Dec 30, 2004 | Uncategorized |
THE MADNESS IS UNDERWAY… New Years’ Eve in Iceland, that is. For those of you who don’t know, fireworks are sold unrestricted to the general public here (well, you have to be at least 16 to buy them) and you can believe that there’s a fairly large demographic (read:...
Dec 29, 2004 | Uncategorized |
It’s kind of hard to blog when overshadowed by the horrendous calamities in Asia. The petty details of our lives here are pretty trivial when the newsfeeds keep rolling in with ever-more gruelling details and increasing death tolls. At present there are 10 Icelanders...
Dec 27, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Deadpan headline on Icelandic National Radio at noon: “Kiefer Sutherland is in town” Iceland: cosmpolitan or provincial? Discuss. [YT is still contending with Nasty Flu and will return to more substantial Weather Reporting in due...
Dec 26, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Little Kid: I know the Yule Lads don’t put presents in our shoe. RE*: Oh really? Then who does? Little Kid: The government. * RE, daughter of EPI, was playing a Yule Lad at a little kids’ function where she met this astute Young...
Dec 25, 2004 | Uncategorized |
CRIPES! THE SMELL! Yeh, well. The skate party. YT ended her very lovely birthday afternoon by going to a rancid-skate party at EPI’s brother and sister-in-law’s. The smell wafted out to greet us way past the front door of the house and once inside it positively stung...
Dec 24, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Thanks everyone for your birthday greetings. So heart-warming! Don’t forsee much posting until post-Christmas. But just because I hate starting something and not finishing it: here are the two remaining Yule Lads… Ketkrókur – Meat Hook. Crafty fella,...
