Vikingsson on July 31st, 2008

There’s no denying that the weather has been very strange for several years and this summer is no exception. Iceland is enjoying a heat wave and unusually (relatively) clear skies. In Ontario we’re having the wettest summer on record. Much cooler and very much wetter than last summer. We’ve had so [...]

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Vikingsson on July 28th, 2008

Another one of those ’studies’ about nations has hit the streets, this time it is the ‘World Values Survey’. This time it is Iceland ranking high on the list of happiest places. Iceland always places high which to this writer isn’t mysterious or undeserved. Canada too typically places high on these lists. [...]

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Vikingsson on July 10th, 2008

With my birthday now passed I had to do the unpleasant duty of renewing my Ontario drivers license and plate sticker for the car. It is never a fun task but pick a good time and it is only money. Not this year. Before getting my new sticker I had to pay [...]

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Vikingsson on July 8th, 2008

I have been out of touch with my own blog for far too long. Sorry folks, a crush of work and other un-pleasantries has caused me to go into a writing drought combined with writer’s block. With so much bad news and an election down in Dixie/Yankee land that in my mind [...]

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