One of the perks of being a university teacher is being able to order textbooks free of charge. This is because publishers want teachers to choose ‘their’ book to teach, thus insuring sales to students. I believe this is called ‘smart business’. Now, during my couple of years at the University of Iceland, I orderedRead more
Today I think I can FINALLY say that TEACHING IS OVER!!! Let us all breathe a sigh of relief as I may now start picking up the pieces of my sanity, and hopefully restore them to one working brain. Sadly, the end of teaching coincided with me telling a student to his face that, yesRead more
Finnur and his four siblings inherited a summer house by Laugarvatn from their grandfather. Each sibling gets every fifth week (swaps allowed) and this weekend was ours. We invited Guðrún and Snorri to tag along, and in return they kindly agreed to ferry a couple of huge boxes containing a large trampoline in their jeep.
The trampoline boxes had to be inside Gudrun's and Snorri's jeep, which meant there was no space left for Baldur. He therefore got a ride in our car! Here Anna and Baldur are busy playing Yatzee.
Saturday morning: Finnur busy mowing the lawn where the trampoline would be. See how green everything is?! It's summer! 🙂
Just an update on the whole molar-decapitation-leads-to-excessive-swelling situation. It’s now Sunday (molar sawed in half this past Monday) and here’s my latest mug-shot. The swelling doesn’t really look quite as bad as the image would suggest (I was looking towards the right, which is probably pushing the skin forward a bit), but it’s still thereRead more
I’ve known for a few years now that I’d probably have to do something about my molars (wisdom teeth, endajaxlar). None of them have bothered to actually surface, but parts of them have shown up on dentist x-rays every now and then over the years, causing dentist-frowns, and at least one referral to an oralRead more
I was just browsing through some old photos and came across a very old photo of Finnur and me, taken by Óli. Since Finnur and I will have been ‘together’ for 18 years this coming Sunday (!!!), it feels oddly fitting to share.Read more
Through the magic of the internet, I’ve now received the second batch of photos (805!) from Nökkvi and Jóhanna’s Wedding this past Sunday. Just to recap, this batch of photos was taken using the Canon 600D camera, with either this lens or this lens. I’ve now sorted through them, and am down to 198 photos,Read more
My oldest brother, Nökkvi, and Jóhanna, his spouse of about five years and mother of his two children, got married today! 🙂 It was a lovely day, warm-ish and sunny, and I had the pleasure of taking photos for the event. UPDATE 14 June 2012: There are now two Google+ albums with photos from thatRead more
Posting out of order ensures chaos. Anyway, I did it again – here are Ivan and Margo.Read more
I (Finnur) hastily left work at the end of today to pick up my 4yr old son from daycare. The reason for the rush was that I had been assigned the duty of driving him to a birthday party of a boy who lives in our neighborhood. I must admit, I feel a bit guiltyRead more