Archive for August, 2010
Open Thread – RIP Morrie Yohai
I do love Alaska. But there are certain things that I miss about the east coast, and certain things I try to do every time I’m here. Many of these things involve food. I’ll try to hit my favorite pizza place, and a really good cheese shop. I’ll seek out a good Italian bakery, and [...]
Eye Roll Gate? Palin Says ‘Don’t Believe Your Lyin Eyes.’
Yes, it has come to this. Sarah Palin has shown herself once again absolutely unable to let anything pass. She visited the fabulous fishing town of Homer Alaska this weekend. If she were a fish, she’d be an easy catch. Shiny lure? Night crawler? Minnow? Egg-sucking leech? Piece of bologna? Herring? Banana? Doesn’t matter. She’ll snap [...]
Sarah Palin’s Homer Moment – D’Oh!
I’m really proud of my home town. When I say, “I’m just a girl from Homer” on my blog, radio or television show, I like to think it’s not so much self-deprecation as it is a friendly warning. When Palin signed off on her Facebook blog bashing Obama on Friday with “Sarah Palin in Homer, [...]
Open Thread – Moment of Zen
Here’s one of my favorite beaches. This is the Long Island Sound near Orient Point. Best beach pebbles on the face of the earth. I stuffed my pockets and kept wondering how much heavier my bags are going to be on the way back then they were on the way here…
Voices from the Flats – Dalian Oil Spill: Preliminary Findings
On July 21, 2010 China had its worst oil spill disaster ever at the port of Dalian. Above, two firefighters work on the spill trying to clear a water pump in the ocean. Five minutes later, one of them was dead, the latest tragedy in a long and growing list of life lost due to an oil [...]
Open Thread – Frosty Beer!
For the next week or so, I’ll be on… va-ca-tion. I think that’s how you pronounce it. It is always interesting to go back to the east coast now that I’ve spent much more of my adult life in Alaska than I have there. I’ll be enjoying water that doesn’t cause hypothermia in 15 minutes, [...]
Open Thread – Oh. Mon. Dieu. Brian Goes to France!
Once again it’s a report from the Mudflats History Department. We’ve got an exclusive “Hooves on the Ground” report, and this time Brian has gone to France! Department Chair, Mudflatter Mrs. D. will have several reports to share. ************************************ By Mrs. D OMD! Hooves on the ground in France! This July Brian had the opportunity [...]
Voices from the Flats – Oil Spill Update from Rick Steiner
Today, on Day 109 of the catastrophic BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the “static kill” of the blowout nears completion and the 3-month long disaster seems on the verge of moving into a new chapter. The final solution to stopping the blowout permanently is the “bottom kill” with one of the relief wells now [...]
‘Coconut Don’ Young Slips Out of the Net as Feds Drop Investigation
The second biggest political corruption investigation in Alaska’s recent memory has been dropped. The biggest one, of course, was Senator Ted Stevens. Ted slipped through the net because of prosecutorial misconduct. And Don? Apparently he’s slipped through too, despite the fact that: 1) Former VECO oil services company CEO, and current resident of the Greybar [...]
Open Thread – Tea Time!
What’s a better way to end the work week than a visit from the shining star of the Mudflats Art Department – Flyinureye!
Taping Tonight Starts The 2nd Season Of Moore Up North!
Tonight at 5:30pm, we are kicking off the 2nd Season of Moore Up North! Come on down to Bernie’s Bungalow in the newer upstairs lounge. Bernie’s is located at 626 D Street on the North West corner of 7th and D Street. On tonight’s show: We will interview Joelle Hall. She is the Director of [...]
Prop 8 Overturned; Time to Turn the Clocks Forward in Anchorage
John and Heather Aronno are amazing Alaskans. Their blog, Alaska Commons, is a powerful voice for progressives in our fair state. Please bookmark it as a must stop on your daily reading journey. I talked to John about this post before he posted it and I knew it would be something we should read. “PROPOSITION [...]
Open Thread – Three Blind Moose
Here’s a little treat from Mudflatter Brian (the human)! He says that it doesn’t appear as though anyone taught this group the ABCs of wine – Anything But Chardonnay!
Oyster Roundup!
~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! For those of you who missed the explanation long ago, and ask yourself every time you see one of these – “What’s with the oysters?” here’s your answer. It’s from the poem The Walrus and the Carpenter from Alice in Wonderland. There’s [...]
Open Thread: Levi & Bristol, Here’s Your Sign
The on again, off again, on again, off again never ends As The Wasillabilly Turns. When you’re a teenager it feels like your love life is on the front page of every paper, in the case of Levi and Bristol, it actually is. One of our most intrepid Mudpuppies emailed in their roadside report. Maybe [...]
