Cigars for everyone!

At o6.50 this morning, the population of Iceland was 299,999. At 7.20 am, the 300,000-th Icelander arrived. Whoo-hoo!According to Statistics Iceland, there’s been an unusual population increase up here over the past few years. An average of 12 people are born in...

Tarantino: the scandal

Right, so remember how I said I wasn’t going to write another word about old Quentin Tarantino unless he went and scandalized really bad? Well call me prescient if you will if you shall if you must, but he’s gone and done it. So I am now forced to tell you about it. A...

A celebrity in the family!

EPI’s daughter was on the bus the other day when a little girl came up to her, looked at her in awe and said, “Are you Barbie?”AND TODAY – MINIMALIST WEATHERSnow. Sleet. Snow. 0°C. Sunrise 11.15, sunset...

Stuffed

Pity poor old Quentin Tarantino. Every time he sets foot on Icelandic soil he gets bombarded with stuff. Everyone wants him to have a sample of their little product to take home: Icelandic movies on DVD, Icelandic music on DVD, Dead clothes, 66°N clothes… and as...

A little bit of mush

Yesterday I realized that this is possibly the best Christmas I’ve had in my life. Or at least in a very very long time. What a wonderful realization! Christmas used to be a major ordeal for me. It was something to be endured, a necessary evil, and I would...