Our Diet 11-15-09

I see more snow on the ground but I don’t think this snow will stay around either. Got the wood stove up and running again for another year. Let’s see if this batch of wood will last me til the end of the winter. Had my usual ham, steak, potatoes and eggs this morning..., Mmm..., nothing like pig, cow and chicken to start off your morning. It seems to be such a big staple in our lives now..., cow, chicken and pig... Our PETA friends think we should get off our high protein diet and stick with veggies... Sorry..., I love my steak, chicken, bacon, fish, turkey, ham, moose meat, deer, partridge, rabbit and a whole host of wild game..., but I set my limit on monkeys, dogs, cats and any carnivore..., I won’t eat those...

Most likely a vegan will out live a meat eating guy like myself if I don’t take care of myself.. These meats are also high in fat among other things... Vegans have a leg up because these fruits and veggies are high in antioxidants whereas meats in fact do a lot of damage to our bodies... The sad thing our this vessel we call our bodies..., we need energy to live... This energy comes from the sun..., to the plants..., livestock then us... We need oxygen to release this energy..., but unfortunately..., this O2 gas..., is also what kills us..., ages our bodies to eventual death... The longest living people are usually the ones who consume the least amount of calories and are vegans... Is that enough reason for me to quit meat...., no...

The fact is we should look at where this debate started over 2 million years ago when we were all vegans... We were hanging in trees minding our own business then the trees started disappearing..., damn that global warming... Some of us ventured out into the grasslands then things were never the same again... For whatever reason..., some of our earliest ancestors started eating meat..., then voila..., we grew like never before... The rich calories in the fat and meat allowed our bodies and brains to develop. The complete protein found in meat augmented our brain’s development that increased the size which allowed for higher thought..., thus I think therefore I am... From that we made tools..., fire..., formed higher societies..., yadda..., yadda..., yadda then 300,000 years ago..., gave rise to homo sapiens..., then the world wide web..., to me writing about it... The ones who decided not to eat meat (first vegans) are still hanging in the trees today.

Listening to these people from PETA..., well..., they hate a meat eating fellow like myself... As far as I am concerned..., they’re all hypocrites because this higher though they possess is because of meat... Their ancestors who opposed eating meat are today’s monkeys picking flees off of each other and running scared from lions, tigers and bears (oh my)... I am sure these monkeys who are watching their environment being destroyed by these other biped primates, if they had the mental capacity would be cursing their grandfathers from 2 million years ago..., why did you stay vegans..., look at us now..., you damned us all... Of course they don't have the intelligence to do so..., they're just monkeys... PETA..., you can't have your cake and eat it too...

Happy Halloween 10-31-09

Today is the last day of October. Even thou December 21 is the first day of winter..., in my mind it is always after Halloween. It was kind warm in September but when it cooled off..., it cooled off. This year is my first year of using a snow blower ever... Never operated one before except the few times when working at the Nipigon Power Plant. I see some snow fell last night so winter soon. I do not like the new day light savings time..., I wish they would bring back the old system. We’re not saving power like they said we would..., in fact we are using more electricity than the old way but as always..., they said the matter needs further study. That is what they say when things don’t go there way..., more study... I wouldn’t know how to analyze that data further..., either you’re saving electric power or you’re not... Maybe this is what they wanted all this time..., for us to consume more energy.., thus higher energy costs..., thus higher prices in crude oil..., thus higher profits..., thus fatter pigs... That I understand and don’t need more study and analysis... Works for me...

Urban Reserve 10-29-10

Just reading this article..., "Urban reserves offer avenue to First Nation self-reliance" from the magazine - Northern Ontario Business published on 10/20/2009. From the onset..., it seems like a good idea to form an urban reserve in the town of Sioux Lookout. Just some quotes from the article:

“The town's First Nation population is financially well off. The average wage of a First Nations person in Sioux Lookout is $40,000, about $3,000 higher than the national average. Many work in health care, education, social services and the retail sector...”

”Sioux Lookout has been described as one rare community in Ontario that has a First Nation middle class...and we're quite proud of that,” said Bailey.”

“Urban reserves are regarded as one way to settle outstanding Native land claims.”

“To mitigate the loss of any municipal taxes, Bailey said often times agreements can be struck where an urban reserve association supplies a grant to cover the provision of municipal services... in lieu of paying taxes.”

The quote "Urban reserves are regarded as one way to settle outstanding Native land claims." is probably the most disturbing... I can see why the town is supporting this urban reserve..., “To mitigate the loss of any municipal taxes.... a grant to cover the provision of municipal services in lieu of paying taxes”...., basically the town is looking for a cash cow. Using the Urban Reserve model to settle outstanding land claims..., come on..., we should be all up in arms. This would open the door for the government to give lands to municipalities and call it a land claim settlement. The government is killing two birds with one stone.., settle land claim issues and creating an additional revenue stream for municipalities while our First Nations are suffering in poverty.

What I don’t understand..., with any municipality the services are always located within their municipality so the people within the municipality benefit from the services. We as First Nations people are the only one doing this in Canada, having the services outside of the community where services become inaccessible. "The town's First Nation population is financially well off. The average wage of a First Nations person in Sioux Lookout is $40,000, about $3,000 higher than the national average. Many work in health care, education, social services and the retail sector servicing....", now why can’t these people including myself be working inside a First Nation where our people could benefit from the spin offs. "Sioux Lookout has been described as one rare community in Ontario that has a First Nation middle class.. - said Bailey."..., why can’t that middle class of people be in the community where it is needed. It is because of each First Nation in the area that this is possible..., not because of anything the municipality has done. We need more educated people working in the community, not supporting municipalities like Red Lake, Timmins, Sioux Lookout or Thunder Bay. That is one of the main reasons I ran for Grand Chief to put the focus back on the communities. How are we suppose to talk about self-government and become self-sufficient if we don’t support our own communities which we are suppose to be servicing. I just don’t get it... In the meantime I will do what I can but every person within NAN has to let their Chief and Council know. Change happens one step at a time...

TSN 10-28-09

You have to love TSN, The Sports Network... Of all the sports news yesterday..., TSN decides to lead with the Toronto Maple Leafs win a hockey game and in their eyes..., no baseball, football, basketball or any other sport news was news worthy to open with except the Maple Leafs won a game. How about that eh... Then flipping through the dial between the World Series and the Leaf game today..., I watched the Leaf lose the game in OT. TSN’s closing remarks were..., the Leafs gain a point..., yahoo... The way TSN is approaching each leaf point is as if they won Stanley Cup since 1967..., time to break open that champagne..., another point for the Leafs... That is how high the bar is set for the Leafs... Must be nice to be a big market team..., it is just too bad they’re not reinvesting those big bucks in half decent players... Oh well..., Go Leafs Go..., lol...

Mammals beware 24-10-09

Earlier this summer I was reading how we as humans gave the H1N1 (aka Swine) Flu to the pigs and not the other way around. Then that pig (ground zero seems to be the buzz word now) gave it to a boy in Mexico. From that boy it made its rounds to most countries around the world to turkeys meaning it is jumping from species to species... After all that is said and done, the new H1N1 Flu strain / bug is here to stay unlike the bird flu scare from a few years back (but I think birds are still getting sick). What does this all means, let’s see...

Influenza A (H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenzavirus A and the most common cause of influenza in humans. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a large fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused roughly half of all human flu infections in 2006.Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza). In June 2009, World Health Organization declared that flu due to a new strain of swine-origin H1N1 was responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic.

I wasn’t around when the Russian flu hit in the late 1800's and don’t remember too much of the Spanish flu in the early 1900's but about a million people passed with the Russian Flu and 50 to 100 million with the Spanish Flu. The Spanish Flu translated to 1 in 10 chance of dying if you got the sucker which seems to be a high mortality rate compared to the regular flu epidemic mortality rate is 1 in a 1000. The Ebola Virus has a mortality rate of 87% which isn’t good but it is because it kills its host so fast and effectively the inflection rate is extremely low like in the billions. There isn’t much information on the H1N1 mortality rate but from the information out there.., it is lower than the regular flu of 0.1%... Of course we had the Asian Flu of 1956 and Hong Kong Flu of 1968 but both had the same mortality rate of 0.1%...

They say most people getting the new strain of H1N1 are mild and most people won’t be able to tell the difference from the everyday flu and testing won’t be able for most cases. The Avian Flu didn’t get too far..., some workers from the far east to a number of cases in Canada but that is it. This one..., well..., it is here to stay because now it could be hiding anywhere. The only big problem with the new H1N1 is that it isn’t seasonal but we have to wait til the spring time for the results on that one.

The problem with all strains of Flu viruses is the mutation rate is high and fast unlike smallpox or plagues of yesteryear hence no one has it anymore. My question is the media just crying wolf from all of this or do we have something to really worry about. From reading all the data out there and unless I am missing something, no we don’t have too much to worry about...The only people who have to worry is the people with a weak immune system and if you do have a compromised immune system..., well..., H1N1 is not the only thing you have to worry about..., every virus and bacteria is your nemesis thus be careful. On a closing note. remember to wash your hands, prevention is the key... Other mammals..., well..., sorry no vaccines for you.., beware of your owner and it will be wise not to come in contact with humans...

Our strong “dollar” 10-22-09

I don’t know about this one... I’ve been listening to the news all week on how our strong Canadian dollar is hurting Canadians..., we’re almost at par with the USD. Umm..., I think what we should be saying is how weak the American Dollar is and how bad is has slid compared to our dollar. If you compare it to the Euro.., both the USD and CAD to buy some of that Euro we need to pay almost 1.60 for one. To top it off..., our “strong dollar” is only worth 60 cents... If the American economy ever took off again..., our dollar would be worthless... The way we are talking.., this is such a good thing... Keeping our dollar weaker only works for the Americans, not us.. Canada has been selling the natural resources to the States for next to nothing and their economy is one of the largest in the world for it. If you took away Canada’s natural resources..., we would be considered a developing country and we’re all blind to it.

More on climate change 10-17-09

Heading off to the police auction this weekend in Dryden..., see what I can pick up. Looking for a bike or trailer..., or whatever... Should be interesting.., never been to one before. It has been snowing but nothing sticking to the ground yet. The weather has been a lot cooler than it was a couple of weeks ago..., plus 30 C weather..., can you believe that? Now it dropped 30 degrees..., what a difference. All set to get my stove started up again..., probably today...

Now the debate begins.., holy molly... Now some scientists are saying global cooling is happening arguing with the global warmists. I don’t think that is a word..., like a use proper english anyways... I am a jibberishist, the one who utters jibberish but anyways..., cooling..., warming.., whatever..., the earth is always in a state of flux.. Its not like we just arrived here from a distant planet..., didn’t we just finish an ice age??? How did that ice melt..., the Earth got warmer..., and when it froze..., Earth got cooler..., equals state of flux... Umm..., maybe I should become a scientist... If I did that, of course I would have to find a sponsor like Green Peace or the tobacco companies to support my unbias work... Then I can say.., yes the Earth is getting warmer and there is no link between cancer and smoking tobacco with a clear conscience... Better yet work for big industry to invent new products to screw over the everyday person better... Yeah.., that’s it..., I could live with that... Maybe I could invent something better than the hydrogen bomb..., something that will deliver a big bang without the radiation... Imagine all the good that could an do..., ahhh...., to dream..., oh well... We have a lot of people hard at work doing that already..., I don’t think they need a hairless monkey in the picture.., I’ll stick to my jibberish...

Now what’s this with Jon and Kate... Crap I can’t open a web page, watch TV or to look at a newsstand without seeing these two clowns... They are the epitome white trash... They are both selfish and the most self centered people around and yet they are front and centre. Obviously Jon is the bigger idiot.. Now how can you not hate him but come on..., do we need to see more of this? To top it off..., this is TLC’s biggest item..., which is suppose to be a learning channel... What a world..., what a world... I should get running..., police auction waits for no one...

International Year of Astronomy 10-09-09

The International Year of Astronomy is coming to an end in a couple of months. Guess last week a group of astronomers and amateur astronomers (that’s me) went over to the white house for some star gazing. How would I loved being there. I don’t think they would have been much to see because of the light pollution but just to talk with professional astronomers would have been worth it. I haven’t been out lately. In fact I am getting a little rusty with my constellations and my telescopes getting a little dusty but I still just enjoying sitting there and watching God’s creation. I could sit there all night if I didn’t have to sleep or work in the morning. I remember as a kid I would lay down in the snow and watch the Northern Lights and the Milky Way..., no worries...

Just watching hydrogen fusion far off in the distance..., umm..., actually four Hydrogen nuclei (protons) come together to make a Helium nucleus..., yadda..., yadda..., yadda...,therefore fusion cycle releases energy in the core of the star..., thus me (carbon based life form) sitting in some cut over on some rock 26,000 light years from the Milky Way centre on the Orion Spur. Oh by the way when we run low on Hydrogen.., our sun will burn into a white dwarf 4.5 billion years from now but before it kills us as a Red Giant... Something to look forward too...

I sometimes wonder if there are other hairless monkeys like myself on other parts of the Milky Way or even in other galaxies looking up too.. Let’s consider the odds... First things first..., hydrogen..., the most common element around... Umm.., that sucker will bond to anything including oxygen which makes water... Considering that the nuclear fusion that happens in our sun stops at the element Fe or Iron (26th) and C or Carbon is 9th on the list..., should be a lot of that junk around therefore hydrocarbons... That doesn’t mean methane gas or coal could walk and talk..., there is something else missing..., electric spark from a thunder storm.., who knows but it is possible... I would like to think I am the only hairless monkey around...

In this universe 10-04-09

I think it is amazing that in each one of us..., there is a universe that we create and fabricate from thoughts and memories..., experiences and ambitions. We all mold what we want for ourselves through action and inaction.., choices good or bad.... Our universe is our own and no one else’s. How does your universe look like?

Fox News 09-29-09

Don’t you hate it when you are so sick..., you can’t even flip the channel because you don’t have the energy. That is what happened to me yesterday so I ended up watching Fox News of all things. I didn’t realize how many Canadians actually hate our health care system and how apparently we would prefer an American style of healthcare. Umm..., makes sense..., we all come soft in a matter of speaking. Guess there is a lot of us out there that has extra disposable income to spend $10,000 on a routine visit to the doctor and for those who don’t too bad so sad, let natural selection and mother nature do its job.

Interesting stuff this Fox News..., umm..., for one thing they explain how the universe revolves around the Earth and how the Earth is flat..., blah..., blah..., blah and how Iraq still has Weapons of Mass Destruction... Standing here looking up at the night sky..., yeah..., I could see their point of view... It looks to me from where I am standing that the universe revolves around the Earth and when I look at the horizon in all directions..., it looks flat to me. How do I know if I came from a monkey or the hand of God? I don’t..., it is just an assumption like so many things. Could it be Fox News is on to something?

I think they are because they have stations in every major market in the United States and make billions in advertising... People want to hear the Fox message. The News Corporation (from their website www.fox.com) had total assets as of June 30, 2009 of approximately US$53 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$30 billion. News Corporation is a diversified global media company with operations in eight industry segments and activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Latin America. Wow eh..., someone must be listening without question...

I think this doctrine is fine as long as you’re not on the receiving end. Who wants to be at the receiving end of not having any healthcare when you are sick with cancer or hunted down during the holocaust or even for the indigenous peoples of the America watching ninety percent of your people die? Of course the world is not flat or the universe does not revolve around the Earth but they are still saying Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. People are listening to the message. Luckily I found the clicker and gather enough energy to change the channel to something more relevant in my life..., “Corner Gas”and now all is well... Ignorance is bliss...

Canadian Bacon 09-28-09

Just finished watching Manufacturing Dissent by Rick Caine and Debbie Melnyk. I really don’t know the point these two people were trying to make. I tried researching their names but there really isn’t much about them. I get Michael Moore..., some guy with a camera and too much time on his hands..., like me... Are there any better laws in the States for better gun control because of “Bowling for Columbine”? Any better healthcare because of “Sicko”? Are the troops out of Iraq because of “Fahrenheit 9/11"? or with his new movie “Capitalism: A Love Story”..., are these crooks who get away with murder be accountable? The answer is no to all of the above... All this tells me is that we are going down this road with our eyes wide open. We are content with all that is happening.

Now there are these two clowns..., I tried to find information on their sales of “Manufacturing Dissent”.., comments...., etc... Does anyone know it even exists? Am I the only person in the world who bought this DVD and watched the movie? Just my luck, I pick up a movie for 99 cents that no one else has seen. I would have left it at that but what caught my eye was David Gilmour interview with Michael Moore. He is not the guitarist from Pink Floyd but a host for Gilmour on the Arts..., a CBC thing... I had to research that too but had better luck... Guess he put a couple of words together now he is a pompous writer who knows everything. Come on.., we all know “Canadian Bacon” wasn’t the best movie out there but its sales were better than “Manufacturing Dissent”. All that David Gilmour came off as is arrogant..., egotistic..., narcissistic..., pretentious..., umm..., a person characterized by assumption of dignity and importance bestowed by a television station that no one watches which is highly subsidized to put crap on the air that no one sees... You can talk trash about Michael Moore all you want but don’t say anything bad about Canadian Bacon..., John Candy is my hero...

Indian Summer 12-27-09

I guess an Indian Summer is better than no summer at all... Have to take the good with the bad with the year we had. Speaking of Indians..., came across a swastika in Thunder Bay last week. Just some quick facts on the swastika:

“The swastika (from Sanskrit svástika) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period and was first found in the Indus Valley Civilization of the Indian Subcontinent. The ubiquity of the swastika symbol is easily explained by its being a very simple shape that will arise independently in any basket-weaving society. The swastika is a repeating design, created by the edges of the reeds in a square basket-weave.”

Sounds pretty simple enough. Before the Nazi’s highjacked it, the symbol was mainly used for luck. Now when people see the swastika, people visualize one of the most evil periods of human history. Umm..., makes me wonder what the true intention of spray painting this symbol was..., to encourage good will and luck to the North American Indian or the reflection of the Nazi ideology. For it to be a good will gesture..., the individual or group of individuals would have to have some degree of education to know the true history of the swastika. Or otherwise for it to be a symbol of malice and hatred all you would need to know is how to hold a can of spray paint and the knowledge that the pure evil that occupied most of Europe during the second world war is something they support.

I often wonder if the Nazis were able to harness the powers of the atom bomb and won the second world war, how the world would look today? Would these individuals enjoy a better life under Nazi rule? We all know what the Nazi's ideological view on idiots and the less intelligent. One thing I know..., their gene pool would have been wiped from this Earth. Ironic isn’t it..., a world they wish for is a world without them. That is something I could live with..., a world without them... Hey morons..., stay in school and learn something...

It’s my birthday 09-12-09

Jerry Seinfeld - “Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we've grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be, that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we are to the bitter end. Inevitably, irrevocably; happy birthday? No such thing.”

Teachers' pension plan boosts stake in mlse 09-11-09

TSN - “The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced Thursday it is planning to boost its stake in the parent company of hockey's Toronto's Maple Leafs and basketball's Toronto Raptors to almost wo thirds ownership. The investment wing of the big pension fund said it wants to buy an additional 7.7 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.”

Well isn’t that great..., now we’ll never have a winning team. The article goes on..., "MLSE has proven itself an excellent investment for us over the years," said Erol Uzumeri, senior vice-president of Teachers' Private Capital, the pension fund's private investment department. What that means is that Leafs fans are so stupid no matter who they put on the ice..., from the elite of the NHL to a bunch of skating clowns..., leaf fans will fill those seats... Who are the Ontario Teachers Fund gonna put in there..., the best the NHL has to offer with those high salaries to more afford players to increase profit.

One the other hand we have Balsillie who wants to move to team to Hamilton... We have a guy who wants a team..., not for the money but to have a winning team for the area and the NHL is questioning his character as a possible owner saying he is bad for the NHL. Sure he is bad for certain teams who are only interested in money and not providing a quality product / service. I like Hamilton as a city and if they had a team..., I would support them and not the Leafs... Once leaf fans stop going to NHL games and once the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan bails on them because of the poor rate of return..., that is the day I think there will be hope for the Leafs. I don’t see that day coming.

Solar cycle, sun spots and Heliosphere 09-09-09

Until recently it was thought that there were 28 solar cycles in the 309 years between 1699 and 2008, giving an average length of 11.04 years, but the average length is only around 10.66 years. Cycles as short as 9 years and as long as 14 years have been seen. Significant variations in amplitude also occur. Solar maximum and solar minimum refer respectively to epochs of maximum and minimum sunspot counts. Individual sunspot cycles are partitioned from one minimum to the next.

So what does this mean..., well..., as the sun twists and turns..., the magnetic fields twists and turns too creating sun spots. When they get mixed up so bad..., it increases the solar activity on the sun usually measured in sun spots, solar flares and winds... When they unmix..., little solar activity occurs. This year seems to be an odd one.. We are at the low end of the “sun spot cycle” but the sun seems to be staying there..., very little activity... This is probably why our heliosphere is shrinking too...

Our heliosphere acts like the protective magnetic shield we have around the Earth except the heliosphere extends 100 times the distance between the sun and the Earth. If that ever gives..., we’ll be exposed to everything the Milky Way can throw at us which isn’t a good thing. Our Heliosphere should expand when we start seeing the Northern Lights again...

Health care fees 09-08-09

This is a new one..., the American government is considering fining people who do not have health care insurance..., take about blaming the victim... This is so stupid..., this will only effect the people who can’t afford healthcare insurance..., forcing them to buy into a system they can’t afford. This is a true case of the cure is worse than the sickness. I knew Obama was up to no good when he used the words “affordable healthcare” opposed to Hilary’s universal healthcare (Healthcare for all)... Now the fatcats get richer and the poorer people get poorer...

Tomorrow is 09-09-09... To a lot of people..., this number is suppose to mean something... Next year it is 10-10-10..., then 11-11-11 then lastly 12-12-12 then we don’t have to worry about that it the year 2100... Good chance I will be pumping roses by then but there is always hoping I will live forever...

Happy Birthday Graeme 08-28-09

It’s the Graeme Cracker’s birthday today..., have a good one. Him and AJ were over a couple of nights ago..., good to see the both of them. Had some supper...., it was good. Shania Twain’s birthday too..., something happening on her homepage (www.shaniatwain.com) in 10 hours or 7 pm CST... Gonna check it out..., something special for her fans... Lots of rain..., no sun... Gonna get cracking on my wood this weekend... Yup..

Happy Birthday Andrew 08-15-09

I want to wish Andrew the best on his birthday..., have a good one. Back in the Sioux and back to work very soon. It was an interesting last two weeks..., that’s for sure. I would like to thank Marilyn Doyle for letting me stay at her place. I went in there is long shot and considering everything..., I did ok so I am going to try again in 2012... Give it one last shot. At least now I can start preparing for it..., not like last minute. I never ever expected myself to do something like that. Oh well..

This is an interesting article I just read... “Existing sky surveys miss many asteroids smaller than 1 kilometre across, leaving the door open to damaging impacts on Earth with little or no warning, a panel of scientists reports. Doing better will require devoting more powerful telescopes to asteroid hunting, but no one has committed the funds needed to do so, it says.”

There is always that risk of something hitting the earth. We are pretty lucky hear living in a stable environment that sure it gets a little cool and warm once in a while but that water doesn’t freeze or evaporate which is a good thing. The universe is such a huge place and with the number of stars out there.. There has to be another planet like earth that has a stable water source... The problem with us is we were never meant to travel to outer space. Our muscles and bone mass would go down to almost nothing..., plus we would mostly likely go insane. We’re having problems even making it to the Mars..., let alone trying to make it to the Moon again. The best hope for humanity is to do what the plants do..., throw our seeds out there...

Yes funding is important..., funding for telescopes..., funding for this or that... What I do realize that funding is a good method for controlling people... Why can’t we just do it without a proposal...

Moon landing eh 07-21-09

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. Where does the time go? Hard to believe we never went back after the Apollo missions. Yup, we were there. Got some good pics..., collected some rocks..., yadda.., yadda..., yadda... Some people say we never actually landed on the moon..., it was a big hoax. Conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen.

The nice thing about a true “conspiracy theory” is you can’t prove it. What we have to do is read between the lines. For example..., the big brother one and the one world order. Over six billion people are very hard to control..., let alone watch and monitor... The American government is now mirroring and imagining all digital data over the North America telephone system. Whole floors of servers collecting data. Wow..., the only thing that I ask myself is what are they looking for? At this rate crime and drugs should be the thing of the past.., if they were looking for that. Interesting stuff...

Life could be 12.5 billion years old 06-24-09

They say that life could have started 12.5 billions years ago. Considering that the big bang was a couple of billion years before..., that’s not too bad. Life on this planet began 3.5 billion with homo sapiens being around for the past couple of hundred thousand years with us only understanding what is really out there the past 100 year... The sun is 4.5 billion years old..., life taking a cool billion after that..., the math words... Umm..., maybe there is more to this Halo and the forerunner..., who knows eh...

First day of summer 06-21-09

It is the first day of summer or the summer solstice, the longest day if the year. It is a hot one out there. Did you know that light travels from the sun to the Earth in 8 minutes and 19 seconds... Well..., most of the time. Like our moon the distance various throughout the year. Our orbit ranges from 147,100,000 km to 152,100,000 km. Our Sun is about 4.5 billion years old..., half way through it’s life. We need to get off this rock sooner or later because in a few billion years from now..., our sun will grow and grow into a red giant. Then we’ll be burnt to a crisp. Something to look forward too... After that things will cool down as the sun will collapse onto itself and become a white dwarf... Then it will be too cool for us...

The nearest stars are Alpha Centauri which is 4.37 light years away and a binary star. It is about 1.1 times the mass of our sun so it will have about the same properties. The only problem is that the age is 4.8 billion years old so that’s no good. Barnard's Star or Barnard's "Runaway" Star is a very low-mass red dwarf star approximately 6 light-years away..., umm..., but Red Dwarf..., no good... Wolf 359 is a Red Dwarf too...., 7.7 light years from the Earth. Sirius A is the brightest star in the night sky but it is twice the size as the sun..., too hot... Plus the larger the star..., the quicker it burns... It isn’t that old..., 200 million years old... When it formed..., life already started on this rock. It wouldn’t be too hard to find either... It’s buddy..., Sirius B is the same size as our sun...

Things wouldn’t be too bad if we could fly at the speed of light... The biggest problem we would have is after we reach 100 times the distance between the Earth and the sun... The sun’s magnetic field gives out and any ship will be exposed to everything the Milky Way can throw at us which isn’t good.

Congrats to Stephen 06-20-09

This is really something... My bud and cuz Stephan from Mattice is one of a few Aboriginal artists that will be featured... “First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists participating in the program are from every province and territory in Canada and include Brendalynn Trennert of Hay River, NWT; Alan Syliboy of Millbrook, NS; Stephen Peltonen of Hearst, ON; Brent Sparrow and Kevin McKenzie of Vancouver, BC; and Jason Baerg of Toronto, ON. A complete list of participants is available at www.vancouver2010.com.”

All this from looking up 06-06-09

It’s still pretty cool out there..., 9 C for June. This is the third year that we had a very cool spring. Some parts even seen some snow a couple of weeks ago..., yikes... Just going through some old stuff on the history of physics and astronomy...., we got so much from just looking up. Still we don’t know what gravity is... Quantum Physics says it is all Graviton while General Theory of Relativity says space time is curved... All we know it just happens... I like the theory that everything is an illusion, it’s all in my head... Yup..., works for me.

World no tobacco day 05-31-09

Today is world no tobacco day. Some of this stuff does make sense..., don’t smoke with your kids in the car..., house etc... I think some of this stuff goes a little too far. Its all former smokers that are the hardliners. People who never sparked up..., I don’t really think they care. Oh well... Penny is off to Quebec City for the week..., never been to Quebec before..., been close to never all the way. I haven’t set up a telescope in a while. Think I’ll do that this week. Yup..

Happy Birthday Ethan 05-30-05

I would like to wish the “Master Chief” Ethan, a happy birthday. Little chilly this weekend. Third day in a row of a frost warning.. Gonna have to cut my grass very soon... Umm..., other than that..., life is ok... Not one black fly or mosquito to be seen and it’s at the end of May.., odd huh..., but not that I am complaining..

Tim’s is coming to town 05-26-09

Here is something hot from the presses, Tim Hortons is coming to Sioux Lookout. How about that huh..., that’ll make five coffee shops in town. Two at the airport and three in town. I didn’t think that coffee was such a hot commodity. Go figure... Here is something that needs figuring... Last year when the oil prices were extremely high.., they said demand..., demand..., demand... Then a few investors who were driving up the prices withdrew all their money from oil futures..., oil drops to $40 a barrel... I don’t get how a few clowns with extra money to burn are not held accountable for what they did... I think about all the people who lost their jobs, homes, investments... etc..., their whole entire life and no one is blinking an eye... How is that possible.., not even the news media said a word. It’s like everything else..., oh well...

Time to update 05-24-09

I figure its time to update this sucker. Got a few of tickets to AC/DC in August..., seeing them in Winnipeg. I heard those tickets are now going for 1000 bucks a pop on e-bay... They sold out like in 15 minutes. If I was wiser..., I should have bought like a few more and make a couple of bucks on the side..., but that’s if I was a wiser man. Pretty soon I’ll be cutting the grass..., looking pretty green out there. Hard to believe it was snowing out there.

I was listening to the interview with an EA cutting an Aboriginal boy’s hair in Thunder Bay... If that isn’t pure racism and hatred towards a race of people..., I don’t know what is. Its the same kind of racism that almost wiped the Jews off the face of the earth.. I find it hard to believe that the police and the school board are blowing it off as an “unfortunate incident”. It really makes my blood boil...

Working on some websites today..., including this one... Wish there was more time to do all the things I like to do...

Internet driving me up the wall 03-18-09

It’s hard to update when your internet is slows as a snail..., then it boots you off. Guess Shaw Cable max out their pipe for this area and installing new microwave towers at the end of the month. Nothing I can really do about it now. Haven’t been updating this page much lately... Gets like that once in a while. Hopefully gonna put more effort into updating..., plus I always have my facebook anyways... Graeme Cracker is here for the March break. Isabella and Ethan are happy to have their brother around. Spending my time with them. St. Pats has come and gone.. Yup..

It’s a whole new year 01-03-09

Happy New Year to everyone!!! Yup..., it’s a whole new year. Been on a X-Files kick... I am about half way the entire series..., right now towards the end of season four. I’ll try and get in as much as I can before the end of my holidays. It’s just too short. I’ll have to thank Santa Claus for my nano..., good call.

Back to work tomorrow 01-04-09

Back to work tomorrow..., oh well... Getting back into lifting after a couple month layoff. It’s the first couple of weeks getting into it that is the hardest just because you’re not at the same level when you stopped. I know a lot of people who try too hard then it just doesn’t happen. I go really light for the first cycle then work myself up. Looking at the “List of Banished Words” by Lake Superior State..., I agree “Green” and “Carbon Footprint” are words that should be banished. I have no use for them.

Now that Tricia Walsh-Smith is one big loser. First of all this lady marries a guy who is 25 years her elder. She signs a pre-nup and once things go awry..., she takes her views to the world wide web via youtube. When she does that..., she shoots herself in the foot and cries about that. Listening to her rant..., the impression I got is this lady married the guy for his money and she wanted more. In the pre-nup, the husband agreed to pay her $750,000. That’s no small change for anyone. Why couldn’t she be happy with that..., loser... It’s kinda Phillip’s fault anyways for marrying a loser but I guess he had some idea because he got her to sign a pre-nup...

Last day of 2008 12-31-08

It is the last day of 2008. Umm..., did I already say that this year will be one whole second longer... It is a life time when dealing with moments because that’s all we know. Reading a lot of theory of relativity..., interesting stuff..., same with quantum mechanics. Guess these moments is what defines Space and Time... It is just like an ant trying to explain what is on the other side of the Earth from looking at his own environment. Well anyways..., Happy New Year...

The day the world stood still 12-22-08

It seems that GORT has made a return to the big screen..., flicker show that is... The premiss has changed from the original story. It went from a menace of nuclear war (1951) to humanity killing the planet (2008 remake)..., then GORT and bud saves the day. Then we have the trees knocking off mankind in “The Happening” because the plants feel threatened. Seems kinda odd that they just don’t finished the job. Just do it already... Bunch of pussies..., it’s no wonder we’re the dominate species. In both movies they had us down and out. We have Gort and the trees turning to a bunch of bleeding heart liberals at the end. What is up with that... After you shoot your moose, you don’t let him run off. You string him up..., quarter that bastard up then carve and serve. Sara Palin knows that.

