Oda Rygh

I visited my sister the past week.

She walks everywhere. EVERYWHERE.
In addition to this she left cooking to me. During our time together we ate:

Sausage and vegetable gratin
(fry sausages and vegetables. Add soured cream. Pour over broccoli, cover with cheese, oven, done)

Curry
(fry onions in spices, add chicken and veg, add coconutmilk, wait, done)

And we ate out. At a chinese.  Chinese thick soups are usually thickened with Agar Agar, not starch, and are atkins-safe. And ONE tiny little piece of ricepaper kinda drowns in the amount of filling in a spring roll. Yes, I had two starters.

I got horrendously drunk one night there, but avoided the snacking that comes with drinking.

So when I returned to my Mums, I weighed myself and, voila. 6 kilos less.
The combo of excersise and eating right actually works.

Damn.

Dear Sarah Boyack,

I am writing you with grave concerns regarding the digital economy bill.

My concerns are on many levels. First of all the issues regarding the recent amendment: a UK vertion of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), a stain on the UK as a liberal democracy where one cannot be punished untill proven guilty by court of law.

Secondly the strain being put on the ISP industry to protect the wilting copyright holder industry. Sacrificing an industry of the future to protect the industry of the past is akin to banning industrialisation to protect weavers.

Thirdly I am shocked by the level of ignorance regarding technical issues displayed in both houses, by all parties, regarding how the internet works. It is allowed to not be informed on all things, but most MPs, especially frontbenchers, should be able to find a person who can brief them in laymans terms, before there are major debates.

I am a norwegian national, but your constituent. I have educated myself in the UK, found a british man, and bought a house with norwegian money in the middle of a housing crash. I have subsidised UK students through my paying of tuitionfees for four years. I am a taxpayer who have never claimed benefits.

-And this travesty of a bill is making me want to take my taxmoney, my education, my man, and leave. Not just for this one bill, but for which signal this bill sends regarding the priorities of their elected officials: Who is more worth, what liberties can be curbed, and how much research we can be bothered doing before voting.

Please vote no.

Yours sincerely,

Oda Rygh