The Word on Wednesday for May 31, 2006 is “lutaceous” (loo-Taye-shuss). MEANING: muddy; pertaining to or made of mud USAGE: I really dislike spring in Inuvik. The dirt and melting snow creates a lutaceous mess all over town
I came across this word in a story about the state of the golf course at Augusta after some [...]

Telephone Pole Floating Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs.
There were ice chunks the size of cars. There were trees of all sizes. There was a 1000 litre fuel tank. There was a telephone pole. The annual spring break-up of the Mackenzie River is under way and it takes anything that stands in its way with [...]

The Word on Wednesday for May 24, 2006 is “vinculum” (Vi [ng]-kyu-lum). MEANING: a link; a tie; a unifying bond; USAGE: Today is the first day of 24 hour daylight. It is tough at this time of year to get a good nights sleep. There is scientific evidence of a vinculum between the number of [...]

Spring Thaw Canoe Trip Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs.
It is a good thing we had weather like in the picture last week and Saturday because Sunday and holiday Monday was just nasty. It was around +1°C with drizzle and wet snow falling the better parts of both days. The nice weather last weekend and [...]

I was reading the news this morning and came across a poll question on Canoe CNews. The Canoe Live Poll asks “Do you think flags should be flown at half-mast for Capt. Nichola Goddard — Canada’s first female soldier to die in combat?”
I voted on the question as had over 2600 people. My vote was [...]

The Word on Wednesday for May 17, 2006 is “salebrous” (SAL-e-bruss). MEANING: rough, rugged USAGE: The San Jose Sharks found the road to victory salebrous after game 2 as they were outhit, outscored and outplayed by the Edmonton Oilers.
I came across this word in a sports article describing a couple of sets of a tennis [...]

Not a lot happened this past week. Mother’s Day was yesterday so I hope everyone wished their moms a Happy Day.
The Edmonton Oilers won 3 games against the Sharks this week. We finally beat them in San Jose last night. We need to win on Wednesday so that we can go hunting Duck. I hear [...]

The Word on Wednesday for May 10, 2006 is “sufflaminate” (suh-FLAMM-ih-nate). MEANING: to stop; to impede; to check; to obstruct; to retard the motion of USAGE: The Edmonton Oilers need to sufflaminate the attack of the San Jose Sharks tonight if they hope to win.
I didn’t come across this word, it was something that I [...]

There are still over 3 feet of snow in my backyard. We have had nice weather the last week since I returned from travel with highs yesterday reaching 7° C (45° F) but there is still so much snow to melt. I don’t think we will be rid of it all until June. Makes for [...]

Well how funny is that? We get to the second round of the playoffs with teams 1, 2, 3, and 4 making from the eastern conference and team 5, 6, 7, and 8 making it from the western conference.
The western conference was where the upsets were. But were they really upsets? The Oiler’s oilslick prevented [...]