For That Special Someone...

Can't think of what to get Grandma for Christmas this year? Puzzling over the perfect going away prezzie?  Look no further. Thinkgeek.com has USB Humping Dogs.  

Plug 'em into your USB port to 'turn them on'.  That's it.  They don't do anything else.  They come in different models.  Beagle, Boxer, Husky, Doberman and Shiba.  

I can't think of a better re-gift this Christmas.

Rockin' in Yellowknife

Yellowknife had a treat Saturday night when Trooper came to town.  We don't get too many renowned bands in Yellowknife, but the boys in the bright white sports car came to town.  This particular Garbage Man (Jerry, the Garbage Man...  get it?) had a terrific time.  The warm-up band was an Elvis Impersonator named Justin Shandor.  Wow, Elvis (or a reasonable facsimile) really makes women crazy.  I have never been accosted by so many women before.  It was like a safari.  Cougars everywhere.  

A certain couple of someones got busted for smoking a certain something and were booted out of the venue.  I don't know which is cooler; going to a Trooper concert in Yellowknife or going to a Trooper concert in Yellowknife and getting booted out for puffin' a blunt.  I was able to see the concert anyway.  Trooper does rock even after all these years.

Gordon Ramsay Gets Pasted With Meatloaf

Gordan Ramsay faces off against our old favourite rock star, Meatloaf in a cook-off.  

I really dig Meatloaf.  He's a cool guy.

Yellowknife Rocks

There aren't any mountains or great hills in Yellowknife, but there are rocks.  The city and its hinterland are proliferated in bas relief with great outcropping of Canadian Shield.  The image to the left is a famous sculpture by local natives entitled "Sculpture du Nord" in the Old Town part of Yellowknife.

The end of our street is "Toboggan Rock" where in the winter, the city blocks off our street and turns the outcropping into a toboggan run for the kids.  Many of the buildings in Yellowknife are surrounded by or built upon these eroded monoliths.  

I have become accustomed to the echoing sound of blast mortars as construction crews dynamite rock to make way for various new buildings and the like.  The city actually has a blasting schedule for construction crews that have been issued permits within the city.

The picture on the right is of the bay on Frame Lake.

Get a Mac... Bean says so.

This is, by far, the funniest thing I have seen on the Internet in a long, long time. Enjoy.

Cuddling With My Computer To Keep Warm

Ok. I admit it. It's cold in Yellowknife. Steph and Trev went away for the long weekend and I don't know how to turn on the oil furnace. It's 3 degrees in the house and by my calculations, if I open the fridge door, it should warm the place up.

I have discovered the value of layered clothing. My computer is beneath my desk and the fan is warming my toes. I have both cats on my lap to rob them of their body heat and I have deliberately not changed the cat box so the steaming piles of cat crap can, in some way, contribute to the convection of the place.

I have foresaken my tobacco-free lifestyle to go out on the porch for a smoke to warm up with a cigarette and a hot cup of tea. Steph and Trevor went north this weekend for a lovers' weekend away...

...in a warm cabin, I'm sure.

They did tell me it gets cold up here. But in August?

Freeze you later.

Update: I finally found a power switch for the furnace. I have turned on the furnace and cleaned the cat box.