So, turns out that in some cases tried in Norwegian court, the fact that the victim was inebriated when the crime took place is seen as a redeeming factor for the perpetrator. Let's look at some possible defenses using this argumentation.

Case one:
Judge: Sir, you're accused of robbing this man of his wallet. The usual sentence for this is six ( Read more... )

I just read this article about tabletop rpgs, nostalgia and fueling your imagination: http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/03/08/dungeons_and_dragons_comes_back/index.htmlRead more... )

I'm not particularly environmentally friendly. I recycle at home, but aside from that, I'm not great at the whole "saving the environment"-thing. It's the effort it takes that makes me bad at it. It's a lot more effort to take the tram down to the central station, buy a ticket, wait for the train, take the train to my parents' home town, wait for ( Read more... )

Stupid tummy. I was not hungry at all so I figured I would wait until I was hungry to make breakfast. It made sense to me at the time. But when I got hungry, I realized that my 3ff3ct3r had eaten everything proteinbased in our fridge so my choices for breakfast were: lentils and/or eggs and/or slightly old cucumber. This would not be annoying if I wasn't ( Read more... )

I have a deadline for a 5 pages article tomorrow morning, so I´m trying to finish up now. It´s a drag ( Read more... )

Yes, I know, I was supposed to have quit smoking, but what can a girl do when everything keeps building up and the work load starts looking like the paper version of a Nürnberg rally? That's right; give in to temptation. Plus, I'm waging a war against my body these days. Staying up late, getting up ridiculously early, drinking coffee and denying it ( Read more... )

I don't know the exact English wording for this, but in Norwegian it's called "pausemusikk" (Pause or waiting music). Basically, it's the music you hear while you wait for someone to answer the phone. Now, I understand the concept of it. UiO (my university) doesn't have it, and the booming silence while you wait for someone to answer, not knowing ( Read more... )