First day of winter 12-21-08

It is officially the first day of winter. At least it is starting to warm up. I am really starting to warm up to StarBucks Coffee... A couple of weeks back they messed up my order. I drove back and not only did they correct my order but gave me another coffee on the house. How about that huh... I remember when I was in Hearst driving through the Tim Hortons over there. They messed up my order..., I drove back.. They told me that I order a double double... I said no way.., I know what I put in my coffee and that is black with one sugar. They refused to correct my order insisting I ordered a double double. Now why in the hell for more than 20 years drinking black with one sugar would I switch??? I know a lot of people are sold on Tim’s but that double double is leaving an awful taste in my mouth. Plus the management sucks at Tim’s..., who would fire any employee for giving a child a timbit....., Tim Hortons..., that’s who. Maybe if they made better coffee I would consider drinking it but Starbucks tis for me... The beans make the coffee..., not the name... Mmm..., dark roast, a shot of espresso with one sugar would hit the spot right now... I can taste it right now...

Damn that’s cold for mid December 12-16-08

If this weather keeps up..., I would need more wood by mid February..., damn it’s cold out there. The bulk snow that hit Thunder Bay seem to miss us which is good. I thought we’d get hit too but it is cold for mid December. I am scared to think what our January and February would look like. Since that warm winter a couple of years ago..., it has been getting colder and colder. Our winter and spring seem to never end..., then we had a short warm snap in summer then voila..., it’s fall again... I blinked and it’s winter again..., it seems I was just here. Where did the hell my summer go... So does that make me a half glass full kinda guy or glass half empty..., well.., I’ll tell you once it thaws out because the damn glass is frozen...

Well anyways..., I find it hard to believe companies with billions of dollars in assets can really be in financial trouble. What is happening to all these cars and trucks..., do they have an expiry date when then turn to dust? It’s a shame what is happening. These banks with their money are not helping out the average Joe..., they’re taking the cash and reinvesting... Not only do they have all the real-estate holdings but extra cash from the government... It was greed that created all the problems anyways..., so what do we do..., reward these fat bastards for their greed by giving them more money...

2008 almost up 12-14-08

The year 2008 is almost out and seven more days til the winter solstice. I have my outdoor and indoor lights on just in case there is some truth to these lights bring back the longer days. We’re suppose to get a major dump this evening which is ok.., hopefully next week they could start grooming the trails. Looking forward to another year of skiing. I don’t know if I have enough wood to last the winter..., might have to cut wood in Smarch (Don’t touch Willie..., good idea). Finally watched Batman..., now that was a good movie... I could see why that movie sold 530 million in the States alone but I do feel like I am like a day late for the prom.. Should have seen this one on the big screen. I bought the movie so the next time I have a whole day to myself I have to watch that sucker again... I was surprised they fit it all on one DVD..., talk about an epic..., what am I watching here..., Gone with the Wind...

Now is the time I usually start reflecting on the year... You know..., things were ok this year but I really need to clean up my act. Only four more years til the end of the world. Well..., according to the Mayan calender..., December 21, 2012.. Yup..., something to look forward too...

Another Full, Full Moon, Perigee Moon 12-11-08

This is something interesting. Tomorrow night and for the next couple of days, the full moon will be 30% brighter than usual. The moon's average distance from us is 384,400 km. Friday night it will be just 356,567 km away making it 14 percent bigger in our sky thus making it 30 percent brighter than other full moons for the next year or so... Umm..., the tides will be higher Friday too because of the pull (or push) from the gravity of the moon. This year will also be the longest year since 1992. This year will be a full one second longer..., will this year ever end???

Poor sucker..., I don’t know who in the hell advises and helps that guy out..., Dion but I swear they do nothing but damage. After Harper spoke last week and Dion came on..., what settings did they use on their web cam...., the lowest settings to save disk space... Come on..., even I could afford an extra G or two... I’ve seen better youtube productions than what the Liberal party put out that night. I don’t know what else to say...

Could it be 12-03-08

I don’t think it was a wise move when anyone plays with the bread and butter of another person. Guess that holds true too with what’s happening in Ottawa. When I first heard it..., I knew it was more political than financial. I don’t support the idea. People at the lower end don’t vote let alone organize even thou it is in their best interest. I feel for the people who are socialist because it doesn’t pay and it is a tough battle but they do represent a certain population. When the Conservatives proposed to cut political contributions to each party paid by the government, it wouldn’t hurt them. The people and businesses that support the right usually have deep pockets. These people don’t support the NDP. This would benefit a certain demographic which constitutes the minority of the population. Is that democracy? I think the Conservatives went too far to the right this time and they’re gonna pay. They should have been wiser by not saying they will not back down. Could it be a new government..., could possibility be. I think the ego of Harper got the best of him. Oh well..., live and learn I guess...

I don’t know if anyone noticed. A couple of days ago, the moon, Venus and Jupiter were bunch together in the sky making a perfect triangle. My son noticed on the way back from daycare. Could my little boy be an astronomer, I could only hope. Haven’t been posting too much lately..., new job. Sometimes I wonder if I made the right choice but everything happens for a reason..., and that reason, whatever it may be..., is why I am here. A far cry from my other jobs but a job is a job.

How lucky we are 11-16-08

The outdoor wood stove is up and running for the year. It seems the snow is going to stay. Finally got the last of the summer stuff put away..., geez bad year for organizing. Might take a trip put east (as in Hearst area) before Christmas to visit family and friends. Thinking of taking the Graeme cracker with me. Good to see the gas prices finally coming down. What a farce that was. So much for crude prices going to $200 a barrel. I don’t even know why they put those clowns on the air anyways..., those investment / economic specialists... What a joke. I wonder if there’s people out there who actually believe the crap they say..., oppss.., of course..., they’re called investors... Listening to a lot of Nirvana..., they had some good tunes... It’s too bad that Curt had to shoot himself in the back of the head two times...

Reading some stuff on our early planet. Sometimes we don’t know how lucky we are..., as in life..., our “biological classification”... Planets such as Earth have a billion-year window which life can form. The habitable zone is defined as orbits in which water would be liquid, not vapor or solid, on the planets' surface. The pulling is due to tidal forces that arise because the gravitational attraction between planet and star is not uniform over their surfaces. The tidal forces around a small mass star can draw a planet from the habitable zone on the order of a billion years..

Interest stuff huh... Liquid water could be a jewel of the milky way. Maybe there is some truth to the movies that Hollywood put out of other alien civilizations taking over the Earth. Stars like anything else have life cycles too... A planet with water such as ours would turn to vapor once their own sun (star) turns to into a red giant..., then they would have to shop around for a new home. Obviously they would be more advance than us... The real question is would they try and wipe us off the face of the Earth as the British, Spanish and French tried to do to the North American Indian a few hundred years ago. Hopefully they wouldn’t be so ruthless and cruel but it would be poetic justice.

The day after 11-05-08

It is the day after the elections in the States. I’ve been watching these elections pretty closely and this is what I think. The media in the States and Canada have so much sway in peoples opinions. We trust the media to provide a un-bias well researched new stories. The problem is when the media is owned by companies such as General Electric, Westenhouse, and Walt Disney..., it does effect the stories they run. Hilary wanted universal healthcare like the system we have here. Companies that have a lot of money invested in healthcare will do whatever it takes to protect their investment.

The media slammed Hilary and Obama got the free ride. I don’t know if any promises were made. I was listening when Palin talk, she is a smart intelligent woman but when the media covered stories on her, they played her out to be dumb. They would talk about her clothes of all things Sure she had some gaffs but that was more to do with her inexperience than anything else.. Rarely would I hear stories on the other VP candidate..., Joe... I was watching Obama on youtube was saying he visited all 57 States but the media didn’t touch that story. If McCain said anything..., the media would be all over him. I think Obama is a sellout... Everyone should have to right to universal healthcare as a human being because we have a right to live. These companies will do anything in their power to protect their investment and Obama is protecting their investment. If that’s what it takes to become president..., oh well...

Six more weeks 11-02-08

How time flies..., six more weeks til X-mas..., how about that huh... A record four kids made it to my door for Halloween. Beat the numbers from previous years. Should be better next year..., more houses near by. Still debating if that is a good thing or bad thing. Picking up the guitar again..., something that I should get back into. I miss that..., getting lost in your music.. I have all the kindling in my outdoor wood stove and that sucker is ready to go for another season.

Mr Pound's Statements 10-22-08

Just reading the some articles on Mr Pound, an IOC rep... I quote “"We must not forget that 400 years ago, Canada was a land of savages, with scarcely 10,000 inhabitants of European descent, while in China, we're talking about a 5,000-year-old civilization." What bothers me the most is the comment box under the news article on the CTV page. One person stating that why should Mr. Pound be punished for one stupid mistake that would tarnish a whole career. What about Ahenakew..., look what happened to him. Sure that 6 million Jews died in Germany but 90 million of the Aboriginal population died after contact. They threw the book at Ahenakew but no charges of hate crimes are even pending with Mr Pound's statements. We as Aboriginal people have so much to be proud of that are not taught in our schools. At least us savages could come up with the concept of zero..., knew that there was 365.2 days in a year..., advance knowledge of astronomy..., and knew the world wasn’t f*ck’n flat... I could go on and on... If us simple savages could come up with that..., what does it make their society look like .., spreading their decease because they were too ignorant..., they didn’t know that sh*tting on their own front door step is a very bad idea... They brought all their sicknesses here..., head lice..., STDs... Have some class..., you taken all the land...., why is this society trying to rewrite history... The problem is they are starting to believe their own lies... There is nothing more than I hate is ignorance and hypocrites..

A shade of Tory blue 10-19-08

Kenora went Tory Blue for the first time...., ever... Under Tania..., the NDP lost about 3,000 votes while Roger lost 2,500... In 2006 the numbers which much closer but this time Greg Rickford took it easily... Sioux Lookout has one of the highest native populations in any riding but Tania lost votes... It just looks like to me the north really didn’t vote... Last year Roger phoned a few of the First Nations, especially the larger ones telling them if the Conservatives got in..., you won’t see your residential school monies... What ammunition could Roger use when the Tories ruined his plan for re-election... Maybe Roger, it might have been in your better interest when the liberals were in power, you guys actually paid out the money and did the apology when you fat cats were in power ... I seen a pics with Tina Keeper and Roger but she lost too... The flyer said if they got in..., the Liberals will support the UN declaration of Indigenous Peoples... Hardly the same issues and Residential school money payout...

I had a week off which I was going to help Tania out... It didn’t go as expected... I didn’t get no support at all... I told them I could do some calling but I didn’t get no list..., I told them I could put up signs but no addresses to put them..., I told them I could do door to door but no campaign material..., I drove to Dryden’s NDP office to see what was happening but they gave me no info... It was just nuts... It is usually the campaign office calling asking if I could volunteer my time but I was calling them constantly and they never returned any of my calls... I almost got the impression that the local NDP party didn’t want Tania to win... The time I started my new job..., I didn’t have time anymore to do anything but I did take a whole week off without pay to help Tania... Pissed me off... I hope the next election Tania is the rep for the NDP again..., this time we’ll get it right...

Election day tomorrow 10-13-08

Election day tomorrow... So the real question is will it be a Conservative majority or minority. I just wonder does it really matter? A couple of good things will happen with a Conservative majority...., no more gun registry and no carbon tax... I know the cops like the idea of a gun registry but like my good friend Mike Peltenon told me long time ago..., locks only keep the honest people out. The same applies to the gun registry... I swear it is one of the easiest things to get a hold of..., firearms.. I can’t buy a hand gun anywhere but these guys it is like buying a pack of smokes... How is this registry gonna stop the illegal firearms crossing the border??? The logo for the registry is..., remember to register all your illegal firearms then we’ll throw the book at you...

And this carbon tax..., just another tax grab... I came across so many articles stating that increase taxes on carbon products won’t reduce carbon emissions... It’s the government that created all this mess when they axe all the public transportation to support the automobile industry... Not only is the trip longer and the scheduling sucks..., it’s cheaper for me to use my truck than it is to take the train or bus... In Finland..., when it says 3:30.., the train is there on 3:30..., plus it is faster than taking a car... You can’t beat that... Oh well..., I do envy the European style of government..

This is something I wish the government wouldn’t do..., bail out the banks.. Thousands of people go through financial hardship everyday... Where is the government when some people don’t have enough food to eat or make a rent (mortgage) payment because the place they worked their whole lives moved overseas??? The government is bailing these huge companies which have been involved with poor business practices for a very long time but this time it finally caught up to them. If I went to my MP’s office and ask the government to pay off all my bills because I was living over and above my means plus doing some foolish spending..., they would laugh their heads off and tell me that I am getting what I deserve... The same rules should be for the banks.. What gets me the most is these guys will never pass the savings on their customers... If any one of these banks went belly up..., another one would take it's place... I am gonna start using my matress myself..., safer that way...

I don’t think it really matters who gets in..., the Conservatives or Liberals.. Both support big business and don’t do too much for the average guy... Even thou the average person (low to average incomes) makes up the majority of the voting population..., we support governments that act this way... I wonder if Tommy Douglas would stand a chance today. Look what happened to Hilary when she supported universal health care or Bob Rae when he wanted public insurance company..., they were swashed by the media... Would the healthcare industry want a guy like Tommy around???

Happy Thanksgiving, my take... 10-12-08

This weekend we are celebrating Thanksgiving... Originally us guys used Thanksgiving to give thanks to the creator for the bounty of food we were given during the summer. The Celtic celebrated Thanksgiving too but now they call it Halloween. It’s funny eh..., how the Europeans mock their own ancestors’ culture. These people are your great, great great, and greater yet grandparents. How can you make fun of them? They gave you all life. Certainly life would be different around here today if their ancestors weren’t around. Look what they called it when they celebrated the new year..., April’s Fools.. Crazy huh..., calling all their distant relations fools... I hope to God my own kids never call me a fool yet we have a whole society calling their distant mothers and fathers fools... Just too looney for me to understand...

Speaking of looney..., our loonie is tanking on us. A whole year of our dollar almost at par then crash... It may go up again but it will drop... Price of oil has been tanking too..., to last year’s levels..., but is gas at last year’s level.., crap eh...

So anyways..., back to Thanksgiving... Guess in 1621 at Plymouth rock, the colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared a thanks giving feast which is the first Thanksgiving celebrations. Not only that, it is my personal opinion that we sold the farm just because we were waiting for our white brother to come back from like 15,000 years ago... You would think after a good hundred years that guy is not coming back..., now why don’t he write... Actually our white brother was Solutrean... Every culture in the Americas has a story of our white brother coming then going... When he left..., he said he would come back. You know how these things go..., fact becomes a story..., a story a legend..., and a legend to a myth...

What were we suppose to think we when actually seen these boats of starving sailors as thin as bones, face sunken in with head-lice and full of disease... Where the f*ck you been..., it’s been like 15,000 years..., no wonder you look so sick... Of course we helped him out..., as his ancestors did way back in the day... We should have realized right away that these people are not from the same stock after they started shooting at us and entire villages started disappearing... The joke is on us eh... That’s my take on Thanksgiving..., have a good one...

Paris Hilton for President 10-09-08

I always thought of Paris Hilton as a dumb blonde (not saying all blondes are dumb..., just this one...) but I’ve seen something that changed my mind. Watching some of her vids on-line has me singing a different tune and she is the first person who I heard say it. She said “why don’t we give this money to the people who lost their homes instead of the corporations. That way they can pay what they can and we would have some extra money in the economy”. How about that huh..., I am sold on Paris Hilton. I never thought I would say these words but if she really ran for Prez..., she would have my vote (if I could) and she is smarter than I ever gave her credit for.

Thanksgiving long weekend coming up. Got to fire up my wood stove..., getting pretty chilly now. My new neighbors are suppose to be moving in this week but I don’t think it will happen any time soon. The water and sewer isn’t running yet. They ran into some rock on Autumnwood Rd... Poor suckers...

Today was a good day. For years I’ve been saying we need more Aboriginal curriculum content in our schools..., especially in schools with a high Aboriginal population. I was pleased to see that NNEC will be soon developing more Aboriginal content. We have so much to be proud of..., things like the concept of zero..., advance knowledge of astronomy..., when developing the American constitution..., using a First Nation model... None of this Aboriginal people coming across the Bering Strait then the Europeans arriving...

Space and Time 09-28-08

Well..., been giving more thought on this space and time crap... Mind you..., Albert Eienstein is a brilliant man without a doubt..., but then again so was Sir Isaac Newton in his time... We still use his classic physics formulas for everything including launching satellites and building skyscrapers... Smart people... Even thou the math works for Eienstein’s Theory of Relativity..., something just doesn’t sit right with me.. According to Albert Eienstein, space time curves when mass is around it... This curve is called gravity.. The larger the curve..., the stronger the gravity... Just think of an old mattress.. If you’re larger than your spouse..., the mattress with have a deeper depression than her’s so therefore she will gravitate towards you... If your spouse is larger than you..., a deeper depression then you’ll fall towards your spouse.. Simple enough huh... My question is what if you own a Simmons mattress..., space doesn’t curve..., are you and your spouse don’t end up in the middle of the bed... Albert Eienstein’s Theory of Relativity crushed by a Simmons mattress...

On another note...., umm...., this is what I don’t understand with this 700 billion dollar bail out... You have all these banks holding these mortgages that went into default right.... So if you give these banks 700 billion...., shouldn’t they give the houses back to the people who went into default... Not only do the banks get 700 billion in free money but crap..., they still hold on to real-estate... Just so crazy this world...., Theory of Relativity crushed by a Simmons mattress and giving away money to people who don’t need it...

Thanks 09-27-07

So I am moving on to another job shortly but anyways..., I would like to thank Bob and the board for giving me the opportunity for working with them. The staff are great people.., one of the best I’ve work with... I will miss working with you guys and most of all...., I will miss my job... Ernie..., you’ll do good... A lot of good people you work with at SLAAMB.

Disturbing trend 09-24-08

A few days ago I was reading some news articles stating that the price of crude jumped $25 a barrel to settle at $130 a barrel, largest one day jump... One of those articles was from the associated press dated September 22, 2008. The odd thing about this whole story is if you look at my graph at the bottom of my knet page that shows the current price of sweet crude oil, the graph shows for this largest one day increase in history (09.22.08) was maybe at $108 per barrel..., if that... That is a $22 difference..., rather huge I think. Then I watched the same stores echoed on CTV Newsnet the following day which actually dropped sightly to around $107... What are they going on now..., are they reporting on the bidding and asking price... Just because someone puts out there a ridiculously high bid..., is doesn’t always mean he will get the asking price... When I first read the story.., I thought there was something wrong with my plug in because it wasn’t reflecting this so I went to the various trading sites and nowhere did I find information to support this claim.

When Galveston TX was hit by hurricane Ike, the price of gas went up 15 cents a litre overnight while the price of crude dropped to below $100 per barrel... So what gives.. The price of crude has been dropping steady for months now because “certain” investors that drove up the price to almost $150 a barrel withdrew all there money..., in the billions... When the price of oil were going up..., the news media brought in the various financial specialists from various banks and economists saying it was the world demand is the reason why..., never mentioning these investors... According to them, we should see prices hovering close to $200 a barrel now...

Now I am reading stories about crisis in these financial institutions down in the states... Wasn’t it just in the 90's companies like Bre-X which investors lost all there money then..., companies like Nortel drop from over $100 now trading at a couple of bucks in 2000..., then you have WorldCom lost all there money... It seems now it is the financial institutions... One thing I’ve noticed in this facade..., none of the riches people are ever effected by it..., it is just the average Joe...Any shmuck can be a millionaire but you need billions to manipulate the market like that...

This whole thing is a very disturbing trend.. We’re being played like patsy and we’re watching and believing it. I don’t know what more to say...

Last week of work 09-22-08

Today is the last week of work for me at SLAAMB. Like all things, it has it’s ups..., and downs..., more downs..., and plain old downs... Pretty happy with what I built here and hope I’ll be able to duplicate it again shortly. The days already look shorter to me.. The days will grow shorter and shorter til Christmas.., then things will start picking up again. I think we’re heading into another cold and longer winter. That would make three in a row..., you ask me.., that sounds like a trend... Oh well...

Autumnal Equinox 09-21-08

Today the night and days are equal..., now..., umm..., after today night will be longer than the day which kinda sucks... I like my daylight. Still haven’t gotten around starting on my wood pile. Did put a call in for some wood. Need to spark up that wood stove soon... Was hoping to get that heater in my garage this year but looks like I have to wait another year. Start my new job soon, looking forward to that. Got my Big Red finally..., 20 years a little too late but better late than never. Looking forward to taking that out for a spin. Yup...

Take this job and... 09-18-08

GENEVA (Associate Press) - The world's largest particle collider malfunctioned within hours of its launch to great fanfare, but its operator didn't report the problem for a week. In a statement Thursday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) reported for the first time that a 30-ton transformer that cools part of the collider broke, forcing physicists to stop using the atom smasher just a day after starting it up last week.

Umm..., how about that huh..., they considered the project a success because it started up but the celebration seemed to be a little superficial considering now the sucker is off-line. I do wonder what the real reason for it. If they did discover something, it would have been the first hour they were in operation. I knew they wouldn’t... You would think with all the physicists with their PhDs in the “European Organization for Nuclear Research” club..., they would be a little smarter... I know what they are really after..., to manipulate the atom to make different elements like creating gold from silver or other matter. They’re hoping for some truth to Quantum physics... Well buds.., there is only one place in the universe right now that has the energy and the pressure to change the structure of atoms to make other elements and this particle accelerator won’t cut it.

I do find myself asking this one question, am I smarter than all the physicists in the European Organization for Nuclear Research... Maybe I should try and make a particle accelerator / smasher in my garage using a hammer and a batch of homemade hooch like Young Einstein in the movie Young Einstein (1988..., man that was a bad movie). Well if it didn’t work..., I would have the same success as my fellow comrades at CERN but at least I wouldn’t have spent 3.8 billion dollars and have a batch of homemade brew to boot... That’s a win win in my books. If it did..., then I could quit my current job at SLAAMB and say, take this job and..., well..., you know the rest...

Found my game 09-14-08

I was in Thunder Bay this past weekend and drp by the casino on Friday night. I think that I might have found my game..., roulette... If I am going to throw my money away..., it would be on that. Actually I was betting pretty low then decided to go big..., put a hell of a lot of chips on 34..., then it hit and did it ever... We’re not talking thousands and thousands of dollars but I was happy... Most money I won on anything in a very long time...

Before heading back to Sioux..., went to Zellers at County Fair Plaza... It is amazing how things change with time. It just seem like yesterday I was eating at the restaurant where Shoppers Drug Mart is..., eating with Andrew and Graeme when they were just young whipper snappers... The place use to be filled with life..., now kinda depressing... Same with Kesus Mall downtown where the Casino is now... Thinking about The Food Court..., Eatons..., SAANs at the end of the Mall..., then it slowly just went downhill in the 90's to just a parking lot for the Casino.. I remember the last days before it finally went under..., all the vacant space... Now we have these box stores at the Intercity area. I don’t know if we’re any better off... The problem is now..., no matter where you go..., it is always the same junk... When I was in England, Germany or Finland..., you would swear that it was the exact same crap you find here in these Outlet Stores in the city... No matter where you travel..., it is now the same stuff everywhere...

Got thinking about my sister when I was at County Fair..., it was like I was half expecting to see her walking down the hallway with a big smile on her face doing her shopping. I don’t know why she had to jump into that truck... It’s been four years now... Time flies too fast for my liking...

The world didn’t end 09-11-08

Umm..., needless to say but the world did not end yesterday when they sparked up that Large Hadron Collider near Geneva Switzerland..., nor God popping out to say hello nor opening a door to another dimension..., nor making matter from nothing... These scientists were just happy it started... How’s that as a level to set the bar..., yes the project is a success if it starts up... It is just a particle accelerator designed to smash things up...., listening to the whispers of the universe. It’s like trying to hear a butterfly’s wings flap on stage while Metallica are belting out a tune in front of a hundred thousand people. Their logic is if they hear the wings flap..., they can build a model to figure out how sound works.. Why don’t they just listen to the band...

The end of the world today 09-10-08

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have developed this huge 3.8 billion dollar Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that will go on-line today.. I’ve been following this story for quite some time. Some people say it was spark a black hole that will destroy the Earth..., others say they will find the God particle and God will pop out...., even some say it will open a door to another dimension like the movie “The Mist”... I say this 3.8 billion dollars is a waste of money that could have been spent on more practical experiments.

Electricity and the use of electrons, atoms and protons have been an amazing discovery..., changed the world we live in and humanity forever. We can manipulate so many things now.., use energy that 150 years ago would have been impossible. Our knowledge of science has allowed humans to travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere which would lead to human’s colonizing other parts of the Milky Way in a few hundred years... How is this Large Hadron Collider that the European Organization for Nuclear Research lend to that. How can this 3.8 billion dollar experiment improve the everyday life of the people of Earth by chasing myth and fantasy. One thing they will eventually realize is the world we live in..., “what you see is what you get”. We are fortunate enough that we live in a relatively stable part of the Milky Way..., a nice little niche in the Orion Arm... Any closer to the centre..., a black hole might gobble us up or a gamma ray burn our planet..., any further out..., we could lack the elements and particles that created life... Why can't we be happy with what we got...

If these subatomic particles could create such things..., well..., our own sun would be emitting it as we speak and what they expect to see should be visible and an everyday occurrence... Idiots..., nerds with just too much time on there hands... Get a life...

The Conservative monster is unleashed 09-08-08

Well our government is dissolve so we’re heading to the polls on October 14, 2008. Both the Block and the Liberal Party are saying that this is the most right-wing..., KKK style...., bible thumping..., gun loving..., red neck government the world has ever witnessed. Didn’t they both say that the last election..., but I guess now they really mean it..., or would they really mean it in the next election..., or the one after that... Both the Block and Liberals have shifted to the right during the past two decades..., and it is the Conservatives that have shifted to the left (I guess from the point they usually stand from). Kinda makes you wonder who is looking after the average person... I am sure if it is a majority Conservative, minority Conservative or minority Liberal (best Liberals can hope for)..., not much is going to change... Government have been cutting programs that effect the average person since the mid 80's... Actually the Liberal party has the worse track record.., more so than the Conservatives..., Brian himself said he could only wish he could cut programs like the Liberals did.... Between the Liberals and the Conservatives..., it is Harper that is the lesser of two evils... I only hope that Jack does well so he could add some checks and balances in there...

Sign of the times 09-07-08

It is the sign of the times..., had to turn on the heat this morning.., man that was some chilly air. We also have a frost warning for tonight..., where did my summer go.

Now that was a speech 09-04-08

That Sarah Palin can shoot a moose in the morning.., buck it up and have it hot and ready for supper that evening..., is there nothing she can’t do... Listening to her speak last night..., wow..., now that was a speech... She has me convinced that the Republican party is the seconding coming. If I was an American, I would be the first in line to cast my ballot. I think Obama’s free ride in the media is over and his novelty is at an end. I was amazed..., she absolutely gave Obama both barrels and did it smiling. The Democrats are toast.., should have stuck with Hilary... Four more years of the Republican party..., what can I say..., they did it to themselves...

Over on this side of the border..., looks like the election will be called in a couple of days. I wonder if the north will vote for the Liberal party again. It is very ironic that one of the main reasons that Roger Valley got re-elected was because of his scare tactics saying the Conservative party were a bunch of racist red-necks. When ever the government did something very positive for Aboriginal people..., it was always the Conservative government that delivered... Odd if you think of it, how can you be a racists red-neck while..., umm....

Let me explain... Look at the residential school payments and the apology..., that was one of the moving words I heard in my life... It was the Tory government that delivered it... The last time any government gave reserve status was a Tory (Federal) and NDP (Provincial) government..., created six new reserves in Ontario. Under Brian Mulroney, they took a lot of the programs controlled by government bureaucrats and placed them in the control of First Nations people. Created places like where I work now. It was John Diefenbaker (Tory) that gave the First Nations people the right to vote and treated us like equals in the eyes of the government.

After John Diefenbaker’s Conservative government was defeated, the Liberals on the other hand created the White Paper which would have eliminated all Aboriginal and Treaty rights right across Canada..., which they tried to do again in 2000... Paul Martin said he supports self-government as long as it follows a municipal model. That’s not a self-government model..., that’s a municipal model. What is it with these guys.. They cut half the program dollars for all the programs we administer to the point we are fighting each other instead of directing it at the government. Dion is from the old Liberal guard in which from behind close doors been trying for years to devise a plan to eliminate the Indian problem. History does have a tendency to repeat itself...

Locally.., Roger Valley had nothing to say about the poor living conditions that half his constituents live in while the Liberals were in power, just towing the company line. The only time when he says anything about half the riding population is when he needs to get re-elected. If you look at all the comments made by Roger Valley concerning First Nations in the House of Commons while in session, , it would be less words than this paragraph from the day he first served as the Kenora representative. What..., is he embarrassed by us..., if he says anything..., is he scared to be branded an Indian lover??? He just fabricates lies for his own benefit. The last election, his office called the northern communities stating if they don’t vote for Roger, they will not get their residential school money. What happened..., the residential schools monies were paid out. How can we trust a liar and only does things for his own self interest who’s career will go nowhere... I do find myself asking who is the racist red-neck here..., actions do speak louder than words...

Bill C-51 and Natural Food Stores 09-02-08

The past couple of days been the hottest all summer. For a while there I thought it wouldn’t stop raining. I think we’re into another long and cold winter..., last one just wouldn’t let up... Snow will fly early this year. I really got to get cracking on my wood soon. Heading back to the city (not referring to the “City of Dryden”, what a joke that name is..., city indeed..., it is a full service community..., a town..., nothing more) in two weeks for Matthew’s B-Day..., a solid whole year for the little guy.

Reading some stuff on Bill C-51 and Natural Food Stores. The government wants to regulate all the natural health food store across Canada making it harder for the average person to gain access. If you ever walk into a Health (Natural) Food Store..., you simply don’t see the same clientele going into a health food store as let’s say a McDonald’s, Burger King or KFC. People shopping at a Health Food store are concerned about one thing..., their health. I ask myself why is the government going to great lengths to regulate an industry that focuses on peoples health while if you consider all the crap these fast food giants put into their food..., why aren’t they trying to regulate them.

Before it use to be cheaper to can your own stuff and make your bread but now there is little price difference between process foods and making the stuff yourself... You would think it would be cheaper since it is from the farmer..., to loading..., to shipping..., to the Supermarket... Any process items need to be shipped to and from the factory..., machinery to manage, fix and operate..., material for packing..., tin for the canning..., union wages for employees..., plus benefits..., just to name a few... For all the food we buy at the Supermarket.., the average farmer gets 4 cents to the dollar... That’s 96 cents in other costs... Makes you wonder if something larger is happening...

Healthy people are bad for business on so many levels. They make all their meals from scratch so they don’t support the process food industry. If you eat right and take care of yourself..., you have a less of a chance of having a stroke, heart attack..., lowers your chances of getting cancer..., less broken bones..., to name a few things.. They need less hospital beds..., less medication..., less therapy..., costing the health care industry billions and billions of dollars in profits. The pharmaceutical companies have the most to lose with a healthy population. How can they supply medication when no one is sick. They can’t..., they’re just protecting their market share..., can we blame them???

Back to school tomorrow 09-01-08

It’s back to school for everyone tomorrow. Isabella will be starting grade 1..., she should do well. Graeme is in Grade 7 this year. Ethan will be heading to daycare..., our sitter is returning back to school. Last day of the long weekend. Spent it with Donna, my mother and Jon. My bro has a nice truck.., sweet ride.

In the beginning of July..., the price of crude oil was 147 per barrel and the price of gas has remained about the same since then but the only difference is the per barrel cost has dropped to about 110... Since Gustav was predicted to hit the Gulf coast..., the price of gas went up about 12 cents a litre but the price of crude went up a couple of bucks... This is what I don’t get..., now the price of gas is higher than what is was when crude was 147 per barrel in July and the price of crude dropped almost 40 dollars since then... What are they now bases there pricing on..., what ever they can get away with. Oh well...

The real problem now is the media.., how much influence they have on peoples opinions. Before and while America went into Iraq..., most people were saying that pretty well that Saddam Hussen was just about the anti-Christ that was going to take over the west..., had nuclear arms..., partnership with Qaeda..., etc..., etc... Even to this day..., many media outlets in th States still claim this to be true.., others are just ignoring it..., hoping what they said won’t be remembered by anyone. It was the media they swayed people’s opinion to invade Iraq and look at the harm it has done to that Nation.

