A day in Skagway and Dyea
One of my nieces has just moved to Whitehorse, and yesterday we took her to see Skagway and Dyea. Despite a mediocre weather forecast, it turned out to be quite good, and it no doubt would have been a good day whatever the weather turned out to be. Our...
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Norwegian icebreaker heads up the North Saskatchewan River
As you may have seen on the news, it was very cold in Alberta in recent weeks (though it’s warmed up now). It was so cold, in fact, that the Government of Alberta borrowed a Norwegian Icebreaker from Minnesota to clear the North Saskatchewan River for boat traffic. The...
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Fun at the Frantic Follies in Whitehorse
Last week during a chat on Facebook with a woman I’ve been talking to online for years, she asked if Cathy and I would like to join her and her husband at the Frantic Follies vaudeville show. The answer was definitely “yes”! This is the 42nd season for the...
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Zen teachings…
Every now and then (but rarely), one of those “Fwd”s lands in my Inbox and it’s actually either True or Funny. I like this one: Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk...
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Awww, poor Cheetah Woods
Last night I was hugely amused (and occasionally grossed out) by PeopleofWalmart.com – but today Tiger Woods is even funnier. The higher you climb, the further there is to fall, and there’s a lot of funny stuff out on the Web now! The funniest has to be the Tiger...
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Clocks in Heaven
You may have seen this joke in various forms, but I”ve added a Yukon twist: A man died and went to heaven.. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, “What are all those...
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Keeping the Yukon legends alive
We don’t actually live in igloos as many folks Outside apparently think, but check out this photo of one of our transit buses. I didn’t make this up – it’s a screenshot of part of yesterday’s Whitehorse Star home page (thanks to Smells Like Yukon for pointing out this...
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Bubblegum and jackhammers
This is a public service announcement, passing on a couple of health warnings: First, do not swallow bubblegum! The second warning may not be completely accurate. Although the woman claims that jackhammer noise may harm her baby, it seems more likely that it’s already caused some degree of brain...
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My summer vacation
Do you remember having to write that essay at the start of every school year? Well, this graphic just about sums up my summer vacation this year!...
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Whoops – farmer tan alert!
This photo appears in the current edition of RV West magazine, in an ad for the Alberta Motor Association. At first glance it’s a nice photo – then I noticed the farmer-tan on the guy. Close-up. Eeeew – I can’t believe a guy would let himself be photographed looking...
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