Sagas of Icelanders

DailyLit I Bientôt nous plongerons dans les froides ténèbres; Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts! J’entends déjà tomber avec des chocs funèbres Le bois retentissant sur le pavé des cours. Tout l’hiver va rentrer dans mon être: colère, Haine, frissons, horreur, labeur dur et forcé, Et, comme le soleil dans son enfer polaire. [...]

Shorpy :: History in HD: February 9, 1916. “Mountain Chief of Piegan Blackfeet making phonographic record at Smithsonian.” The interviewer is ethnologist Frances Densmore. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Bug infestation (or woodpecker excavations) on north side of our house in McBride, B.C. at junction of siding and soffit, about 4m above ground.

Plaques d’égout

Chemins de St. Jacques de Compostelle: The Way of St. James, or St. James’s Way, is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where legend has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James the Great are buried. Santiago de Compostela: One etymology for the name “Compostela” [...]

Before the focus on elite, the spotlight was focused on the mass in this contest at two speeds. Le coup d’accélérateur a généralement lieu à mi-parcours. The boost usually takes place at midterm. Demain, le décor carte postale des parties finales sur le Vieux-Port se profilera et la tension deviendra palpable. Tomorrow, the postcard scenery [...]

En roulant ma boule roulant En roulant ma boule En roulant ma boule roulant En roulant ma boule. Derrièr’ chez nous, ya-t-un étang En roulant ma boule Derrièr’ chez nous, ya-t-un étang En roulant ma boule Trois beaux canards s’en vont baingant Rouli, roulant, ma boule roulant En roulant ma boule roulant En roulant ma [...]

Il y a une puce sur mon pouce.

A small nice cuckoo to Lisa laid off in Amicale Bouliste of Amandiers, which leaves the department at the end of this month.

belette crapaud mulot epervier pinson

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 20071206-1610-sulphur, originally uploaded by Swany. Winter afternoon.

Amazon.com: Metals, Plastics, Bearings, Gears, Fasteners, Wire, Springs

icosystems

NFB: A Chairy Tale Afterlife / Après la vie Air! An Artist / Une artiste Animando Balablok Baroque’n Roll Bead Game / Histoire de perles Black Soul / Âme noire Blackfly Blinkity Blank Bully Dance / La Danse des brutes Christopher, Please Clean Up Your Room! Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar! Dinner for Two / Dîner intime [...]

Atypyk

Schneier on Security: The British security service MI5 is warning business leaders that their offices are probably badly designed against terrorist bombs. The common modern office consists of large rooms without internal walls, which puts employees at greater risk in the event of terrorist bombs.

Google Video: Civil obedience.

AlterNet: By George Monbiot. “All over Britain, a coalition of homeowners and anarchists, NIMBYs and internationalists is mustering to fight the greatest future cause of global warming: the growth of aviation.”

maisonneuve :: eclectic curiosity: The first step is to accept walking as a legitimate form of transportation, one that is equal—or even superior—to vehicle transport.