for the first time, and it was not a pretty picture. I spend way too much money on stuff that is not making Viggen Inc. productive or successful. I could locate several areas were i was spending money without thought.
     
    Crap;
    Basically every evening when i got home late from work, i past by the petrol station that is just a few meters away from my home, and bought sandwiches, snacks, cool drinks, etc... EVERY DAY!
    I cut those expenses completely, i havent been to the petrol station in over a month!
     
    Car;
    I go to work now with my bicycle, with the bike i only need 5 minutes to work, so please dont ask me why i havent done it before, i dont know...
     
    at work;
    evey day i went to a restaurant in our mall, and every day i was drinking a cool drink with it, most of the time a coffee afterwards, i cut this completely, drive with the bike home and eat at home
     
    other stuff;
    I do the washing, the ironing, the cleaning, myself, i bought a hair clipper to do my hairs myself (guess thats an advantage for men), no more hairdressers, i buy food once a week with a list, i visit my mother every sunday now (she really cookes good, and she is very happy to see me, she always complained i visit her not enough, low and behold the 5 miles she lives away i go by bike and not with the car, even more saving, so the sunday gets me a free meal, good karma with mum and some exercise)...
     
    ...as you can see i am not a cheap talker on this issue, i mean it! I do not accept money that could work for me wasted on stuff that gives me short time pleasures at best!
     
    ...more to follow
     
    your "soon to be" very wealthy viggen
  25. Viggen
    I am tired of not beeing filthy rich, honestly i am...
     
    I finally realized that if i continuing doing what i do, i will end up with what i already had when i was in my late teens, just enough to make ends meet...
     
    I will put an end to this, I wont take no for an answer, i repeat I wont take this szenario of my life as a given fact, because it is not, I will change, Today!
     
    You may ask why i want to be filthy rich, and if that is actually a desirable thing to stride for, (apart from the question, what i understand under filthy rich)
     
    My reasons why i am going to be filthy rich!
    (in no particular order)
     
    . because i want to read and write on Unrv.com any time of the day
    . because i want my money to work; while i sleep, while i am cruising the caribbean, while i fly to the moon, where ever i am, whatever i do, i don`t want to work, my money should do that...
    . because i want one day, pick up the phone, fly first class to London, watching whatever sensational band is playing in the Royal Albert Hall, just because i have the time and the means to do it...
    . because when i am filthy rich, i can support people in need, which i can`t right now
    . because it feels right!
     
    I changed over night, completely, at work people stare at me, i became over night a freak - and it feels great, because every day is one step closer to my filthy richness...
    I figured it out, only a few things were missing in my current life, just the small tiny things that is common sense, it is actually so stupidly easy that i wonder what i was thinking the last 30something years...
     
    The things i have discovered, that are common sense, but i never did!
     
    .make myself to the center of the universe
    .think big
    .have a plan
    .earn more, spend less
    .give before you receive
    .surround myself with successfull people
    .invest any penny wisely
    .have disziplin
     
    sincerely
    your "soon to be filthy rich" Viggen
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