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Remember all those fearmongering liberals running around saying that so-called terror laws would be used outside their intended purpose? How wrong they were, eh?

This one was a little tricky as I don't think the lyrics are published anywhere, and they're not wholly easy to pull off the track, but I think I've got 'em right. This is from an Icelandic band whose lead singer I met in Reykjavik last month. It's been stuck in my head on and off since then but I've been too slack to transcribe it thus far.

Rest Of Us
(Lights On The Highway, from the album of the same name)

You, you know time will fix the wounds you have
But there's the thing that you've got to let me know
If I take it all away, would you ask for more?
Find out it's not tomorrow

(Chorus)
And you find, you find it all to rest upon you
And you find, you find it all to get it off your back

If you can see the shore and visualize (you're home now)
It's easy to forget the bitter times
When you take it all away and you ask for more
Pushin' it, don't you follow me?

(Chorus)
(Bridge, lots of "aah" and "ooh" and what not)

But you take it all away and you ask for more
Find out it's not tomorrow

(Chorus)

Mostly it's the chorus that's stuck in my head, because it's the sort of harmony-and-guitar piece I particularly love.

but I'm waiting on an email and itchy to write stuff. Credit card use here is astonishing, and may in fact account for the priciness of things (if you have to factor in a transaction cost on everything you sell, it's going to add a few points). It is not uncommon for someone to buy a hot dog (approx $3.50) using their credit card. I've gotten into the swing of it myself, buying a beer ($8, more expensive than when I got here due to a shift in currency rates) on plastic because frankly I couldn't be bothered playing with the coins and notes. I'm sure my signature gets progressively more interesting as the night goes on. Speaking of, I've not quite figured out the circumstances under which a signature is required. I've bought $20 meals with no signature, yet every single beer has required my scrawl on the line. I used know something about this, since I spent a year working in the credit card industry, but I can't really make sense of it - it doesn't seem to be split by merchant (which was my expectation) nor by product nor by amount, although ultimately that last is what usually triggers the more serious credit checks (signature, ID, etc.) I'll just shrug and keep signing.

On my FROST.BOB trip to Canada, I picked up a James Joyce book in a bookstore in Montreal. Yes, I travelled thousands of miles away from Ireland and bought an Irish book.

This week, I had a starter featuring thin slices of kangaroo.

In an Icelandic restaurant. Go figure.