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Weird, Awesome Stuff About 'Tales of Iceland'
As if I have to give you multiple reasons to buy the weird, hilarious, off-kilter travelogue I just published called “Tales of Iceland,” there are a few very specific weird, awesome things about this book. In no particular order, they are:...
Tags: Stranger Than Fiction
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'Tales of Iceland' Now Available
Today is the day, people: “Tales of Iceland or Running with the HuldufĂłlk in the Permanent Daylight” is now available from nascent media empire GiveLiveExplore. What is “Tales of Iceland” you ask? Like the press release says,...
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Entertainment
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Have road will travel: Top 10 drives along the coast
Few things celebrate the end of winter like a great drive and enjoying the beach. Whether you can put the top down or not, members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com are sure you'll enjoy any of our "Top 10 Coastal Drives." 1. Pacific...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Cape Town (South Africa), Tourism and Leisure, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Iceland president to visit Maine
Portland Press Herald, MaineThe president of Iceland will be in Maine next month to show his support for Eimskip, the Icelandic shipping company that has made Portland its North American hub for trans-Atlantic container service. President olafur Ragnar Grimsson will be the keynote...Tags: Global Expansion, Trade Agreements, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Elections, China
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Watch This Video of Me Reading From 'Tales of Iceland'
You're probably thinking to yourself, "Oh shucks, Markley debuted his new travel book 'Tales of Iceland or "Running with the Huldufolk in the Permanent Daylight"' at Essay Fiesta, and I missed it because I was icing a cake." (Or some other activity that...
Tags: Kiefer Sutherland
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Greenland beckons with dogsled rides, pulse-pounding views and a world-class glacier
ILULISSAT, Greenland - It's so cold, they closed the igloos. The icebergs are shivering. Two of my toes are slightly frostbitten. Yesterday my life seriously flashed before my eyes on a dogsled ride through the mountains. But what a trip. What a place....
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Greenland, Frostbite, Tourism and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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'Tales of Iceland' to Debut at Essay Fiesta
In a previous post, I mentioned that I would soon be debuting new shit. Well, that new shit, I’m happy to report, is almost here, and you can get a sneak peak this Monday at Essay Fiesta at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. There will be...
Tags: Apple iPad
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News of the Weird: Sacred Silence
Officials at England's 12th-century St. Peter's Church in Seaford, East Sussex, which is renowned for its eerie quiet, created a 30-minute CD recently of near-total silence, first as a small-scale fundraising project, but later for general sales (since...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, United Kingdom, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Illegal Immigrants, Medicare
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The Ins and Outs of an Icelandic Porn Ban
Being not exactly an Iceland expert but at least a guy who’s been to Iceland and read a lot about it, I feel as though I must weigh in on the country’s proposed ban of internet pornography. Actually, my motives include one of the more...
Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Pornography
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Bacon enthusiasts converge in Iowa for festival
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The smell of bacon was in the air Saturday as thousands converged on Iowa's capital city for an increasingly popular festival celebrating all things connected with the meat. Some people wore Viking hats and others walked around...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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'Reply to a Letter from Helga': A love letter from Iceland
"Old Lady Age" is doing her job on Bjarni GĂslason of Kolkustadir. The elderly Hay Officer's knees are stiff, his thoughts circle and he is restless with the need to say what he might have said years ago to the only woman he ever genuinely loved. If he...
Tags: Chicago Tribune
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Sigur Ros Valtari Film Experiment This Friday at Real Art Ways in Hartford
Is there better cold weather music out there than what's being made by Iceland's Sigur Ros? Possibly. But I'm going wtih them. Head to Real Art Ways in Hartford on Friday for a screening of Valtari, an experimental film project involving a dozen...
Tags: Music, Real Art Ways, Entertainment, John Cameron Mitchell
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