You know, when it comes to awards it is always nice to just be nominated. At least so they say.
Someone out there has seen fit to grant this modest blog the honor of a nomination for the Best NWT Blogs awards. Thank you to whoever it was that thought we were deserving. We have [...]

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this .
Here is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word. That word is ‘UP‘.
It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?  [...]

Busy Ice Road
Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs
The weather today and where our kids live dictated that I do a post. The weather is strange and it is good to be able to laugh at other areas once in a while.
Today in Yellowknife it is a very sunny -8° (at noon) while in Edmonton and Red Deer [...]

The English language is one of the strangest and hardest languages to learn. Do you remember being in school and having your teachers tell you that there were rules to the English language? Then they have the nerve to tell you that there are many exceptions to the rules. What’s the point of the [...]

Recent problems with protesters interferring with the tradition of the Olympic torch relay because of China’s occupation of Tibet and its weak record on human rights have caused a public relations nightmare for the country as it prepares to host this summer’s Olympics. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were supposed to provide a [...]

I like reading the news every day. I have several news sites that I read. It is a way of keeping abreast of what is happening in the world. There are days though when just reading the headlines is enough to make you wonder what is going on in the world. Today was one [...]

Pet Peeves are something we all have. This past week has been a bad one for a couple of mine.
Pet Peeve is defined on Wikipedia as a minor annoyance that can instill great frustration in an individual. The word detective gives us some information on the origin of the phrase:
A “peeve” is something [...]

There was lots of hype for Earth Hour 2008. There was also a lot of detractors from the event. Was it really worth the hype or were the detractors right?
How do you determine what success of something like this is? Many municipalities in Ontario claimed their power usage was down in the 4-7% range [...]