Mortgage Meltdown? Foreclosure Fiasco? Either way, I’m hooked.
I enjoy a good crisis. Miners trapped underground? Count me in. Miners rescued in good shape and ahead of schedule? Snooze. The current rumbling from Under t...
Transmogrifying the Mudroom: an essay in photographs.
A good piece of advice for home builders is to not carpet the main entryway. But if you must, go ahead and use a sponge floor covering since that will produc...
Kettle Corn à la Yukon Dude
I had forgotten that kettle corn even existed until buying a bag at last summer's Dawson City Music Festival. Strange, since it clearly obeys my Law of Delic...
Focus on Writing with FocusWriter
I just discovered FocusWriter, a free writer's word processor that runs on most any operating system. I'm going to give it a try because the glitzy window ch...
In a Yukon autumn, there is always a first…
On May 3rd, we had our last snowfall of the spring. Today, September 23rd, we had our first of the autumn. For those keeping score, that's 144 snow-free day...
The Morning Office
Every computer chair should come equipped with a built-in floor-mounted fuzzy seat warmer.
Go ahead, Yukon Energy/Electrical, make my day.
I dare you. In fact, on the advice of my legal counsel, I double dare you. Just try to kill my laptop with a power spike: For portability, the 25-pound unint...
It ain’t easy pronouncing English.
Maniacal [common: muh-NEYE-uh-kul, Carole: MAIN-ee-ah-kul] adj. Of or pertaining to a maniac. My Carole is as bilingual as one can be in French and English. ...
May pre house the seamy side volitation!!!
Years ago, my brother sent me a flying Astroboy toy from Korea. I never quite figured out what to do with it, but I did look up the instructions online. Whil...
It deserves to be said that not everyone loves Whitehorse.
I was perusing the Whitehorse Craigslist real estate listings the other day and came across a real gem in the housing for rent section. I must first caution ...
Now if I can just hold out until Wednesday…
I've given up playing along with the majority consensus: sunny and warm do not a beautiful day make. As far as I'm concerned, you can all take your sun and s...