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The writer is a resident of Canada's Yukon Territory with a passion for Exploring the North. This blog is one of the vehicles used to share that passion through words and images.

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  • Clocks in Heaven

    Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 11:03 in politics, jokes

    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 ...

  • How to Piss Off Taxpayers - Lesson #1

    Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 14:50 in politics, commerce, yukon-alaska stuff

    I really hate getting emails from Yukon Gov’t email addresses from employees conducting private business. Sometimes I forward the email to the gov’t HR department to do with as they please, but I was in a good mood when one arrived a few ...

  • The Yukon Quest - GO Huskies!!

    Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 09:48 in sports, politics, aviation, Dogs, Nature, yukon-alaska stuff, mushing

    Yesterday was the start of the Yukon Quest, our 1,000-mile sled dog race that runs from Whitehorse to Fairbanks. This was a particularly exciting one for me, mostly because it’s the first time since 2003 that I’ve been able to attend (in ...

  • Safer

    Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 12:40 in politics

    While I don’t understand the attraction that brought massive crowds to the inauguration of Barack Obama, I think that we are all a whole lot safer now than we were a few days ago. The photo below is how I see him and his wife - just real folks...

  • Let’s Have Another Election

    Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 09:17 in politics

    The shenanigans in Ottawa are nothing short of appalling. In recent weeks, Stéphane Dion was soundly rejected by not only the voters of Canada, but by his own party. The Bloc exists to break up Canada. WHAT IN HELL is wrong with our system that they...