What's in the News

veryvery funny

Nice photo!  Another reason to see the smog as 'glass half full'. 

Thanks Calach; very interesting.

According to Forbes:

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson named highest grossing actor of 2013
The musician in the No. 1 place for highest paid, not grossing was Madonna.
Micheal Jackson topped the list for the deceased


WoW


I like all of them, but you'd think it would have been someone else. Elvis had that trophy for a while. The Rock's 4 movies took in $1.3B. Madonna's net was $125M. Not bad for a 55 year old

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/18/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-highest-grossing-actor-2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2510330/Madonna-tops-2013-Forbes-list-highest-paid-musicians-beating-Lady-Gaga-Bon-Jovi-Justin-Bieber.html

In Iceland, a road-building project has been halted due to some interest groups claiming that the area the road is supposed to go through is inhabited by elves or, as they are known in Iceland, the Huldufolk...Apparently the area is home to a Huldufolk church...full article here...
http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_24776914/iceland-road-projects-blocked-by-elves

I had read about the elves here

I liked this quote:

"Some feel that the elf thing is a bit annoying," said Magnason, adding that personally he was not sure they existed. However, he added, "I got married in a church with a god just as invisible as the elves, so what might seem irrational is actually quite common" with Icelanders.

Damn elf and safety regulations

In Iceland, a road-building project has been halted due to some interest groups claiming that the area the road is supposed to go through is inhabited by elves or, as they are known in Iceland, the Huldufolk...Apparently the area is home to a Huldufolk church...full article here...
http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_24776914/iceland-road-projects-blocked-by-elves

Not surprised that you're sympathetic to this. After all, aren't the natives descendants of the Vikings? Guess that's what happens when you do too much 'shrooms

This road is obviously part of some Dwarvish plot.

Oh no...what if they dig too deep...they'll have to put up a sign...the road is closed, it was closed by the people who made it, the road is closed...

but the alternative is to go over the mountain, along a perilously narrow track, in the middle of winter storm, with rocks falling all around...

Is that a balrog pointing us towards a detour across that narrow stone bridge?

yeah, when they mentioned a guide with a whip I was thinking more Indiana Jones-y