Just a few years back in Ontario when the NDP was trying to create a public insurance company. There was this huge media and advertising campaign saying if Ontario went to public insurance..., Ontario would have the highest premiums in Canada..., blah..., blah.., blah... Now the cheapest insurance premiums belong to the provinces that has public insurance.. The people in the province of Ontario believed the media claiming that we would end up with the highest insurance premiums have them now... This just recently happened to Hilary Clinton..., she was going to bring in universal healthcare for the American people. Obama came out of nowhere.., saying he would deliver on affordable healthcare (thus saving corporate America who are heavily invested in the Healthcare industry)..., volia..., media turns on Hilary while Obama got a free ride...He is just a sellout..., he’ll do anything for himself and nothing for anyone else.

That is how much power the media has right now..., they’ll do any story..., and people believe them so blindly... Everything from gas to healthcare.., they’ll get the masses to believe whatever spin they put out there. The problem we are going to run into in the future is that our population is still growing..., for every 1.5 people that pass away..., 4.8 people are being born. Our planet can not sustain that type of growth forever. When we hit the top of that bell curve..., we will hit it hard. My question is when that happens..., will we still be stupid enough to believe the media spin... If that happens..., natural selection will have it’s way with us...

Fall Election 08-29-08

It looks like we’re heading into an early fall election. Umm..., not sure what to make of this one. I think the liberals and block are toast while the NDP has the most to gain. I am not too sure what to make of the Green Party. From all the material I read from them, they’re all rich conservative armchair environmentalists not connected to reality. They don’t care about healthcare, infrastructure or any other issue that is important to the average person. All they want is their huge tax breaks to protect their investments and no one to enter the bush except them..., we should all relocate to urban centres and become vegans.. As far as I am concern..., they have too much money and time on their hands...

Locally I am wondering how Roger Valley’s campaign will look like. I know last election the liberal party put auto dialers to good use. They phone a good portion of the northern communities telling them if they don’t vote liberal the Conservative Government will not pay you the residential settlement. The opposite has actually happened..., not only did they payout..., they have one of the best speeches I heard in my life. Someone need to remind everyone that what Roger did and he is a man that can not be trusted... The liberal party had 13 years to apologize and payout but did nothing. It was just a carrot..., nothing more. Besides...., all he will do is tow the company line..., nothing more. We have no voice in Ottawa....

This weekend is the last long weekend of the summer. It is already starting to get cool. This summer I rate fair..., not too good..., not too bad..., in the middle. Took my first personal vacation (trip wise) in years..., like over 15 years... Last one was Oklahoma in 93... It’s too bad I didn’t get to see my bro in T.O. Next time I guess... Time to get cracking on that wood...

Happy Birthday Graeme 08-28-08

I want to wish Graeme a HAPPY BIRTHDAY..., today is his first day as a teenager..., holy molly eh... Wishing you the best!!! Lessons learnt today..., DO NOT eat a sandwich that has been out all day and especially if it was hot enough to melt the cheese inside the bread not matter how hungry you are. Finally got around to setting up my computer to link up with the new server. Now to get back into developing more web pages..., yup...

Ontario Teacher’s Pension Fund 08-27-08

Umm..., not only has the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Fund has made a monkey of the Toronto Maple Leafs..., now they’re up to their old tricks again with Maple Leaf Foods..., but this is kinda a serious one... Maybe these teachers should do what they do best..., teach... There is an old saying..., “those who can’t do..., teach...” I guess this should apply to their management abilities too..., teach how to manage but leave the managing to others. I wonder what other holdings they have in the market place. Note to any investors out there..., if the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Fund has controlling interest in a company you have stock in..., pull it out or kiss you money goodbye.

Getting back to reality after my holidays...., summer is almost over too. Ethan will be heading to daycare...., Isabella back to school. I need to get cracking on getting wood for another long and cold winter. I think this winter will be colder and longer than the one we had last year. Goes to say that I haven’t heard much media talk on global warming lately..., guess after this winter it will be global cooling and the things we need to do to warm it up. I knew it was too good to last.

Home at last 08-25-08

Home at last after a couple of weeks on the road. Spent a couple of days in Constance Lake. Learnt that the Visitors Centre in Constance Lake is closed..., because they don’t have any operational funds to keep it open. I just wonder what happened with all the talk about this monstrous RV traffic rolling through that would cover all the O & M and then some. Time to write my Chief a letter...

So anyways..., vacation was good. Seen some old buds in Mattice. That Stephan has a nice studio in his home. Time for me to buy a set of drums. Drop in on Gary in Mattice..., then off to Kingston... After a short visit with Curt, Tina and family..., drove back via the States... Umm..., I figure the best way to get American pricing is actually going to the States to get American pricing... Frig..., I am not going to support stores that keep their prices high while they save on inventory... Seen Millie and Tom in Duluth..., that’s about it... Burnt 672 litres of gas... Oh..., finally got those dumbbell handles that hold 9 plates on each side... When I bought them, the lady said they sell those sizes to Kingston Pen. My question is what kind of monsters are they growing in there...

Is there any hope for humanity? 08-13-08

Just getting the final preparations ready for the holidays..., it seems the plans are changing with each minute. Something will happen..., not sure what thou... Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBer’s feel like they got gyp. I personally feel like we got ripped off big time. There should be more professionalism with the bannock bake off and I am writing a letter to the International Headquarters for Bannock Making in Scotland to do something about it. See if this bannock making committee is sanction or not. How can someone burn their bannock and win..., I just don’t know...

Hmm..., on other news..., Britney Spears is coming out with a new CD... Holy crap eh...., after making a fool out of herself in front of the media she still thinks she can sell..., umm..., well..., if she does..., there is no hope for humanity because we’re all friggen idiots... If she doesn’t..., there could be light at the end of our tunnel...

Happy Birthday Isabella 08-06-08

I want to wish Isabella a very Happy Birthday, the little princess is 6 years old today. How time flies... I also want to wish Dawn a good one as well...

Bannock Bake off at 2:00 pm, town beach 08-01-08

The Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers are all ready to rumble and take the Health Authority Kokum’s to school. Matthew has the wood, Genny the Flour / Blueberry Jam, Adelaide the experience, Trish the butter, Ziggy the frying pan / klik and beans, Joanne with the platters, Jemima with the smiles and I’ll be there with the chilly piping hot. Just look for the Huge Sponge Bob and Patrick Balloons at our table. The only thing we don’t have is our Sandy Lake bannock baking ringer..., he’s in Deer today. We’re baking two bannocks; plain and raisin with some healthy deep fried bannock to keep that cholesterol up. Just remember to bring that spare artery you have laying around the house.

Update on Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers 07-29-08

With only a couple of more days til the Bannock Bake Off, the SLAAMBers seem a little disorganized. Perhaps the knowledge that the Health Authority Kokum’s have begun their prep work weeks ago deterred the SLAAMBers from getting off the ground. The captain of the SLAAMBers was unavailable for comment but SLAAMB insiders has assured that the SLAAMBers will be present at the Bannock Bakeoff, they just need flour, salt, lard, baking powder and a frying pan. Stay tuned for updates...

Summer plans made 07-24-08

The days already seem to be getting shorter and still waiting for my summer to bring. Maybe better luck next year or the year after that..., or after that... I think this warming trend is actually switching to a cooler one... Like the seasons.., our planet has it’s cool and warm cycles..., just that some of us are not smart enough to see it.

Irregardless..., have my summer plans made. Heading out to Calstock on the 15th and 16th of August. From there..., off to Timmins to spend the day..., then Kingston. I still have four day passes at the gym over there. Wanna use them up. Spend the day with my bro Pete if he answers my email..., then back home via the States... Should be ok... Haven’t seen Ken or Gary in ages..., same with other members of my family.

Spend the evening with the Graeme cracker last night. Good to see the guy is doing well with his hockey school. I am really proud of the man is be becoming. He has so much artistic talent that I can’t even understand how he is able to produce what he produces. It’s like magic watching him just taking a simple pencil and paper to make a master piece. Eva, Donna and Pat are good artists but I think even now Graeme is beyond them.

The return of Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers 07-23-08

Bannock Bob SLAAMBers will be back to take on the Kokum’s in the Bannock Bake Off on August 1st, 2008 at the Blue Berry Festival . Word has gotten back to the SLAAMBers that the Kokum’s are already in preparation mode. This year our goal is not to buy our firewood from Walmart the night before but to buy it a couple days ahead of time. Bannock Bob has also hired a ringer from Sandy Lake so Kokum's beware. Stay tuned for updates...

Wouldn't that make a great novel 07-17-08

Thinking more on Dave’s Gas Bar and making my own gasoline from aliphatic hydrocarbon chains... Plants like grass, corn and all trees are great at converting carbon, water and sunlight into hydro-carbon chains. No one does it better but those chains are pretty short, no doubt about that. We’re having a lot of problems converting those short chains into longer ones like the ones in ethanol fuel but you know who does a great job of converting those short little chains into something longer..., US!!!.. What are those long hydro carbon chains called???, FAT.

We all have it, some more than other. People pay thousands of dollars to get all those long hydro carbon chains removed from there body by liposuction. The way I figure it..., if I change a fraction of what a professional liposuctionerist (cosmetic surgeons) and open up my own shop, voila..., I have a huge pool of long hydro carbon chains. Just add a little more heat and pressure..., crap..., I have ethanol fuel... I could buy the Kingdom Hall on Sturgeon Road in Sioux..., call it Dave’s Kingdom Hall..., buy a shop vac then I am all set. My moto would be..., “Come as you are but leave as someone else”..., or something like “Why exercise and diet, we have your band-aid”.

Our philosophy would be simple..., we are not hear to judge but encourage you to live as you want to live and eat what you want to get. Gain a few extra pounds.., we’ll take it off for you in a matter of hours.. Why spend months in a gym and eating grass all the time when you could eat some deep fried chicken with fries..., but imagine eating all that without the guilt. I think there is a huge market for that. They say half the world population is now fat so that is a resource of 3.25 billion people to draw on. The potential..., two birds with one stone.

Umm..., wouldn’t that make a great novel... Someone like Margaret Atwood could turn it around but instead of eating homeless and old people..., making gas out of them. Stephan King would have a black van driving around kidnaping fat people. He would go into great deal describing the method they use to extract the fat.., like a good old rusty chainsaw thundering away while the guy shrieks in pain then the silence as the van drives off in a trail of blood. George Orwell would have big brother doing the evil deed. Robert Ludlum would have the CIA conspiring with corporate America trying to get people to eat more. Our hero delves into the mystery, then soon realizes it goes strait to the top. Once he kills the president..., he finds out that he was only a puppet being black mailed by the evil Iranian government because they ran out of oil twenty years ago but now the number one supplier. Once killing the whole entire Iranian army with his bare hands avoiding machine gun fire, surface to missiles, finds out the mistress he was sleeping with named Chela is actually the right hand person behind it all. Kills her with the final scene of the evil genius falling into a huge vat of fat, grabs our hero’s leg..., both fall in. Once we think both of them drowned..., our hero swims out. Now we're paying 10 dollars a litre for gas..., before it fades to black, a silhouette of a dark figure who actually is behind it all..., leaves the edge of the window to sit as his desk..., yup...

It feels like fall 07-13-08

How about that huh..., feeling like fall already..., where the frig was my summer. Talk about a gyp. I hit a couple of more buckets the other day. Now I am thinking that I should work with my slice instead of fighting it. A couple of good things..., it is consistent but the biggest thing is the spin it has... It has so much spin that when that ball hits the ground..., it rolls further than if I hit that sucker right on..., which adds more distance to my drive. The only downfall is when I don’t slice it..., well..., that ball is lost in the woods.

Some good news from the Neegan front..., Whitney will be expecting in the coming months. I am very happy for Whitney and wish Verna was around to be a grandmother. Graeme and Andrew are up north of Nipigon staking some claims for the summer. Good experience for the both of them. Poplar Point First Nation is in the news. Guess the Chief of Gull Bay has some issues with them. Talk about Indians fighting Indians. They were complaining that their band office is a store front... Crap isn’t Gull Bay’s band office located at a store front in Thunder Bay right by the casino. They have their whole administration office in Thunder Bay. You tell me how that is benefitting the people of Gull Bay. They should look in their own backyard before complaining about Poplar Point. Of course since their band members are from different bands. That is no different than Poplar Hill, Keewaywin, Aroland, Hornepayne or any other band that wasn’t originally a signature to the treaty. All those bands were members of other First Nations before they started. If that’s the case, he has issues with more than half the bands in Canada. You would think with someone with an education would be smarter.

Wanted 07-10-8

You know what..., if I was going out with Jennifer Aniston and had a chanced to go out with Angelia Jolie, I would dump her too. Wanted had to be one of the best movies I've seen this year. Still in the Bay..., hit a bucket of balls yesterday. Damn, when is that slice gonna go away. What a world..., what a world. Heading back to the land of Sioux tomorrow. Try to get in 9 holes at Chapels before I head out. Bought the first three seasons of the X-Files. Now I have 3,000 minutes of the X-files to watch while I'm working out. I need to get my DNS numbers changed tomorrow or I will have some serious down time on my web sites..., umm..., revamp them too. Had some wings at Up in Smoke this evening..., those are some serious hot wings..., burn your ass when you crap wings... You need the milk and the garlic toast to chomp them down with them but you have to specify that you want the burn your ass wings aka extreme or they won't give it to you. They'll think you're just an average Joe... If you can down them, you'll really feel the burn again the next day, guaranteed. Yup...

Watched the fireworks 07-03-08

We watched the fireworks yesterday in Sioux. It was actually ok but parked too close, should have parked at the rail station or sat down with the drunks at Centennial park. Nothing new and exciting at Sioux. We are still managing to get a sh*t load of rain. It’s been either raining or snowing for more than 6 months now. Another 6 months of this weather, we’ll be into X-mas. The price of oil is going up and up. On one hand you have the oil producers saying there is enough supply in the market place while others (investors) saying there isn’t enough. I think it is just one big scam that is involving the whole world. You must have a lot of power and influence to pull a scam like that off.

Umm..., yes I believe in Aliens but I am leaning more towards the astro-biologist thinking rather than the yahoos on the Discovery and Learning Channels. I can’t believe some of the crap they put on those channels. After more than ten years after those guys admitted to creating those crop circles that people are saying they are aliens.. Worse yet..., putting those nut cases on the air.., giving them a whole hour no less... If that’s not bad enough..., people watching these shows in great enough numbers to warrant the creation of these programs, investing in them..., and getting a return on the dollar. It’s no wonder how these oil tycoon’s are able to get away with murder..., look who is watching the helm.

If life gives you lemons 06-27-08

A few more days and that’s it for the month of June..., holy moly... Got some training on life skills coaching last week. I actually have a problem with the words “Life Skills Coaching”. What is a life skill..., what comes to mind for me is basically avoiding dying by eating..., sleeping..., drinking..., crapping..., and trying not to get run over by crossing the street... Guess some people in our society have life skill problems..., the homeless and the dead but that’s about it. The rest of us just have bad habits and depending on those habits..., determines the quality of our life... So this training was geared to assist people with bad habits and get them employed... Umm..., oh..., we are suppose to make them feel better too... Guess if someone comes to my office (if I had an office) and has a problem, I am suppose to say "if life gives you lemons, make lemon aid". Guess it is suppose to make the person feel better or something. It is universal too..., whatever the problem..., grieving..., loss of job..., separation..., divorce..,house burnt down and lost your dog... "if life gives you lemons..., blah..., blah.., blah...", then viola..., problem solved.

Everyone is done with school. Everyone is moving up a grade which is good. Graeme Cracker is now in the City of Thunder Bay.. Andrew got an award the other week..., so he made the Sioux Bulletin and now CBC wants to chat with Andrew. He is quite the celebrity now. Isabella and Ethan are good. It’’s too bad I didn’t get to see Robert this summer..., Eva’s little guy.

More and more rain..., it just keeps on coming... It could be worse I guess... We could be like down in the States where whole communities are under water. What could you say to a person who just lost their whole livelihood..., house..., everything... I guess I have to revert to my training on life skills coaching..., if life gives you lemons..., make lemon aid..., or in this case..., if God gives you a flood..., go fishing...

First day of summer 06-21-08

Summer is finally here but it certainly doesn’t feel like it. It was nice to have those four days of sun but it seems the rain is back. Went to Dryden yesterday... Holy man that was quite the trip.., got pulled over by the cops.. Talk about harassment asking me where I come from and where I was going..., I had to justify my actions. I questioned why does he need to know that..., he simple put that he is monitoring criminal activity.. I accused him of racial profiling but he says he does that to everyone.. Yeah right..., it was 1:00 in the afternoon..., what reason does he have besides the colour of my skin to think I am a criminal. F*ck’n asshole... Well..., gotta think how I am going to pursue this...

Aboriginal Day!!! 06-20-08

Well actually tomorrow is Aboriginal Day..., just today most Native organizations have the day off.. (I guess the Native organizations with Native staff) The ones who don’t I recommend you write to your chiefs. Just remember.., they are the true boss...., not administrators..., even thou they act like it... (it’s all in their head). Today I am off to Dryden, knock a bucket of balls around, buy a weed wacker then finish up on my grass. It’s funny we never come around to have an organized religion

Father’s Day Golf Tourney 06-16-08

Played in Father’s Day Golf Tournament yesterday... The weather kinda sucked but it’s been sucking for a very long time now. Hard to believe that in five days the summer solstice will be here marking the longest day of the year. I am sure it would warm up if the sun had an opportunity to do it’s job. So anyways we kinda kept up to pace with the leaders after nine... We were only a couple of stokes back which would have gave us second. At the tenth, Lyle saved par with an amazing shot. Even after 13, we were ok.., fell behind a stoke or two but was still doing half decent... At 14..., we bursted at the seams... The last four holes we fell from ok, to so so, to dead last... How about that huh... Ohh...., got some nice gifts yesterday for father’s day...

Watched Indiana Jones again this past weekend. The show was actually pretty good but at the end I was waiting for Fox Mulder to jump out somewhere. Best show I’ve seen so far this year. That 2001: A Space Odyssey was the best classic I’ve seen in a while. Crap that Hal is such an insecure computer..., what moron programmed Hal anyways. Finally got around to watching SAW IV..., not bad..., so we have a new Jigsaw... Yup...

umm 06-13-08

Another day, another dollar.. I can’t imagine when someone worked for a day and got a dollar. Today is Friday the 13th..., umm..., yup..., next one is February 2009... Wow.., soon enough will be 2010..., crap eh...

Reading some articles on what the leadership had to say about the apology. I still think that this was the best thing that was done since the Royal Proclamation of 1763. If it wasn’t for that sucker..., we would have lost all our rights in 1968 and the Liberal’s would have finally address the Indian problem but anyways.. There has been so much negativity coming out of the House of Commons that this thing is the real first positive message since we actually got the right to vote and considered a “people” under Canadian Law. Ohh..., there was that “Statement of Political Relationship” that was signed up on Mckay in 1992 but nothing really became of that. I can’t even fine one article on looking through the world wide web..., so we see how much of an impact that agreement had...

Sooner or later, we have to take some responsibility..., we control our own destiny..., not the Canadian government... By blaming the government and saying the government needs to get us out of this mess without saying we too had a part in what happened to our people..., we let the government control our fate..., then we lose...

I control my own destiny..., not the government...

It was good 08-12-08

Listening to the apology that Prime Minister Harper was moving..., he hit it right on the button. I think June 11 is a historic day. I am glad someone finally came up to the plate and said something. It has been a long time coming. Of all the negativity that has come out of the House of Commons directed at Indian people..., this is one of the biggest things that has come out that was positive..., an acknowledgment that their actions had a negative impact on Aboriginal peoples..

It is a good first step but if you really think about the all the injustices that was directed at Indian people.., it only touches the surface. There is so much more but the residential school was one of the cornerstone of addressing Canada’s Indian problem. It is a good first step...

The irony 06-08-08

Looks like a half decent day out there for a change. I heard that T-Bay got walloped by rain..., just glad it wasn’t here. So it’s been more than a year doing IT at SLAAMB. Who would have ever thought I would be doing IT but stranger things have happened.. My big boss over there has to be one of the few directors holding a degree in Human Resources... It’s no wonder the delivery of the SLAAMB dollars is a finely tuned machine. What I admire the most is his ability to hire his own people from the area. Of all the directors out there, he is the only one who does that.

So reading more and more articles on the apology the Residential School Survivors are going to get from the government. We Indian people seem to be “afraid” of the Conservative party but under the Liberals.., never once did they try to say we’re sorry during the 15 years they were in power. Under the Conservatives..., we got new reserves..., right to vote..., more power to administer our program and services..., and now an apology that no other government has delivered. The Liberals gave us the White Paper saying were just visible minority..., how racists is that??? We signed over all this land which generates billions and billions of dollars per year for a few measly rights and the Liberals wanted to take them away.., crap... Too boot.., they tried it again in early 2000..., trying to make First Nations fit the Municipal model... Our treaty rights seem to be better protected under the Conservatives... Ironic huh...

Hottest summer yet 06-06-08

According to scientists and weather experts, they say that this summer will be the hottest yet... They say, the only time it was hotter was 4.56 billion years ago when the sun, earth and other objects from the solar system spewed from the last Supernova which was at 600 million degrees Kelvin. According to UN scientists.., the last Supernova was so hot, it would not only fry your egg on the pavement but rearrange the atoms and make higher elements from the Carbon in the egg to Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon to even Iron and Gold..., but the jump to Lead, Rodon and Uranium would be silly. UN scientists now recommend that people use a sun screen with a SPF rating of a 1000 which is basically a lead suit lined with Fibrous Refractory Composite Insulation Tiles which is used by the space shuttle for re-entry.

Anyone wanting to make an easy million bucks 06-05-08

At the Roy Lane they gave a name to the coffee I always buy, it’s called the “red eye”. I think I was a little harsh on the Roy Lane. Before when I use to buy my dark roast with a shot of espresso, they charged me a large coffee and the shot. Then I asked the owner why am I paying for a large when you put the espresso in there..., it is more of a medium than a large so you should charge me for a medium coffee and an espresso..., blah..., blah..., blah..., now the “red eye” is $2.50. They have my loyalty...

SAAN’s is closing it’s doors in Sioux pretty soon. Kinda sad.. Guess they were originally an army surplus store that started in Winnipeg around 1947..., or Surplus Army, Airforce, Navy..., hence the name SAAN. No more SAAN..., another company hitting the dust because of Walmart. Remember Steadman’s, K-Mart, Kreske’s..., Woolworth’s..., Eaton’s..., now all things of the past...

Anyone wanting to make an easy million bucks..., well..., here is your chance.. Bushnell, along with "Field & Stream" magazine, have teamed up to offer $1 million to anyone who can provide an unaltered photograph/video, verified and substantiated by a panel of scientific experts, the evidence required to prove a Sasquatch/Bigfoot/Yeti exists. . Sounds like easy cash to me.. Do it now because it ends December 15, 2008... I remember this one time people from Gull Bay were seeing Big Foot around the community in the early 1990's.. So Phil wanted to make a doc out of it so we bought a gorilla suit and drove up to Gull Bay to film me running around the bush in the gorilla suit... Nothing really came of it. Wonder where that suit is now...

Has it been that long 6-04-08

Has it been that long that Karaoke show been on the air..., seven whole years... I thought that American Idiot..., oppss.., I meant Idol would have fizzled out by now. Who would have thought Karaoke would have been such a hit. I could never get into it. You have so many talented musicians who play a multitude of instruments who sing flawlessly who never see the light of day while these clowns get instant stardom for holding a tune. Well at least for the most part, most of them are not tone deaf.

So Hilary didn’t get the votes. It was a long time coming thou but I am glad she stuck to her guns and didn’t sell out. She fought the man (not referring to Obama) and lost. Next time I hear any American whine about Health Care..., well..., you had your chance to make a difference and as a whole didn’t do squat. I bet yah that a lot of people are whining in Fort Severn after the store closed. When the Kakekaspan clan was running the store..., the prices were cheaper than Keewaywin. Even thou their store kept the prices at the Northern very low, the community members gave the majority of their business to the Northern. The day the store closed, the prices went up 50% to 100% in an instant at the Northern. Now everyone is crying foul but they only have themselves to blame. The only people I have empathy for in Fort Severn is the people who tried to make that store work and their supporters..., everyone else.., you got what you deserve...

Kinda makes you wonder if us Indians had an Obama character running for any office.., would we do the same as the black community in the States or would we do as we always do..., drag the sucker down before he had a chance.. This almost sounds like something that Charles went through when trying to run for the Liberal party in the Kenora riding... If us Indians supported him.., that guy could have been the first Indian cabinet minister but now he is selling light bulbs. One thing for sure..., there is no shortage of whining but a huge shortage of trying to do something about it...

A Space Odyssey 6-03-08

Finally got around to watching that epic of a movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey. This sucker was written and made into a movie in 1968. I guess back then 2001 seemed like some distant futuristic epoch flying off to the moons of Jupiter... Even that Space 1999 show having a base on the moon. In reality in 2008 we trying to figure out how to make the 3 year flight to Mars then come back... Crap..., we haven’t been to the moon in more than 30 years...., December 9, 1972 was the last time... At least now we have a space station up there floating around the Earth’s Thermosphere but that’s it...

Where’s my hover car or my three day work week with more leisure time to do the things I want to do... They say now we’re working more hours than we ever did before. The standard 40 hour work week is now for some people..., like 60 to 70 hours but we don’t get paid for those extra hours we put in..., that’s just to keep up with the workload from your buddy who just got laid off for the sake of the “shareholders”... I still think of that commercial that aired a couple of years ago of this new Microsoft product that will save the company millions of dollars.. Then you see all the employees participating in a aerobics class.. Yeah right..., as if those idiots would be doing that..., like the “company” would keep them on for no reason at all..

Which kinda gets me going..., Obama..., sure he’s black..., blah..., blah..., blah..., but when asked about Health Care..., he said affordable Healthcare for all... Hilary has been consistently pushing for universal health care... Affordable healthcare is what the Republicans under Nixon pushed for and is the system still in place... You would think with over half the population in the States needing universal healthcare Hilary would be a shoe in instantly... This would save a average family thousands of dollars and not to mention the grief... Only a fraction truly benefit from the system currently in place... Because Obama would save these pharmaceutical, health insurance and the overall Health industry billions of dollars, the media turned on Hilary like a pitbull on a poodle. It’s like how the unions turned against Bob Rae in the early 90's and look what happened... We only have ourselves to blame... That is the world we live in..., blind and ignorant to everything... (but I still want my hover car..., where is my hover car)

Happy Birthday Ethan 05-30-08

I want to wish the “Big E” a happy birthday today..., the little guy is getting up there with a solid 1096 days of existence.. Not bad for the little whipper snapper... Listening to these woman sending their panties to Burma..., I don’t know who is the more foolish..., the Burma leaders who fear these panties will zap their power or the woman sending their panties... I say it is a tie.. Not too much planned for the weekend. Would like to get some fishing in..., make some dandelion wine..., fix up the yard a bit more..., finishing cleaning up my garage and get those rotors and brakes replace...

Lottie and Peter Bird Memorial Family Gathering on August 14 to 18, 2008 - 05-14-08

Pat seems to be moving forward with his Lottie and Peter Bird Memorial Family Gathering on August 14 to 18, 2008. It is just too bad we couldn’t do anything like this when Kokum was alive. Graeme did a school project on Mooshum (Peter Bird). Found out more interesting things about this man. He did a lot of good things in his life..., he was a man a vision and principle... We should get that school named after him... That is the same weekend when NAN has their Chiefs meeting. The last time it was there..., Ben was elected the big cheese..., the Grand Chief... How time flies...

Been reading more on our treaties and thinking. In the Treaty 9 it clearly states our rights as Indians..., hunt..., fish..., and trap as long as it doesn’t interfere with logging..., mining..., farming or settlements... There is something in there also education being paid for..., yadda.., yadda.., yadda..., but that is about it. There is nothing in there about collecting royalties..., duty to consult..., etc...

The problem we have as Indian people is that we want our cake and eat it too... If we disagree with the treaty our grandfathers signed..., then we should scrap it... Our Chiefs and Councils..., political leaders..., including our unelected political leaders which we refer to as Executive Directors (because they act like it but not accountable to anyone) and so forth and so forth..., should say..., we as Native people do not support the treaty so therefore breaking all ties with the government... It sounds simple enough but they would never do it because they all depend on the Canadian and Provincial Government for their livelihoods... A lot of there guys are living high off the hog disagreeing with the government..., do you think they would give that up??? Status quo works for these guys..., but if it was me..., I wouldn’t hesitate for a moment..., I would give that all up in the hopes someday my kids and their kids would have a land they can call home...

Toss her back 05-13-08

It is hard to believe the cold and wet spring we’re having. Just to think I let my stove go out yesterday so the good old oil furnace is supplying the heat. Thank God for that wood stove, I can’t imagine what the heating bill would look like in a month like January.

Brenda Martin is alive and free... This is what I don’t get..., this woman worked less than a year as a cook. Her boss said she was drunk half the time yet when she was let go..., she was given a severance of $25,000... Doesn’t that seem suspicious to anyone??? The world where I come from.., that is unheard of... Now she is parading across every media outlet like a movie star.., playing the poor victim of a huge conspiracy..., but not one person asked her how much money did she get from her boss... If they did..., like me..., some red flags would go up... I could pretty much guess that she did something to get that $25,000 from her boss and it is a good chance that it has to do with what he did to defraud millions from investors.. As far as I am concerned..., she should be back in jail for fraud... Her excuse is like me getting caught with carrying a large amount of drugs..., saying that I was just holding it for a friend... It wouldn’t work in my case..., so why should it work for hers..., toss her back...

My winter wonderland is melting 28-04-08

It is pretty warm out there today.. Hard to believe just last Friday all the snow melted, now it is covered in 15 plus inches of snow... How about that huh so my winter wonderland is melting quick. Should be gone by the end of the week. Installing Windows Server 2008 on SLAAMB’s server... Had problems partitioning the hard drive... The sucker was suppose to be sliced in half..., 250 GB each but when I put on Windows..., the son of a b*tch said I only had 11.4 GB to play with... I ask myself what the f*ck happened to the other 238.6 GB... I will never know I guess because I have the newest verison... It should make a difference... ( I can only hope!!!)

Troubles in my homeland 04-25-08

It seems that there seems to be trouble brewing in my homeland of Mattice, Ontario. I guess the town wants to kick the last Indian remands out of the town. The only welcome Indians are the ones buried six feet under which the town uses for tourism. Anyone traveling on Highway 11 through Mattice will see a sign on the west sides saying “Old Native Burial Site” where people can stop off and have a picnic on graveyards of my ancestor's. I can’t imagine going to any graveyard and grabbing a snack while my kids run around climbing on tombstones but it is acceptable behavior for the Municipally of Mattice.

The town is looking to take over the last two remanding houses in Mattice which is in the area where the old community use to live. When my grandparents and father days..., the town refused to grant any more building permits where the old community use to be saying it was a flood plain but as soon as they got the lots.., the town constructs a building over there and did some major development. Now the last two lots..., they want to expand the old age home... Don’t they have another side to build on..., why there.. It is because we own those lots...

Mattice use to house a major Indian community... Stories from my grandmother told of huge families living in the town. After Treaty Nine was signed..., people were interested in the area so the Indian agent shipped everyone off.. People who stayed were treated harshly by the Indian agent. Over the years the community shrunk to my grandparents... After they moved on it was mainly my parents and Fred. Once all my brothers and sisters we all finished highschool.., we all moved on to college and university..., then my mother got a job in Timmins... After my father passed..., it was only Fred.. Ken lived in Calstock, Gary in Kap... and Grandparents in Timmins. Most of my second cousins moved on in the late 60's and early 70's... Something has to be done to stop this..., this place is the last of the roots of the one huge Aboriginal community of Ojibway and Crees.. Going through all the material on-line about Mattice..., it does not mention anything about the Aboriginal community once there.. Yup..., time to step up to the plate...

Happy Birthday Penny 04-24-08

I want to wish Penny a happy birthday...., she is umm..., she is..., let’s say older today... Pat is celebrating the big 4-0 today... It is cold and wet in Sioux today but not as chilly as Pikangikum.., that was some cool weather. Snowing in Red Lake..., winter storm warming..., imagine that..., holy crap...

