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Reykjavík 1926
I stumbled on this video and find it rather nice. Reykjavík was pretty interesting even back then. “Population 21 thousand, police force of three”. A few buildings in the film are still there and the hot spring laundry is still there but only as an historical artifact. Enjoy.
‘morning Sunshine
I haven’t been posting for a while and I’m getting a little tired of this funk. I’ve run many post ideas through my head over the last few months but never the energy to write them down. Well here’s a pointless post to get me back in the game. Perhaps the trivial and less than [...]
Pining for the Fjords
With apologies to the Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch and the Mark Twain Nevada Funeral I can’t get that line “pining for the fjords” out of my head. I’ll get there, I’ll get there, soon.
Another Jack Handy Viking quote
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 [...]
