Feb 10, 2005 | Uncategorized |
BIRD ONE Remember my Thespian Swan? The one EPI and I found while on a stroll around the golf course back in December? The one Destined for Great Things? Well, it’s making its debut on the boards of the National Theatre this evening. And YT has two tickets waiting at...
Feb 9, 2005 | Uncategorized |
Third day of our Three Fun Days leading up to Lent: Ash Wednesday. Nothing quite so weird as our other two days, that is unless you consider it weird for children to dress up in silly costumes and go door-to-door begging for candy. Which of course cannot be weird...
Feb 8, 2005 | Uncategorized |
So today we have the second of our three fun days leading up to Lent. It’s called Sprengidagur, which literally means “Exploding day”. On account of the fact that you’re supposed to imbibe salted lamb and yellow split-pea soup until your stomach bursts. It’s pretty...
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...
