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Hook me up to The Wire

July 17, 2010

EPI and I finished watching Season 1 of The Wire this evening. The Wire got a fair bit of exposure around here this spring when our new mayor said he would refuse to work with any political party that had not watched all five seasons of it. [Think I'm kidding?] I’d had it on my [...]

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Our superfabulous snorkeling adventure!

July 8, 2010

Right. So I left off yesterday at the part where AAH and I were dropped off at Þingvellir National Park to go snorkeling in the ravine Silfra, which has some of the most amazingly clear water you will ever see. I’ve wanted to see the underwater world in Silfra for a very long time … [...]

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In which we brave the ash cloud, so you don’t have to

May 16, 2010

EPI and I headed out to take a look at the eruption last night. We left town around six, because a] AAH wanted to throw a belated birthday party and we needed to get the hell out of dodge, and b] because we hoped we might be able to see the eruption better if we [...]

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The most ingenious thing I’ve heard all day

April 7, 2010

So, the ominous Black Report is due out next Monday, barring yet another delay [it would be the fourth]. In light of this, the Reykjavík City Theatre announced today that it will be “staging” the Black Report – i.e. its actors will be reading it out loud onstage, from beginning to end, all 2000-odd pages [...]

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Can you say B.I.M.B.O?

March 25, 2010

So, the volcanic eruption continues apace in Fimmbörðuháls, between Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers. There has been no major change since Monday and still no sign that nearby Katla is about to blow. Police have dispensed with the ban that was placed on travel to the region, but obviously are not recommending it. They emphasize that [...]

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In praise of Gräv10

March 22, 2010

I have been so preoccupied with the volcanic eruption and other things back home that I haven’t written a thing about the Gräv10 conference that is the reason for my being here in Stockholm. As I mentioned in a previous post, Gräv is the name of the annual conference of the Association of Investigative Journalists [...]

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Fly me to the moon

January 12, 2010

Setting aside politics and dreary old Icesave for a minute, here’s something pretty amazing. Anyone who has visited Iceland in the summers has surely been accosted by the Arctic tern – one fierce bird that the Icelanders call kría – because that is basically the screeching sound it makes when it swoops down on your [...]

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YT and EPI’s fabulous South Iceland adventure

September 6, 2009

So, my little hiatus turned out a little differently than planned. My father, who was kind enough to lend me his cottage for a few days, was also generous enough to lend me his Land Cruiser. So driving up there I got thinking: wouldn’t it be nice if EPI could take a couple days off [...]

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The House of Flying Ideas

August 24, 2009

Believe it or not, all is not gloom and doom [read: HS Orka and Icesave] here in the Land of the Nice. A few weeks ago I accepted an assignment that consisted of looking into whether the Icelandic meltdown could really be a catalyst for facilitating fundamental social change. My client had very specific questions [...]

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Because honesty is its own reward

June 24, 2009

Today AAH, who got her drivers’ licence last September [holy cow it's been almost a year!] bumped into a car in the Kringlan mall parking lot and left a scratch on the bumper of a Citroen Picasso. She came home looking decidedly deflated and admitted the mishap to her mama. I went out and checked [...]

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