Vikingsson on September 4th, 2007

Going on your dream vacation isn’t without issues. If the destination was exactly like home there would be no point in going at all. So what will I miss and what will I not miss when I go to Iceland?

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Vikingsson on August 30th, 2007

I’m not a big fan of statistics but I hear that the Icelanders are rather fond of them. I think we’re overwhelmed with stats that are more self serving than informative. But I digress…
The other night during my drive home a radio show had one of those conspiracy theory leaning alien visit guys [...]

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Vikingsson on August 21st, 2007

Suburban \Sub*ur”ban\, a. [L. suburbanus.]Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city. “Suburban taverns.” –Longfellow.
Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . . Delight the citizen. –Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
To me suburban is neither urban or rural. Rather like a multifunction electronic device that does none [...]

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Vikingsson on June 26th, 2007

Recently I’ve read articles that are blaming the Sudan/Darfur crisis on global warming. Oh my, that is a stretch considering that Sudan sits squarely in an arid zone we commonly call a desert. Of course the whole country isn’t parched but extended droughts in the area are nothing new but could easily be [...]

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