NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 11:51 PM
Cover boys Jack and Chip
Woohoo, Chip and Jack made the cover of the Alaska Dog News 2010 calendar.
Readers were asked to vote on pictures that were featured in the monthly publication, and I'm told that one came up No. 1. Did I say "Woohoo!" yet? Amazing, really, because the inside photos are incredible.
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 11:27 PM
By MIKE DUNHAM
Crooked Still brings a distinct sound to traditional string band folk music by limiting the use of guitar and by avoiding vocal harmonies — but mainly by putting a cello into the mix and spotlighting it. Tristan Clarridge treated it like a fiddle at the group’s concert in Wendy Williamson Auditorium on Saturday night with solo breaks that were both exciting and technically impressive, an equal partner in a group whose sound depends on getting high-flying effects from old time instruments.
Like Gregory Liszt’s sensational banjo virtuosity. There were times when he made it sound like a honkey-tonk piano, with power and precision. Precision also marked the playing of Brittany Haas on fiddle; while her solos tended to be more restrained than those of her colleagues, her playing consistently brought an element of controlled elegance into the roving blend of Celtic, folk and blues with a hint of jazz. Bass player Corey DiMario had no solos but solidly backed up the others throughout the evening.
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 10:31 PM
Trailside cross: A cross along the Coastal Trail near Westchester Lagoon reads "Nora Jean York, 1951-2009, ALONE" on the bottom hand written sign. (MARC LESTER / Anchorage Daily News)
You could miss the worn cross along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, just on the other side of the tunnel near Westchester Lagoon. I did for years even though it's on my running route.
It sits at the head of a small rock-covered mound on the other side of a chain-link fence near a city sewer building. It carries three names. The first two seem like pets: "Missy, 1977-1992, Gone but not forgotten;" "Missy Too, 1996-2009, a special baby, RIP."
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 9:31 PM
Liberal friends of mine used to love to watch The Left Wing. Oh wait, I mean The West Wing. They would dream of what it would be like to have a liberal president. Some of them, especially the physicians, now know to be careful what to wish for.
Hollywood has a left wing slant. It is reinforced with a politically correct attitude. Any movie dealing with political issues is immediately "critically acclaimed." It is the same way if an actor dies in production or the film deals with homosexuality. It will immediately receive accolades. Bonus points if you insult religion.
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 9:19 PM
Grapefruit is an awesome fruit, packed with lots of vitamin C and the ability to keep blood sugar levels low and body fat at bay. As much as I love grapefruit, the tedious nature of peeling and eating it gets on my nerves. I discovered the solution one fine day when after purchasing a large bag from Costco. I came home to realize that most of the bag needed to be consumed immediately because the grapefruit were RIPE! I was bummed, but rather than let them go bad, I blended a few up with some ice to make a delicious smoothie.
Vitamin C cocktail
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 8:52 PM
I've always taken offense to the term "health nut" in reference to someone who takes care of their body by eating right and exercising regularly. I've never understood why anyone would look down on someone innocently living a healthy lifestyle when there are millions of obese people preventably damaging their health and those who smoke and drink in excess without any condoned negative connotation hanging over their heads.
Of course we all know being overweight is unhealthy, but you more often hear of someone being chastised to their face for being "too thin", yet no one seems to have the courage to tell someone who's significantly overweight, or indulges in other unhealthy habits how wrong their lifestyle is. People don't get referred to as "nuts" for being obese or living a destructive lifestyle and in reality, that seems a little backwards.
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 6:52 PM
Former UAF goaltender Chad Johnson bagged his second shutout in two nights tonight to lead the highlight reel for former Nanooks in the American Hockey League.
Johnson, a rookie who last season was the CCHA Player of the Year, stopped 35 shots tonight in a 4-0 win at Worcester and stopped 26 shots in a 2-0 win over Manchester on Friday. He's 8-4-0 with a 2.17 goals-against average, .923 save percentage and three bagels.
And he isn't the only former Nanook flourishing.
Former UAF blueliner Tyler Eckford furnished three assists and a +2 rating tonight for Lowell in a 5-3 win over visiting Providence.
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 6:35 PM
Erstwhile Alaska Aces winger Moises Gutierrez of Anchorage -- he played only one game (10 minutes actually), got a two-game, league-imposed suspension and was released -- is finding smoother going for ECHL Johnstown.
After failing to register a point in his first three games with the Chiefs, and going -4, he's erupted for three goals in the last two nights. He bagged his first as a Chief on Friday, then scored twice and went +3 in a 6-5 OT win over Wheeling tonight.
Also, former Aces winger Matt Robinson scored one goal and set up two others for Johnstown, and went +2. Robbie owns 3-6--9 totals in 12 games, a season after undergoing major knee surgery.
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - 5:38 PM
For the second time in two WCHA road series, a UAA game alleged to be televised was, in fact, not televised.
Today's match at Wisconsin was supposed to be broadcast live on GCI Cable Channel 1. Instead, when I tuned in at 4 p.m., there was some black-and-white documentary on Alaska that looked like it was made in the early 60s.
