Feb 7, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Today is “Cream Puff Day” here in Iceland, which means everyone in the country eats a whole bunch of these. Now, on this day, every [small] kid gets a wand type of thing with a bunch of fluff on the end with which to spank his or her parents. Ideally, the parents...
Feb 6, 2005 | Uncategorized |
YO! ARMCHAIR FILM CRITIC SPEAKS Went to see Sideways last night and once again YT is baffled to find something that the Whole Entire World seems to think of as Fantastic, just this side of lukewarm. Somehow [God only knows how – could it have anything to do with...
Feb 5, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Child benefits came yesterday. What a relief! The sum was split evenly between EPI and myself and came to a grand total of ISK 22 per person. That amounts to roughly 30 cents US, or 20 pence Sterling. Meanwhile, it costs ISK 45 to send a letter informing us that this...
Feb 3, 2005 | Uncategorized |
So good to be home. The invigorating freshness in the air, the vibrancy of the colours. Have just come back from walking along the sea, shimmering light light blue as far as the eye can see. Oh, and so great to find your wonderful comments, my dear blog friends! I’ve...
Jan 25, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Story nicked from the Morgunblaðið website this morning: A young guy went into an electronics store this past weekend and bought a laptop on payments. Having signed the contract he left with the laptop, which he was not intending to write his memoirs on but rather to...
