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More links than a cartoon sausage
Here are some interesting things for your perusal. First of all, the 67th edition of I and the Bird is up at Trevor’s Birding, from way down under. As always there is a wide selection of bird posts to choose from as Trevor takes us on a holiday around the world. Stop by Murmuring Trees…
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Best Post Nominees
Sorry for the delay, Here are the nominees in the Best Post categoryNunavut FAQs – Nunavut NewbiesInuktitut Dictionary – Nunavut NewbiesLamp – Inflatable ElvisCy – Inflatable ElvisFlashy lights – Port Town GhostsFishtail – Port Town GhostsTruck tales – Port Town GhostsButchering Inuktitut on the phone – Port Town GhostsArmy of Darkness: The Swarm – Port…
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Random thoughts
I think our minds crave order, we want to see patterns in the most random events. Stephen Jay Gould, in one of his essays, spoke about being in a cave once, in which the roof was covered with glow worms. Looking up in the dark of the cave each worm was a dot of light…
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The Polls are open
Okay, I got it figured out. The voting for Best Blog and Best New Blog can now commence over at Nunavut Blogs! I’ll post the nominees and create a poll for Best Post soon. Voting closes midnight of the 29th of January 2008.
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And the nominees are…
Envelope please. Oh, before I announce the nominees for the Nunies (coincidentally the same day as the Oscar nominees were announced I might add) I should explain the process. Before I compiled the results I put down my nominees for Best Blog and Best New Blog in case a tie breaker was needed. Then I…
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Full contact party games
Yesterday was Hilary’s second birthday, and I’ll post more on that later. However we did have games at the House as is the tradition here. I just have to post this video of the dying seconds of one of the games. This particular games is played with a partner, dice are being rolled and if…
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Deadline
Just a quick reminder that deadline for nominations for The Nunies closes today at midnight EST. If you haven’t already done so, send your nominations for Best Blog; Best New Blog (2007); and Best Post to nunavutblogs AT yahoo DOT ca There is a lot of fodder for nominations on my sidebar and at Nunavut…
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Fire again
Once again there has been a house fire in Arctic Bay, and once again we’ve been lucky as no one has been hurt. Leah, got off the phone to say that there was fire and we went to the office window (which overlooks town) to see. At that time we could see the smoke, but…
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Introducing the Nunies
When I first started blogging up here in Nunavut, it was a pretty lonely world. I think I could only find a couple of other blogs, one that rarely posted, the other one mostly posted pictures from parties. My how we’ve grown. In celebration of Blogging in Nunavut I’m introducing the Nunies in conjunction with…
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Home
I can see by yours eyesthat you come from far awayBeen travelling all nightand you’d like a place to stay – Shannon McNally Home means different things to me. It doesn’t strike me as unusual to have more than one place I consider home. Arctic Bay is my home, it is here that I’m…
