Author Archives: ianmacd
Bush’s Balance Sheet
Thanks to Geoff for this list of the bumbling baboon’s greatest achievements. It’s obviously strongly biased, but the numbers and stark juxtapositions make for interesting reading, nonetheless.
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Eivør Pálsdóttir
While travelling in Iceland and the Faroes last month, we came across the music of Eivør Pálsdóttir, a 20 year old Faroese woman with a very strong voice and wide vocal range. Her first, eponomously titled album was released on … Continue reading
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Sold!
So, the expiry of the 15 day lock-up period finally occurred and we were able to sell 5% of our Google shares today. It was quite a relief to finally be able to take a bite out of the carrot … Continue reading
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There’s No Place Like Home
The world’s slowest immigration queues… Puddles of piss in front of every urinal, presumably due to a fear of contracting something nasty from the porcelain… Unintelligible airport staff… Ants in the house… That’s right… we’re back.
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End of the Honeymoon
Vestmannaeyjar was great. Searching for wayward pufflings in the dead of night, whilst wisps of the Northern Lights incandescently meandered overhead was quite an experience and not one I’ll forget in a hurry. The plane from Heimaey got us back … Continue reading
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