This page has been a total mess the last year. I think I'll just remove all those old posts from the front page and try to start again.

It does seem appropriate, since I'm now back in Iceland and some of the people I know around the world may (or may not) be interested in reading about what I'm up to here on my favorite island.

So, I hope this will be the beginning of something great. Hah!!

I'll try to update as often as I can with interesting stories about my life, rants about politics and links to interesting stuff on the web.

Þeir á Múrnum þreytast seint á því að skrifa um Bandaríkin. Í dag skrifar KJ grein um hernaðaræfingar Bandaríkjanna.

Það er nokkuð gaman að velta sér uppúr þessum æfingum. Á þessari æfingu þá átti bandaríski herinn að berjast við ófullkominn (tæknilega séð) her í landi, sem líktist Írak. Gömlum bandarískum hershöfðingja, sem stjórnaði óvinahernum, tókst hins vegar oft að snúa á hinn tæknivædda bandaríska her. Það er greinilegt að snjallir hershöfðingjar geta enn ráðið miklu í stríði, jafnvel við hátæknivædda heri. Sem dæmi um þetta þá er sagt frá atviki í grein The Guardian.

Það er ljóst að bandaríkjamenn hafa nú kennt Saddam nokkrar nýjar hugmyndir til að beita gegn þeim.

Annars er myndin tekin úr skemmtilegri grein í The Onion: Gulf War 2: The Vengeance

Damn Yankees!

A guy in my econ class has been wearing his Yankees baseball cap every day of class this fall. Then suddenly today, he changed his cap and was sporting a Northwestern cap.

I think we can thank Randy Johnson for that! My girlfriend doesn't think Randy is cute! I don't know why.

Is this an update?

Boy, I really haven't been writing anything here lately. Times were really nice the last time I updated. The Cubs were leading the National League, it was 90 degrees outside and I didn't have to study on weekends.

It's all been downhill since then. It's getting cold outside, I have tons of work to do this weekend and my Cubs didn't even make the playoffs. Here's a list of MLB teams I hate: Astros, Cardinals, Yankees. Sigh!

Sweeeeeet

I think this is funny.

Is Dick Cheney dead yet?

Last couple of days Hildur and I have been three times to the Taste of Chicago and I must say, I love this festival. Every time we've been there we have been trying dishes from different restaurants. Most restaurants offer you a "taste portion", which costs a dollar, so you can taste a wide variety of foods.

Grant Park has been pretty crowded, especially on the 3rd and 4th of July, but it wasn't too bad. A lot of people had been sayin it would be hell down there because of the crowds, but I really thought it was great.

The weather here in Chicago is pretty amazing. Just a week ago I was studying for my finals. Everyday when I woke up it was so cold that I had to wear a couple of fleece sweaters, because our radiator wasn't working.

And today, a week later, it was 99 degrees outside and I got stuck in traffic. My awesome Geo Metro doesn't have AC, so it's pretty horrible. It's so hot, that I'm jelaous and annoyed at all the other people who have AC in their huge SUV's. Well, at least I'm helping the environment a bit.

What a country. Even the president's daughter can't buy beer.

I'm going to the U2 show at the United Center in about 2 hours. It has been extremely difficult to do math today. Can't stop thinking about the concert. Differential equations just don't match the excitement of a U2 concert.