Vikingsson on January 5th, 2010

I hate war.  War is hell. And any other combination of words you want to make that says that I despise war.  But I maintain that if are involved in war then your country’s primary goal must be to finish that war and get back to the business of running a country.  Your country has [...]

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Vikingsson on July 7th, 2009

MJ is dead.  He’s still dead.  He’s not pinning for the fjords.  He’s not resting.  The ghostly image on CnN was not him, he’s dead.
Stop tweeting about it.  Get over it.  He’s still dead.  He’ll always be dead.
Over on page 6 I see that more of our soldiers in real uniforms are also dead.  They [...]

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Vikingsson on January 19th, 2009

Say Don, what’s a kreppa?  In old Norse and modern Icelandic it is the noun for “crisis”.  During these dark economic times the term is commonly used and in some circles it is a tiresome word.  A word that is perhaps too perfect.  The most common English curse word I heard in Iceland was used [...]

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Vikingsson on November 11th, 2008

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we [...]

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