tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7627067762297227077..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Naughty and Nice List 2016Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61296267582579640972016-12-24T21:01:12.807-08:002016-12-24T21:01:12.807-08:00IO admired the Icelanders for letting the banks fa...IO admired the Icelanders for letting the banks fail in 2008. Took nerve. Don't know what happened but they are a decent and upstanding people. Good for them.nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-82991275872293101212016-12-23T15:03:28.968-08:002016-12-23T15:03:28.968-08:00Being relatively cold, dark, and fairly far north,...Being relatively cold, dark, and fairly far north, Seattle has this reading-a-lot thing in common with Iceland. See this list of America's most well-read cities <a rel="nofollow">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-are-americas-most-well-read-cities-180959224/</a>. And on the subject of Iceland, check out their quirky <a href="http://www.iceland.is/the-big-picture/news/celebrating-christmas-with-13-trolls/7916/" rel="nofollow">Yule Lads</a>. <br /><br />Iceland (like most countries in the European Economic Area) also provides its citizens with the kind of <a href="http://www.personuvernd.is/information-in-english/greinar/nr/438" rel="nofollow">legal privacy protections</a> that Americans can only dream of. Icelander!noreply@blogger.com