Just Launched: NWTers.com

Hey, Yellowknife #yzf while lying in bed because I’m lazy I was checking Twitter on my ipod and I saw an new and interesting account worth checking out. @NWTers . The account led me back to their site http://nwters.com which appears to be a feed or aggregator of some NWT Twitter accounts such as @cbcnorth and [...]

Canada Day Fireworks

I love our balcony.

slugging it out

As of 5 p.m. MST, June 30, Herbiberous voluntarily became unemployed -- a very logical and wise choice, considering we are in the midst of the worst economic times in 86 years.While a couple things around town will keep me somewhat busy, my life is a blank screen right now. I'm mulling volunteer work overseas, internships in Canada and abroad, a broad, a road-trip through the Eastern US this fall to watch ballgames, some mad travel, teaching ESL in Asia or a government job. I feel I won't have any solid plans by Sept. 1. Here are a couple things I'm pledging during these two months, while I do some work on my parent's house: 1) I hope to read a book every week on my hiatus from normality. I haven't been able to finish a novel in something like 10 months. 2) I'm going to catch up with old friends who I have not seen in months and months. 3) I'm going to learn some new recipes and try to cook for myself at least three or four nights a week. It's kind of embarrassing that I'm on a first name basis with every pizza delivery driver, Chinese buffet guy and fast-food worker in the city.Note:I spent my first 24 hours as a jobless slug within a 20 metre circumference, napping in sweatpants, no shower, watching NHL free agent frenzy with a blanket over my head, and never leaving the house. And I learned something already: tomorrow only exists for those who have jobs because for me right now, every day is just an extension of today.

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• NEW BLOG ADDED! -- Life Lessons with Toast.  Welcome! #
• It has been a while since I did a scan to find new or missed NWT bloggers to add to the site.  After scanning through my local twitter contacts and a few other choice searches, I have come up with the following blogs to add tonight.  Check 'em out and welcome them to the NWT blogging community! Life as I know it TechMedia - Liz's Tech and Media Musings Arctic Images Wondering and Pondering YK Online #
• Ahoy, ye scurvy dogs! Git yer booty to Megan's lair for a Captain Cook-tail pARRRRRty on Saturday night (April 11, 2009). She will start drinkin' at half past six, and she'd like to shiver yer timbers. You'll have to dress like a pirate, swear like a pirate, and drink like a pirate. Bring somethin' piratey to share with the lusty wenches. They're hungry from spendin' six months eatin' hard tack. If yer on board, ARRRRRSVP to get the secret directions to my house. Megan, Reflections in the Snow-Covered Hills #
• Did you know that Uphere Magazine has a blog (and I have added them to the list of syndicated sites for this site)? I am not sure how their blog works, if they post additional, unique content to their blog or if it is an online version of what gets published in their magazine. Either way, after a quick scan through their feed, it looks like they have some great posts/articles. Enjoy! #
• Thanks to twitter, I managed to snake out two new Northern bloggers. Welcome to the site Eric of Eric's Oosenblog and Deadnick of Lateral Thought... #