UAA officials say that in both instances when a promised broadcast did not materialize, they were told ahead of time by GCI that the game indeed would be broadcast. Whatever. Bottom line -- promises made but undelivered is bad business.
Of the four league road games so far that were supposed to be broadcast, just two actually have been. Two of four is great if it's a shooting percentage. As TV goes, that's lousy follow-through.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 11:07 PM
First things first: Save the Friday the 13th references. We can come up with enough cliches on our own.
Still, tough one for the Alaska Aces tonight, and not just because they fell 3-2 in overtime to the Bakersfield Condors, and not just because former Aces center Gino Guyer -- one of the really good guys -- authored the game winner for Bako.
Nope, the bigger deal is the Aces lost defenseman Tyson Marsh to a cut above his right ankle late in the third period. He left the arena with his leg in a boot and using crutches, and was headed to the hospital for further evaluation. He's a tough guy -- he tried to hop to the bench on one leg -- but right now we'd have to say he's out indefinitely.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 10:36 PM
On Thursday, Nov. 5, I suddenly realized alien abductions really happen.
That’s when I read an Italian judge convicted a CIA base chief and 22 other mostly American operatives of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003. The guy literally was abducted by aliens.
I know it’s not politically popular to refer to Americans in other countries as aliens, but that’s what they are. And kidnapping and hauling people off to other places is just plain abduction.
According to the newspaper report, “Prosecutors said he was snatched in broad daylight, flown from an American air base in Italy to a base in Germany and then on to Egypt, where he asserts he was tortured.”
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 10:29 PM
By MIKE DUNHAM
Natsuki Fukasawa
Some sort of record for the briefest burst of applause ever must have been set at pianist Natsuki Fukasawa's recital at UAA on Friday night. The first piece on the program was Mendelssohn's "Fantasy on 'The Last Rose of Summer,'" which few if any of the members of the audience could have heard before. The unfamiliar work based on a very familiar tune ends quietly with slow spaces between the final notes. Only one person in the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall clapped, and that person clapped exactly once then stopped. Like this:
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 5:48 PM
Thanks Google.
Google announced its early gift to holiday travelers, free WIFI at 47 airports and for passengers onboard Virgin Air.
This is great news for Alaskans who don’t want to pay for access when transiting through Seattle’s airport.
And that’s not all. Google is offering prizes for submitting a photo of yourself using WIFI at any one of the participating airports.
To find out more about the program, log onto Free Holiday WIFI.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 1:44 PM
For the last week or so I have been following this blogger who has been looking for a lost dog in Anchorage. Willie, a sheltie, vanished two weeks ago, and she's been trying everything, including a psychic, to find him. The Web site is impressive.
It has an ongoing blog, a map of sightings and a place to give donations for a reward. 
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 12:55 PM
Let’s talk about civility.
Remember the civil days of George W? The days when you only had to speak his name, and people would laugh, roll their eyes, and throw out a phrase about warmongers, idiots, and Hitler? Those civil days…
I bring this up, because of Vince Beltrami’s latest Alaska Voice blog. Mr. Beltrami, wrote about Obama’s “patriotic” Elmendorf speech. The bulk of his article, however, concerned the “loss of civility” in American politics – especially, since Obama came to office.
Which is why I brought up GW…
To his credit, Mr. Beltrami admitted his difficulty in refraining from “vehement disrespect” towards Bush. He also admitted that Democrats “weren’t much better” to Bush.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 11:47 AM
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I'm biting my tongue as I write this, but today is Day 4 of perfect potty habits for Jillie. She was 7 months yesterday. She's barking to go outside, and she's not even using the litter box in her X-pen. She's holding it overnight.
I was beginning to think we'd never reach this point. She was routinely walking over to Rusty's bed and leaving him a little surprise. We must have washed the cover 2 dozen times.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - 10:45 AM
A few weeks ago, I received a package from the Army in response to a freedom of information request related to the case of John Mayo, a soldier who was discharged from the Army after a shoplifting incident that I wrote about in September.
There have been a lot of questions about his discharge from the Army after a shoplifting incident, and some of the documents that came from the Army shed more light on what led happened.
The packet included a psychological evaluation made for the defense in his case that says that Mayo was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the incident, but that he still understood right from wrong:
NOVEMBER 12, 2009 - 10:23 PM
I was fortunate enough to receive one of the few civilian tickets to President Obama’s stop at Elmendorf Air Force Base today. Once again, it proved to be a moving speech by our commander-in-chief, with respect and honor of our military and a vow of unquestionable resolve to continue to support the men and women of our armed forces and their families. Here is the link to the text of the President’s speech. If you consider yourself a patriot you’ll read it.
I also was fortunate enough to be invited to participate on a panel yesterday for the inaugural taping of “Moore up North,” a television talk show hosted by local blogger and radio host Shannyn Moore. Its scheduled to debut this Saturday at 4pm on KYES Channel 5.
NOVEMBER 12, 2009 - 8:11 PM
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NOVEMBER 12, 2009 - 7:54 PM
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