November 2011
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i had my membership renewed today
i renewed my membership to the alaska airlines boardroom today. today was the last day to get it renewed before it was bumped up another $100. $350 for one year.
last year when i was a movie star, i bought a one-year membership. i like the boardroom. i hope to travel a bunch in the coming year. God-willing.
good evening everyone. happy halloween!
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October 2011
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“Be curious, not judgmental.”
– Walt Whitman
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this article demonstrates the fact that gov. sean... →
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"Family was number one for her."
by Mike Dunham for the Anchorage Daily News
Arnauchuaq, whose English name was Mary Ann Sundown, the Yup’ik Dance Diva of Scammon Bay, died in her home Wednesday night. She was 93. Beloved by fans of Native dance throughout Alaska, she continued to delight audiences despite her age, performing at the big Cama-i dance festival in Bethel this spring.
A stooped, wiry, wrinkled...
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rest in peace, maryann sundown. you were a gift... →
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“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat...”
– Leonardo da Vinci
this cool dude is on tumblr! →
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“Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances.”
– Maya Angelou
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Obama for America: We can't wait →
barackobama:
In Las Vegas this afternoon, President Obama had a pretty simple message for Republicans in Congress: We can’t wait for action on jobs.
The President said:
“Without a doubt, the most urgent challenge that we face right now is getting our economy to grow faster and to create more jobs. I know it;…
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"if you respect yourself, don't swear...."
i was on a plane ride from kotzebue to anchorage this last thursday. saima and i flew in to attend quyana night at the alaska federation of natives convention. i sat next to a gentleman from southeast who shared with me some good stories and some very wise words.
his name was dan. dan and i first started talking about guns, then hunting. i asked him about deer, bears, and different calibers...
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testimony to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs...
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Field Hearing “H.O.P.E. for the Future: Helping Our People Engage to Protect Our Youth” Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 Dena’Ina Convention Center Anchorage, Alaska Written Testimony of Evon Peter Former Neetsaii Gwich’in Chief, Founder of the Indigenous Leadership Institute, and Director of the Maniilaq Wellness program Shalak naii. Dzaa gihshii geenjit shoo ihlii....
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'eskimo power' is now connected
we have internet!
i’m please to tell you that we have our own internet connection!
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we shall soon have internet!
hey folks! i’m happy to report that our household will soon have our own internet connection! this is great news, considering we’ve been ‘borrowing’ our current wireless connection.
i expect this internet connection to be faster and enable saima and myself to post more to our blogs. i admit that i haven’t been spending time on this kick ass blog and contributing...
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please don't gossip
KOTZEBUE, ALASKA—i live in a small town called kotzebue. its about 30 miles above the arctic circle and has a population of about 3,200.
kotzebue is great, but one thing i learned about kotzebue is that alot of people talk about other people, or gossip. i’ve heard of even men gossiping and talking about others. this is not good.
please don’t gossip. its not good for the...
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the...”
– Desmond Tutu
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Betty Mae This is not good. Im watching ‘The Yup’ik Way’ on 360 N. They are talking about how alcoholism is bad. And on TV there showing how to make “Home Brew” and swearing like they really need to. Its just not good. How can they actually have this on Live Television? Its like a Documentary on how Yup’ik’s live.Ooooh really?? I feel sorry for...
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“i am not entitled to a good job or a good life. i have to work for it and i...”
– john chase, aka boyaq
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i get a kick out of our precious 10 year old...
clara dawn: mom I fell and ripped open my cut on my knee again, I was monkey bar-ing.
saima: well, you can't be a supermodel when you grow up now--you have to have pretty knees....
FOURS HOUR LATER....
clara dawn: mom, I can be a supermodel if I be careful and get no more cuts on my knees....
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“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never...”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt, former President of the United States, during a radio address on October 26, 1939.
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"9 things you didn’t know about the life of Steve...
For all of his years in the spotlight at the helm of Apple, Steve Jobs in many ways remains an inscrutable figure — even in his death. Fiercely private, Jobs concealed most specifics about his personal life, from his curious family life to the details of his battle with pancreatic cancer — a disease that ultimately claimed him on Wednesday, at the age of 56.
While the CEO and co-founder of...
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more blogging this week?
SELAWIK, ALASKA—i’m in selawik this week helping to conduct some comprehensive subsistence harvest surveys for the alaska department of fish and game. i’ll be here for 8 days. that’s a long time in a small community if you ask me.
with more time to ‘myself’ and away from the normalcy of home, i might be blogging more this week. we’ll see. i think...
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“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at...”
– Steve Jobs. rest in peace sir.
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if you thought sarah palin would run for... →
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“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew...”
– Harriet Tubman 