Dec 2, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Took The Unit in for an oil change this morning and instead of biding my time in a foul-smelling garage waiting room, I decided to take a walk along the seashore next to it. As it happens the sun was just coming up [it was around 11am] and as luck would have it I...
Dec 1, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Today, December 1, marks 87 years since Iceland became a sovereign state. [Whoo-hoo!] At that time, Iceland was the poorest country in Europe. Today it is one of the richest. In the past decade alone, Iceland’s contribution to aid in the developing countries has...
Nov 30, 2005 | Uncategorized |
‘What’s that smell in here??’Thus spake my perpetually-disgruntled 14-year old daughter on her arrival home from school yesterday.That smell was actually the smell of her mother’s baking.To be fair, it’s not surprising that the child does...
Nov 28, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Iceland has a new 24-hour news channel, like a CNN or Sky type thing. It’s called, prosaically enough, The New News Channel*.So why would a nation with a population of fewer than 300,000 need a 24-hour news channel? Precisely. Yet, there it is, broadcasting...
Nov 27, 2005 | Uncategorized |
First Sunday in advent today.Here in Iceland, advent marks the start of the Christmas season and in practice means that you can officially begin putting up your decorations. Some people cannot wait for this day, particularly those who hate the winter darkness and live...
Nov 26, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Sometimes EPI and I have the best time vegging on the couch and acting all appalled at some of the TV fodder we’re served up, particularly some of the idiotic reality TV shows coming out of the US.* Like tonight, when we landed on yet another thrilling episode...
