A minus-40 morning
It was cold when I went into town last night, but even colder this morning. The thermometer says -44°C but it seems to read a bit on the cold side. But whatever the temp is, Cathy’s Tracker is dead. It was plugged in for a couple of hours and...
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Easy to amuse day
Get your name on a NASCAR with Fan1st.com! Like most of you, I see a LOT of ads over the course of the average week. Some are creative (the Dove aging series), some are cute (”Mommy, what does ’spoiled’ mean?”), some are stupid (the guy acting like a cat)...
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Think sunshine!
It’s a sunshine day 🙂 . I went for a drive in the bit of sunshine we had this morning, and then I started surfing warm places. Alaska Airlines always has good deals to warm places this time of year, so I ended up there. I couldn’t find a...
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Back to Reality
After spending most of the last month away, it feels good to be home, but it’s also quite a shock to the system. There are a million things to do – and prioritizing between the fun stuff and the mundane isn’t always easy. There are clients to meet, over...
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Licence Plate Commentary
Personalized licence plates (a.k.a. “vanity plates”) are really catching on in the North recently. Last year, the folks at Alaska Tourism turned the concept into an excellent marketing tool with the plate seen below – ads that make you think are bound to be successful, and the thought that...
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