Did you ever have one of those days when you think that all the good you have done for something has gone up in smoke? I had that happen to me yesterday and it was a pretty crappy feeling.
Let me start at the beginning. I have been a coach of boys indoor soccer for 9 [...]

“Spring has sprungThe grass has rizI wonder whereThe birdies is?”

Spring in Inuvik is one of those things that is a tease. FIrst it makes you believe that it is here and then the weather goes back into the low minus temperatures and back out the parkas come again. Even if it is for a week [...]

Forbes magazine, Russian edition, will report that Roman Abramovich has taken over top spot as the richest man in Russia with a net worth of $14.7 billion USD ($18.2 billion CAD). His earnings for the last year was $2.2 Billion and that has now moved him passed former number one Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Russian who [...]

Being the technology toy guy that I am I have found something that is great. I received the ones I ordered on Friday and put them together this weekend. They work amazing.
These great electronic lid garbage cans are sold online by iTouchless. They have automatic opening lids so your messy hands or garbage never touch [...]

For anyone that is interested I thought I would give you an update on several things from this last week. The Bowflex and weight loss plan I started seem to be working. SInce April 1st I have lost 11 pounds and I am starting to feel less tired. A good start to a long journey. [...]

Today was the start of the end of an era in Inuvik. The Mackenzie Hotel, the oldest hotel in Inuvik, fell to the wrecking crew today to make way for a brand new hotel. Gone are the Green Briar Dining Room, Brass Rail, Sunriser Cafe and the Zoo.
Yes, Inuvik had a zoo. Not a zoo [...]

The past 4 days we celebrated Inuvik’s annual spring event. This annual event, that started in 1957, is known as the Muskrat Jamboree. All the communities in the Mackenzie delta have a jamboree. Many of these jamborees are named after various animals like the Beluga Jamboree in Tuktoyaktuk and the White Fox Jamboree in Sachs [...]

Memory loss is a fact of aging. For many people it digresses into dementia or another degenerative disease of the brain. For many people this can make the latter years of life hell. When some elderly people are supposed to be enjoying their retirement they are in fact fighting to exist because of these problems.
For [...]

My birthday, our anniversary and finally Patti’s birthday all within a 2 week period at the end of February and beginning of March. One thing was common among all three events. Both of us saying that were tired and needed to lose some weight. For various reasons we have both gained some weight (okay, lots [...]