Archive for December, 2009
No Shannyn Moore Show Today…
It’s a “down week” for The Shannyn Moore Show on KBYR, so join me and dab your little eyes with a Kleenex and hold tight for next week when live blogging will resume.
Pathfinder Slams into Bligh Reef Spilling Diesel and Raising Serious Questions
The Christams holiday was not all candy canes and hot cocoa for those in the Prince William Sound area. Late on December 23, in mild conditions, an ice scout tugboat named the Pathfinder slammed in to (wait for it) Bligh Reef, spilling an unknown quantity of diesel fuel into Prince William Sound. Blood ran cold in [...]
Open Thread – Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas one and all! Thanks to all of you for the well wishes, and to those of you who sent cards and goodies my way! How thoughtful you all are. I had extra boxes and envelopes under the tree this year – from real live Mudflatters with handwriting and addresses! Amazing. The day here [...]
Open Thread – Twelve Days of Christmas (Day 12)
Well, it’s Christmas Eve here in Alaska. The LED lights are twinkling in the trees in Town Square. A few bright stars peep through the thin layer of clouds, and all is hushed, waiting for Santa to make his final stop on the way back to the North Pole. It’s a white Christmas this year [...]
Banned in Wasilla – Fourth Name on “Banned List” Revealed.
Well, we’ve learned the identity of the mysterious fourth person on the Palins’ “banned list.” That’s the list of people who were barred from Palin’s public book signing event at the sports complex in Wasilla on December 22nd. Two of the four actually showed up at the event, were asked to leave, and escorted out [...]
Senator Mark Begich on the Senate Health Insurance Reform Bill
Merry Christmas Eve. This just crossed my desk and I thought I’d pass it on. From Senator Mark Begich: “I voted in favor of the Senate health insurance reform bill because I believe the status quo is unacceptable. The vast majority of the reforms in the Senate bill are good policies that, if given a [...]
Healthcare Bill Passes Senate
America began the day with this message from President Obama. In a historic vote that took place this morning, members of the Senate joined their colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass a landmark health insurance reform package. Legislation that brings us toward the end of nearly a century-long struggle to reform America’s health [...]
Open Thread – Twelve Days of Christmas (Day 11)
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, My Ex-Gov Gave to Me: Eleven “Privileged” Emails Ten Ducks A-Limping Nine Cookies Crumbling Eight Ghosts A-Writing Seven Bears A-Swimming Six Trains A-Wrecking, Fiiive Miss-ing Riiings! Four hundred pages, Three Weeks Notice, Two Scape Goats And a Big Steaming Pile of … Tea.
The State of Alaska’s War on Whales Continues. Endangered Belugas, Meet the GOP.
A few weeks ago, Cook Inlet beluga whales got some good news. The federal National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) took an important step toward protecting critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the Cook Inlet beluga whale in Alaska by proposing to designate more than 3,000 square miles of the imperiled whale’s habitat [...]
Voices from the Flats – A Forever Home For Christmas
During my computer “down time,” I asked Snoskred if she’d like to post about a subject we’ve been talking about for a while. It’s nice to have her over on this end of the Mudflats Universe as a guest blogger – a visitor from the forum where she wears the incredibly big and complex hat [...]
Banned in Wasilla!? Palin Hides from Bloggers.
Wow. Take a few days off from politics and what happens? You miss all the fun. A couple fellow new media types, Gryphen from the Immoral Minority and videographer Dennis Zaki headed north to get some video of Sarah Palin’s “public” book signing at the Curtis Menard Memorial Sports Complex in Wasilla. You will recall [...]
Open Thread – Twelve Days of Christmas (Day 10)
On the Tenth Day of Christmas, My Ex-Gov Gave to Me: Ten Ducks A-Limping Nine Cookies Crumbling Eight Ghosts A-Writing Seven Bears A-Swimming Six Trains A-Wrecking, Fiiive Miss-ing Riiings! Four hundred pages, Three Weeks Notice, Two Scape Goats And a Big Steaming Pile of … Tea.
Open Thread – Twelve Days of Christmas (Day 9)
On the Ninth Day of Christmas, My Ex-Gov Gave to Me: Nine Cookies Crumbling Eight Ghosts A-Writing Seven Bears A-Swimming Six Trains A-Wrecking, Fiiive Miss-ing Riiings! Four hundred pages, Three Weeks Notice, Two Scape Goats And a Big Steaming Pile of … Tea.
Here Comes the Sun
While the breakneck pace of my work week keeps my computer time next to nothing for a few days, I cannot go without giving a giant shout out to the sun. Starting tomorrow, we’ll be seeing more of it. Granted, it will only be a few seconds a day at first, but I’ll take it. [...]
Open Thread – Twelve Days of Christmas (Day 8)
On the Eighth Day of Christmas, My Ex-Gov… You know… I’m sorry… I just need to stop here for a moment. This has been really great, and I love coming up with these verses every night, really I do. But to be honest I think the best thing I can do now that I’m 2/3 of [...]
