May 20, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Was it the clothes? The dancers? The absence of drums? The nepotism?Such are the questions preoccupying the Icelandic nation, after our girl Selma was eliminated in the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals last night. I think it’s safe to say that everyone was...
May 19, 2005 | Uncategorized |
The Eurovision preliminaries are tonight, held to decide who gets to move through to the main contest, which is on Saturday. Icelanders lo-ove Eurovision. [Even if they pooh-pooh it and proclaim to be way above it all.] I reckon that nowhere-but-nowhere are our...
May 18, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Before dropping yesterday’s Big Question, I leave you with one of my favourite quotes [already cited in yesterday’s comments], and a picture of one of my favourite statues for your contemplation:[Ahem]“Art that doesn’t deal with man’s relationship to God is...
May 16, 2005 | Uncategorized |
The Reykjavík Arts Festival kicked off this weekend. This year it focuses on “contemporary art”. EPI and YT checked out some of it. First stop, the Dieter Roth exhibition at the Reykjavík Art Museum, where the late Mr Roth’s floorboards are hung on the walls, along...
May 15, 2005 | Uncategorized |
TODAY1. EPI scaled Mt. Esja and called YT from the summit, first time this season.2. YT lounged in the sun for three hours at the Laugardalslaug pool, first time this season.3. Polly the cockatiel flew out into the Great Outdoors, first time ever.*WEATHERFantastico....
May 13, 2005 | Uncategorized |
RIGHT, WHO TOOK MY SIDEBAR?!My sidebar’s gone AWOL. It’s not even dropped to the bottom of the page, as it’s been known to do on previous occasions. It’s just totally vanished. Also, the post at the bottom of the page has been chopped in half.Do we have the Wrath of...