Earth Day - 04-22-08

Today is Earth Day..., where we celebrate living on Earth..., I guess... Maybe I should read a little on it first... Hmm..., it seems we are not really celebrating living on Earth but...., it is more of an environmental thing..., blah..., blah.., blah..., carbon this and carbon that.., umm.., yadda..., yadda.., yadda..., save the Earth from the evils of carbon... I think I get the gist of it... So it isn’t a celebration..., no wonder I didn’t get the day off...

One thing I wish these “environmentalist” would educate themselves on the environment and what it really killing it... It isn’t plastic bags floating around or carbon.., it is the toxic crap they put on farm fields and herbicidal spray they kill the trees with plus the waste these factories put in our streams... It isn’t carbon what we have to worry about..., it is the toxins that effect every living organism..., but we’re too busy chasing these corporate red herrings that spew this info from the national media... What people just can’t grasp is that carbon dioxide only represents a fraction of one percent of all gases in our atmosphere.. There is 30 times more argon than carbon dioxide..., that’s how small it represents but supposedly it is frying up the Earth... The math does not add up.

I am sure if they Earth could speak.., it would say get a brain you friggen idiots..., focus... I am glad one person gets it..., Chief Eddie from Saugeen... They are actually taking the government to court on the herbicidal spraying happening in their area... They see the wasteland left behind. Where is the media attention on that or environmentalist..., it is non existent..., too busy chasing the wind...

Case in point..., just finished watching the CTV Newsnet... These two scientists from NASA were on talking about Earth Day and talking about global warming..., then the anchor asked them how do they know that man (humans I guess she meant) was the cause... These two scientists said there are thousands of pages of evidence..., rising sea levels..., ice shelf retreating..., but they did not answer the question..., how do you know that we are the cause of this global warming... If there was any evidence..., they could have said that each tonne of carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere holds X amount of thermal energy (heat) thus global warming... All these idiots said was it was getting warmer.., yeah..., we already know that you idiot..., she asked..., how do you know we are the cause moron.., listen to the question... I would like to know which book of matches where these guys got their papers from to call themselves scientists...

Treaty Nine 04-21-08

Just reading some stuff on Treaty Nine..., interesting stuff... Read it a long time ago when I was at LU but not lately. It is strange how time changes your perspective on things... There are two parts of this document that interests me. I am still amazed that we signed this thing but who knew what it really meant. It is like the wife of late Tim Horton when she sold her share for a mere one million bucks..., now that sucker is worth billions.. I am sure a million dollars was a lot of money in 1973 but invested wisely like in a business like Tim Hortons..., well.., it would be worth billions...

Treaty Nine, 2nd paragraph - “And, whereas, the said Indians have been notified and informed by His Majesty's said commission that it is His desire to open for settlement, immigration, trade, travel, mining, lumbering, and such other purposes as to His Majesty may seem meet, a tract of country, bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned, and to obtain the consent thereto of His Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract, and to make a treaty and arrange with them, so that there may be peace and good-will between them and His Majesty's other subjects, and that His Indian people may know and be assured of what allowances they are to count upon and receive from His Majesty's bounty and benevolence.”

Treaty Nine, 12th paragraph - "And with a view to show the satisfaction of His Majesty with the behaviour and good conduct of His Indians, and in extinguishment of all their past claims, He hereby, through His commissioners, agrees to make each Indian a present of eight dollars in cash."

Umm..., yup..., we gave them the green light for mining, forestry, immigration.., well.., what we really did was sold the farm for eight bucks, four bucks a year after that plus one square mile per family of four..., oh..., plus to hunt, trap and fish whenever we want on this surrendered piece of land.

Treaty Nine, 8th paragraph - “And His Majesty the King hereby agrees with the said Indians that they shall have the right to pursue their usual vocations of hunting, trapping and fishing throughout the tract surrendered as heretofore described, subject to such regulations as may from time to time be made by the government of the country, acting under the authority of His Majesty, and saving and excepting such tracts as may be required or taken up from time to time for settlement, mining, lumbering, trading or other purposes.”

Plus there are some allotment for education..., buildings..., blah..., blah.., blah..., signed sealed and delivered (via canoe). What I can’t believe a couple of years ago that we actually celebrated this document that surrendered so much and if that wasn’t enough..., resigned that sucker..., a treaty we got so little. There is something else I can’t understand when the Liberal government tried to erase all of our rights in 1967 with the white paper and treat us like a visible minority.. These are people that profited billions and billions of dollars annually off the land which we surrendered now wants to take it all.. Talk about greed..., then these Liberals try it again in early 2000... Paul Marten himself said that he supports self government as long as it follows a municipal model.., and we consistantly vote for the Liberal party over and over again... It isn’t the Conservative government I fear..., because they just leave things status quo..., it is the Liberal party..

Interesting document thou... I wonder in 100 years from now would we be any wiser???

Finally, some warm weather 04-14-08

We finally have some warm weather heading our way and it is about time. The other week, that was quite the storm even thou that Sioux missed most of it. I heard that Thunder Bay got dumped on again this past weekend... The sun is shining and finally finished with all the wood cutting for this season. It was a cold long winter.. Burnt more than 12 cords of wood this year and started using the wood stove later this year too boot... This summer gonna start cutting wood so by the fall..., should have at least six cords even before I order the other eight cords. Then I should have enough...

Heading back to Saugeen tomorrow... The place is not what I expected.., very nice community... Had lunch at the Chief’s house..., interesting man. I heard a lot of things over the years about Eddie Machimity but never met the man in person. Some people said he was a “mad” but he is a very intelligent person.. He is doing what is best for his rez.. You wouldn’t find too many chiefs cutting firewood with the crew that’s for sure. What got me the most about this man..., politics has a strange effect of Indian people but this man isn’t effected by it. One of the few people I met in my life like that. He hasn’t got a shred of ego..., you can’t find a more balanced person.

My sis 04-02-08

Donna is on a fast to support the people from Big Trout. They started today and don’t know how long it will go for. I think it is a good idea... Not too much else happening around here. Snow is slowly melting but not as fast as I hoped... Everything is popping up in the alley where I work including underwear..., human feces.., and tons of empty bottles.. They should put an outhouse or something for these guys can go to crap so they're not doing it on the street. It is amazing in Jan and Feb, we weren’t finding frozen Indians all over town..., how can those guys survive out here in the -40C temps. They must have a buddy system or something..., maybe they’re just damn lucky not to freeze to death..

Guitar Hero 03-31-08

It is the last day of this fiscal year..., what does it mean for me..., nothing really... Just another day in the life of Dave. Played some Guitar Hero on X-Box360 this weekend. The Graeme Cracker picked up the game. For me..., I think it would be better if he picked up one of the guitars laying around the house and started learning. Kinda reminded me of that episode of the Simpson where Bart and Lisa did not want to do yard work but play it on a game..., well..., you can guess the rest. It doesn’t take much to play the guitar..., just a few bar cords and you’re off and running..., learn some scales..., voila.., playing lead... Find a bass player and drummer..., some that can hold a tune...., you have a band... Oh well..., if I was a punk in today’s world..., I would do the same..., I think anyways..., but probably not..., I doubt my parents would spring for that... The real question is would I have bought a guitar or video game???

This is interesting..., the water vapor spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus shows it is gushing with organic stuff (molecules) which increases the possibility of life existing somewhere in the Saturn system. They found fountain of water there in 2005. Now they've identified a soup of prebiotic material (carbon based crap). Nobody really knows how life began, but astrobiologists guess it required chemicals like those tasted by Cassini, a little liquid water and some unknown spark..., God maybe. Astrobiologists eh..., I just wonder how many run to that field...

How about this..., if Martian life existed a few billion years ago, scientists think any plant-like microbes would have left behind a stringy fuzz of fibers. That's because here on Earth, researchers now say they have found such ancient fuzz, called cellulose, preserved in chunks of salt deposited more than 250 million years ago making it the oldest biological substance yet recovered. The announcement comes about a week after a team of planetary scientists announced discovering evaporated salt deposits on Mars and adds another element of hope to the search for alien life or signs of its past biology.

So that would mean that with the elements of life found in our solar system..., that there is an excellent chance of life developed in other places in our galaxy and universe... There are a lot of stars out there with a lot of distance... I think these life forms ever developed into a higher form of thinking (like us I suppose).., space..., time and distance would be a major obstacle to overcome... Space is actually a pretty dangerous place and you have to know what you are doing... Look what kind of production we have to put on just for our own orbit. These things like warm holes..., etc..., are just from our wild imagination..., nothing more... For worm holes to exist in space.., there has to be mass..., gravity and energy present in a dense form...., which would be way to lethal for a simple carbon based life form such as humans. Life yes..., aliens from other planets visiting us.., not very likely..

Umm 03-27-08

Just think’n..., I don’t think they’ll do to us as they did to the Iraqis but the influence and manipulation power they do have. Geez..., Saddam was one of the most moderate proactive guys in that whole region yet they made him to the eyes of most people the “anti-Christ” of our generation. There were much greater evils done by the majority of the countries in the middle east but all of them are American allies so none of that ever gets reported by the main stream media. If I go to anyone..., call anyone..., email anyone..., I bet cha over 90% would say that Saddam was a madman. The only mistake that he did wrong was nationalize the oil. There is no politics or do the right thing..., it’s all economics...

That is something to think about for our leadership... When we go block all there roadways like the 400 series of highways..., do you think we will actually gain the support of the Canadian people while sitting in their cars in 40 C of heat... Will they be rooting for us or cursing??? These master manipulators will exploit that without a doubt...

Umm..., if your wondering what I am talking about..., read the previous blog...

Just pisses me off, that’s all 03-25-08

This is an article I first read in Knet news posted by Brian... OTTAWA (Canwest News Service) "Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militaries from either nation to send troops across each other's borders during an emergency, but some are questioning why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal. Neither the Canadian government nor the Canadian Forces announced the new agreement, which was signed Feb. 14 in Texas. The U.S. military's Northern Command, however, publicized the agreement with a statement outlining how its top officer, Gen. Gene Renuart, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, head of Canada Command, signed the plan, which allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency.”

“Civil Emergency” eh..., back to the old issue of resolving Canada of it’s Indian problem. Now we have the barrel of the American military pointing at us. Look at the disaster that is happening in Iraq..., geez..., now those suckers have their sights on us.... The States has thee strongest military in the whole entire world who have fought countless of wars since World War II now needs Canada’s help to address civil unrest in it’s own country..., I don’t think so... That military agreement is meant for First Nations people of Canada. I will tell you what is happening since February 14, 2008..., the American Military with the CIA has accessed information each and every registered Aboriginal person in Canada (not that they had that before but now it has meaning) and evaluating if we are hostile or not... Hostile being as long as you think you are entitled to any treaty right and express it outward..., you will be consider hostile to the state.. So if you’re an apple..., you’re in the clear... (who would have thought that would have been a bonus to being an apple)

So what are we going to do about it as a whole..., nothing..., nothing at all... Since those guys got here..., we have done nothing to protect ourselves or our children... We just roll over and play dead hoping this mess that has engulfed the lives of so many people will go away by itself..., we have only ourselves to blame... Just pisses me off..., that’s all...

Spring Equinox 03-20-08

Today is the spring equinox..., where there is 12 hours of daytime and night... It was a cold winter..., even those nay sayers of “scientists” say so... So cold the ice sheet in the arctic has come back.., but in their words..., for now and tentative..., what ever that means... Finally seen 10,000 BC... It was ok of a movie..., simple plot..., nothing too complicated..., not like other movies when you miss a line..., you’re lost the whole entire movie... Cloverfield..., that was a hard movie to watch... Not because of the script or the movie but the way it was filmed..., it’s like watching the Blair Witch with a couple of more bucks thrown into the movie... I think Blair Witch Project was $60,000 while Cloverfield was 25 million.. Guess it costs a little more because you have to glue the Statue of Liberty head back on after their done filming.., quite the daunting task...., need lots of crazy glue... Cloverfield was something like The Mist and I am Legend..., has knock off written all over it... Yup...

Happy belated St. Patrick’s Day 03-18-08

Woe and behold I’ve become a wood scavenger. No more felling, de-limbing and bucking up trees for me..., just cruise the sites where the loggers have been..., just load and pile for me... Pretty neat huh... Seen a huge lynx when I was out there..., crap that sucker was almost the size of a cougar...., that was one BIG cat..., so gave him half my sandwich..., whole wheat..., the only way to be..., more fiber...

Happy belated St Pat’s Day... Geez how times have changed... If I went around saying that God said this to me or that.., I would be branded insane..., mad..., crazy nut or a flake..., but this guy gets Sainthood because he was born 1500 years before me. Now tell me if that is fair. You would think that with more people on the Earth than 1500 years plus that saints would be appearing from all facets of society but they’re not..., I wonder why...

My ticket 03-12-08

Well I finally figured out my ticket to being a billionaire..., took a lot of think’n but I think I have it... It sounds simple enough..., if nature can do it..., why can’t I... Just create these aliphatic hydrocarbon chains...., which is just hydrogen and carbon chains with some thermal energy and voila..., a combustible renewable fuel... The way this happens out there is these plants take some water.., sunlight..., carbon and hydrogen which produce these carbon chains. Add a little of the earth’s pressure and a couple of millions years you have crude oil.. The way I figure it.., I am just taking out the middle man.., nature... What has nature done for me lately anyways... Umm..., just to think of a name..., Dave’s Gas Bar..., I like it..., I like it a lot...

Umm..., I don’t know what would be the point now anyways... Seems like we have this “death gamma ray” that is pointing directly at us and could go off any second..., well..., in cosmic time which is hundreds of thousands of years to the next moment.. The cause seems to be this fiery pinwheel named WR 104, was discovered eight years ago in the constellation Sagittarius which at its heart a pair of hot, luminous stars locked in orbit with each other. As they circle one another, plumes of streaming gas driven from the surfaces of the stars collide in the intervening space, eventually becoming entangled and twisted into a whirling spiral by the orbits of the stars. The pinwheel rotates in a circle every eight months, keeping precise time but both the massive stars in WR 104 will one day explode as supernovae. Wolf-Rayet stars are regarded as ticking bombs and when the Wolf-Rayet goes supernova, it will emit an intense beam of gamma rays coming our way. Since the initial blast would travel at the speed of light, there would be no warning of its arrival and no Dave’s Gas Bar..

Easter fast approaching 03-10-08

Not too much happening in the land of Sioux. Easter / Passover is quickly approaching. You would think that Jesus’s “death and rising” would always be on the same date. Of all the years I have been on this Earth, no one has ever explained why that is.. From what gather the floating date for Easter has mostly has to do with Passover.

Speaking of Passover..., you know what..., I am seriously considering not eating pig anymore..., no pork..., no ham..., no bacon..., no ribs (Mmm...., ribs..)..., no more pork roast... When “God” was speaking with Moses..., he really cared for the well being of the people of Israel.., told them what to eat... The bottom line was herbivores..., good..., omnivores and carnivores..., bad... The pig is an omnivore... I can’t imagine all the toxins and crap that pig carries in his body... At least with a cow you don’t have to make sure it is cooked all the way through but with a pig..., you get worms... Pretty smart that God...

I think maybe he /she is also a little bias..., not giving the same message to the Gentiles and he did to Moses... When crossing the river Jordan he told them that to take everything and I will kill all the people in front of you.. Don’t take any survivors..., just kill..., kill..., kill..., and the people you kill.., take their crops and live in their homes..., yadda..., yadda..., yadda...., and live well... The message to the Gentiles through Jesus was pretty simple..., give and be submissive... and I will get back to you on that... It seems like quite the paradox in messages... Perhaps there was a mix up in the message from God.., to Jesus...., to the Apostles..., to us... We all tried that in the classrooms..., passing a message around..., and once all the way around..., it changed... Who knows..., but it is a paradox...

How about that huh 03-07-08

As we get ready to spring ahead..., ahead of spring..., day savings crap..., a new data has actually found that we are burning more electricity this way than the old way. What a friggen gyp. I thought the whole concept of moving daylight savings time ahead was to save on electricity, not too burn more. Guess more people are saving on lighting but air-conditioning units had to run more often, because people were home on hot afternoons when they'd otherwise be still at the office (guess the deep south..., like my sister from Alabama) and heaters had to be run more longer in the mornings when people got up and it was still dark outside. It is estimated that it is costing consumers an extra 5 to 10 bucks a day doing this. The further you went up north, the higher the cost. So not only do I lose an extra hour of sleep, my electric bill will be more...

The Graeme cracker is on his way to Sudbury via..., Via Rail.. That sucker was 6 plus hours late. Every time we called they said 15 more minutes... It’s no wonder no one wants to take the train anymore. I remember waiting for a train in Helsinki..., the trains were so accurate that it was right to the minute. I remember once I was waiting with Osmo and the train was a 3 minutes late then Osmo turns to me and says the trains are really running late today. So Graeme is off to Sudbury then somewhere in the States for March break. Miss the guy already..., what I am going to do with all this extra time that I use to nag him to get out of bed..., do this..., do that... I can see the emptiness that people feel when their kids leave the nest..., but at 18..., they all get the boot out the door. I can deal with it...

When will this winter end 03-06-08

I am just wondering when will this friggen winter end. Just got two more cords of wood and that’s almost gone already. After that is done.., that is 12 cords of wood..., not the face cord but the 4x4x8 cords... Over the next few days gonna have to pick more up... Our plow guy kinda pissed me off..., he started plowing the driveway before the snow fell..., aren’t you suppose to wait for the snow to fall first... Got into an argument with the owner of the coffee shop on front street... I get their dark roast with a shot of expresso but I think they are ripping me off..., and not because their coffee is so water downed that you can see right through it but their expresso... If I get a shot of expresso and a large coffee separate, it costs me about 3 bucks..., but if I get them together..., it should cost less because I am getting less coffee..., then she says her prices are cheaper than the cities..., blah..., blah..., blah..., crap..., which cities are those..., Fairbanks..., Moscow..., Beijing... The cities where I go (like am I well traveled, T-Bay, Winterpeg is about it)..., I get a darker stronger roast..., more expresso and a larger cup for cheaper... What a gyp..., so anyways..., brewing my own again... Just got lazy the past few months... My french press with freshly crushed expresso beans seems to be stronger..., darker and stronger than that crap they try and push on me...

Deer hunters wanted 03-04-08

It seems all across the province the deer population is bursting thourgh the seams..., and these guys think it is bad news for the moose population... Umm..., wasn’t it last year they were blaming the declining moose population on global warming..., then it was the wolf population... How about the loss of habitat, herbicidal spraying and hunting as a reason... I think that would have more of an impact than deer, wolves or “global warming” combined. So what is the solutions they are looking at..., shoot the f*ckers..., or better said.., kill more deer... I really don’t think killing more deer is the answer... You would think by now that we would have learnt our lesson... We always seem to get into trouble when we try and manage or manipulate nature but if they want to shoot more deer..., I am in..., freezer is getting a little low...

Cool day in the Sioux this morning..., a bone chilling -31 C..., and with the wind chill..., a freezing -31 C... I always wonder why in the summer.., they never use the wind chill... Something like..., it is a hot day out there..., 35 C but with the wind chill..., it feels like 25 C so it is not so bad... I guess it is all about effect and making something sound worse than it is...

It sounds to me like do or die for Hilary tonight... I hope she gets in and not Obama... Hilary or the Clinton’s have been good to Indians..., but Obama..., these blacks or Afro-Americans always seem to think they had it rough coming to the Americas..., they get more money than us..., etc etc..., always have a good sob story to share..., and it did piss me off when Obama said America is a nation of immigrants..., hey..., I am not an immigrant..., same with 25 million of us... I know it is a small fraction but still we are here... Where is our story of 90 million of us disappearing since the arrival of the Europeans..., trail the tears..., lost land..., lost culture..., genocide..., poverty..., highest suicide rates..., highest unemployment... If they want a hard luck story..., they should try walking a mile in our ancestors shoes...At least they have a homeland to return to if they wanted..., but they want to stay and live in this so called “oppressed society’... They should call themselves lucky to be here because it is not an easy life in most African nations. If we wanted our homeland back..., we would have to deal with removing over 500 million peoples from the Americas..., which is no easy task and next to impossible. At least Hilary recognizes Aboriginal people...

By the way..., they also tried to make slaves of us too..., but we choose death..., which really do make poor workers... (I could imagine what they thought..., damn it, damn it damn it..., lost another crew..., damn Indians..., now how am I going to get this crop to market)

Vista sucks and my extra day 03-02-08

You learn something new everyday and if you’re a pirate..., the new Vista isn’t for you. Microsoft..., a.k.a. Bill Gates had made Vista a little more unfriendly if you want to pirate your music and movies. When you transfer or record your music / movies from analog to digital..., now you get this huge fuzzing or background noise... It won’t be too bad on music because most tunes do not have these gaps but movies is another story. Any dead air won’t be so dead now..., just white noise.. The problem is for people who don’t pirate..., when they make an audio and movie track..., the quality will suck... Another reason not to switch to the new Vista format...

It seems we all had an extra day Friday..., crap..., I spent mine at work... So we leaped another day again..., next one is 2012..., getting close to the end of the Mayan Calender and to some..., the end of the world... Now..., 2012 does have a freaky sound to it... 2000..., 2005..., 2008 all have a regular sound to it but something about that 2012... It sounds like some futuristic date but that is only one more leap year away...

Now some scientists have figured out what’s up with Venus..., why this sucker turns the wrong why and has mostly carbon in it’s atmosphere..., and 10 times as much argon than Earth... When the solar system was forming..., two bodies about the same size as Mars which share the same orbit as Venus smashed into each other and voila Venus... When Earth had it’s collision with the moon..., it didn’t hit each other dead on but on the side... With Venus..., these guys hit head on... When this happened..., all the hydrogen went into outer space and all the oxygen went to the core bonding with things like iron... If things were a little different for Venus..., who knows.., it could have been a excellent place to live with water and all we need... Interesting huh..., it could have been our backup... Now we are stuck on this rock until we find a new one...

Best haircut ever 02-27-08

Was in the big city of Winnipeg last week (or was it)... Took some phrasorlator training with these folks from California. That was some freeze your ass off weather in Winnipeg and people called it cold here..., try pumping gas in that wind and compare... Too boot...., had my mop trimmed..., best hair cut ever I admit..., Portage Place is the only place for me... Had to answer some tough questions like how do I style my hair..., crap..., I don’t even bother combing it anymore..., where it lays..., it stays..., so I just said yup like I didn't hear... So my ears had no place to hide in that frigid temps...

Some happy news..., a new calculation predicts that Earth will be swallowed up by the sun in 7.6 billion years, capping off a longstanding debate over whether the sun's gravitational pull will have weakened enough for Earth to escape final destruction or not. Other theorists have predicted that our planet will fry as the sun expands in its old age. But the time estimates have varied by a couple billion years. Umm..., sounds like a plan to me..., something to look forward too... I say this sucker will fry then just be an empty rock after that..., life in the sun is way too hot for me...

I hate this story 02-17-08

Most people were probably taught this story in school about Columbus... Blah.., blah..., blah..., he came over to the “New World”.., yadda..., yadda..., yadda..., on his forth trip he found himself up shit creek without a paddle... He left Cádiz, Spain on May 11, 1502, with the ships Capitana, Gallega, Vizcaína and Santiago de Palos. Then shipworms starting eating holes in the planking of his fleet, Columbus' was forced to abandon two of his ships and finally had to beach his last two caravels on the north coast of Jamaica on June 25, 1503. Initially, the locals welcomed the ship wrecked crew, providing them with food and shelter, but as the days dragged into weeks, tensions mounted. Finally the crew robbed and murdered the natives, who, then grew weary of Columbus’s men stopped supplying cassava, corn and fish in exchange for little tin whistles, trinkets, hawk's bells and other rubbishy goods. So what does Columbus do..., he reads an almanac where in February 29, 1504 says that there will be a lunar eclipse... Tells the local Natives the “Christian” God is angry for not giving all to the whiteman so be will make the moon disappear (or something like that).. So the lunar eclipse happens..., blah..., blah.., blah..., the locals gave all they had to Columbus.., goes in history books... and we’re all taught in school..., end of story...

I hate this friggen story... It gives the impression that we as Native people didn’t know anything. The great whiteman with their vast knowledge was able to trick the simple Indian... Our own kids are taught this story and actually some of us start believing them... Mel Gibson’s movie is another bad one..., all painting a picture of Native people in a negative way... Well..., someone needs to set things right...

Hopefully soon 02-16-08

I really need to start changing this page around.., looking for a new look. It was ok a few years back but now... Need to develop some new templates... Waiting for my other pages to be switched over to Tony’s new server. Once that happens, I want to do a major overhaul to those pages too. Not too much else new around here. Finally getting back to the level I was at in September with the weights. Nice to get back. My wood guy says there lots of wood to be had (10 foot) east of Sioux. Sure beats cutting..., delimbing, dicing up.., hauling..., good when those sucks are right by the road ready for hauling... Might take a trip out there in a couple of days. Over the next day or so, gonna try and get more of this x-mas stuff off my page. Having a hard time this time around... Yup..

Yikes 02-13-08

Now I know how it feels like when a server goes down... The CAAR / SLAAMB server went down this morning for a bit... Thank GOD I got that sucker up and running again..., and while I was trying to figure out the crash..., I crashed it myself..., lol..., so now I know the cause so I won’t go there anymore... Two programs were trying to use the same port..., just get along already..., can’t you just share... That is enough excitement for one day...

On Monday is Family Day so my family is off to Thunder Bay to celebrate Family Day without me... I think Ground Hog Day or St. Valentine’s would have been a better idea for a holiday than Family Day but I guess they needed to name it something... Well..., nothing really happens in February..., guess it is too damn cold outside..., nothing better to do than procreate..., which it should be better named Create a Family - Day and have it overlap with St. Valentine’s Day..., give the day off and keep the kids in school... Now that is a creative holiday...

I need a haircut bad 02-11-08

It seems we are back into the deep freeze once again. Crap this morning it was a cool -35 C..., and with the windchill a freezing -35 C... Graeme had a hockey tournament in Dryden this past weekend. On Saturday morning when I got up..., it was around - 5 C or there abouts..., in the evening.., crap it was cold and the wind was relentless... I need a haircut bad. On Friday got pulled over by the Dryden Police Force.., asking me where I was going..., what I was doing..., etc... Being the good Indian I said to Dryden and asked his permission to continue on.., nah.., I told him it was none of his business which it wasn’t.. That is why I think I need a haircut..., to avoid this racial profiling... I guess I can try and look a little better but now I am thinking you can put an Indian into any car and it will turn that car into an Indian car... Oh well..., I can say at least the cop wasn’t too bad about it even thou it wasn’t a good reason to pull me over.. I remember growing up in Mattice and living in Timmins.., those cops were racists and frigg’n assholes... This cop wasn’t an ass..., more ignorant in a good way if there such a thing...

We got our first sun spot of this 11 year cycle... Somehow I think that it has to do with the output of the sun’s energy that is the cause of this global warming than anything else. The fact that other celestial bodies like Mars..., the gas giants with their moons..., etc are getting warmer too..., plus we are only 12,000 years of 100,000 into this warming cycle then it is onto another ice age. There must be a cycle to that 11 year cycle that brings more energy to the sun’s surface then retreats once again... The only problem is the data we have is rather “new”.. We have a fair idea what the temps were in the past but all ballpark figures. We still don’t know the cause of the global warming and cooling cycles that have been going on for millions of years on this planet. What I can’t seem to find anywhere is scientific data that says how much thermal energy does carbon hold..., add that to at least ten times more argon in my atmosphere than carbon..., argon being less than 1% of the total atmosphere... I don’t know..., to me the numbers just don’t add up to say that it is carbon is the cause of global warming. It seems the scientific community involved with the news media are ignoring these other factors... There is some spin going on somewhere...

Oh well...

“As long as the arctic stays cold” 08-02-08

Just frigg’n great.., that’s all we need... This morning I was watching this documentary named “The Blob” made in 1958... Guess this blob came from outer space and the only way they could control it was using carbon dioxide from fire extinguishers... Guess the cold from the fire extinguishers shrunk it down to a more manageable state. At the end they dropped this Blob in the arctic and the last line was..., “ Yeah, as long as the arctic stays cold”..., then a big question mark appeared on the TV screen... How about that huh.., not only we have to worry about the polar bears losing their habitat but now the blob coming back to life... What a world.., what a world...

There is a new word out there these days..., carbon credits... So how do I buy these carbon credits..., is it as good as money? How does it work..., the more you burn..., the more you get... Does it work like Canadian Tire money..., where can I redeem these carbon credits... The only real irony is that we are carbon.., the houses we live in is carbon..., the garden we grow.., the food we eat..., all carbon..., your best friend..., carbon..., your dog..., your cat..., all carbon... So if you kill a carbon based life form..., axe someone (literally)..., do you get carbon credits for that too... These things I need to know but something must be done to eradicate carbon from our planet. I am sure if we put my minds to it..., a solution can be found to eliminate the evil carbon menace forever... I am all for that...

On another note..., this weekend Graeme has a hockey tournament in Dryden. It should be alright..., I need to get a haircut... I think the last of the cold weather is gone. Nice to see the days getting long and longer.., which means spring is just around the corner.. It is too bad I didn’t get to do any skiing this year which kinda sucks big time..., umm..., yup...

It is frigg’n cold out there 30-01-08

I have to admit that it is cold out there. Yesterday morning it was kinda warm but when I went out at 9:00ish last night..., f*ck that was frigg’n cold. I still say that growing up in Mattice / Hearst / Constance Lake was the coldest... A day like today was the norm when I was a young punk There was no such thing as a wind chill..., when it was -45 C.., it was -45 C..., not - 25 C BUT with the wind chill..., -35 C.... Even then, Fort Severn..., that is cold. That wind just never stops coming in from the coast. By the way..., James and Hudson Bays are not Bays..., but seas..., it should be Hudson Sea and James Sea... How would I go about changing that.

Donna seems to having a good time in Israel..., swimming in the dead sea..., seeing where Sol’s wife turn to salt..., the pile is still there..., imagine that..., going to the Gaza strip..., running over the border to Egypt pick up some supplies..., the usual stuff..., gas..., food..., clothes... , seeing where Gabriel spoke to Mary... I told Donna to bring back some dirt because that seems like the thing to do because I seen so many people do it... This got me thinking..., now..., was it because of the land where the Jews were living.., the reason why they were picked by God..., or was it the tribes were picked by God and it just so happened that was the place they were living... If it was the land..., then the land (dirt) would be holy but if it was the tribe..., shouldn’t these people be bringing back a Jew... Something to ponder...

Pretty proud of my sis thou..., being selected from 10 Aboriginal women from across Canada. It is suppose to be on leadership training but it is more than that. Imagine being in one of the most influential parts of the world in terms of how we think as a society..., 6.5 billion of us think as a whole..., good and bad... Islam, Christianity and Judaism can trace their roots where Donna is now... Not bad eh...

Asteroid to pass near Earth on January 29 - 01-27-08

An asteroid about the size as several football fields will fly past Earth on January 29, 2008. They say asteroid will be visible the night of Jan. 29 to amateur astronomers with modest-sized telescopes.., like mine I guess. Named 2007 TU24, the asteroid was discovered by NASA's Catalina Sky Survey on Oct. 11, 2007. It is estimated to be somewhere between 500 feet to 2,000 feet in diameter. It will come about 335,000 miles from Earth..., which the moon is about 240,000 miles... Anything that comes closer than 240,000 miles is consider to be dangerously close to Earth and has the potential of striking us. Something like this would create a hole about 3 miles wide so you could imagine the damage it would do.

Something that hit Siberia in the early 1900's is about the same size. It is called the he Tunguska Event. At around 7:17 a.m., Tungus natives and Russian settlers in the hills northwest of Lake Baikal observed a column of bluish light, nearly as bright as the Sun, moving across the sky. About 10 minutes later, there was a flash and a loud knocking sound similar to artillery fire that went in short bursts spaced increasingly wider apart. Eyewitnesses closer to the explosion reported the sound source moving during each barrage, east to north. The sounds were accompanied by a shock wave that knocked people off their feet and broke windows hundreds of miles away. Now that is something we can expect if this sucker hit the Earth. So if you see a huge light running past the sky, run for the hills...

