So this is the time of year that most of us start thinking about our New Year’s Resolution. Do you state a resolution every year? Do you stay with that resolution? Statistics show that more than 75% of those who make resolutions fail to see them through. Why is this?
The ten most common resolutions are: [...]

I am a person who takes pride in never missing work. I mean I am never sick. I have missed a total of 10 work days for sick in 26½ years of working. And 5 of those were after knee surgery. Sure I have been to work with the sniffles or the odd cough but [...]

So what do you think is the best part of Christmas? For me it’s the oranges. You know. Those small, sweet, delicious mandarin oranges. Chinese mandarins, Korean mandarins, Japanese mandarins. It doesn’t matter which ones as long as they are mandarins. Oranges are the best part of Christmas you say? I do. And it isn’t [...]

You don’t realize how much you use something until you can’t use it for an extended period of time. We lost our internet on Saturday and finally got it back today. Hence no posts. It appears that our DSL modem decided to pack it in.
I phoned NorthwesTel, our ISP, on Saturday night to place a [...]

Ok, I have been reading several blogs lately where people have been complaining about how cold it is out where they live. Well I have something to say to all of you complainers. Stop your whining.
You see, the people I have seen complaining are talking about 0º C or 32º F as cold. Man, if [...]

After many years of stalling and procrastinating I have decided it is time to go back to school and get my university degree. Being where we are this adds to the difficulty in finding the right school and the right course. I spent September and October doing research to find the right school and course. [...]

This post will remain at the top until after the awards. New posts are listed below.
Imagine my surprise when I received an e-mail from Michele congratulating me for being nominated for Best Canadian Blog in the 2004 Weblog Awards. I would like to thank whoever nominated me and thanks to all of you for your [...]

Today was day number 1 of 29 days without sunlight. Yes, I did say without sunlight. Due to the angle of the earth, areas above the Arctic Circle go for a period of time without a sunrise. In Inuvik it is a period of 29 days. Now you have to understand that it is not [...]

It looks like those people who decide what we say is politically correct and what is politically incorrect must have had a slow year. The items that came out on the list seem to be a little trivial if you ask me. At least most of them Here is a list with my thoughts.

The most [...]

I must be a mushroom. You know, kept in the dark and fed…well you know. I am the last to know anything. First of all I didn’t know anything about the 2004 Weblog Awards (Yes, Mastermaq I should have listened to your show on BlogosphereRadio dealing with them). Then it was that the winners in [...]