Vikingsson on February 28th, 2007

Author unknown, passed to me by mom.
John went to visit his 90 year old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of West Virginia .
After spending a great evening chatting the night away, John’s grandfather prepared breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. However, John noticed a film like substance on his plate, and questioned his [...]

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Vikingsson on February 26th, 2007

This morning I’m driving in the heavy snow. No problem and I can go the limit. I see the school zone flashing which means 40kph. I slow down but from behind is a madwoman in a van on her cell phone. She has that get out of my way I’m in [...]

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Vikingsson on February 23rd, 2007

I live in a news junky’s paradise. I suppose that Reykjavík is also a media hound’s heaven just like Toronto. T.dot is highly multicultural, highly wired, and oddly liberal so there is an endless array of content. Reykjavík is highly wired, culturally curious, and other modes that I hope to discover. We get our news [...]

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Vikingsson on February 22nd, 2007

I hate statistics. Not all stats, reports, studies, and other redundant and pointless numbers that try to explain who we are. However the useful numbers are diluted by the endless barrage of questionable data. Who pays for this and why?
Anecdotal is good enough for me, if the anecdotes are mine.

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