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Despite All Obstacles
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No Prohibition in Sight
Alaska has a drinking problem. Their ABC/Class C stores are massive and many. I thought I'd seen everything until I saw this: a Sam's Club Liquor outlet!...
\'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Dramatization of a True Event
This is a fictional story based upon the true events that take place each year in Alaska's interior and remote rural areas, thanks to the active and reserve Marines of Delta Company, 4th Antiterrorism Battalion (formerly Echo Company, 4th Force Recon...
Star the Reindeer
Yesterday I was driving through Anchorage, when I happened upon an odd sight for a back-Easter like myself. Some guy was walking his pet on a leash through the downtown area. His pet reindeer, that is. The man's name is Albert Whitehead, and his f...
Lily Hits the Slopes with Mama
On Friday, we headed out to Hillberg Ski Area with the kids to go tubing. Talk about a blast! We stayed until evening, and by that time, the slopes had pretty much iced over and we were rocketing down at ridiculous speeds. The boys naturally had a...
Foul-Weather Friends
Ahhh, finally, some good packing snow. That means igloos, snowball fights and... that's right, snowmen. Or snow people, for you politically correct fags. I'm kidding, people. Irony. Irony! Anyway, here are my favorite seasonal neighbors in my s...
Perpetuating Passe
It is a sickeningly old tradition of modern humankind, to take pictures of different animal crossing signs as if they were gags. Armadillos, bears, gators, bison, turtles... well, I'm doing it again. Pbthththththth!...