Now listen to this...., asteroid 1999 AN10 will come 19,000 miles from the Earth. This potentially hazardous rock will pass particularly close to the Earth on August 7, 2027. If it doesn’t hit us then..., that sucker will pass around for a second shot in 2039 or 2044/2046... Why..., if it doesn’t hit us on August 7, 2027 ..., the pass might bring it closer to the path of Earth because of the gravity pull that Earth emits on 1999 AN10. Always nice to know huh... Does this asteroid have humanities name on it???

Sioux Storm 17-01-08

The Sioux Storm, Graeme’s hockey team is off to Red Lake for a tournament. It is first for him. He should do ok..., really picking up on hockey. Ethan shouldn’t be too far behind him, has his stick, skates and the attitude. It seems our population is booming..., Indians and more Indians everywhere which is a good thing..., maybe we’ll breed them out. I’ll do what I can to contribute. Taking one for the team...

Back to the old grind 07-01-08

It is back to the old grind after two weeks off. Woke up in good spirits this morning. Happy that I started lifting again after a 4 month layoff. Surprised to see rain yesterday. I know when I was a teenager, rain in the middle of winter was seen as a blessing because it make life a lot easier for trapping..., you can just take your sled just about anywhere. Those were the days... Umm..., looking to 08..., I think 08 will be a better year then 07..., which 06, 05 and 04 was a disaster. Things are looking up... Gonna drop the link to my archive pretty soon..., after I post my.., umm..., let’s say..., well..., it’ll be on-line soon enough.. Yup...

Five days into 08 05-01-08

Well we are five days into 2008..., that’s eight years of none smoking..., how about that huh. I don’t see myself ever smoking again..., well.., with the exception of a good double corona or a good pipe smoke. Christmas was another good one. Curt and Tina was down from Kingston.., fired up some fireworks on New Years Eve..., except that we didn’t point them up..., we pointed them strait into the bush. That was something else seeing the bush lighting up like that. Started lifting in early December but got sick when I traveled to Winnipeg. Bummer..., so I took another break but will get back into it again today. Bought myself a preacher curl bench so my gym is almost compete. Would still like to get a smith machine but might have to wait on that one. Finally picked up my amp in Thunder Bay..., placed that sucker on layaway. It is a nice amp..., 120 watts... Now just to buy a mike and stand... Graeme Cracker will be back tomorrow.

Happy New Year 01-01-08

I would like to wish all my family and friends a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

First day of winter 21-12-07

It is the first day of winter and it looks like it will be a cold one. I thought last year was cold..., but this year will be colder mesa tinks.. So anyways..., Graeme is off to spend some time with his mother..., umm..., having some company over for the holidays..., umm..., Isabella and Ethan are a little under the weather..., that’s about it. While in Thunder Bay, I hope to see “I am Legend” again..., that was a good movie..., one of the best I ever seen...

Last day of days getting shorter 20-12-07

Tomorrow is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. I found an interesting article on the Mayan Calender which ends December 21, 2012. Some people see this as a prediction for the end of the Earth..., umm..., not Earth, end of humanity to put it more precisely... Other people think it is nonsense. I think it is something but what, I don’t know.. Well this article says this “Tree of Life” is actually a sky map. The Sacred Tree is found to be the crossing point of the ecliptic with the band of the Milky Way where we would be on Dec 21, 2012 at high noon which relates to current sky maps of today. How about that huh... They started this calender around 679 B.C. and from that date they were able to pin point the sky map of Dec 21, 2012. Isn’t that amazing.. I knew they were advanced but nothing like this.

Donna to Israeli 19-12-07

I want to wish my sister Donna the best. She has been selected by Assembly of First Nations to participate along with 9 other Native women from across Canada in this “Leadership” training in Israeli. How about that huh. She is heading out on January 19, 2008 and her sessions start on the 21st of January. I was looking for some travel guides for Donna..., and you know what..., hardly anything on the Middle East. Guess it isn’t a popular travel designation. I told her to take a lot of pictures..., don’t get on any public transportation..., and if you see people running for their lives..., RUN!!! I sure she’ll be alright. Good show Donna!!!

Praserlator 07-12-07

We had a pretty neat demonstration of this thing called a phaserlator. The Americans invented this device when they invaded Iraqi. It is a pocket translator which you click the English verison on the screen and it says in the Arabic language. Kinda makes you wonder what they had programmed into these suckers. Kinda reminds me of the movie “Mars Attacks” when these Martians were running around with the Martian translation device saying “do not run, we are your friends”..., wonder if it was like that..

Wawatay 04-12-07

Has it been eleven years already..., so it has I guess... The sun is starting a new cycle of..., umm..., don’t know what this solar cycle is call but anyways..., if you have noticed the Northern Lights aren’t as active as they usually are the past couple of years is because of this solar cycle.. You have these strings running from the polar regions of the sun from end to end... Because the sun is turning faster (less distance to travel) in the polar region than the mid section, these magnetic strings get all tangled up.. The more tangled up..., the more solar activity..., yadda.., yadda..., yadda..., more solar flares..., more solar winds..., thus more Northern Lights.. Then somehow it goes back to normal to start up again...

I think this page here keeps on brain turning into mush..., which is a good thing I think... Well I know what to call my personal beliefs now..., monotheism transcendence..., which basically means one God that transcends space and time... It sounds simple enough.., wonder if that is enough to start a new Church??? Any takers??? but anyways been thinking a lot of religion lately... Somehow in terms of daily life (you know..., eating.., breathing..., sleeping..., functioning..., etc..) it doesn’t really matter if you’re a Atheist..., Agnostic..., Muslim..., Christian..., Jewish..., Hindu..., Buddhist..., or whatever (referring to me), it does not have any bearing of your life. So it seems to me that it is more your actions and environment (including genetic) that determines your fate...

Only in death we will find out the answer..., which kinda sucks because so many religions based their theology on dogmatism..., either you’re born right or wrong... Hard to say because all of them go have their good points.., inner peace in Buddhism and Hinduism..., praying all the time in Islam..., I am right and you are wrong in Christianity..., oppss..., I mean to say “I am the way - Jesus”... Just for me..., dogmatism isn’t for me... Religion is suppose to based on very strong moral and ethical code but yet we live in a society that ethics are based on our own personal convenience... Well..., what can you do when you live in a shoe... I would like to go through the Koran next.., geez..., can’t they make these books any shorter..., like something in bullet form would do me great..., I just want the meat and potatoes...

Last day of the month 30-11-07

It is the last day of the month means the countdown to Christmas begins tomorrow. This weekend I hope to have some things up but what I really want is a 9 foot Christmas Tree..., that’ll be something.. Never had the opportunity to have a tree like that before. The outside lights are on every evening now for a couple of hours. Went for a short drive down Drayton Road and there was only a couple of other houses that have their lights on. Umm..., too early perhaps... This is the best season to live in Northeastern Ontario ( or as they call themselves, Northern Ontario while we’re Northwestern but anyways). The French Canadians really go all out and I mean all out for Christmas. The houses in Timmins.., Hearst..., Kap..., Mattice..., it is an amazing thing to see... Around here..., it is ok..., but nothing like there... Being English must suck the life out of you or something... People here just don’t have the same spirit...

I attended my first Economic Development Strategy Sub-committee meeting last night. It was interesting to see..., such a formal scene for a sub-committee... See what happens I guess... Sounds interesting enough to spark my interest...

Just reading some crap on another theory of the land bridge thing-a-ma-jig..., the 12,000 year assumption.. Some people are just determined to make that date stick even thou more and more evidence is surfacing that Aboriginal people have been here thousands and thousands of years before the land bridge crap... I don’t know why they don’t look at the whole picture. The only reason I can see why these certain people are trying so hard to make the date stick is because it is easier to displace people that only been here for 12,000 years rather than 50,000 or 60,000 years..

That wasn’t expected 25-11-07

I watched “The Mist” last night. I must admit that ending was not as I expected but none the less a good show..., poor sucker..., you’ll know what I mean if you watch the show. I think “30 Days of Night” was the better movie but this was ok. I was hoping to see Saw IV.., wondering how jigsaw came back to life from apparently dying from cancer in Saw III. Who knows..., you just can't kill these guys can you..., not like Davy Jones... Well Christmas is now 30 days away. Started some of my X-mas shopping but still long way to go yet. Yup... Oh.., yes..., it is good to be alive and well..., thanks for signing Kathy..., long time no see eh...

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend 17-11-07

If you have nothing better to do with your time, Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. The meteors will appear to originate from the constellation Leo but I would not focus on that area but keep looking..., umm...., up..., opposed to down I guess... Because Leo does not start coming fully into view until after midnight, that would be the best time to look for these suckers..., irregardless after midnight are generally best for watching for "shooting stars" anyway. So that’s my agenda for the weekend..., the life of a wannabe astronomer... Oh.., while looking up..., you should take a peak at Comet Holmes..., it should be about the middle of the sky...

Comet Holmes larger than the sun 16-11-07

This is something new. They say that this comet (size including the coma or the dust around it) is now bigger than the sun with the recent explosion of gas. The coma's diameter on Nov. 9 was 1.4 million kilometers, based on measurements from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. They used observations from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. The sun's diameter is 1.392 million kilometers. How about that huh... It doesn’t have the same mass as the sun or it would wreak havoc on our solar system like toss planets around like dust in the wind..., well we all are dust in the wind... (umm..., isn’t that a Kansas song???)

But anyways..., this mysterious explosion..., well.., not one knows why it happened..., it just did. A few hundred years ago we would have thought it was a sign from above..., usually a bad omen of sorts like death to mankind..., but wasn’t it before the Mayan civilizational fell that a comet was seen just before hand too foretelling the end... Umm..., makes you kinda wonder huh... Lots to prepare for... Good thing I went through the whole bible recently... I learnt a shit load of things that you would think mesa would know from going to church every Sunday as a youth or speaking with other people who are fluent (or are suppose to be) in the bible. It seems to me what they do and say compared to what is written doesn’t match... You would think using the bible as your foundational blueprint to prepare you for the afterlife, you would follow the bible more closely...

This is what I learnt... When God spoke to Moses, he was very pragmatic when he spoke to the Tribes of Israeli... Don’t eat dead animals on the side of the road..., when sick leave town until you are better or you’ll get other people sick..., if you’re rich..., offer more..., if you’re poor offer less..., don’t eat your kids..., don’t sit too close to the TV..., stuff like that... Very useful things when you are wondering around the desert... Those are good qualities when looking for a deity..., one who cares for it’s people... Now Jesus on the other hand.., well..., he wasn’t as pragmatic as when God was speaking with Moses... Sure love thee neighbor..., yadda.., yadda..., yadda..., but Jesus didn’t even talk about how to achieve peace of mind or inner peace. In fact you didn’t even have to bother with meditating any more..., just one simple our father then you were good to go... Jesus never spoke of how to operate a church..., he didn’t even say worship him as a God.., but this is the foundation of Christianity... How can you ignore what is written in all those books then operate a Church claiming to be the Church of God stating you are deriving all your info from the bible... I just don’t get it..., it doesn’t make sense to me... Maybe someone can explain it to me and I’ll get it sooner or later...

Well most likely this Comet Holmes explosion is nothing but an explosion from a comet with no ominous signs what so ever but if it is something and all we all meet our doom..., I am putting all my money on Moses..., sorry Mom... (not that I have anything against Jesus..., nothing wrong with what he said) Either all of you are going to hell and I am not..., or I am the only one going to hell and you’re not. Either way.., it will be a lonely place.

Google this 11-11-07

It seems that time of year again is getting closer and closer. I managed to get up my star and some lights up early this year. Not for sure yet what else I am going to add. Ready to spark up the stove again for another year. That sucker will run none stop til April next year... Get a lot of milage out of that stove. Tomorrow I have off... I feel bad for the suckers who have to work and go to school tomorrow... I don’t know why they make people work..., well..., don’t want to get into it... Might hurt someone’s feelings again and get my page suspended..

Reading some crap on how employers are now googling perspective employees and going as far as creating facebook accounts. I say that is none of your friggen business and google this...

I think the snow is here to stay 07-11-07

It is pretty chilly out there now and I think the snow is here to stay. The good news is that in a few more weeks, if we’re lucky..., they’ll start grooming the trails for another skiing season. Looking forward to that but been pretty inactive the past few weeks. Hard to get back into it. I know it will be brutal the first time I head out. I guess the Catholics (Christians) are too much for the Gram Cracker so I am sending him to public school system. Just wondering how I go about that. One thing about the public school..., they have Native language course..., and they seem to have more money than the Christians for some strange reason...

Speaking of Christians..., Christmas comes to mind... I do wonder how many people actual know the true history of Christmas... It is suppose celebrate the birth of Christ but...., I don’t see any mention anywhere of Christmas Trees.., lights..., and even how to celebrate Christmas in the bible... It is ironic that Christmas follows so many pagan rituals.., some of which the bible really..., (and I mean REALLY) frowns upon (ei human sacrifice). Also it does match the old Roman celebration of Saturnalia... This was a brutal holiday where for a whole 8 days..., you can go nuts..., and I mean nuts without any accountability for your actions... If you had a grudge against someone..., that would be the time to kill the poor sucker and no one would think the less of you... It just seem odd that between December 25th and January 1st is 8 days..., that was the time they celebrated Saturnalia.. Interesting huh...

Irregardless..., I think it is a great time of year. I think it is a good thing that our society has taken some bad things and made a good thing out of it but then again..., it would create a window for some serious payback time... I tell yah that there are a few people I wouldn’t mind smacking in the head... Ahh..., to dream... If society ever crumbles. .., those people better pray they don’t come across my path :-) Nah..., I would probably give them a good boot in the ass.., then maybe a good smack..., hmm..., a boot to the face perhaps..., knock out some teeth..., and stop there..., umm..., or would I??? But anyways...

So all the Christmas displays are out... Seeing what else I could add to my village... I seen this ice rink at Rona that would look good. It’s too bad I am living with Ethan the Terrible..., the destroyer of Christmas Trees and pumpkins... Doing the lights on the house this weekend..., along with cutting some wood... Watch for my star.., it’s gonna be good... Yup...

Comet Holmes 05-11-07

If you’re into watching comets..., Comet 17P/Holmes stunned comet watchers and astronomers across planet. On October 24, it increased in brightness over half a million times in a matter of hours. The outburst transformed it from an obscure and faint comet quietly orbiting the Sun with a period of about 7 years to a naked-eye comet rivaling the brighter stars in the constellation Perseus. Holmes' outburst could be due to a sudden exposure of fresh cometary ice or even the breakup of the comet nucleus.

Comet Holmes continues to be an impressive sight to the unaided eye. The comet has diminished in brightness only slightly, and now clearly appears to have a larger angular extent than stars and planets. It has a blue ion tail is created by the solar winds impacting ions in the coma of Comet Holmes and pushing them away from the Sun. Comet Holmes underwent an unexpected and dramatic increase in brightness starting only two weeks ago. The detail visible in Comet Holmes' tail indicates that the explosion of dust and gas that created this dramatic brightness increase is in an ongoing and complex event. Comet Holmes will move only slightly on the sky over during the next month. So if you want to see it for yourself..., look for the constellation Perseus..., upper part of the north east sky. Interesting huh... (for me anyways....)

The Full-full moon 25-10-07

Tonight, those whom have clear skies can enjoy a FULL full moon in which the Moon will reach its full phase within a few hours of perigee, the closest point in its elliptical orbit, making it the largest Full Moon of 2007. Umm..., perigee you say??? Well..., since we are on a different orbital plane than the moon..., the moon actually grows visibly bigger and smaller in the sky throughout the year. On April 3, the Full Moon was within hours of apogee, the farthest point in the lunar orbit, corresponding to the smallest Full Moon of 2007. The difference in apparent size between the largest and smallest Full Moon is quite dramatic..., lunar apogee/perigee is about 350,000 km difference in distance from Earth which makes the perigee moon light 10% brighter. Not enough to drive with your lights off..., (umm..., well you can..., but you’ll be an idiot...). Since the shift in the sky many months apart, the change is difficult to notice. How about that huh...

Thanksgiving Monday 08-10-07

It’s Thanksgiving weekend..., umm..., had turkey..., it was ok.. The Hobbit is scheduled to be released December 1, 2009..., so the waiting begins... Looks like Peter Jackson won’t be the director... Oh well..., guess 250 million wasn’t enough money for him for the LOTR trilogy so he went for more... To me that seems to be a lot of money... He shouldn’t cry..., geez..., considering the type of movies he was making before LOTR and if it wasn’t for John R. R. Tolkien great story..., he would still be making crap... Look at King Kong..., not much magic there... Looking forward to the Hobbit...

It is getting cooler outside.., need to get some wood soon... This year I hope my saw doesn’t crap out on me again... Bummer last year cutting wood with a buck saw..., but good exercise but wouldn’t want to cut 9 cords of wood like that again.. The moose meat was good..., lots of work to get it out thou... Back to lifting next week..., figure a good month to get my traps all ready to go... Now that is my upper traps..., lower traps..., shoulder..., biceps..., wrist..., abs..., and calves..., I pulled so far... Hope that’s it...

Apocalypto 07-10-07

Just finished watching Apocalypto this fine Thanksgiving weekend.., ohh..., Happy Birthday Donna... The movie was ok..., actually the movie itself was good cinematically speaking but I had some problems with it..., some major problems... The Mayans were an advance civilization..., their math and astronomy skills were matched by only other tribes in the Americas but no where else in the world... What I hate is the one sided view of this movie...., the perception of barbaric savagery..., which kinda gives the justification of the extermination of 90% of our population across the Americas... Nothing about the advance irrigation system..., communication system..., calender system... I’m glad this movie only grossed 120 million world wide..., that means not too many people seen it.., relatively speaking...

Pumping daisies 05-10-07

I remember when they launched Sputnik.., I was nineteen at the time..., hey..., wait a second..., that’s not me..., that’s my dad..., but anyways..., yup..., start of the space age... Umm.., I came across a few articles over the past couple of month... Guess some scientists who have nothing better to do with their time are debating if humanity should colonized space.., starting with the moon then Mars..., and onward... I think it is a natural progression... We have to anyways..., for our species..., not only that but all species.., regardless of life, domain and kingdom (guess that goes too with phylum, class, order, family and genus). If you want to talk about global warming.., our sun is about half way through it’s life cycle but when it eats most of it’s hydrogen and uses more helium..., yikes..., it is gonna get friggen hot..., like melt lead hot... By then all life would be gone including all our water... What’s a hominid to do??? colonize space... I don’t think we’d have an easy time of it..., because of our bodies dependance on oxygen, water and long carbon strands (or food) not to mention things like nutrients and muscle atrophy... Oh well..., sure they’ll be some human guinea pigs to test the water... What am I to worry about..., I’ll be pumping daisies long before then...

All moved and set to go 01-10-31

Well we’re all moved in and all set to go... The office seems nice..., nice view..., lots of natural light..., lots of background noise..., parking kinda sucks.., downtown location..., could live without the drunks..., umm..., well.., it will be good once we move into our new office. Not too much else new at the moment.. Pat was over for a brief visit... That’s what I need for my truck..., a Neegan license plate..., maybe Neegan’s rules...., lol..., just kidding... I’ll just change my name to 452 2BA if I want personalize plates... Haven’t worked out in two weeks now..., I’ll give it another week... Knet mail server seems to be down again. Must be the quarterly crash so we’re good til Christmas... Yup...

Cal’s celestial object 25-09-07

Yesterday Cal shared with me his pic that he took on August 29, 2007 somewhere between Ignace and Atikokan around 4:00 am. You can see the constellation Orion in the background and if you look at the bright red object between the stars Betelgeuse and Bellatrix (Orion’s shoulders), you will see Cal’s celestial object. Just doing a write up for Cal so he can submit it to various astronomy societies (associations etc...) to see what they have to say... Interesting huh...

Wake me up when September ends 23-09-07

Well September is almost at an end..., thank God... There is something about the dates between late August to September 30th..., nothing goes right... This is the best time of year for looking at the stars with a telescope because night fall comes fairly early..., no friggen bugs and your not freezing your ass off..., just my luck really sucks or bad things usually happen to me at this time.. Oh well... Graeme came in second on his division in chess the other week...., so he is off to Thunder Bay for the Chess Tourney..., GOOD LUCK. Umm..., I can’t think of anything else to say..., got all my pegboards up so the garage is coming together... Haven’t workout since I hurt myself..., I should wait a another week before hitting the irons again... With this extra time I want to finish up my grand unification theory site..., been putting that off way too long... Yup...

First day of fall 21-09-07

Today is the first day of fall but the Equinox actually happens tomorrow morning at 6:08 am so today and tomorrow..., day light and night time are roughly the same in length..., 12 hours... Just doing some revamping to this page over the next couple of days. Well..., if you look..., up..., up in the sky..., look way up..., you’ll see (hey.., what ever happened to the Friendly Giant anyways..., poor sucker...., talk about CBC axing an icon but anyways...) if you look up..., that bright red shiny dot is Mars... Now til December, that dot will glow brighter and brighter as it passes closer and closer to earth... What does this mean in a metaphysical sense..., new age crap...., absolutely nothing..., it’s bright..., that’s all..., get a life...

Seeking a Copy Editor 19-09-07

If you are an ambitions, creative individual who’s financial position in life is meaningless, Mr David Neegan (a.k.a. hairless monkey) is seeking a copy editor to check various narratives for legal and ethical concerns and consults the hairless monkey on questionable material. Must be willing to work for peanuts..., no elephants PLEASE!!! If interested please email your resume with three references to davidneegan@knet.ca . Mr Neegan would like to thank all applicants in advance but the ones selected for the interview process will be contacted.

Mystery illness from above 18-09-07

This is something that could have the of potential of hurting humanity. I guess around midday this past Saturday villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball in the sky by their remote village located in the high Andes. Residents soon complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," and seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized. The meteorite left a 100 feet wide and 20 feet deep crater..., then boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Umm..., aliens??? (not as in two legged bipeds but bacteria) Something anyways... , most likely a chemical found in the meteorite...

We as humans have a good survival rate considering that without a mere few minutes of oxygen that we would die..., or a day or so without water..., or extreme heat or cold..., or well..., you get the picture... Reading some stuff on the black plague the other day..., those were pretty brutal times for humanity. I guess it pays not to shit on the street and in your front door (European custom during 1000's to the 1300's). Imagine that 2/3 of all people passed on... You had a one in three chance of living... This thing wiped out whole towns...

Now we have people that specialize in developing these biological diseases, these pathogenic microorganisms and parasites as a weapon. These biological weapons are not found in some third world extremist country..., the majority of them are found in the developed world..., the G-8 Nations..., oh..., and China too...

I don’t know what kind of mentality you need to develop such a thing..., obviously you need test subjects to make sure the sucker works..., where do you find such subjects to do these things... As we speak people are trying to convert diseases such as Ebola and small pox as a weapon knowing full well the pain it will inflict on the people. (Fortunately for us..., Ebola is too good at what it does..., kills the host before it has a chance to spread...) These people who develop these pathogens are the biggest threat to humanity and the ones we should focus on as criminals..., not paying them luscious salaries in the military... One day mistakes will happen..., then it is the black plague all over again... This time it won’t be because of our ignorance.., it would be our greed and need for power that would bring it on. Oh well..., what does a hairless monkey know anyways..., must be ok because I am the only one complaining about it...

“Dead" man wakes up under autopsy knife 17-09-07

This is an interesting story..., holy crap huh... – CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy. Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought to stitch up the incision on his face. "I woke up because the pain was unbearable," Camejo said, according to a report on Friday in leading local newspaper El Universal. His grieving wife turned up at the morgue to identify her husband's body only to find him moved into a corridor -- and alive. Reuters could not immediately reach hospital officials to confirm the events. But Camejo showed the newspaper his facial scar and a document ordering the autopsy. - Guess it just goes to show you that there is always hope...

Nothing else new. Graeme and Isabella are adjusting to going to school again. Doing some fall cleaning around the house and fixing my garage. Gotta get ready for my wood..., buying 16 cords this year. Taking a little break from lifting..., think I am on the verge of over training... Few weeks should do it... Been going at it pretty hard... Once I complete my grand unification site, I’ll get back at it again... Yup...

Grey Power Indeed 16-09-07

These Grey Power commercials have to be the most annoying commercials on the planet..., “you don’t drive like him so why are you paying the same premiums as him”. It is always some punk idiot in a broken down car with his AM radio blasting away (because he can’t afford a half decent stereo) with smoke billowing out of the rear or the saintly elderly driver harassed by some crazed lady who was just let out of an insane asylum. Yeah right..., that’s what suppose to be out there... This is what I see..., getting caught behind 10 transports in a row because a grey hair is driving 50 k in a 90 zone or you missing your green light because a grey hair’s reflexes are too slow to react when the light turns green..., or a grey hair plowing into a crowed of people because they confused the gas pedal with the brake.. So why are we paying such high premiums and these grey hairs get all the breaks...

That goes on saying..., why should we pay for all the mistakes all these grey hairs done... Crap..., the just about killed off all the bald eagles..., laced all our lakes with PCBs.., created a hole in the ozone layer that can fit a number of countries..., polluted our lakes and streams.., not to mentioned killing off thousands and thousands of species... It’s us guys who had to clean up their mess..., now we have to pay for them in their old age.... Health care..., extended care..., geez..., pensions..., and we have to pay for our own retirement and get taxed for it to boot to pay for these gray hairs live high off the hog...

First snow 14-09-07

Well we had our first snow fall of the season. I don’t think we’ll have much of an Indian summer. Speaking of Indians..., at breakfast the other day at the Regent Casino in Winnipeg I was listening to this lady tell her story of her rich millionaire blind friend who was robbed by Indians... Apparently these Indians followed this blind man upstairs..., and walked into his room when he opened the door... They waited til he was asleep and mugged him... Now there is only one race of people that I can think of that would wait til the blind man was sleeping to mug him. This race of people will believe anything you tell them..., chase any red herring you throw at them, believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction..., believe in monotheism while worshiping two Gods..., that Global warming (and cooling) is a new phenomenon and man is the cause and yes..., believe a story that a blind man can identify two Indians in the middle of the night..

First Frost warning 11-09-07

September 11 and we have our first frost warning of the season.., how about that huh... If that wasn’t bad enough..., snow later on in the week. Umm...., I wonder if the MNR is still calling for forest fires... I wonder what happened to their prediction of a summer of fire..., bunch of idiots anyways... Same with those hurricane forecasters..., bunch of BS if you ask me. These types of forecasts should not even be consider science because they have half the chance of being right as wrong. It’s all a shot in the dark. What bothers me is the media covers it... Oh well...

I came across a half decent article on global warming the other day... Someone hit it right on the nose. Earth has a history of going through an ice age about every 100,000 years or so... The article said that the good thing about global warming is no ice ages over the next little while... Crap, it is about time someone said it..., other than a hairless monkey. We only finished the last one about 12,000 years ago so we still have about 88,000 years before the next one.. Not too bad... It is going to get warmer..., and it is not because of us.., it is a pattern the world has been following for a very long time..., like millions upon millions of years... We think we are so smart as a species but when it comes to things like this..., it is almost like believing the world is flat or the moon is made of green cheese... Someday we’ll get it... Just soon I hope...

First day of school 05-09-07

It is the first day of school in the land of Sioux. Graeme and Isabella are all set for another year. Jays lost another game against Boston last night. The Jays did alright this year, next year is the year they make it to the fall classic. The Leafs..., well..., reading an article that the best is yet to come... Umm..., I don’t know about that one..., geez..., I would consider them lucky if they make the playoffs this year. That Ferggie.., that man has no luck at all in getting players that will stay healthy and play good... Just thinking of all the media hype the past two years with players he signed but all of them spent the majority of the season injured and when they played..., they really sucked. The only players who stayed healthy and playing good for the Leafs are the ones Quin and Dryden got. The only good thing if the Leafs don’t make the playoffs.., they’ll finally fire Ferggie..., and get a new GM...

Summer is over 04-09-07

Well Summer is finally over..., well not officially..., we still have 17 more days of summer until September 21. Not too much happened this summer..., pretty plain really..., no trips..., no vacation..., just cutting the grass over and over again... Oh-hum... I have to admit that fall is my least favorite season for many reasons I won’t get into... The weather seems alright..., no bugs..., nice a cool... Snow will be falling soon enough..., which means another skiing season... Graeme is with us for the school year. Hope he likes it... Yup...

Oh..., so every 26 months, Earth passes Mars on this orbital trek (meaning it will be f*ck’n close). When the pass occurs, Earth and Mars are on the same side of the sun with all three objects lined up in a row. Right now, the distance between the two worlds is shrinking at a rate of 22,000 mph. By late September, Mars will be one of the brighter objects in the night sky. The closest approach will occur in December, when Mars will be brightest than every star in the sky but not Venus..., but close...

How about that huh..., the red planet rules the sky again but sorry..., it won’t be a bright as the moon or the sun for that matter..., just a dot in the night time sky but red in colour. I don’t know how many people asked me about Mars being the brighter then the moon..., holy man..., geez... That would mean..., well..., not getting into that... In Sept 2003 Mars was at it’s closest that it will ever be to Earth.. That happens every 60,000 years...., so that is where that email hoax came from..., but even in 2003..., the difference between Sept 2003 and Dec 2007 is very small to the naked eye... An wannabe astronomer like myself would not be able to tell the difference. It was neat thou..., knowing what I seen it Sept 2003 won’t be seen again by any human in 60,000 years... Will we even still be here..., who knows....

Happy Birthday Graeme!!! 28-08-07

I would like to wish Graeme a Happy Birthday out in the land of Nipigon. Have a great one. He is just about a teenager growing up to be one fine guy... Lunar Eclipse last night...., missed it... Oh well...

Wow, cooking the books huh 08-21-07

Well how about that..., this is an interesting one. Apparently NASA climate data is flawed and it seems they were inflating the number to make the earth seem like a much hotter place than it is. So much so that instead of 1998 and 2005 being tied for the hottest years.., that 1934 is still the hottest... Let’s do some simple math here.. In 1934 the world population was just over two billion people compared to now which is 6.6 billion... You would think if carbon released by man was the reason for the earth’s warming that it wouldn’t be 1934 the hottest year but it is. This would mean that perhaps this warming is just the natural state of the earth and the sun. Coupled with the fact since the 1930's..., the earth has been getting cooler til the late 80's early 90's or so..., and all the other planets in our solar system are also getting warmer..., umm..., seems to me that all this global warming related to carbon is all hype... Kinda makes all the world’s leading scientists look like fools not to mentioned those idiots David Suzuki and Al Gore. I don’t know how filling our landfill sites with mercury laden bulbs will help the environment anyways... I do ask myself..., why this red herring... Yup.., the life and times of the hairless monkey...

Happy Birthday Andrew 08-15-07

I would like to wish Andrew a happy birthday..., not that I see him much around anymore but it is good to see that he is growing up to be a strong good man.

Perseid meteor shower 08-13-07

Watched the Perseid meteor shower last night. It was alright..., Milky Way seemed exceptionally bright last night for some strange reason..., more stars visible than usual (or could it be I finally cleaned my glasses, just kidd.ing...). This year the Perseid meteor shower peaks on the new-Moon night of Sunday and Monday, August 12–August 13 and can be seen from any place in the northern hemisphere. The Perseid meteors appear to stream away from their radiant near the border of Perseus and Cassiopeia.The meteor rate, for an observer at a dark-sky site in the northern temperate latitudes, increases to roughly 30 per hour in the predawn hours on Saturday, 45 per hour on Sunday morning, and 80 per hour before the sky starts to get light on Monday morning.

A little history..., Perseid meteor shower has been observed for about 2000 years, with the first known information on these meteors coming from the Far East. In early Europe, the Perseids came to be known as the "tears of St. Lawrence." The shower is visible from mid-July each year, with the greatest activity between August 8 and 14, peaking usually about August 12. During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches around 60 or more per hour. They can be seen all across the sky, but because of the path of SwiftTuttle's orbit, Perseids are mostly visible on the northern hemisphere. How about that huh..., Tuttle's Comet of 1862 which is now disintegrated..., umm..., geez..., hmm..., that would mean...., crap..., that sucker almost hit the earth..., holy crappola eh...

On other news..., “Grimski the wise” is spending another week with us in Sioux. Kinda of unexpected but a welcome surprise. Went on a huge movie marathon..., seen Harry Potter..., Bourne Ultimatum..., The Simpsons Movie.., Evan Almighty..., umm..., and a few others... Thought The Simpson’s Movie was lame..., Bourne Ultimatum was pretty good..., others..., fair... Cut the grass this on Sunday..., crap that is a huge lawn.... Is it me or are there more Indians in Thunder Bay..., which could only be a good thing I think. Getting kinda cool in the evenings now and not so hot during the day...., the smell of autumn is in the air... Just ironic how all major things have always happened in the fall which leaves a foul taste in my mouth...

