Tag: Iceland

Following Up on Women in Politics

Last week I posted Celebrating Women. (I then had to update it when the URL to the video was made private.) At the same time, I posted a link to the website, Win With Women 2012, on Facebook. That link contains the music video– as that organization commissioned the music. This is what I wrote in my brief Facebook post:… Continue reading

People in Iceland Believe in Elves. Do You?

According to this article in boingboing, Terry Gunnell, associate folklore professor at the University of Iceland surveyed his countrymen and found them to have an expansive predilection for their little imaginary friends. Only 13 percent of participants in the study said it is impossible that elves exist, 19 percent found it unlikely, 37 percent said elves possibly exist, 17 percent… Continue reading

Insanely Good Time Lapse: Iceland Volcano Eyjafjallajökull

I hadn’t come across Sean Stiegemeier’s work until I saw this astounding time lapse of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupting. Not only do you see stunning imagery from nature, but his use of the motorized dolly really brings this to life. And the still life of the old bullet riddled plane… Way awesome. Amazing work! No doubt this guy will have… Continue reading

Ahh! Norway.

Just a few weeks ago, I blogged again about my trip to Norway. I wonder if previous generations of Americans feel the way I increasingly feel about the United States. I don’t much like living here. This isn’t the nation of my youth. More and more we allow the bullies, the thugs, the thieves to run rife in the media… Continue reading