Today was fairly low-key. We had a couple of shots this morning and were finished with puppet stuff by two o’clock. Emily and I left the building and headed out to do errands. While I love living in ReykjavÃk the fact that everything closes at five or six is very challenging when trying to deal […]
On The Slush God Speaketh he says that they have 50 copies of Fantasy and Science Fiction to give away to folks who do a promotional blog about it. Now, I read the magazine in pdf and it’s been years since I’ve had a genuine print copy in my hand. So although I don’t need
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We spent the day at Snæfellsnes with Dean Sharenow. Dean is Rob’s college roommate and is half of the bandKill Henry Sugar. (I’m listening to his music now and highly recommend it.) The weather was foul when we set out and I really wondered if we had made a mistake since you could not see
Monday, April 17th, we stayed with Tóti and his family. His wife, Hannahlið, made a fantastic vegetarian meal, which was a really pleasant surprise. After dinner, Rob and Tóti ran some errands and I stayed behind to teach Marsibel (their daughter) how to make a puppet. She’s been out of school with a cold and
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While you are waiting for me to update my blog with the latest travel news, here is a photo album of things we saw on the last two days.
I wish we had taken a picture of this, so I’ll attempt to provide a word-picture of the endeavor. The Mayor, normally played by David Feldman, had to enter a scene with hedge clippers, talk to Ziggy and then exit. Because of a number of variables, including that darn bicycle, we had to be on
Today one of the puppets had to ride a bike through a scene which involved screwing three of our rollie carts together. Two of them supported Thor, and one had a kids bike screwed to it. A twenty-foot pole pushed the whole shebang through the frame. The only problem was that we couldn’t back the
Eve came in to work with me so she could see how we do the show and what the set looks like. That turned out to be a mistake. Although I had arranged to have another puppeteer cover me while Eve and I went to the Blue Lagoon, of course I wound up working. It
Need more reasons to visit me? Reykjavik got a nice article in the New York Times. Tourist season starts in May; try to come before then.
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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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My flight to Chattanooga was cancelled due to bad weather in Chicago. They had rescheduled me for tomorrow on a 6 am flight, which would have put me back too late to be on the panel at Chattacon. I explained my dilemma, and American rerouted me onto a Continental flight to Atlanta. I’ll have to
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Since I’m spending the day travelling back to Chattanooga, I suggest that you read The Evil Robot Monkey Chronicles for amusement.
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I’m at a Codex writer’s mini-conference in Murfreesboro, TN this weekend. I had planned on driving back to Chattanooga tonight, but several of the other writers are having horrible travel karma. My share of the travel karma, was fairly mild. I arrived, got out of the car to say “hello” and the door swung shut
We have safely arrived in Avon, Minnesota. Our train left Portland promptly at 4:45 on Tuesday with us nestled in our sleeper car. Our attendant, Larry, was very helpful getting us settled in, and warned us that we were not on the scenic side of the car leaving Portland. We were on the left side
Okay, folks. I realize that I’ve been remiss in letting you know our travel plans. Tuesday, December 13-15 We are on the train to St. Cloud, MN. December 15-21: Avon, MN visiting Rob’s brother and family December 21-February 20: We are in Chattanooga, TN with visits to NC and NYC thrown into the mix. February