Vikingsson on October 31st, 2007

I wonder if Icelanders have a laugh at our twice yearly clock changes. Iceland is on GMT and doesn’t change the clock during the year. With the extreme change in the solar season at that latitude it would be folly trying to buy time. You need a bloody watch to know what [...]

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Vikingsson on October 31st, 2007

My system sends random quotes from various sources and today a Jack Handy quote came in that seems appropriate for this blog:
“When the age of the Vikings came to a close, they must have sensed it. Probably, they gathered together one evening, slapped each other on the back and said, ‘Hey, good job.’”
-Jack Handy
I posted [...]

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Vikingsson on October 27th, 2007

In the south east corner of the yard behind where I work are some large trees and heavy bush. All manner of critter lives back there. But this year there is a new dominant creature, a cute but aggressive chipmunk. All day long he protects his territory by chasing away the many [...]

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Vikingsson on October 21st, 2007

Folks around Mississauga Ontario might be heard to say “Let’s go over to Iceland”. I can’t find a brave soul to go with me to Iceland the country but many will go to Iceland Mississauga. This is Canada after all and ice, skating, and the sound of puck on ice is what they [...]

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