As Iceland’s economy is suffering just like the rest of us maybe we should look to them for some solutions. Remember the Library, the typewriter, the sewing machine? Iceland does. Iceland Review Online had the following to say:
Strip a nation of its financial stability, its currency and its good name, and you’ll find a sad nation indeed. But deprive a Nordic country of its IKEA, and you’ll see what desperation means. While the de facto palace of Icelandic consumerism hasn’t shut its doors, the nation was dealt a crippling blow to the wallet when it unsuspectingly opened its papers and, to its collective horror, discovered that IKEA had raised its prices by 25 percent. In fact, many of the trendy brands Icelanders have come to associate with their sleek, modern identity – likeApple, Range Rover and Prada – are being forced to raise prices and, in some extreme cases, return merchandise to manufacturers. But like an amputee who continues to feel the tingle of his severed toes, the nation still seeks to flex its materialist muscle with puny purses. The buying frenzy has simply been relocated to the aisles of Gódi Hirdirinn, Reykjavík’s outlet for second-hand shopping. Who needs MacBooks when we have typewriters? With a treadle sewing machine you can make your own fashion! Perhaps the nation of trendsetters is simply ahead of the curve—as economies fail around the globe it appears that thrift is the new black this season.
I’ve always heard that people die in threes. I don’t know if this only applies to Famous Celebrities but I remember when my father died it was about the time Lady Diana and Mother Teresa died.
How and why did this strange legend come about? This is what I’ve found online:
Of course, I recognize the superstition you’re referring to. But when you try to pin it down by asking what is meant by “celebrities” and “threes”—poof! All the meaning disappears.
And clearly, celebrities of any stripe do not all keel over in trios. It’s ridiculous.
In short, there is no basis for it whatsoever, beyond a misunderstanding of statistics and a slew of other mental errors.
In cultural terms, I can’t trace any origin to the superstition. It’s tempting to toss out some watermark like “The Day the Music Died,” when 1950s rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson died together in a plane crash.
But it’s much older and even less rational than that—as old as misunderstanding statistics. There is similar talk of deaths within families coming in threes, or bad incidents in general coming in threes. The number three has longstanding significance in magical thinking (it’s just big enough a number in a sequence to stop looking like a coincidence, even if it is).
It must be noted that the vast majority of people who quote the superstition do so relatively tongue-in-cheek for an extremely mild thrill or conversation-starter. That doesn’t make the thinking any less sloppy, of course.
And, inevitably, there are those who take it seriously. One apparent near-true believer who blogged away on the subject up through 1999 gives a good case study in the mental screwiness involved.
A man was walking along Boynton Beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it and out popped a genie. The genie said, “OK, OK. You released me from the lamp, blah blah blah. this is the fourth time this month, and I’m getting a little sick of these wished so you can forget about three. You only get one wish!”
The man san and though about it for a while and said, “I’ve always wanted to go to Nassau in the Bahamas but I’m scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to the Bahamas so I can drive over there to visit?”
The genie laughed and said, “That’s impossible. Think of the logistics of that! How would the supports ever reach the bottom of the Atlantic? Think oh how much concrete…how much steel!!! NO, think of another wish.”
The man said OK and tried to think of a really good wish. Finally he said, “I’ve been married and divorced four times. My wives always said that I don’t care and that I’m insensitive.
So, I wish that I could understand women…know how they feel inside and what they’re thinking when they give me the silent treatment…know why they’re crying, know what they really want when they say ‘nothing’…know how to make them truly happy…”
The genie said, “You want that bridge two lanes or four?”
I’m playing dress up again. Today I’m dressing one of my favorite actresses, Anne Hathaway. I can’t think of any movie I didn’t like her in. One of her new movies coming out is Alice in Wonderland. I guess she’ll be playing Alice.
Since she really wears color well I’ve decided to dress her in green.
Love. It’s the magic word that everyone, male or female are looking for at some point in their lives. Like they say love makes the world go round, and it does. Love has to do with everything we do either in a direct or indirect way. For example lets say you have to buy a cereal, you go to the supermarket and come to the cereal aisle and come across an abundant amount of choices. What do you do? You will think about what you and your loved one will like. The choice it made because of love. But months or years before buying that cereal you have to meet that special someone. Before the time of computers how did people meet? Actually we don’t remember or care because we do have computers now and finding cupid has taken a different direction. There are a few sites where you can meet people and hope you find someone that shares your same interest. But wouldn’t it be better to go to a site where you know at least one thing you’ll have in common, horses. The equestrian cupid is the site for you. The site has blogs, forums, news, dating advice, Free sign-up and whole lot of other exciting things to check out. Good luck with love.
When it comes to make-up I’m clueless. Thankfully I’ve found a few virtual makeup makeover sites to help me along. The also have makeovers for hair styles which is fun. Here are some fun virtual sites. One of my favorites is the Instyle one because you can zoom into the face and you could really see the eyeshadow color really good. There others are, Makeover-o-Matic, Daily Makeover and Mary Kay. Have fun and enjoy
With the economy being in the bad shape it’s in, buying a car might not be the right time. So what do you do instead? What you do is update what you already have or fix that which is broken. Plenty of people are fixing up their good cars which is the affordable way to go. I guess fixing what you have is also the GREEN way to go. No need for another car to emit pollution into the air. So if you have a Swedish car and need either Volvo parts or Saab parts at a discount you should check out, swedishparts.com
Today I’ve decided to dress up Kim Kardashian. I like the way she dresses, she should thank her stylist. I do watch her show on E! Yes, one of my many guilty pleasures. Her mom is looks good too. Don’t know if it’s good doctors or what but I would want to look that good when I get older.
I’ve decided to play dress up with celebrities. It’ll be a new category. If u ever see celebrities wearing what I’ve chosen let me know. I deserve the credit!
Today I will dress…Vanessa Hudgens. What do u think? I think it’s kinda cute.
Living in the United States I feel that we are very isolated from what’s going on in the world from politics to music. For example if you hear the name Rachel Steven, what comes to mind? Nothing! We have no idea who she is or what she does. She was on Dancing with the Stars in Europe but it’s called Strictly come Dancing (I think). I wish we weren’t so isolated. Do u know who she is???
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