Need to improve my game 08-08-07

That’s it, I need to improve my golf game. A couple of years ago my game was actually was getting there but a whole year layoff plus not going out much this year, I feel that I am back where I started..., a hack... It’s the driving range for me over the next few days in Thunder Bay... Oh..., it seems I owe Pat’s wife a beer..., I don’t know about that... We have been having this debate on freewill and fate for a few years now... It’s nice to think..., yeah..., I am in control..., but under the gaze of space and time..., it would be impossible. Even the concept is flawed... Science is able to predict and duplicate the same event over and over.. If there was freewill, you would be impossible to do. Even our immediate actions, our thought processes.., what we eat when and how is overall predetermined by our DNA... Freewill will always have a home in philosophical circles where people just sit and think but it can’t make the transition to science...

The final saga of Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers 08-07-07

With four teams in the running, Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers could only meek out a third place finish beating out Lac Seul Police and the Bannock Bandits. Could this be the final fate of Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers as they watched the Extended Care Kookums hauling out every Kookum they can get their hands on or the wizardry of the Alice in Wonderland’s Health Authority. Sure enough as time passed, the SLAAMBers succumb to the marketing scheme of the Health Authority and the bannock ringers of the Extended Care... What a world, what a world...

Actually it was alright..., had fun.... Yup...

The stage is set 08–03-07

The stage is set, the chili made..., winds from the north north west at 17 kilometres an hour with a high expected of 23 C with visibility at 24 ks ..., perfect bannock making weather. Just some last minute tips from the old lady Isabel on how to cook bannock on an open pit fire... She says wait til the fire turns to coals..., then cook it..., if it has a flame..., too hot..., burn... Got it..., flames bad..., coals good..., flip when done on one side..., cook on the other...

Isabella is celebrating her birthday tomorrow..., she’ll be a solid five years old. Should be alright..., she is having a brunch birthday party..., never had one of those before... Yup...

Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers ready to rumble 08-01-07

It looks like I will be one of the people making a loaf of bannock for Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers on Friday. The strategy is in place and Bannock Bob’s SLAAMBers are ready to take everyone to school. Everyone shared their trade secrets including my bannock tastes different every time to adding cinnamon. Our strategy is simple, deep fry that sucker..., but I am baking mine..., which by the way..., I never did on an open pit fire... My personal goal is not to have it burnt on the outside and rare in the middle..., as per request of one of Bannock Bob’s top bannock advisors Roy Anderson... So the SLAAMBers will be out and ready on Friday August 3rd at 2:00 pm... Oh..., I am making chili too... It’s gonna be hot!!!

Bannock Bob’s Slaambers 07-31-07

It is the last day of the month and we are into the home stretch of the summer. Life is good in the land of Sioux. I signed up with Bannock Bob’s Slaambers..., it has something to do with the Blue Berry Festival..., mesa thinks anyways.. Something about baking bannock old school..., open pit fire..., yadda, yadda, yadda. Sounds interesting enough... Umm..., wonder if they will have low-carb bannock??? It’s at 3:00 on Friday...

It was a hot one 07-23-07

The weekend was certainly a hot one. It was good to travel to Red Lake again. This time that road doesn’t seem as long. Stayed at the Fox Knoll in Cochenour. If you ever need a place, the Fox Knoll is the place to be. Yup...

Norseman Capital of the World 07-18-07

Off to Red Lake this weekend, the Norseman Capital of the World to partake in the Norse Festival. It should be alright to be back in Red Lake again. Jerry is putting us up for the weekend. Visit some people..., pick up my mail..., etc... Thunder Bay’s Sleeping Giant received the most votes to be named Canada’s Top 7 Wonders list. How about that huh..., never expected that. Not to be out done by Sioux Lookout which was named the highest gas prices in Ontario. I am honoured to be paying such prices, if that what it takes to be number one..., I’m there...

A Sauce that lives up to it’s name 07-17-07

I finally found a hot sauce that lives up to it’’s name. The bottle says “ The original hottest sauce in the universe. A great cooking ingredient for sauces, soups and stews. Also strips away waxed floors and removes driveway grease stains. Enjoy!!! Warning, use one drop at a time. Keep away from children and pets. Not for people with heart / respiratory problems.” Yeah, yeah, yeah, I thought to myself..., it can’’t be that hot while I sprinkled the sauce all over the place. I layered it pretty thick. Crap.., that pizza just about killed me.., I drank about 1 litre of milk right after. I thought those wings from “Up in Smoke” were hot from the other night.. Those wings were just as hot going into me as coming out the next day...., but this..., almost uneatable... Maybe I shouldn’t have layered it on so thick... See how it goes with my wings...

Still the hottest 07-15-07

I have to say still the best and the hottest wings I ever tasted is still from “Up in Smoke” in Thunder Bay. Now that is HOT!!! Also..., 40 cents a wing on Saturday after 7:00 pm. As for movies goes this summer..., so far..., Harry Potter has everyone beat. Shrek was ok.., same with Pirates too..., Spiderman..., was alright too but in all I was little disappointed because I thought it could have been better. I would pay 55 smackers for a bottle of water??? Umm..., that all depends I suppose... I would if I was dying of dehydration and some loonie was selling it to me to save my life but any other circumstances..., no... Who would have thought 30 years ago that we would be such a crazy thing as buying bottle water... Just goes to show you on a macro level..., we are a pretty smart species..., but on the micro level..., some of us are not all the way there yet.

Friday the 13th 07-13-07

It is Friday the thirteenth..., I’ll make sure no black cats cross my path... Well nothing happened on July 11..., but somehow that date still sticks in my head for some strange reason... I have decided today that I want to be a billionaire... How does a person go about becoming one??? According to the world wide web..., it says that the word salary doesn’t appear on any billionaire’s bio... Makes sense..., hard to imagine someone paying you enough in salary to make you a billionaire... Next step..., layout a plan... Makes more sense..., planning..., pont taken.... Lastly..., "The best odds for becoming a billionaire, in summary, exist in industries that ride the key trends of economic development. This suggests that in newly industrializing countries, great opportunities may remain in infrastructure and basic industries. In the world's most developed economies, however, the cream of tomorrow's billionaires probably will emerge from communications, services, and technology." Umm...., hardly a good blue print to follow... Must be an easier way...

Off to Thunder Bay to pick up the Grimski... Might see Harry Potter tomorrow... Umm..., raining right now..., will it ever stop... Global warming my ass... Some good news...., the annual Perseid meteor shower that happens between August 12th to the 14th is expected to be better than pervious years, peaking with a display of dozens of shooting stars each hour. That’s what they said last year and the year before.., and the year before that... Each year I am out there like looking like an idiot..., yup..., the life of a wannabe astronomer...

The Juttmaster 07-11-07

Just watching the latest releases by Shaddap Productions... Is there nothing that Justin can’t do...., radio DJ, producer, film maker, actor, wed developer and model... I think I’ll upgrade the Juttster to the Juttmaster... So it is July 11th, 2007... You know what..., for some strange reason..., this date is important for one reason or another. Am I missing a meeting??? a birthday??? I don’t know...., better check my horoscope for today... It says...., “be very careful when you're communicating today. Sarcasm doesn't work on email”. You think??? Let’s give it a try..., hold on... Umm..., point taken..., note to self..., sarcasm doesn't work on email.

Roger Ramjet 07-10-07

Do you know what I caught myself singing in my head this morning..., “Roger Ramjet and his Eagles, Fighting for our freedom , Fly through an' in outer space , Not to join 'em, but to beat 'em...” How the hell did that song get into my head. Friggen odd man..., holy crappola..., Roger Ramjet of all people...

The Pope is making some powerful statements saying that all other Churches except his are not really Churches but merely ecclesial communities and therefore did not have the "means of salvation". He goes on saying..., "Christ 'established here on earth' only one church, the other communities "cannot be called 'churches' in the proper sense" because they do not have apostolic succession, the ability to trace their bishops back to Christ's original apostles”. Umm..., I did not know that... Succession eh..., ecclesial communities eh... I had to look up ecclesial which means “pertaining to a church or its functions, teachings, or organization” Now I am more confused than ever... Maybe the Vatican has their own dictionary...., who knows... I didn’t realize that Jesus had a preference in terms of which Church is his..., must have missed that page..., or I can’t recall him ever make reference to any Church of Jesus... Must go through that book again..., but damn..., that book is soooooooooooooooooooooo long... Personnally I thought he was a practicing Jew and didn't worship himself..., guess I was wrong...

Radioactive Material gone missing 07-04-07

Just following a couple of stories on how terrorists can use radioactive material to make a dirty bomb in Canada and now..., how radioactive material gone missing over the past five years. Terrorists using dirty bombs..., Saddam having weapons of mass destruction..., and wanting to create protective wildlife preserves for big foot..., come on... If these terrorists were so well organized..., you would think in the UK where they are more organized, have more money and have more resources available to them that, they would deliver such a device but instead they drive a car not into an airport but by the doorway..., filled with gas cans.... Gas cans..., far be it for me to say but gas cans..., geez..., sounds like to me they are scraping the bottom of the barrel and running out of ideas.... A dirty bomb and gas cans are two different platforms. I will tell you where this radioactive material has gone..., it is all sitting at the bottom of our lakes and rivers..., in our landfill sites..., in the deepest parts of the forest because it is too expensive for our poor old companies to pay for the proper disposal... Think people..., think...

Canada Day Long Weekend 07-03-07

Both the Canada Day long weekend and AFN’s National Day of Action has come and gone. I don’t think they had anything in Sioux on the National Day of Action. Odd considering the number of Native people living in town but anyways..., I don’t know what they accomplished... I didn’t hear of any new announcements from either provincial or federation government as a direct result. I think the supports remains committed as so the opposition..., and people who don’t care either way..., still don’t care... As the days pass, so will the memories fade..., blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...

As a whole, I know as a people we think we have it that bad but..., if you consider what is happening in Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, we have it pretty good. The only difference between us and our brothers elsewhere in the world is the control of the natural resources. I am sure if we controlled the oil in Alberta or the forests of BC and Manitoba, Northern Ontario and Quebec or the mineral deposits in BC and the Canadian Shield, our life would be completely different and it wouldn’t be for the better. These people who are trying to gain control of these vast resources have no conscience and will do whatever means to get what they want. Do you really want those people looking in our direction???

Just wondering what this day will bring 06-28-07

As I sit here drinking my dark roast coffee with two shots of espresso, I am wondering what will the new day bring. A glimmer of hope enters my life this morning but quickly fades as I awake and realize that my life is not a dream while the morning light illuminates my room. I mutter to myself “rats, I am still here” as I move on with my day. Crawling out of bed with one eye still closed, I hit the shower with the blast of water pulsating against my back. Satisfied with the degree of cleanliness I can achieve, I reach for the faucets knowing full well with one knob broken, scolding heat will soon embrace my body leaving it a toastie red. Continuing on with the monotony that has become my life, my body beckons for it’s daily sustenance called breakfast. The kitchen soon sings of songs of boiling water and eggs frying as the sun peaks from the horizon to deliver it’s warm glow. Siping my morning brew, I wonder what the new day will bring.

Geez..., huh..., what the f*ck was in that coffee???

This day in history - Battle of Little Bighorn 06-25-07

I would say this is probably the most famous battle that the Indians ever won, the Battle of Little Bighorn...., taking it to the man... Chief Pontiac is most likely the most successful Chief of anyone else. After the French were defeated by the English, this man took over a great number of Forts including Detroit. Battle of Little Big Horn was notable but one victory, Chief Pontiac was able to lay siege to whole territories and conquer them... It is a shame that as Native people, we do not know enough about this man. Instead we know more about people like Pocahontas who went to Europe to encourage more Europeans to come to the Americas and when her people were going to attack Jamestown..., she ratted them out. Rats are usually rewarded by the victor but are really traitors. I see her for what she is.

Just wondering what victories we will win with the AFN National Day of Action. What new territory will they secure..., will we finally have our independence??? Umm..., then we would have to worry what nation do we call ourselves??? Do I need a passport to visit the rest of Canada and the States??? What currency would we use??? Would I be issued a new birth certificate and social insurance number??? Would I have to pay taxes now??? Things to ponder after the National Day of Action.., a new day is upon us...

Everyone had a successful year in school Isabella is moving on to SK..., Graeme and Andrew passed their perspective grades. Graeme grades are getting better as each year passes..., Good Show Graeme!!! I am proud of you...

Happy Aboriginal Day 06-21-07

I kinda like the idea that Aboriginal Day is on June 21, the summer solstice which is the longest day of the year. All the Native controlled organizations have either today or tomorrow off. Only one organization does not celebrate Aboriginal Day and that is Keewaytinook Okimanakank. I use to work there and their logic for not giving the staff the day off is because they won’t participate in an Aboriginal Activity. What’s up with that, any activity I do is Aboriginal because that is who I am, Aboriginal..., a North American Indian. From the start of my first breathe to my last, all I will do my whole life is an Aboriginal Activity. Besides..., by their logic..., people shouldn’t have Labour Day off if they don’t celebrate union activities..., or Easter off if they don’t go looking for Easter eggs..., or if you don’t get stinking drunk at New Years..., you shouldn’t get it off... The day is to honour Aboriginal people, not Aboriginal people to honour the day...

A little confused 06-19-07

Just reading something on the knet news about the revenue sharing agreement the province offered to COO. I am a little confused... According to the articles, in leu of giving up Casino Rama, Indians would get 125 million per year or 1.6 of all gaming revenue in the province of Ontario. It goes on by saying that this will double the money delivered to each First Nations. It sounds like a good deal to me, double the revenue. Kinda spreading your chips around instead of one source. Also it outlines how the money is to be spent (which only could be good, don’t want those fat cat leaders of ours to get any richer and allow the money to get to the people who need it).

So it works out to 2.5 billion over 20 years but the other deal, Casino Rama would make 10 billion over the same time period. So how is that possible??? How can First Nations double it’s money with this new offer while the old one, it seems to generate more revenue but only 12.5% of the money goes to the people. Something is wrong with the math somewhere. Where is that other 87.5% of the revenue going? So why the difference??? administration fees??? pay outs??? honorarium??? consultation fees??? and every level of Indian government wanting their cut before it is delivered to the people???? I think it is a good deal..., because it is suppose to be spent on the people. The old system that the Chiefs of Ontario refused, where certain band members get 10,000 a year just be being a band member while other First Nations sit in poverty is a bias system where it only benefits the few.

This new system, even if it offered less money (which it doesn’t) would be better because it spells out how the money can be spent..., on the people... I seen too much corruption among First Nations where our leadership lost sight who they are suppose to be representing. If we lived in a system where we could govern ourselves without the leadership lining their own pockets, I would say sure..., no strings attached but we are no where near that level. We are infected with greed like any other society.., we are no better or different.

Blue Steel 06-17-07

Had a good visit with Pete in the big city of T.O. He has a good looking boy, looks just like Derek Zoolander’s little one..., then the “Fox” gave his look, Blue Steel... Holy molly, while having a cup of java at Starbucks in T.O., someone lifted Fernando’s laptop... His bag was between us... He said it was probably a two man team... Hard to believe that happened... Poor fellow...

A Visitor this week 06-11-07

My sister is down this week for the COO meeting. Guess the NAN Woman’s Council is meeting this week as well. Good to see her... Then going to visit my bro in TO towards the end of the week. We’re having supper at a Vegan Chinese Restaurant or something..., as long as I don’t have to eat cats... It should be alright. Been fighting this cold for the past few days..., hopefully my visitor doesn’t catch it.

Finally went golfing..., last year I didn’t go out once. Crap..., the first shot..., I missed the ball completely..., then the second..., I topped it and it rolled 5 feet away... Then I teed off again..., whap..., sliced into the next fairway..., then took a drop.., hooked it into the bushes... Then I took another drop because there is no way in hell I am going looking after that. The next shot wasn’t too bad..., went from one side of the rough to the other... Then took out my nine iron..., gave it a good swing...., went perfectly strait..., over the green right in the middle of the next tee off... I didn’t bother going back to the first hole..., just teed off with the five iron..., actually got it on the green the first shot. The rest of my game wasn’t too bad after that but I swear I almost walked off the golf course and drove home to crawl back into bed while I was on the first hole.

How about that ending with the Sopranos... It looks to me that they are thinking of making a movie with that ending..., just going to black with that. Especially when they were talking about going to court for Tony... It was a good run but I think they made more gas in the tank to go on for a few years yet...

I just had too 06-07-07

I usually don’t send those things out, you know..., those things people forward that say if you send it to 10 people, your wish will come true or MSN will start charging people if you don’t send this to everyone on your contact list..., etc..., etc... When I actually read the article that was attached to it..., sorry..., I had too... The article was talking about a boycott of a Tim Horton’s after they displayed a sign on the saying no Drunken Indians Allowed. It’s like at Walmart in Thunder Bay.., a child ate some gummy bears then the mother gets arrested for shop lifting. While she was waiting for the police, the security guards were saying how they have to watch these Indians, they’ll steal anything in sight. How much money do in sink into these places anyways... Unfortunately I find that certain establishments whether (speaking of weather..., geez..., it’s been pretty crappy outside..., when is this global warming going to kick in..., people are trying to reduce carbon..., I am trying to burn as much as I can to make up for what people are trying to take out, oil..., gas..., diesel..., coal..., if it has carbon in it..., I’ll burn it..., also leaving all the lights on during the day..., just doing my part..., but anyways...) it is big or small..., it is the management who let this go on... What can we do???

Ducks took it last night. The Sens got shellacked... If you are going to fly all the way to California from Ottawa..., at least show up for the game..., just don’t roll over and play dead... They gave up even before they skated on the ice. The better thing for the Sens to do is forfeit the game if their going to play like that. Have the referee skate out on the ice and read a note saying, we forfeit the game and would like to thank our fans..., yadda, yadda, yadda..., congrats to the Ducks..., blah.., blah..., blah..., we will try again next year. That way they could give the cup to the Ducks and I would have my evening back to do whatever I do...

Shaddap Productions 06-06-07

I have to admit the production that Jutt (Justin Neegan) and Jeremy Sutherland put together is pretty damn good. They divided their documentary into part one and two. Just click here to watch it on YouTube. On another note, I am still in shock that Bobby is dead... Poor sucker..., there he was buying another train set and wham..., no more bobby... They could have knocked off Paulie or Silvio..., well.., Silvio got it too... Chris had to coming to him..., crazed stoner... Now I want Phil dead too for what he did to Bobby... Tony..., should be interesting what happens on Sunday..., must see... Wonder if it will be a two hour thing.... I say the Ducks take it tonight... Ottawa just does not have what it takes... They have the talent but something is missing... Anyways..., Brian Bruke deserves it after getting screwed over in Vancouver. My sister Donna Orr(a.k.a. Boobon) will be in Sioux next week for the big meetings happening...

One win away 06-05-07

The Ducks are one win away..., geez and I thought they would take it in six... I didn’t expect the Sens to roll over and play dead. Now I am wondering how the hell did they beat Buffalo, the best team in the NHL (in points anyways). I agree with Don Cherry saying that Dean McAmmond ran into Chris Pronger’s forearm rather than a hit. Watching the UFC on TV I think these guys are doing everything humanly possible to knock out the other fellow..., knees..., elbows..., fists..., you name it, they will do it. Rarely I see someone get knocked out... Meanwhile I see the Sen’s Dean McAmmond get tapped and he is out like a light getting carried off the ice. Are these hockey players that soft??? Like Steve Moore getting hit on the back of the head with a padded glove goes down like a deck of cards... Well..., he also did have two teams collapse but none-the-less..., he shouldn’t have taken a dive. He should have turned and fight like a man. This tells me that he can dish it out but can’t take it. Now he is suing Bertuzzi..., come on.., what about his teams mates that pushed Bertuzzi on Moore... Coward..., whimp..., what a joke..., big baby...

National Day of Action 06-01-07

Well..., I thought for a second that I lost all my info on this page again. It seems the knet server went down again..., and again..., and again... I wonder what they are doing down there anyways... Just reading some info on the National Day of Action that AFN is putting on. I think the concept is a good one but I do not know if it will net any results. Some times I think the problems we have are a direction result of our actions and inactions... We have only ourselves to blame. I think every Indian knows the crab story..., it does have a bit of romanticism to it... Nice to hear while you are sitting in a “sharing circle” while blabbing about how you didn’t have a dog as a kid..., but really..., we still do nothing about it. What happened to us is no different than what happened in Europe a thousand years ago or any other nation in the world. The only difference is our reaction was different than theirs.

I was reading in the NAN website how they disagree with the new proposed legislation on Matrimonial Real Property rights... From the website - “This can’t be a cookie-cutter approach where governments come in basing the process on laws that work in non-native communities because it’’s not the same at all,”” said NAN Women’’s Council spokesperson Jackie Fletcher. “Every community is unique and individual with different customs and traditions that must be respected and incorporated to ensure a successful consultation process.”

From my point of view, I would think this would be a no brainier ..., when you get divorced..., your partner is entitled to half..., regardless of sex... From the comments made on the NAN website..., they are saying..., well..., traditionally in our community the man gets it all and we want it to stay that way..., so there... It is just surprising it is coming from the NAN’s woman’s council... So I guess you can’t take the man out of wo-man..., in NAN at least...

Happy Birthday Ethan 05-30-07

I would like to wish Ethan a Happy Birthday... He is celebrating two years or a solid 730 days of existence. Not bad for the young whipper snapper. Seems to be some changes happening at Kuh-ke-nah (pronounced - koh-kuh-nuht) these days. With all changes, these will be some winners and some losers... Should be interesting times over there..., just glad I got out while the getting was good. On a sad note..., Grannie did not get in on council... Neil did not get in either but Ken always does. Arthur is still the Chief... I don’t know if this is his third or forth term. Yup....

Sens vs Chris Pronger 05-28-07

Umm..., I have to say Ducks in 6 games... I don’t think Ottawa has enough talent to beat Chris Pronger.. Last year this guy carried Edmonton on his back to make it to the finals..Now without him, Edmonton could not even make the playoffs. How is that for a one man show... With the players the Ducks already have, they’ll win it in 6... Why do you think the Ducks picked him up so quickly..., because they want the Cup..., well..., good ole Disney... Ottawa should be happy they didn’t choke... That should be worth something... It’s too bad they couldn’t get Pronger to play for the Leafs...

Started to cut my grass yesterday..., holy man that is one huge yard... I figure I got a little less than one third done yesterday... I need a lawn mower that has more guts to it..., something that can cut a stone in half if it comes across it. The only real problem I have is that I am taking all the food away from my deer and rabbits that venture into the yard...

I think we can file this into be careful what you wish for because it might come true... It seems the government (or the people of Canada) are going to hire an independent claims commission to move along the land claim issue... In addition, the INAC guy Jim Prentice has cleaned out the old staff and brought in his fellows to move things along... At least we know that these issues with be dealt with swiftly demeanor. I don’t know if that is good or bad thing but when AFN was crying about land claims this or land claims that, never once did they state the manner in which it is to be resolved, just it needed to be. I too would like the land back from where the sun rises to where it sets but I don’t think that will happen. Not with the leadership we have anyways...

The perfect brew 05-20-07

Just reading how to make the perfect cup of coffee, and what do you know..., I am already making the perfect cup. It’s no wonder I am so critical of other people’s coffee... Starbucks does have a half decent dark roast if you add a shot of espresso. Best coffee I’ve tasted is The Espresso Junction at the Forks in Winnipeg. You can get a coffee with unlimited shots of espresso for three bucks... Tim’s is ok if there is no other place around like Dryden. Robins..., well..., I rather grind up dirt and run it through a coffee maker because it tastes the same. In Sioux Johnny’s has the best brew in town. Roy Lane coffee is water down too much..., even shots of espresso doesn’t save the brew. Robins..., well, if you are into drinking dirt..., whatever works for you. So anyways..., here is the article on how to make the perfect cup of coffee..., once you start you’ll never go back to drip...

Step 1: Pick perfect beans - African coffee has a reputation for acidic and fruity undertones, Indonesian coffee is characterized by its earthy flavour, and Central American coffee is known for its nutty taste. When buying coffee beans, remember that good quality beans, equal good quality coffee.

Step 2: Store it right - To keep coffee bean fresh, store them in an opaque, airtight container at room temperature. Storing coffee in the refrigerator or freezer for daily use can damage the coffee as warm, moist air condenses to the beans whenever the container is opened. Many canned or packaged coffee products recommend you refrigerate after opening and that may be fine for the sake of convenience but when you want the very best brew, go fresh.

Step 3: Grind time - If you don't own a grinder, it's time to splurge now because freshly ground coffee tastes best. Like red wine, coffee beans and grinds react with oxygen. Unlike red wine, oxygen doesn't improve the taste of coffee. Grind only the amount you're about to consume and only buying as much coffee as you'll drink in 7 to 10 days because that's how long fresh beans last. Use a French press with a coarse grinds for best results.

Step 4: Just add water - Since coffee is over 90 per cent water, consider the quality of the water you're using to brew. There are many water theories when it comes to coffee, but simply it's preference. Do you live by your water filter or is tap water just fine for you? Use whatever kind of water you prefer, but be aware that temperature is paramount to your coffee flavour. "The water needs to be at least 190 degrees Celsius when passing over the coffee to bring out the best flavour,".

There you have it...

Snow for the long weekend 05-19-07

It looks like we have snow for the long weekend. Holy molly eh..., so what of this global warming I am always hearing about... I don’t know if I will be able to get to my grass this weekend. Damn that Bill Gates, my MusicMatch Jukebox died on me after I installed an upgrade to my window’s explorer. I tried a couple of times to re-install it from the disk I bought but it didn’t take. I would use more Microsoft products if they actually worked better but most of it is crap. How did this sucker get so rich by pawning off this crap on us. If Steve Jobs was a smarter businessman, we’d all have Macs. It is a better operating system but Bill Gates is the better businessman. It goes to show you with just a little flair that you can sell anything including bottle water to people who have the largest freshwater system in the world.

Well, how about that, finally cleaned up this page. Took off all the X-mas and Halloween stuff...

Happy Birthday Eva 05-15-07

I want to wish the old lady herself, Eva a Happy Birthday. How time flies eh... Three more days til elections...

My vote is in 05-14-07

Well I cast my vote last week for Constance Lake’s Chief and Council. I never seen so many Neegan’s on the ballot before...., holly molly... I think Grannie has a fair chance of getting in... Good news..., Eva is alive and well... That sis of mine Eva is tough as nails I tell ya.. not only can she hit a 18 wheeler head on at full throttle and live to tell about it..., but she waited til her appendix turn to gangrene..., she wanted to make her hospital trip worth her while... She said she didn’t want to go to the hospital until she absolutely had to go.., she has things to do... I do wonder what’s in store for Kandice and Dustin....

A Speedy recovery 04-28-07

I want to wish Eva a speedy recovery. Earlier in the week, my sis had her appendix removed.. Guess it went gangrene on her or something... She wasn’t a happy camper to say the least. The operation went good and she is alive and well.. Her spirits were high when we spoke a couple of days ago on the phone. Get well soon!!!

Happy Birthday Penny 04-24-07

I would like to wish Penny a Happy Big Birthday. Today she turns..., do I dare??? On another note, the Big guy himself, Pat Cheechoo is celebrating his birthday and only has 354 more days before he hits the big 40... I asked Penny what advice to give to Pat before his big 4-0..., she said, enjoy it while you can, it’s all down hill from here..., just kidding...

Trying to get a campaign team going for Grannie’s bid for council..., but no one has returned my emails... You all know who you are... Hopefully I’ll have her platform on-line by the end of the week. Just need some help... The sun is shining and the grass is green so all is well in the land of Sioux.

Too cloudy for Lyrid meteor shower 04-23-07

Well..., it was too cloudy for Lyrid meteor shower yesterday. I might go out tonight but I don’t expect to see much. The days are warmer and spring is finally here. Yup..., good to see...

Good luck to Grannie 04-15-07

It seems that Grannie (a.k.a. Mom) is throwing her hat into the political arena by running for Council for Constance Lake. I asked her what her motto would be... She said..., “can someone else do it”, then she left Moe’s... Hold on.., oppss..., that was Homer when he was running against Ray Patterson for Sanitation Commissioner. Getting the two mixed up. Oh well.., I hope she gets in...

Paper in the wind 04-13-07

Hopefully with any luck, this weekend I hope to finally give my stove some rest. Umm...., luck eh..., umm..., it is Friday the 13th.. One thing for sure, I won’t be breaking any mirrors, walking under any ladders or letting any black cats walk across my path... I have all the luck I need in my life at the moment. Came across a short story by Shirley Jackson..., The Lottery. It was cool.. “The lottery in June and the corn will grow soon...”

I see that Pikangikum got some money over the past few days. I remember on Election Day during the last election, Roger Valley was up in Pik. He promised the moon and the stars to the people of Pik if they vote for him. He also said if the Conservatives got in, they’ll be the next anti-Christ.., or something like that. Besides campaigning on election day (which is illegal, don’t ask me how he was able to get away with that), he deceived the people of Pik saying they won’t get anything if they Conservatives got in ... Well Mr Valley, explain this... It was his Liberal party that screwed the people of Pik over in the first place... When Jim Prentice was there, he even mentioned that where the liberals failed, he was going to help. Well, it just goes to show you that sticking in what you believe in and not selling out works too..., that you don’t have to have your ass all the way up the Liberal party’s ass to get money... You look like paper in the wind catering to the government without having a solid foundation on what you believe in. I am happy for my friends in Pik..., good people..

The idiots that we are 04-11-07

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland has cooled to minus -271 Celsius, or 455.8 degrees Fahrenheit (which is colder than space) along one stretch of the 27 kilometers ( 16.8-mile-long) superconductor ring. The collider, designed to smash sub-atomic particles together and to create miniature black holes.

Umm..., black holes you say??? The theory is that with the cool temps would allow for no resistence (umm...., I assume heat or energy resistence thus the cooler temps) so you can make a mini me black hole. If they could pull it off, (which that can’t because it still lacks the mass and energy that a black hole has), it could end all life on earth in less than a blink of an eye...., and here we are worried about Iran...

I predict that they can’t do it because it is impossible from where we are. What’s his face came up with this theory.., the Hawkins fellow... They think by doing this, it could be a gateway to other dimensions or something exactly like that show Quantum leap a few years back (but not a bad show). Too much imagination and time on their hands I say these fellow have

The problem by creating a black hole (if it was possible) is that in order to sustain itself, you need a lot mass near by or it will disappear and become nothing... What would happen is by having this thing on earth if it worked, is it would suck up the earth then stop and spit us out (explode) or either suck up the sun and other planets, then spit our solar system out. There is not enough mass around our solar system to keep this thing as a black hole. The matter (atoms and elements) would be somewhat different then what we started..., more higher elements... Our own carbon matter which gives us life would be somewhat less... We wouldn’t know what hit us.., we wouldn’t even have enough time to experience pain.. The time it reached our skin, this thing would travel so fast that it would be faster than what our synapses can transmit to the brain. In an instant, all our carbon, hydrogen and oxygen chains and bonds would be broken down to raw elements. My question is why would you try such a thing, just because you can? We are truly idiots... (I should have been an astro-physicist..., damn it, damn it, damn it)

Yup... 04-10-07

Another long weekend is over. Graeme was over for the long weekend then Andrew came by to visit on Monday for a few hours. It was good to see him. Played some tunes with him on the guitar and then everyone went nuts outside. Graeme (aka “Gram cracker” by Isabella) was in Runescape heaven once more. That’s ok..., it is good to that he gets his fix for a couple of days. Most of his time in Nipigon is spent outside. On Sunday, the Big E, Gram Cracker and myself went for a walk.. It was alright. Oh..., I want to wish my best to Denise and Tom..., and congrats on the news...

Now I think all the snow should be gone soon enough. By mid week, it should be warm once more. Time to get my endurance working again by starting to walk at first then slowly getting into running. Work myself up to 10 k but I won’t go beyond that. Just too hard on my knees. Need to find other cardio activities... I was very disappointed with this year’s skiing season. I was willing and able but the trails weren’t. Did get some half decent runs in but not even half as a hoped. Next year I want to ski 1000 k over the whole season.

Other than that, nothing really new. Reading a another book in the Universe... Interesting..., talks about critical mass and how the universe will just burn out..., blah..., blah..., blah..., because it lacks the critical mass... I disagree... Yup...

