My last laughing fit
I love it when someone has a laughing fit and looses control of themselves. I love it even more when I loose control of my own laughter in such a way. This is strange thing that happens when someone find something so funny, that they start laughing and cannot stop. We see this with little […]
My bowling era at 16
When I was 16 I had started gymnasium school (Menntaskóli) in Iceland. It so happened that the school had several activities to do with other students. One of these activities was the very American noble art of bowling. AT this time there were only two places to go bowling in Iceland, and the one closest […]
The family pool table
In the summer of 1988 I was working a large construction company in Iceland, called Ístak hf. It had a project at the University of Iceland which involved the construction of a new building for startup companies and tech transfer projects. The whole building was finished in 5 months. I had worked for this company […]
My childhood fear of dogs
When I was a young boy I was bitten by a dog. After that I had a great fear of dogs until my mid teens. Strange thing this fear that grips you because of one instance of a scared dog that bites you, and it affecting you for such a long time. I am not […]
Painting and drawing are flow
It’s amazing to me after all these years that painting and drawing can be relaxing and childlike fun. You are in a state of play really the entire time, if you don’t take yourself to seriously that is. It can remove all your thought and worries and make you forget where you are and forget […]
Fencing was my primary sport
I was always an active child and I liked sports. I was thin and energetic and liked to play and run all over the place. I had trained in Badminton in Iceland and Tennis in the USA. I played chess for the school chess team. I trained in Karate also. I never really liked playing […]
Woodcarving was a passion of mine
In 1986 when I was 14 years old I was doing a bowl in woodworking class at school, when my teacher complemented me on my talents. He did this because I was doing a lot of different things and was requesting harder and harder things to do. I have a lot of things still from […]