Adopt an Icelander - Pennsylvanians Clammor for Puffin

When Iceland's economy crumbled in 2008, so went the leisurely party lives of thousands of young Icelanders. They are called "The Cuddly Generation" (Krutt-kynslotin in Icelandic), and they need your help. Please donate whatever you can - money, plane tickets, alcohol or kind words (they all speak English). Anything to help these beautiful, fun-loving viking progeny reclaim the free-spirited times of no work and all play to which they grew so accustomed... even if it's just for one wild night.

If you are an Icelander longing for your glory days, send me a photo and your story; I will tell the world how carefree your life once was, and how depressing and lame it is now. And if you are a humanitarian who would like to contact one of the Icelanders whose story you saw here, email me and I will forward your message to them.

Call me Rhys Southan.

rhys ( @ ) adoptanicelander (DOT) com

Pennsylvanians Clammor for Puffin

Pennsylvania, a major swing state in next month’s presidential election, is a veritable hotbed of puffin-starved registered voters. Politicians would be wise to take note of this email I got from John Peris, owner of The Savory Gourmet, a speciality meat food store in The Keystone State:

I own a retail specialty food store in the US and sell many types of wild game meat. I’ve had a number of requests for puffin meat but have been unable to locate a source for it. It sounds delicious. I hope too it will be available some day for us.

I’m trying to track down a Canadian supplier at the moment. Evidently, they are available there. I get many strange requests, from Penguin meat to Zebra and Wildebeest.

If there is hope for Iceland, it lies in the puffins.

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