Oh well 04-08-07

The Islanders won so that is it for the Leafs. Geez kinda felt bad for them jumping around the ice just like they won the Stanley Cup or something when they beat Montreal. Oh well... We will see if Freegie is around next year. Easter bunny came and went. Still pretty cool outside but by the middle of the week, it should be normal. Yup...

Must win 04-07-07

Well it is a must win for the Leafs tonight or that is it for the year. Watching Freggie in the owner’s box.., it’s almost life and death for him the way he acts.. All I can say is thanks a lot for taking a team that was a contender for the Stanley Cup to a team fighting for a playoff spot. If they do make it, I do see them going out in four games. Watching them play against Philly and Islanders..., yikes... They had to win in OT against Philly, the worse team in the NHL and Philly’s worse season since they became a team. They were manhandled by the Islanders’ third string goal..., third string... They can’t beat teams like Philly and Islanders when they are healthy.., what chance do they have against Buffalo? Hey..., I got an idea on how to make the Leafs a winning team, move them to the OHL..., their chances MIGHT be better there. I actually think this is the last year I see Sundin as a Leaf. Poor guy...., if he stayed with the Nordics he might have a Stanley Cup ring...

Good Friday, Passover or the Easter Bunny, you decide 04-05-07

Tomorrow is Good Friday and it is also Easter weekend where the Easter bunny comes around..., umm..., not to mention Passover started April 3rd and ends April 10th... How about that eh... Quite the religious / spiritual weekend... The weekend where Jesus died..., not to mention thousands of Egyptian male first born were killed by the hand of God and where we are suppose to breed like rabbits... Before Christmas went through the entire New Testament..., I thought that was a long but the Old..., crap..., that is long. I can understand why most people don’t read all of the bible. I haven’t come across any stories of the Easter bunny thou..., :-(

I admit I like the message of Moses the most of all the books...., new and old... Very pragmatic and prolific deity when he spoke to Moses... I recommend if you read anything from the bible..., read all the books that involve Moses... Like God said.., there was not prophet like Moses before him and no other that will ever be like him. He’s got my vote... The problem with the New Testament is that it contradicts itself so much..., and so much stuff added to it after the fact that you don’t know who or what to believe. I know a lot of people would be offended by that statement but have you read it from start to finish?

But whether it is the Islam (Koran), Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism or any other major religion..., the message is relatively the same..., do good deeds... Plus everyone says that they are right and everyone is wrong, even within their own religion.. Look at the Pope and the Queen of England..., both claim to represent God but who is right? This is why the world is in such a big mess is because everything one thinks they are right and no one is looking to see what is wrong. Umm..., I don’t know what other message the Easter Bunny has except to procreate (sex, sex, sex)..., which would explain why there is over 6.5 billion of us on this planet. The message is pretty simple and strait forward..., just do it... I don’t have the energy at this time to go through the Koran thou..., two major books is enough for me at the moment. Yup...

Into the deep freeze 04-03-07

It is going to be chilly over the next five days or so in the land of Sioux. Got the wood stove going full tilt once again. I thought I retired that sucker for the season. Wishful thinking maybe. I figure that sucker burnt just about 11 to 12 cords of wood this year..., that is a lot of wood... I can’t imagine what that would translate into heating oil..., thousands I guess. Oh well...

Leafs are one point behind Montreal for the final playoff spot. It would be good if the New York Islanders make it... I think Ted Nolan kinda got shafted by Buffalo a few years back. Jays won their season opener... I think they have a good chance..., well..., since the won those back to back world series in the early 90's.

AFN 04-02-07

Just reading some news releases off of the AFN homepage. Talk about a group that likes to complain and do nothing about it. Everything they write just translate to “you make me sooo mad..., if you thought I was mad yesterday..., see what I will write today”. Do you think Green Peace stopped whaling by passing resolutions, news releases and nasty letters??? What Phil needs to do is old school.., like chain himself to Harper’s residence... Blocking roads only gets the electorate upset with us..., which spawns off more ignorance and hatred..., not to mention justifying manuals that use the words “ambush, deception and killings” in dealing with First Nations. Our Chiefs and Native leaders need to march to Parliament Hill..., form a human chain and get some passive resistence going... A high profile stunt without upsetting the masses. I don’t think we are prepared as a people to do what Ireland did to get their independence or any other country for that matter so why even play with the idea. It’s all or nothing if you follow that route. We don’t have the same drive and commitment..., plus our verison of self-government is greatly different from theirs... We want our cake and eat it too..., (translated - we want self-government but we want the government to pay for it, which kinda defeats self governing.., when you have to depend on someone else to be self-reliant). Umm..., I do wonder what kind of letter Phil could draft up that could see any results... The only problem for Phil is the government is always calling his bluff..., which makes him a terrible poker play. If Phil is in a poker game, I want in...

Another new year for the April fool 04-01-07

The snow is almost gone and it is a new year for the April fool... Which fools follows this old ancient menology anyways..., umm.., come to think, it is really called a new fiscal year..., enough said... Watched a couple of new DVDs the past few days... Borat..., interesting..., he is more of a jackass type of guy than a fool.. Blood Diamonds..., I fail to see the comparison between what is happening with these blood diamonds to what is happening in the NAN territory..., so only a fool would think that up.. Watch the entire series of Saw..., or Jigsaw he likes to be called. Now I don’t need the chronology spelled out for me like a fool... Toronto is still fighting for a playoff spot. I guess it would be foolish to think they would win the Stanley Cup if they make the playoffs... I think if Freggie is still around next year that we would be all fools to support the Leafs for another year but aren’t we all because we always do.. (Go Leafs Go) Lotto 6/49 Jackpot is a cool 38 million dollars..., we would be foolish not to buy a ticket but don’t be fooled to think we’d win. Day lights savings time was actually suppose to start today but the fools as we are, we thought by starting a few weeks earlier we can save some energy..., but what we saved in one part of the day was actually lost in the other... Yup..., Happy New Year!!!

Canada’s Indian problem 03-31-07

Just catching up on some reading the past few days. This is interesting..., it seems the Army (ie Canadian government) is identifying Native protestors as terrorists as per the Military’s manual. The manual outlines tactics, including ambush, deception and killing, which the military could use on Indians... This manual also included is groups such as Hezbollah but really..., what issues does Hezbollah have with Canada... I think they have bigger fish to fry than Canada. To them, we would be in the same books as Sweden, Norway or Finland... It is the same odds of Hezbollah acting them as us...So what does this manual really say...

First of all..., there is only one group of people in this manual that is identified solely by race..., (Canada’s Indian problem...) Secondly..., we’re already identified and have numbers placed on us so the infrastructure is in place to implement this manual. Thirdly, they already wiped out 90% of our population across the America’s.., the world’s largest genocide..., and no one took notice..., so they know they can get away with it... Who do we run too??? The Liberal party who funded this manual..., who introduced the White Paper and the Governance Act..., I don’t think so... Our leader of the AFN who supports the Liberal Party??? The American’s??? The British??? We are truly alone... Oh well..., such is life I guess... We'll do what we always do as a people..., hire a consultant and a lawyer...., get them to draft something..., it always works so well for us...

Leafs??? 03-29-07

I don’t know if the leafs are going to make the playoffs again. If they make it..., it’s gonna be tight squeeze. Plus if they do, I don’t think they have much of a chance against Buffalo. I think it is time to let Freggie go but is it really his fault? Unlike Quin, Freggie knows how to tow the company line so I think the teacher’s fund will keep him around for a while yet. The real demise of the Leafs chances of winning the cup happened when the new owners took over..., that fucken teacher’s fund. They are the ones who should get fired. I hope the Islanders make it because of their coach Ted Nolan.., good to see him back of the bench.

The snow is almost gone and spring has sprung. Officially turned off my outdoor woodstove for the season but still keeping it on to burn the sawdust that has collected and dead brush laying around. Ohh..., brushed off the dust on my guitar and playing some tunes again. It’s been a while, a little rusty... I should go back and start running my scales again. Geez..., forgot most of them... Umm..., I should get back into jogging again. Yup..

The long arm of Global warming 03-13-07

Hmm..., this is interesting, not only Earth is heating up but Mars, Pluto and other planets in our solar system is heating up also. Not only that but moons such as Neptune’s Triton and the big gas giants such as Jupiter. Must be the long arm of carbon in our atmosphere that is effecting these planets too...., well..., if UN scientists says so, it must be true...., umm..., it must be right..., eh??? eh???

I knew it was just a natural state of what Earth goes through all this time. Global warming this.., global warming that..., too much carbon in the atmosphere that is the cause..., blah..., blah..., blah..., blah..., global warming killed my dog..., I’m a big baby because I can’t stand the heat..., oh my goodness we won’t have a tundra anymore..., boo hoo hoo... I don’t know if these UN scientists guys can call themselves scientists after this. Oh my God, what a fuck’n joke..., a farce really...

The biggest problem I had with these guys is where is the science... If I were these clowns I would have taken it from a physics point of view... I would have found out how much thermal energy it would take heat up our atmosphere by one degree. Then find out where that energy is coming from and going remembering that energy can’t be created or destroyed..., so it has to go somewhere or transformed. We have enough data out there to do the appropriate calculations. Even an idiot hairless monkey like myself could come up with some formula with some solid half decent numbers just from surfing the net. Sure it’s getting warming you idiot..., but why...

What they failed to do is demonstrate from a pure scientific point of view how much more energy is being trapped by carbon in the atmosphere. The problem from me has always been the lack of evidence linking the two together remember carbon doesn’t even make one whole percent of the total gases in our atmosphere. One other thing I would like to point out, the earth has been getting darker over the years and it has to do with the industrial age and the crap we been pumping out. Wouldn’t be ironic that it was the carbon or smog in our atmosphere that is really preventing our planet from really super heating up and it is the environmental clowns like Al Gore that are really the ones endangering our planet. That would be too ironic.. Just think, a few decades ago, these “scientists” (I am using that word because the lack of a better word to call these guys now, scientists..., geez...) were calling for an ice age..., which data would support it because our planet was getting darker.., less thermal energy reaching our planet, blah..., blah..., blah...thus cooler..., yadda..., yadda..., yadda... That I can understand... (psst..., by the way in case you haven’t figure it out by now it’s our sun that is heating up all the planets in the solar system)

We spring ahead, ahead of spring 03-12-07

March break is here. So this past weekend we lost an hour of sleep because of the American Congress. Now why can’t we think and do things for ourselves eh..., why do we need to follow suit. Even thou we have the metric system, a jug of milk is 3.89 L or better said, one gallon or a can of beans..., 281 ml..., or 28 oz..., umm..., go figure...

We have the pleasure of hosting the Nipigon art champion for the week. Not only an art champion but his curling teams kicks ass taking a couple of first places. Andrew is with his father this week, drove down with us. Isabella’s cousin is down from NB so that’s alright. The warm weather is here which spells an end to my skiing season not that it was a good one. I should keep up with my cardio and get back into running again. Need that bike.

The 20 k 03-08-07

I skied the Sibley Tour last weekend..., my results were better than I expected when I crossed the line. I only trained two weeks because of the cold weather, injury to my traps and broke trail groomer. Not my year for skiing. They switched the venue from Sleeping Giant Provincial Park to Kamview Ski something, something. Closer to the city which is ok. The distances were different..., so my 20 k was actually 16 k... My time was one hour and forty-nine minutes then subtract 20 minutes for the first two waves (10 minutes each wave, I was in the third) which makes it 1:29... So which would translate to one hour and fifty-one minutes if I did the 20 k at the Sleeping Giant. That’s 11 minutes faster than my last time at Sibley.... I still say they need to put in a category for Classic and Skate because that time for classic is a half decent time but for skate, it seems slow. So next year, my time should be better. (hopefully..)

Umm..., I am wondering what the hell is in my Red Bull drink. I left it in the car the other night and in the morning..., it wasn’t frozen. What’s in this sucker besides the caffeine, vitamin B6 and riboflavin..., anti-freeze??? gasoline??? varnish??? Water is suppose to freeze at 0 C..., but not this drink. It went down to -15C and still it wasn’t frozen..., yikes... Even beer or any alcohol would freeze after a point..., but not this... What the hell am I putting in my body... Well..., as a down another one, I mull over what I am drinking..., Mmm..., so cold...

Oh..., Happy Birthday Mom!!!

My climatized sister 03-02-07

Well..., I can officially say that after 15 years of living in the deep south of Alabama and the deserts of Arizona that my sister Eva has finally succumb to her environment and been climatized by the years of constant heat. She referred to northern Ontario’s month of August as chilly.., oh my God eh... It’s no wonder..., Eva’s high of today is 20 C..., that’s what we get in early summer if we’ve been nice and for them, it’s probably a deep freeze... It just goes to show you that everything is relative.

On other news..., this is interesting... I came across this information while reading an article on the attempted assignation of Iraq’s vice-president. In a couple of weeks, Iraq’s parliament will introduce a bill that will deal with the vast oil resources of Iraq. The bill will allow American oil companies to “manage” Iraq’s oil for them then a royalty will be given to the people of Iraq. This is mandatory legislation that the Iraq’s parliament must pass by orders of the American government. The article goes on by saying this will help the people of Iraq..., blah..., blah..., blah..., we are so great... If I was a smarter man , I could swear that this legislation would allow American oil companies get at Iraq’s next to nothing. The politics of oil...

Saddam..., well..., he is dead now... This is the sad part..., Saddam did nationalize the oil for the people of Iraq. Under him, they had better health care and education that equals most European countries... If you were a citizen, you wouldn’t have to worry about your education because the government paid it to the highest levels. Woman’s rights..., no other country in the region was more progressive than what it was under Saddam. I could go on... Now it’s back to the old system where the Americans and British control the government and all the oil once more. This legislation is really the swearing in of the old guard, where the few profit. The thing is that this is the real reason why American government invaded Iraq and no one is taking notice of this legislation, they wanted control of the oil once more. No national media coverage anywhere. It’s all being swept under the rug. Shame, shame...

Happy Birthday Pete!!! 02-28-07

Well it is my brother Peter’s birthday today. Have a good one. He is now what we classify as a true blue urban Indian, not like us simple folk. He is living the life, big lights, big city. Yup, the life.

One week to Sibley 02-25-07

Tt is one more week to Sibley Ski Tour. I didn’t do it last year because I barely skied. Well I got my endurance up to 15 K now which isn’t too bad but I got to get two more runs of 20 K before Thursday. I won’t even come close to skiing what I did a couple of years ago. That year I was doing 20 K a shot and 80 to 100 Ks in a week. I think that year I did about 600 Ks but what I would really want to do is complete 1000 Ks in one season. Try next year see if I come closer. This year I’ll be happy to get in 200 Ks. I also don’t expect the greatest time either but if I come in around 2:10, I’ll be happy. They should really separate the Skate and Classic times. They are so night and day, like 40 to 60 minutes in difference in the 20 K. Oh well... Amazing Race tonight, wonder how Dustin and Kandice will do... Yup...

Nova Scorpii 2007 - 02-20-07

The nova named Nova Scorpii 2007 brightened and brightened, peaking at about magnitude 3.9 on Friday the 16th. As of Monday morning the 19th, it had faded slightly to about 4.3. It can be seen fairly easy naked-eye and binoculars. Just look for the constellation Scorpius in the south-southeast just before the first light of dawn, Jupiter will be shining near it. The nova is southeast of Antares and a couple degrees northeast of Scorpius.

The Beauty Queens are back!!! - Amazing Race 02-19-07

Wow huh..., I never expected this.. Amazing Race is having an All-Stars series and the Dustin and Kandice are back..., yahoo... I felt bad for them in The Amazing Race 10 when they missed their turn off which lead to their elimination. From first to last.

The trail groomer in Sioux is fixed so they groomed the trails around the golf course. They did one pass to Ceder Bay which is alright. More snow fell last night so the trails shouldn’t be too bad leading to Cedar Bay. That is good news for me but a little worried because I have less than two weeks to train for Sibley. I injured my lower traps (Trapezius) in the middle of January then I got sick so I couldn’t train for a good couple of weeks then this cold spell and the trails weren’t groomed so not a good year for skiing. This year kinda sucks because the skiing season is so short anyways. Will try and make it up over the next couple of weeks. Planning to head out in the morning and do the golf course. I’ll shoot for 10 ks or a few laps around. This spring I need to buy a bike. I have a little buggy for the Big E so we could go cruising in the afternoons.

Also..., well..., I am no longer a spring chicken so I decided to do up a list of things I do in this thing I call a life... This is what I go so far.

1) Bike across Canada
2) Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
3) Climb Mount Aconcagua and bring my telescope
4) Climb another one of the 7 summits (at least)
5) Win, place or show at a National Powerlifting Comp.
6) Go back to school and a degree in astronomy and/or astrophysics (at least astronomy)
7) Finish my grand unification website and theories
8) Finish my ec dev website
9) Run a marathon
10) Cycling tour of Scotland
11) Fundraise and get an arena for Constance Lake
12) Canoe the Missinabie from start to finish
13) Ride the winter road to Fort Severn, then skidoo to Peawanuk
14) Country Country Ski the King's Trail - Sweden

Well..., that’s what I go so far..., more to come. Some things will have to wait like to cycle across Canada. I am too deep into my power lifting / weight training now to stop. If I do too much long distance things like biking for hours and hours or running great distances, it will eat up all my natural growth hormones I need for powerlifting then I won’t get no results there. If I limit my running to 10 k, I should be alright. So let’s see if my grandfather was right. When I was a very young, my grandfather whom I am named after always said that I have the ability to make it to the Olympics and talked of Tom Longboat all the time. I think my father had the best chance of making it because he was an actual good runner but the life of the military ruined any chances he might of had.

My grandfather was also a very strong man, it was amazing what he could do. I am not too bad myself. I shoulder pressed 255 pounds a few times a few months back, that’s more than what most people can bench press... My dumbbells sitting in my garage are heavier than what they have any gym in Northern Ontario. I was a little disappointed when I injured my traps last month. It is an old injury from 2000 that has come back to haunt me. It feels ok now but I can’t hit (target) it for a good couple of months I might re-injure it. It is an important muscle I need for Olympic lifts and I can’t do any training til the spring time. I am now in the middle heavy weight class so one more class to go. I am strong but there are still a lot of people out there who are as strong or stronger than me but what I have over them is my “relatively” small frame and light body weight. Of course we are speaking of people who lift all the time. My buddy “Dan the Man” Pellerin said that the weight I was lifting, by looking at me, I shouldn’t be lifting that weight. That’s what I have, a “small” frame that can lift lots of weight. If it wasn’t for that, I would be just another gym rat. This one guy comes up to me and told me that he’d been watching me workout and told me that I give him inspiration to train harder, that I was the most powerfulness man he ever seen. Well..., see what I can do in the next couple of years. Hopefully my grandfather was right about me and I hit my mark. Scared of injury, that’s the only thing...

Some good news 02-12-07

It looks like my sister Eva from Alabama will be visiting this summer. I look forward to seeing Robert, Chris and Lottie again after all these years. Well so much for our El nino..., it came and went like yesterdays news. I guess it didn’t have enough thermal energy to sustain it’s position on the western shore of South America now we’re stuck with this weather. The trail groomer is broken in Sioux so that’s why the trails are not the best for skiing. It’s too bad but I will struggle along k by k. Went it is like that, it is more of a hike than skiing but what can you do when you live in Sioux...

The optimism of man 02-09-07

So the country of Norway constructed a doomsday vault somewhere around the north pole that contains thousands of seeds and other various items in case of umm..., whatever doom they think humanity is in. Kinda in case of emergency, break glass type of thing. Some of it is based on the idea of global warming... I could see that maybe at one time when the early hominids under the species name homo-sapiens could have been in danger of extinction, like 250,000 years ago when our population was so small or when the earth started to get cooler then the ice age happened..., but now???

Some times I don’t think we give ourselves enough credit. I don’t see moose building or flying airplanes, I don’t see moles wearing glasses or cows planting crops, or wolves operating on each other to remove cancer or elephants jumping on boats to visit another territory or panda bears using money to purchase food or fish constructing dams to increase their habitat or seals looking into telescopes gazing at the stars or eels philosophizing about their own existence or blue jays building space ships to fly higher than ever before or poplar bears building a social network to ensure everyone is taken care of or tigers using rifles to be more efficient in hunting gazelles or dogs driving to work with cars or deers using a treadmill to get into shape..., or..., or..., or... No other species ever on our planet has accomplished what humanity has in a very short span...

This doomsday thing is all media hype. What these global scientists have failed to do is give very specific evidence or examples on how global warming will effect the world population just vague speculations. Explain to me how rising sea levels will effect the world population..., are we all of a sudden turn into idiots and drown..., instead of doing the wise thing and move inland. They use the word drought all the time..., earth is cover by over 70 percent water..., where is that water going??? outerspace??? The only thing will happen is the earth will get warmer..., more water into the atmosphere thus more rain..., increase vegetation due to the increase rainfall and longer growing seasons... How is that going to have a negative effect on human population??? If anything it will increase the capacity for crops to feed our ever growing population... That dry band around the earth where rain doesn’t fall anyways..., a relative small global population lives in that area..., most people live in China, America, Europe, Indian, Brazil etc..., where the rain does fall...

We do live in a culture of greed and ignorance... The only things that motivates our governments and global corporations in doing anything is economics or a better word..., greed. Anything that will effect their bottom line..., they’ll do it without any remorse or conscience... Displace thousands of people..., over throw governments..., and the list goes on... It does go inline with this global warming thing... The only people I see that will be effected negatively is people with wealth beyond words... They’re the ones who will lose out on this rising sea levels..., the rest of us will move inland...

I do kinda wonder about this Mayan Calender thing... It ends on December 21, 2012... These guys had immense knowledge of the universe and cosmic events... The only thing I can honestly see that could potentially wipe humanity off the earth is a comet or huge asteroid..., but the only thing that follows a very distinctive pattern around the sun is a comet..., which can be predicted..., but then why December 21.., at the shortest day of the year..., longest on the southern side of the earth...., sounds a little too poetic for my liking... I think they just finally got tired of counting... I see humanity around for a long time to come..., and if we do come to an end..., I want to be the last man standing..., that’s my goal... I tell you one thing..., if a comet does slam into the earth wiping out the world vegetation, who the hell is going to be around to retrieve those seeds that those Norwegians put up there anyways..., not me.., I will have better things to do..., like driving around with no seat belt on or walking up the CN tower and not paying..., or running every red light I see... Yup..., I can live with that...

Our National Leader 02-08-07

Just reading a few articles on what our National leader, Mr Phil Fontaine has to say about things. You know when the Liberals were in power, this same man was an advocate of Federal policy on Aboriginal peoples... Rarely did he speak against the government but singing praise on how they are working with us..., blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... Now the federal government is the new anti-Christ...

If you look beyond the hype with the smoke and mirrors, you would see that policy and funding that has a direct impact on First Nations peoples hasn’t change much over the past few decades with the exception of what Liberal Prime Minister Trudeau tried to do along with Conservative Prime Minister Diefenbaker. Trudeau tried to erase all treaties that were made with First Nations people while Diefenbaker actually gave us rights we didn’t have... Other than that, very little has changed irregardless of who is in power, the Conservatives or the Liberals... Oh..., the Governance Act introduced under Chrétien.., forgot about that..., which by some says that it was a different verison of the white paper.. (which kinda makes sense, when INAC Minister, he introduced the white paper bill..., now was trying to finish the job with this governance thing..., but anyways...)

So what gives with Mr Fontaine... If I didn’t know any better, I swear that man was using that political office to support the Liberal agenda. I see that as a very dangerous position for First Nations people because it always been one of the Liberal’s goals to eliminate the Indian problem.. With a supporter sitting as National Chief, it doesn’t help our cause, If you consider Dion is the new Liberal leader which he is part of the old guard of Trudeau and Chrétien, it could be another scary moment for our people.. Without opposition from our National office..., could make things worse... Something should be done... What to do??? What to do???

Oh my God 02-07-07

Oh my God..., well how about that..., the weather warnings have finally ended after a whole week in the bitter cold. Well hopefully it will be warm enough to head out on the ski trails this weekend.., looking forward to that. Even if it is -25 C or so..., I’ll still go out but -30 C..., I’ll freeze out there... Sibly coming up very soon.., need to rake up those Ks if I want to enter..., less than 4 weeks away... Yup...

New Manger at A&J Store 02-06-07

Congratulations to my mother who will be starting her new job as store manager at A&J Store in Constance Lake starting next week. It was a long time coming that’s for sure. Not only that, as a bonus..., she was smoked out of her house last night because her chimney was clogged. So planning the road trip to Washington DC now. Looking to fly to Toronto..., spend a night in Kingston..., spend the day and then early the following day, drive to Washington for the week. I didn’t realize how far south Alabama really is..., holy crap. Was planning on dropping in on Eva, Earl, Lottie, Chris and Robert but that is still quite the distance away yet. We’ll see..., I guess... Been almost a whole week that Sioux has been under a weather warning..., damn it’s cold out there..., no skiing this week.

:-(

Third day of weather warnings 02-04-07

Well it is the third day of this weather warning we’ve been having. Damn it’s cold out there..., no friggen way I am skiing in that weather..., I’m not that hard core. My gym.., it’s friggen freezing in there too... Overall I can handle it, just those bars freeze your hands when holding them...., so off to Dryden today to do some shopping and get in a good workout..., then watch the Super Bowl... The switch on the stove quit on me a couple of days ago..., thank God for Gord Ford down the road on Drayton.., had an extra switch so that is what I am using. Nice to know that this stove almost burns the same amount of wood as a cold day as a warm day... Not like oil where the tank would drop down to nothing in a month... Yup...

Global Warming killed my dog 02-03-07

Other than the Super Bowl this weekend, more stories on Global Warming.. I don’t know what the MNR is doing in Thunder Bay because the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. Didn’t they just say this past fall that the moose population was dropping in Northwestern Ontario because of the huge jump that the wolf population has made the past couple of years. Now this biologist says it is because of global warming... I can understand it dropping because of the wolves but if this global warming was so deadly, wouldn’t it have an effect of their population too plus the majority of other species in the area... Obviously it is not effecting the bear population..., those suckers are everywhere... At least put some thought into it... He says it is a theory..., it is hypotheses at best because it is based on pure thought and hasn’t even been tested what so ever... Big Bang is a theory, Quantum physics is a theory..., this idea is not a theory...

This other stuff too all these UN scientists too... They have no proof..., just a hypotheses... If it is 100% directly caused by man, how come they can’t explain why the Earth had gone through at least 12 cycles of global warming and cooling the past few hundred centuries..., while if the industrial age has only been around for about 100 years... Just two decades ago these same group of scientists were calling for another ice age using the same data... Since the 1930..., the earth has been getting cooler..., just in the mid 90's..., it started getting warmer again but these clowns say they are using data from a whole century... Are they just skipping that page..., or maybe someone put gum on that page and they missed it... It would be more logical then what they are saying...

They use examples such as the poplar bears but what we don’t hear is the population is very healthy around the James Bay area, eastern part of Hudson Bay and the arctic... The only place is the Churchill area..., but a lot of those bears too have become very dependant (domestic) on the landfill sites... It’s like the bears around here..., they clog to these landfill sites because it is easy food, not that food is scarce out in the bush...

How can they say humanity is in imminent danger while our population continues to boom... The only people that will be effected by this global warming is all those rich fucks who own ocean front property and high rises in these cities by the ocean. The rest of us will move our stuff inland with little or no financial burden..., no big deal... Also warmer temperatures will allow for more rain and longer growing seasons for the majority of the world..., which translates to more food and less dependance on these huge global companies for food... These deserts will always be deserts..., no matter what the mean global temperature is... They are two bands around the earth that the rain just simply does not fall..., and it is not because of global warming or cooling.... We could be in a middle of an ice age and rain would still not fall there... The only people I see that will hurt because of warmer climate is the extremely well off people because they need people to be dependant on them..., the more dependant we are on them.., the better off they are... Cooler the climate..., the more we need from them... Which by the way who owns the majority of the media outlets...

Groundhog Day - Early Spring 02-02-07

Punxsutawney Phil says spring is just around the corner..., as for the Canadian knock off..., Wiarton Willie say pretty well the same thing... I wonder what ever happened to that other Canadian knock off..., the one from New Brunswick.... I tried to find some info on him but nothing... Gonna rent that movie this weekend, Groundhog Day... But anyways..., you wouldn’t know it with this friggen freezing weather we’re having. Even thou the days are getting longer and longer, . damn it’s cold out there... A couple of days ago was going to try skiing in the early morning hours before sun rise..., around 6:30ish..., but I don’t have any wax for -30 C plus weather. Try again next week when it warms up a little bit (I hope). Towards the end of February might be heading to Red Lake for the weekend, do some skiing. Miss those trails... Yup...

Well my life is complete 01-31-07

Well my life is complete..., I can finally say I seen all the Seinfeld episodes they ever made. How about that huh... It’s been kinda chilly the past few weeks... Was planning on doing a couple of runs during the morning but it is a little too cold to do that. I miss those trails in Mackenzie Island in Cochenour..., so before Sibley..., heading to Red Lake the weekend before to get some Ks in.. The trails in Sioux are not groomed for the most part and the trails that are groomed are only 4 k in length... Plus the trails in Red Lake are longer and more of a challenge. Yeah so the grass isn’t greener on the other side..., Red Lake has more to offer than Sioux... Ran into a few Red Lakers last weekend..., Brenda and David Beardy and so forth... Maybe ending up back there..., who knows... Making plans to head over to Washington DC this spring..., hopefully a stop over in Alabama to visit Eva, Earl, Chris, Lottie and Robert... It would be good to see Robert and the Fox soon...

Finally 01-24-07

Well I finally had the chance to get out and do some skiing yesterday. I actually was only planning to do 5 k but it ended up being 10 k. I don’t feel bad or sore because of it which is good news I guess..., better shape than I gave myself credit for. All those endless hours of bucking up wood with a buck saw paid off. The trails were alright but hardly any snow on them so very rough skiing plus not all the trails were not groomed so some parts it was more of a hike than skiing. Still good to be out there again. I don’t think I’ll ever match skiing 20 k every second day like I did a couple of years ago in Red Lake anytime soon but if I can get out every third day and do at least 10 to 15 k..., I’ll be happy... Yeah..., those trails in Red Lake are better than what they have in Sioux. One loops all the way around is more than 20 k...

Also set up my telescope to do some night time sky surfing. I thought the light pollution wouldn’t be too bad but it actually could be much better. Now waiting for a warmer night with clear skies to head out somewhere out of the town limits. George must be pretty lucky up in Fort Severn..., I was amazed that you could see the Milky Way from inside the community. Guess that what happens when you don’t have any street lights or limited anyways..., and no trees or hills to contend with..., crisp clean air..., yadda, yadda, yadda..., a real amateur astronomer’s paradise...

I want to clean up this page today...

The return of the black and white 01-23-07

It looks like the return of the black and white OPP cruisers on the highway. They said the cars represent respect and command authority while the plain old white ones don’t. Umm..., you know what, I have to agree with them. I don’t know how many times when I was a young whipper snapper walking to visit my sister in Hearst that black and white bolted right in front of me right across the sidewalk. Then two cops would come running out then emptied all my pockets and asked me what I was doing on this side of town... Same with living in Mattice, they would stop me for no reason..., and told me if any break ins or anything bad would happen, they would find me and blame me... How is that for a vote of confidence and respect for our law enforcement. I don’t how many times I almost got hauled off to Constance Lake because that is where they thought I lived. So yeah..., they command authority..., maybe not the right kind but the authority to blame an innocent individual by simple racial profiling can exercise law enforcement...., but anyways..., I think things are slowly improving from those days... Yup...

Doomsday clock 01-18-07

I just wonder who are these clowns running this clock. So now it is going closer to midnight once more. I am assuming when they use the word “doom”, it is in the direct correlation to the end of humanity as a species, extinction would be the best word. When this clock was started in January 1947, the world population was about 3 billion people. Even thou this clock as moved closer and closer to midnight each year with the exception of the mid 90's.., our population has doubled since 1947. Each second the world population grows by 4.2 people while the death rate is 1.8 per second. If anything by just using simple available data, not mere thought or fantasy, that clock should be noon in the afternoon, 12 hours on the other side of doomsday..., not even that, days..., weeks..., months..., years away from doomsday but not minutes away.

