Adventures in an igloo

I know that Falco's been dead for years but he still lights up my life.

He made German sound über cool for a ten year old back in the day and I had such a crush on that hottie with the Austrian accent and well i know I'm far from being ten years old but I still have a huge crush on him.

My gift to you for the weekend is a Falco video- enjoy.

...clearly didn't know these fellas. I just wish men today took as good care of their appearance as these loverboys.

Actually I think they should do a remake of this song for the formerly prosperous and gigantic Icelandic market: How about changing the lyrics to "Everybody's unemployed for the weekend"?

Rock on Canada!

This mama proved that not all the greats died at 27...

So today I listen to this in her honour (I have no idea what she's singing about but I like it anyway).

On a hangover saturday when your stomach's a wee bit upset and you see big dark circles under your eyes in a greenish face when you look in the mirror, I recommend really just giving in to the green-ness and checking out some eco-friendly websites.

MSN has even gone green and it's always comforting to read about globetrotting superstars telling the rest of us to use energy saving light bulbs. I'm sure that the tail lights on their carbon breathing private jets are filled with eco bulbs (big cough).

Again I thoroughly enjoy eco quizzes like this.

Actually knock yourselves out and go fully green here. You can even enjoy yourself by reading about little green men

Ah, those green days!

Mooching:

Look up fancy art exhibition openings.
Dress up and keep your head held high as you enter the gallery/art museum.

Smile at the mayor even though you don't know her.
A really good trick is to go up to her, shake her hand and thank her for a lovely time the other day (Don't worry, she's probably really polite and meets a lot of new people on a daily basis so she won't inquire about that last time).

Now you've made sure that everybody knows that you're chums with the in-crowd so now is the time to go for what you really came for, the food and drink.
It's a really good idea to bring a really big handbag filled with plastic bottles and Tupperware. Get your glass of wine, napkin and fancy finger food and head for the loo where you immediately start filling the tupperware and plastic bottles.
Go back for seconds, thirds and fourths as needed.

Now you can head to a friend's place. Please choose the friend carefully: You want a friend who's got cable and knows how to cook. Just make sure you knock on his/her door as dinner is about to be served- that's a guaranteed invite to a lovely and most of all free meal.

After dinner, sit down in the best seat in front of the telly, grab the remote and fire away.

Remember that you've still got the snack and booze from the art show to nibble on as you enjoy free cable, just make sure you don't eat it in front of your friend as he/she might be inclined to freeload off you- you wouldn't believe the lengths some people go to in order to save a few bucks!

Is it possible that the English are trying to get back at us little people in the north for the Cod War by waging a brand new Bank War against us?

Could the crazy talk of a Scottish cab driver told to me sub rosa also be true: Did the Germans concoct the EU to get back at the English for the World Cup of 1966?

I wonder what other TRUE motives lie beneath all kinds of international fiascos...