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A physical

We all needed to get physicals to qualify for medical care in Iceland, so the studio took us to a clinic today. My exam went like this. Me: “Hi, I’m afraid I’m sick.” Dr. “Ah. What’s the trouble?” Me: “Well, I saw a doctor yesterday who said it was a viral respiratory infection.” Dr. “I […]

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The doctor

I went to the doctor today and he said that my lungs sound clear and that it’s probably a viral infection and I’ll just have to wait it out. If I develop a fever I should come back. I’m wondering why the fever I had when this started doesn’t count.

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Coughing

I’m tired of it already. I had a fit today that sounded like I had consumption. Okay, not really, but it felt like someone ought to be concerned that I might have consumption. Basically, my sore throat has become a nasty chest cold which is aggravating my respirtory infection induced asthma, which is further aggravated

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The Olympics in Italian

So far we’ve found the German, Danish and Italian coverage of the Olympics. The thing that they have in common is that they don’t comment during the events, only before and after each competitor goes. We’re watching the Italian channel because they sound sexier. The other thing, and this is really cool, is that they

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Glove prototype

Today I went in around eleven o’clock to consult with Rosa and Sigga, our puppet wranglers, and Gummi Thor about new gloves for our puppets. Thor has come up with this new system so we can have wrist-entry for the live hand puppets instead of just elbow entry. It looks good, although there’s some questions

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Velkominn til Islands

Our travels were completely smooth with only one minor point of concern. When we arrived in Iceland, we did not have the visas for working here in our passport. Fortunately, we were in the system so it only took them a few minutes to check and verify that we were who we said we were.

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On our way

Quite frankly, I have no idea where we are right now. Probably over the Atlantic, but I’ve cleverly set my blog up to entertain you while I’m in transit. Here are pictures of the apartment we’ll have in Reykjavik. This is looking from the front door down towards the WC. The living room The kitchen

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Here we go!

We’re packed, and ready. The itinerary is simple. We take a 10:00 shuttle from Chattanooga to Atlanta which should get us there in plenty of time for our 2:00 flight from Atlanta to JFK. We have a three hour layover in JFK and then onto Iceland. Talley-ho!

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The Birds

I was sitting in the apartment upstairs at Woodthrush Woods and happily typing away, when the sound of birds became demanding. I turned to look out the window behind the sofa and saw a scene out of Hitchcock. The sky and earth had darkened with birds. They covered the grass like a living sea of

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Better today

My throat is still sore, but I think the fever broke during the night. Rob has been very sweet and kept me well supplied with fluids. Dad keeps asking me if I feel better. I think I do, but yesterday was so miserable because of the drive from North Carolina that it’s hard to tell

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Cerbo en Vitro Ujo in real life!

As I was driving back from Raleigh yesterday I was listening to NPR’s Talk of the Nation which was dealing with Biometrics. Naturally, I was very curious about this because of my story Cerbo en Vitro ujo. In this story, Grete Anders’s boyfriend goes to a boarding school and never returns. Using his biometric information,

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