The Icelandic mafia lives!

Well, they better start taking Iceland off the top of all those lists of countries with the least corruption. As further details emerge in the oil collaboration scandal, one can only gape in disbelief at the extent of the mafia-like tactics employed by the exalted...

Of Penis mall and syringes

Planned on going on a short errand to Penis mall (a.k.a. Smáralind – wish I had an aerial view picture to stick in here, it looks EXACTLY like one) and got stuck there for over an hour, which was mind-numbing as mall experiences are. Grocery shopping followed,...

Forecast bright…

BIG NEWS today – first the headlines: TEACHERS’ STRIKE PUT ON HOLD OIL COMPANIES FINED FOR ILLICIT COLLABORATION The details: Indeed, the teachers’ strike has been postponed pending the passing of a mediation proposal. State negotiator has introduced...

Alzheimer Light

This is awful! I hide my head in shame! Just a couple of hours after merrily declaring my intention to watch the lunar eclipse I completely and totally Forgot! Come midnight my sole concern was getting my butt to bed so I could continue reading the novel I am...

Eclipsing

Saved blogging for the evening hours, post- dinner and ER. ER is one of my three must-watch TV shows each week, others being The Sopranos and Six Feet Under – a new series of which started here on Monday night. SFU has some of the most interesting...

Brrrr…

Not the most original title, but absolutely spot-on. Temps around the freezing mark plus windchill factor make this a day not to go out without stockings underneath yer jeans unless you want to suffer frozen-thigh syndrome! Set the alarm to wake me this morning as...