Archive for October, 2013
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Wanted: Mayor
30 Oct 2013Reykjavík mayor Jón Gnarr announced today that he won’t seek reelection, which will bring to an end one of the…
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The Damage Is Done
25 Oct 2013I recently encountered an expression that seems like it would be pretty common, but in almost two years of study…
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Forced Landing
21 Oct 2013A small airplane used for flight instruction was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday on a road in Kjóastaðir…
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Hrafnsauga
17 Oct 2013I recently finished the book Hrafnsauga, which makes it the first Icelandic book I’ve read cover to cover 🙂 I…
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Beware The Northern Lights!
15 Oct 2013Apparently the Northern lights displays have been extra bright in Iceland recently. They are even turning off street lights in…
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Hnoðri The Cat Rescued
10 Oct 2013Yes, I know, another cat story, but I couldn’t resist 🙂 Hnoðra heilsast vel Hnoðri recovering nicely Kötturinn Hnoðri er…
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CT Scanner Repaired
09 Oct 2013It was mainly the word tölvusneiðmyndatæki that caught my attention, as you might well imagine 🙂 Apparently there was a…
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Better Icelandic Through Chemistry
07 Oct 2013Even if chemistry was never your best subject, some knowledge of the elements and their names will come up while…
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Welding
01 Oct 2013I love when a single word takes me off on a tangent, and one word leads to another, but in…