Sunday fun

Still crouched in the corner. This is so very rudimentary and charming, like the being-online version of the Russian chandelier*. Nothing like a little return to basics to break up the complacency and make one appreciate one’s creature comforts. Started by...

Techno Blues -The Sequel

In the Big Annoyance sweepstakes, computer malfunction is a hands-down winner every time. Which is why I have been stalking around like a raving lunatic for the last couple of hours in a fit of frustration, screaming WHY CAN’T I GET ONLINE??!!! PREQUEL: It all started...

Itchy fingers

YIPEE!! They let me in! Yours truly has been suffering from itchy finger syndrome today, blog words swishing around in the mind like liquid, desperately needing to be spilled; meanwhile those nice people at Blogspot have spent the day Keeping Me Out. Error messages...

SAD SAD SAD and more than a little happy

SNOW!! It’s what we had this morning, everything covered by a thin layer of the white stuff. There’s always something fantastic about the first snowfall of the season, isn’t there? Particularly when it’s dark outside. Like it’s happening...

Techno blues

Once upon a time the Icelandic nation was blessed with only a single television station – the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Broadcast hours in that faraway time were from approximately 6pm to midnight. There was no television on Thursdays and no...

Fire n’ice

So exciting! A volcanic eruption in Vatnajökull glacier! The earth shakes, the ground quakes … all beneath a layer of ice 100-200 metres thick. How cool is that? Actually flicked on the TV at noon today to catch the extra news report. Killer shots of smoke...