March came in like a lion…unfortunately it went out like a lion as you can see what it was like in Inuvik today.

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The Edmonton Oilers picked a great time to end a couple of big streaks. The Oilers had gone 16 games without winning a regular season game in Dallas, the last time being January 8th, 1996. The Dallas Stars had gone 17 games without losing a home game. The Oilers hadn’t won the second game of [...]

$53 billion in the bank, fighting with the US Department of Justice, fighting with the European Union; Microsoft is used to playing big games with the big players. But Microsoft does do some good things for the little people. Their charitable foundation gives away millions every year in computers, software and other products and services [...]

Well I guess it had to happen sooner or later…but why tonight against the St. Louis Blues? The Edmonton Oilers lost for the first time in regulation in 17 games. The St. Louis Blues used a stifling defence and some great help from the officials to beat the Oilers 1-0. The only goal came on a [...]

The “Ugly” month for Manchester United finished in at least a partial victory as the visitors picked up a tie with home town Arsenal 1-1. Thierry Henry opened the scoring for the Gunners in the 50th minute on a great blast from outside the box. Louis Saha scored the equalizer for the Red Devils in [...]

So how can a team get points in 16 straight games and still not have a playoff spot locked up? Call it the January Blahs. If the Oilers had won one or 2 additional games in the month of January where they were 7-7-1-1 maybe they would be in. Maybe even if they had just [...]

Inuvik Landmark “The Igloo Church”

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So I have done a bit of slamming on NASA and several governments mostly the US lately with regards to wasting money on the space program. But I find myself backing down somewhat today. Yesterday’s test of the new experimental plane seems to me to be a good way to spend money. This new plane set [...]

Did you hear about the 38 year old woman in Berlin, Germany who lost her purse. She made a report with the police and was so overjoyed when she received a call from them that she hopped right into her car and drove to the station to collect it. The problem with doing this was the [...]

In the middle of all this serious discussion it is nice to find some things that make you smile or go hmmmmm. I have started a photo gallery of funny photos that will hopefully make you smile. The Gallery is located at Too Funny. This is the first picture. For more funny photos visit my [...]