These Doomsday Clock sayers said also it was because of global warming.. I came across this article in Time Magazine dated June 24, 1974 was calling for another ice age.. Here is an excerpt from that “.... However widely the weather varies from place to place and time to time, when meteorologists take an average of temperatures around the globe they find that the atmosphere has been growing gradually cooler for the past three decades. The trend shows no indication of reversing. Climatological Cassandras are becoming increasingly apprehensive, for the weather aberrations they are studying may be the harbinger of another ice age....”

It goes on..., “....Telltale signs are everywhere —from the unexpected persistence and thickness of pack ice in the waters around Iceland to the southward migration of a warmth-loving creature like the armadillo from the Midwest. Since the 1940s the mean global temperature has dropped about 2.7° F. Although that figure is at best an estimate, it is supported by other convincing data. When Climatologist George J. Kukla of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and his wife Helena analyzed satellite weather data for the Northern Hemisphere, they found that the area of the ice and snow cover had suddenly increased by 12% in 1971 and the increase has persisted ever since. Areas of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, for example, were once totally free of any snow in summer; now they are covered year round....”

Well you tell me what’s going on here..., extinction of our species is just minutes away while the world population continues to boom. Name another species on our planet that is consider near extinction while their numbers never been higher in their existence. There is no scientific method to this clock at all. I can’t see how a few terrorists (relatively speaking compare to the world population) who want the Americans out the middle east and North Korean can wipe out 6.5 billion people off the face of the planet. Even if they were capable (which they’re NOT!!!), wouldn’t they be shooting themselves in the foot anyways if they did anything like that. I keep on saying this global warming and cooling is just a natural state of the planet. If we could survive an ice age for thousands of years, we can survive a few degree change in global temperature either way... We’re ready to inhabit outer space for God’s sake..., doomsday indeed..., friggin idiots...

The date 01-17-07

My bro Jon has a date set for his wedding, July 14, 2007. The first day for the rest of his life. His bachelor party is on March 24 in the big city of T.O. We might be getting a place at Pete’s condo for the weekend. It should be alright.., watching the Leafs take on Buffalo that day... Good show Jon...

Drove to Dryden last night to pick up some supplies... Holy crap, I couldn’t believe the price of gas, 71.4 cents a litre at Safeway and if you subtract the 7 cents a litre if you shop at Safeway, that’s 64.4 cents a litre.. Meanwhile on the highway, Mohawk, Huskies, Petro Canada were all 91 cents a litre.. Good thing I had to hit the gym before I went shopping.

Oh, so anyways, on my drive down, seen a moose that must have got wounded by a car or truck or something. She was just sitting on the sit of the road, poor sucker. I got out of the truck, poked at it a couple of times to get it up and off the road. She just looked at me.., finally I had to kick it and yell and it to finally get it up. No bones were broken, just a little confused. I must be insane sometimes, I was a foot away from it and it was huge. It stood at my shoulder height. That thing could have easily booted in me in the head anytime it wanted too. I don’t think ever in my life I was that close to a moose that wasn’t dead. So anyways, I got it got up and chased it into the bush. Some people slowed down but no one stopped. I could have wrapped a rope around it’s neck and tied it to a tree if I wanted too. I wish I had my camera or I would have jumped on it’s back and taken a pic. Oh well.., next time...

The sweet sound of music to my ears 01-16-07

My powersaw is still in the crapper, my parts are now on back order. Was suppose to be here last week so rented a saw for the weekend. That was sweet music to my ears after cutting wood for the past month with a bucksaw. I don’t know how those old timers did it day in and day out. You have my respect. Thank God for that outdoor wood stove, I am quite impressed how that thing heats the house and the water.

The snow we need for skiing is finally here but damn it’s cold out there. This weekend it went as high as -36 C one night without the windchill. I was hoping to go skiing this weekend but my wood pile awaits. This coming weekend I hope to do a few Ks but not too many, crap, I haven’t been running and nothing for cardio, just cutting wood with the buck saw. I still pump iron usually anywhere between one hour and a half to two hours a day but that’s no cardio workout. Happy that I am in the middle heavy weight class so I can start competing in powerlifting events. Damn it took a long time to get there. I didn’t want to drop the weight too fast or I might lose some of my power. Just one more weight class to go...

Gonna start changing my page once more to get all the X-mas stuff out and post more pics... Well..., nothing else new in Sioux..., same old same old around here... I guess you can call the Christmas season over. This place is alright you know.., it is far enough away from town so you don’t get all the light pollution from Sioux..., well..., you still get some but it isn’t bad. Yup...

Congratulations to Jon 01-05-07

I would like to congratulate Jon and Chrissy..., their planning on tying the knot this summer. Details to be given out later... Well How about that eh..., that is news... I also congratulated him on his new small bundle of joy..., he said it is small but I’m not in it for the money... Then I said congrats on the new job..., then he says.., new job..., Chrissy pregnant..., then ran upstairs...

Came across this little tid bit of information yesterday while surfing the net... It is a letter that Chief Mike Carpenter wrote to Leonardo DiCaprio and to Deputy Chief Alvin Fiddler... It basically rebuffs everything that Alvin Fiddler said about De Beers Mine... I can’t believe that the NAN staff didn’t contract the people Attawapiskat. In the letter it says that the mining company has respected the First Nations treaty rights and the community is greatly benefitting from this endeavor... Plus.., it said that NAN did this without any political, financial or legal support to assist the people of Attawapiskat... Here is the link..., Open letter to Leonardo DiCaprio from Chief Mike Carpenter and to Alvin Fiddler...

I kinda wonder what’s happening at knet these days..., they’re system keeps on crashing whether it is the email or homepage server..., even losing their own knet homepage for days on end... Time to backup everything...

A high of 1 C 01-04-07

How about that, we’re in the beginning of January and the high today is 1 degree Celsius.., holy crap huh... This news has it ups and downs... Ups.., that killer of a driveway of mine, it was only shoved once this year..., and that wood..., any other year, that sucker would have been buried under at least 4 feet of snow by now... The downs..., well..., the ski trails are not opened yet because there is not enough snow to groom... I don’t know how they’ll do with the Sibley if this keeps up... Yup..., must be an El nino year...

It seems I am coming across all these articles about global warming and how we are causing it... It is getting warming, I am not arguing there.., but it’s just a trend that’s been happening for thousands of years. A thousand years ago..., it was so much cooler than it was today and it’s been getting warmer and warmer without this “extra” carbon in the atmosphere... The industrial age only started a hundred or so years ago but this trend started way before then. How do these “scientists” account for that. The data is there, why isn’t it be published... Plus this carbon doesn’t even equal a whole percentage point of our atmosphere..., that’s 0.035% of carbon..., do the math... There’s 10 time more argon in our atmosphere than carbon... It’s not the carbon that I am worried about, it’s all that other “shit” that comes out of these factories... Carbon I can live with... Why don’t we focus on that... Didn’t a few MP’s get their blood tested for toxins a few days ago.., how did that crap get there... Global warming this.., global warming that while more and more people are dying of cancer.. Cancer is something we can mostly prevent by getting rid of all this junk in the environment..., instead we are chasing after the wind with this global warming crap on something we can’t do anything about... I tell you we’re all idiots...

Well anyways...., besides being an idiot..., things are getting back to normal around here... Isabella and Ethan have their best friend around... Graeme and Andrew and back in the land of Nipigon. One thing for sure..., Graeme loves his Runescape..., and Andrew loves his hockey.... Grannie has a new border living with her..., little Xavier has come from the big city T.O. I still don’t know what Nat is doing there..., of all the places to chase a dream... Speaking of the big city, Erica, Pete and the “Fox” are doing good.. Eva..., thanks for the pic.. Gee..., how time flies..., the last time I seen Lottie and Chris, they were just young whipper snappers..., look at them now... I asked Lottie how does Santa Claus deliver presents with his sled with no snow..., she says that he puts on wheels.. Good to know that everyone is doing fine...

Let’s see 01-02-07

It is the second day of the New Year..., only 78 days til the spring equinox, 253 days to my birthday, 356 days til Christmas, 363 days til the new New Year and 5 years, 352 days til the end of the world (Mayan Calender)... How about that huh... Reading another story this morning saying the reason why most people leave their job is because of the management and it’s not the fault of the company or the owners... I have to agree with that.. Let’s see...; Pik.., I actually like working with Jonah and the Chief and Council...; Wawatay.., Linda was good boss..., Royal Bank, they treated me pretty good there too...; NAN..., good people I worked for; MNR..., best job I ever had; TransCanada Power, excellent people...; Constance Lake was alright too; NPAAMB was a pretty cool place to work... Well..., how about that, I can only think of one place where I hated the management and where I worked... Well..., read for yourself.., good article... And those all-too-common asshole managers create plenty of problems for companies...“, By BRENT KALLESTAD, Associated Press Writer...

Happy New Year 01-01-07

I want to wish my mother, all my brothers and sisters..., family and friends... a Happy New Year!!!

Umm...., this is an interesting article I found... According to Dr. Christine Lay, a neurologist at The Headache Institute at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City and co-author of an upcoming article on hangovers in the journal Headache, the culprits are:

1 - Dilation of blood vessels. This may contribute to the throbbing headache.

2 - Low blood sugar. Alcohol can interfere with the liver's ability to produce glucose, which leaves you feeling weak and tired, clouds your thinking and makes you moody.

3 - Poor sleep. While alcohol is sedating and promotes sleep initially, the sleep is often of poor quality with frequent awakenings due to factors such as decreased rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

4 - The accumulation of toxins. The main byproduct of metabolized alcohol, acetaldehyde, is a toxin that can make your heart race and lead to headache, sweatiness, flushed skin, nausea and vomiting.

5 - Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Alcohol promotes urination by inhibiting the release of the brain hormone that normally protects against dehydration. When dehydration is accompanied by sweating, vomiting or diarrhea, there is additional fluid and mineral loss leading to electrolyte imbalances The result? Excessive thirst, lethargy, dizziness and light-headedness.

So, if you do consume too much alcohol, drinking plenty of water is essential because dehydration is perhaps the most common cause of hangover symptoms. "Those pounding headaches and everything else are related to the shriveling of the cells because they lose so much water," Navder said. "Before sleeping, force yourself to drink water. If you throw up, very good, because you're going to get some of the alcohol out that way."If you forget to drink water before going to bed, then do it first thing in the morning. The sooner you replenish your fluid loss, the quicker you'll bounce back

Navder said, Prevention is the key (but when do we listen to that...)

 

New Years Eve 12-31-06

Where has the year gone. It is the last day of 2006... Well.., I finally did get out of Red Lake but the grass isn’t greener on the other side, well at least not in Sioux Lookout anyways. Freezing rain last night so all the roads are closed between Thunder Bay to the Manitoba border.

Came across an interesting editorial this morning commenting on NAN’s Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddlers letter to Leonardo DiCaprio. I agree the letter is an embarrassment to us all... How can you compare what is happening in Africa to the proposed mining activity along the James Bay coast... The environmental assessment is done, the First Nations consulted, and agreements signed by all parties... That wouldn’t happen in Africa... If there any opposition, they would kill you... (luckily for Mr Fiddler, he doesn’t live there or he would suffer the same fate as anyone in those countries effected by “blood” diamonds). Around here we don’t have chief and council members dropping off the face of the planet every time they speak out.. Don’t they have researchers who looking into this stuff before sending out media releases to the public... Who’s working over there, monkeys..., because they’re getting the same results...

So the media propaganda machine has begun... It was good to hear this one former American Embassador to Iraq speak out on CTV Newsnet.. He was commenting on Saddam Hussein hanging... He said that under Saddam Hussein, Iraq was the most progressive country in the Middle East giving woman rights that was unprecedented, free universal healthcare and education paid for to the highest levels of university, he reinvested the oil revenue for the people of Iraq.. No other country in the region has never done that and none today... In terms of his “actions” when he was leader..., Turkey killed 10 times as many Kurds, numbers in the millions... Evils done by Saddam were nothing in comparison to what other Arab and Jewish leaders have done over the same period Saddam was in power... As Saddam fostering terrorism..., he was an enemy of the extremists in the region because of his progressive ideology... Now Iraq has become the new Afghanistan for terrorists around the world... They were never welcomed there before Saddam... Lastly, the weapons of mass destruction, the same time they were looking for them (while Iraq denied having them) North Korea said they have nuclear weapons and said they were capable of using them. Now why didn’t they go after them, they seem to be a bigger threat, especially after saying they’ll use them...

So why Iraq..., it is because they nationalize their oil interest and no other reason... Same reason why Cuba is hated by the American government..., because they did the same thing... What gets me the most is the media blitz that is happening now... Why aren’t they covering the other evils happening in the region... The only reason why I think I heard that embassador talk is because it was broadcasted live..., and no way to edit it... I only heard him speak once that day... Majority of the other stories portrayed Saddam was a madman... Whether it is Russia, China or the American government, if you stand defiant as a world leader, you will suffer the same fate and get painted with the same brush... I think the former embassador put it best, the American government ruined a whole country that was the most progressive in the middle east that they’ll never recover from...

No snow 12-29-06

Well how about that, no snow in Thunder Bay. Me and the Grimski drove off to Thunder Bay a couple of days ago and no snow to be seen. Kinda strange. Maybe there is more to this global warming than meets the eye. I think over all it is still a good thing... You have to remember with these things, that it is either has to be getting colder or warmer..., black or white.. There is no happy medium when it comes to global temperature..., it is getting warmer or cold... For me, I would it rather be getting warmer than colder...

I don’t know what that Stephen Hawkins is smoking in his pipe these days saying our planet will end up like Venus... A couple of things wrong with that..., Venus is much closer to the sun (thus warmer)..., the rotation is much slower (thus more time to heat things up)..., no magnetic field surrounding the planet (allow more energy to enter the planet) plus the atmosphere is mostly made up of carbon (97%) and Nitrogen (3%) so it allows for a true green house effect compared to the Earth’s which is 78% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen, and 1% Argon... Carbon doesn’t even represent a percentage of a percentage of the atmosphere... Even if we could burn up all the available carbon and release it into the atmosphere, we would still need to displace all the Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon into space even to make a difference... Sorry, there isn’t enough carbon mass on the whole planet even to make or 0.1% jump... You would think someone so good a math would have so little knowledge... No wonder no one is getting closer to solve the big bang...

It is true there is more suspended particles floating around out there but something like that would make the planet a cooler place, not hotter... It is just a phase the planet is going through and nothing more... We can’t go mucking around playing with such things..., if we could make a difference..., we would really be shooting ourselves in the foot... When the planet cools back down..., if we play God with this planet (our home), we may do something that would extend an ice age for thousands and thousands of years and extend the ice sheet down where it was never seen before... Then as a species we would be truly doomed... I say the glass is half full with this global warming.., not half empty like most people...

Christmas Eve 12-24-06

Well it’s Christmas Eve... I wanna wish all my family and friends a Merry Christmas... Last night Ethan and myself went out to look at the lights around town. Now I don’t feel bad for the lights I have outside but I tell you it’s no Timmins, Kapuskasing, Hearst or Mattice around here..., the French Canadians always seem to go all out for Christmas. In Sioux there were rows of houses.., even whole streets that didn’t have any Christmas lights..., Father Christmas must be rolling in his grave..., umm..., is he dead??? Well..., if he is..., he should be.... Even Red Lake seems to have more Christmas spirit... I guess they have to being in the middle of nowhere...

Shortest day of the year 12-21-06

It is the shortest day of the year which could only mean a few of things..., Christmas is only four days away, the year is wasting away and days could only get longer now. Well it’s done, the tree is up, houses displayed and outside lights are on. I have to admit personally this year everything looks functional...., but nothing special... If I was to tag a year where I didn’t try and go all out, this is the year. Graeme is coming over on Saturday while Andrew is spending Christmas with his father. Pete isn’t visiting Grannie this Christmas either..., but I think they were there last year. Jon has to work while Donna..., I don’t know what she is doing... It’s been a long time since all my brothers and sisters were in one house celebrating Christmas together.. I miss those days... I have a New Years resolution..., but gonna keep that private... The past few years I didn’t make one.., because I didn’t think I warranted one... I am on an amazing streak of sticking with these resolutions...

Hard to believe 12-17-06

Hard to believe that Christmas is less than 10 days away. Just kinda hard getting into the Christmas spirit this year. Trying to get into the spirit by listening to Hank Williams Sr. but it isn’t happening. My saw died the other day so I had to rebuild that sucker from scratch... It’s been years since I had to rebuild something..., last thing was my three wheeler and skidoo... It’s good to have a heated garage.., that’s for sure...

Another victory for the whiteman 12-11-06

Sometimes I just think we are incapable of grasping the concept of self-government. Self-government.., you govern yourself like France, China or India...Who has ever heard of a town wanting to pull out of a national government... If a group of people do that, it is usually done by civil war..., not by a handful of mayors. I noticed that Treaty 3 just pulled out of the Chiefs of Ontario. Most of the reasons why First Nations pull out of larger organizations is because of the leadership’s own egos and they know that they’ll never be a head of that one so they go out on their own. Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, the Chiefs and Councils..., Assembly of First Nations, Tribal Councils, Nishnawbe-Aski Development Fund..., Tik..., NNEC etc... are all there to service the people, represented by the people (suppose to anyways). We as the people own these organizations and suppose to be all our organizations.

What we need to do is change these organizations so that they are more accountable to the people, not pull out of them. It doesn’t help when Tribal Councils are actually political organizations and political organizations are become administrative ones..., like everyone wants to have their pie and eat it too... The problem with these service organizations is that the our representatives sitting on the boards (which are usually the Chiefs or ex-Chiefs) put old Chiefs from days gone by as administrative leaders... I see being a Chief like winning at BINGO..., once you become on.., you always want to be one...(unless you have a good balance like my George up in Fort Severn)... So what ends up happening is that they act like a Chief in every aspect so that service organizations ends up being a political one. In main stream society, they have a place for old time politicians..., it’s called the senate... We should follow their example of creating a body where old time leaders can go to retell stories of days gone by, not by putting them as a leader of essential services...

The problem with NAN and COO is that the government see them as saving on administrative dollars. Sure..., NAN for example, they have seven Tribal Councils under them..., so they give dollars to hire one program administrator rather than seven..., a cost savings of st least half a million dollars. Just simple math... The problem with this is that the cost savings don’t mean increase services to the people... It would be different if they flowed that savings to the First Nations..., so let the Tribal Councils do that. At least they are creating more employment.

Then you have NADF sitting in the corner trying not to be noticed by anyone. How can you have accountability and representation if the organization that services over 50,000 people only have 12 member at large and 7 board members... Here is the real kicker..., the members at large elect the board and the board selects the members...

So anyways..., my point being is we can’t keep on going like this... We need to be united. Treaty 3 pulling out is a prime example on how divided we really are and it shows that the system of dividing and conquering is a proven system that shows results. Maybe our problem is the word self-government..., we should change it to self-administrating..., that way our leaders can achieve something..., because we are going nowhere fast chasing after the wind...

First day of December 12-01-06

Well it is the first day of December..., it feels like it too outside..., it is chilly. My garage isn’t too bad..., gets to about 5 to 8 degrees now without the additional heaters. Add a space heater or two and it gets up to about 15 degrees so livable when I workout... The outdoor wood stove is now going full tilt..., giving off some nice heat.., saving big bucks too... Time to start counting down the to the New Year..., 2007..., holy crap huh... Nothing else new around here..., same old, same old around as always...

Still pumping iron everyday. I am happy with the results..., I “hope” to be competing early next year..., I figure by the spring I should be all set. Trying to figure out how to incorporate Olympic lifts into my routine... It is a kinda a shoulder workout with a lot of movement from your legs... It is really the ultimate compound movement that involves so many muscle groups... The only one that doesn’t get hit is the chest (pecs)... From what I see it uses a lot of momentum to get that weight up..., guess that’s why they call it clean and jerk..., you jerk the weight up.. Powerlifting your use pure muscle with little or no momentum at all... (well you’re not suppose to anyways..) I see it as cheating but that’s my opinion. It would be different if they stopped along the way to halt the momentum..., maybe that way too less people would get hurt... Must be painful when you can’t clean that sucker and drop it on your head... It’s brutal seeing someone squashed on the floor with a 300 pound bar over them. Maybe that’s why you hardly any gyms have the equipment and so few people do it.. Well it is an Olympic event... Sometime I must do... I can military press 255 pounds over my head so now I need to focus on getting that weight to my chest from the ground... Sounds simple enough in theory... (yeah right...) Well who knows until I try it eh...

Found an interesting article on how our brain works... They put an MRI on some people and this is what they found out... They found out that they reason why we only buy brands that we are familiar with is because it takes less “brain” energy... When we look at new brands..., just looking at them..., our brains are racing with thought... It is actually pretty lazy when you think about it... Maybe this is also why it is hard for so many people to accept new ideas and concepts..., our lazy brains... Makes a lot of sense... If I say something like..., Jesus was actually born in September and not December 25 like so many people believe... Some people would actually get a headache thinking about it..., that’s your brain going into overdrive.. Well..., to tell the truth of the matter is that most likely he was born in September (nothing wrong with that, doesn’t change who he is/was...) and it was placed on December 25 because of the pagan ceremonies... For something more personal..., the idea that Aboriginal people came across the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago has been disproved but so many people are holding on to it like dear life... Evidence is there... We have our lazy brains to thank for this...

Freezing rain 11-28-06

It’s raining outside but it’s freezing rain now. The roads are going to be brutal today..., holy crap. Well anyways the wood stove..., I am glad I only have to fill that sucker once a day. I am amazed to see wood still burning in there after 24 hours. Water runs through the top which is heated to 165 degrees..., then it comes inside the house...., runs through my garage then to the forced air furnace (oil as backup) then heats the hot water....., then back outside to get reheated. It is a pretty good system... They say it burns 8 cords of wood a season so that’s not too bad considering the price of oil and electricity... I bucked up a couple of trees in the yard that were dead. I wonder what my nosy neighbors were thinking, “you can take the Indian out of the bush, but you can’t take the bush out of the Indian” seeing me cut up my trees in the yard..., lol...

Getting back into the thick of things but a lot of distractions at the moment... Look for all my web pages to be updated soon. It’s been a while... I want to get my ecdev.info running soon..., that is my priority... Sooner or later I want to finish up my grand unification theory web site and Neegan.info...

Less than one month away 11-27-06

Holy crap...., Christmas is less than a month away...., getting close. There is barely any snow in the yard. The deer still manage to show up every other day. I was thinking of putting in a trough in the yard somewhere but what to feed them..., I don’t know... Seen the Christmas parade on Saturday. It was one cold night.., freezing with that wind. They should move Christmas back to September so it won’t be so chilly. I admit that the people of Red Lake have much more community spirit than they do in Sioux. It really noticeable with events like this... I guess it has to do with the isolation... Oh well...

Whew 11-26-06

Whew that was close..., Dustin & Kandice almost got the boot in The Amazing Race... Lyn & Karlyn should have won this leg if they were faster runners... Speaking of running..., Andrew and Graeme are off and running back to the Land of Nipigon. It was good to see the both of them again. AJ is really into hockey while the Grimski is quite the curler... Been running the outdoor wood stove for about a week now. It should knock the electric and heating bill down to nothing. Living on Drayton Road does have it’s up and downs..., one down is everyone down this road seems to know the happenings in the yard. The up..., it’s nice to have the open space... Just need to add another heater in the garage and I’ll be all set with my gym. I pretty well do my whole entire workout there. I miss things like the leg press or seated calve machine or leg extensions..., or or or...., but free weights is better anyways... I don’t think anywhere else in Northern Ontario I could find heavier dumbbells than what I have in my garage anyways...

So Quebec will soon be a Nation within a Nation..., or something like that. Well..., I say..., welcome to the club. So there are about 630 (First) Nations within Canada with this..., another Nation will be seeking self government too... Umm..., what should we do??? Band together so we could work simultaneously??? Then I ask..., what will be left for English Canada...., not very much... I personally think that Quebec has a better chance of achieving self government than we do. Why...., because we are so divided... You have the AFN...., Friendship Centres..., Metis..., Congress of Aboriginal People..., Women’s groups..., each group claiming to represent the people... The only problem is the people never elected any of these clowns...., all self declared.... Even Phil at AFN..., only 630 Indians elected him..., Stan the man at NAN..., less than 50 people... What the people of Quebec have going for them is if and when they vote yes..., it actually means something because the people of Quebec said it... When Phil says something..., he only speaks for less then a faction of a faction of a percentage of people..., that’s why his words holds no water....

 

Chasing Red Herrings 11-22-06

It looks like the Hobbit is a go with MGM and New Line Cinema but the real question is who will be directing it. Peter Jackson seems to be holding out because of money..., he wants more from LOTR... Hard to say who is right or wrong.

I seen some articles posted on Knet about Tom Flanagan... That is a red herring if I ever seen one. Yeah, yeah, blah, blah..., he wants this..., or he wants that... So what..., I want to be King of England..., it doesn’t mean it is going to happen. We should just ignore him and don’t give credence for what this man says or does... This stuff about putting on market reserve land is crazy.... In order for that to happen..., we have to reopen the constitution..., all the federal and provincial governments to agree..., along with the First Nations (I don’t think we’re that dumb to go along with this)... I am more wary of the wolf in sheep’s clothing... History does have a habit of repeating itself..., there is only one party who have activity tried to take our treaty rights away and that is the Liberal Party..., but we always seem to be forgetting that. Instead we are chasing Red Herrings...

The weekend for shooting stars 11-20-06

Caught another episode of the Amazing Race yesterday..., geez that Team Alabama..., talk about stabbing your partners in the back. I empathize with them because they could have left them behind after the tanks... The Beauty Queens came in second..., Team Alabama always ragging on the Beauty Queens... This weekend was the weekend for wishing on a shooting star..., flying all over the sky... Made mine..., always the same one..., well..., hopefully someday it will come true..., oh well... Sign of the times..., bought my first egg nog at Johnny’s... Christmas less than 5 weeks away... Oh Andrew and Graeme might be coming this weekend..., we’ll see...

Weather looks good 11-17-06

Well Andrew and Graeme won’t be making it after all. Hopefully they’ll be around soon and there’s always Christmas. This weekend’s weather looks good for the Leonid Meteor Shower... Don’t know where I am going to watch that.., somewhere out of town.

How about our Minister of Environment saying it is the Liberal’s fault why our environment is such a mess at the U.N.’s Environmental Conference... I can’t remember anyone ever before blaming one political party or the other at the international stage. Sounds childish to me... Well..., she should put the blame where it belongs..., the people of Canada because we elect these suckers... It is everyone’s fault..., and I think overall we really don’t care enough or something would be done. So she should really say..., I blame the people of Canada for not making the environment a top priority because we are elected by them... Show some honesty..., show some backbone... It might not get you re-elected but I am sure you’ll score some points with the big guy upstairs...

Personally I think in the “developed world” as a whole, we are doing pretty damn good job. Look at PCB levels...., our lakes and rivers..., never been cleaner.., mammals and birds such as the eagle making a huge comeback..., well..., since the 40's.., 50's..., 60's..., and 70's..., geez..., as a society, we were pretty reckless... We need to put more pressure of the developing world.... It is pretty easy if you think about it..., stop supporting these mega corporations that do these things... Don’t buy their product..., don’t buy their stock..., but I don’t think we are ready to depart from that..., so we should hold our own environmental conference..., call it “as long as it is not in our backyard”... Sounds about right...

Finally 11-16-06

Finally have the stove up and running again. The local guy tried several times to fix but couldn’t get the job done. Somehow I don’t believe the original owner of the house..., she said they had it fixed before they moved and was working fine... I find myself asking how can that be if the Sioux fix it guy didn’t install the right part anyways. Thank God Dryden Appliance and Repair guy travels to Sioux Lookout once a week. Guess the local guy isn’t doing a good job. Andrew and Graeme will be here for the weekend..., a welcome surprise. Well Grannie didn’t take that management job at A&J Store. She is better off without that hassle anyways.

Leonid Meteor Shower this weekend 11-14-06

They’re expecting the Leonid meteor shower to peak this weekend starting on November 18 around midnight. The duration of this meteor shower covers the period of November 13-20 and the point from where the Leonid meteors appear to radiate is located within the constellation Leo the lion (or something like that). The radiant is located in the western portion of that constellation or layman terms..., look up then to the east. If all you see is trees..., you turned your head back up because you turned your head too far to the east... But anyways...., the show should start around midnight or there abouts on November 18.... This annual Leonid meteor shower could produce a strong outburst this weekend..., better than previous years... At the peak, we could see up to 150 shooting stars per hour, or more than two per minute. Pretty good huh... Yup...

The Beauty Queens Saga 11-13-06

More snow seems to be falling..., so much for our El Nino. Well maybe next year with any luck. Watched the Amazing Race last night. Everyone seems to be against the Beauty Queens..., especially Team Alabama... I put my money on them or the couple to be the next ones to get the boot. The six pack is almost dead in the water..., see what happens to them...

Carl is back from police school. Donna says he’ll be stationed in Constance Lake..., one of the worse communities to be a cop in. Always good to hear from Eva and family, they are doing good too... Pete, Erica and the Fox..., don’t know much what’s happening there. Jon and his..., umm..., woman??? Girlfriend??? Partner??? Other half??? Friend??? well..., Chris..., they seem to be liking it in their new home. Chris is teaching part-time at the school... Getting right into things. Chris was a military lady before she met Jon..., also was on some National Canadian Team...., Rugby I think but blew her knee out..., kinda sucks... The Wick and the Mikester seem to be doing ok too..., they both spent their money that their grandmother gave them.. Geez..., can you imagine winning like 60 grand..., holy crap eh... As for Callista and Xavier..., their whereabouts are unknown..., TO is the last I heard. What the hell is Nat doing in Toronto anyways..., crazy lady... I can’t see them living in the good part of town...

Why Iraq??? 11-10-06

Just listening to the news a couple of days ago, the media was comparing Saddam Hussein to Hilter... Where is the comparison... I think we are forgetting a few things..., like Saddam also reinvested all the oil revenue into Iraq and it’s people. Within just a few years, Iraq was providing social services that were unprecedented among Middle Eastern countries. Saddam established and controlled the "National Campaign for the Eradication of Illiteracy" and the campaign for "Compulsory Free Education in Iraq," and largely under his auspices, the government established universal free schooling up to the highest education levels; hundreds of thousands learned to read in the years following the initiation of the program. The government also supported families of soldiers, granted free hospitalization to everyone, and gave subsidies to farmers. Iraq created one of the most modernized public-health systems in the Middle East, earning Saddam an award from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

To diversify the largely oil - based economy, Saddam implemented a national infrastructure campaign that made great progress in building roads, promoting mining, and developing other industries. The campaign revolutionized Iraq's energy industries. Electricity was brought to nearly every city in Iraq, and many outlying areas. After nationalizing foreign oil interests, Saddam supervised the modernization of the countryside, mechanizing agriculture on a large scale, and distributing land to peasant farmers. The Ba'athists established farm cooperatives, in which profits were distributed according to the labors of the individual and the unskilled were trained. The government's commitment to agrarian reform was demonstrated by the doubling of expenditures for agricultural development. Moreover, agrarian reform in Iraq improved the living standard of the peasantry and increased production. To the consternation of Islamic conservatives, his government gave women added freedoms and offered them high-level government and industry jobs. Saddam also created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Saddam abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury claims. During the Iran - Iraq war, the Kurds of the north sided with Iran and wanted to break Iraq apart. It was war that lead to the death of so many Kurds.

The only mistake that Saddam made was Kuwait which the Kuwait-Iraq boundary line (imposed on Iraq by British imperial officials in 1922) because it almost completely cut Iraq off from the sea. One of the few things uniting the people of Iraq (the political scene in a nation rife with sharp social, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic divides) was the belief that Kuwait had no right to even exist in the first place. Iraqi nationalists were espousing emphatically the belief that Kuwait was historically an integral part of Iraq, and that Kuwait had only come into being through the maneuverings of British imperialism.

Lastly the saying the weapons of mass destruction..., they were never there to begin with and everyone knew it before the war. When former Secretary of State, Colin Powell was speaking to the U.N. about the weapons of mass destruction that Iraq had, he knew the information was fabricated and untrue..., he couldn’t even hold his head up. Instead he only looked down the whole entire time. (Well.., it is a good sign that he does have a conscience ..., unlike the new one..., Condoleezza Rice..., ruthless that woman is...) As for terrorists using Iraq as a staging ground to attack the west and supply Al Qaeda..., Saddam was a social revolutionary and a modernizer who the old guard of the Arab world (a.k.a. Al Qaeda and friends) seen as a threat... Saddam wouldn’t support these groups because they were at odds with each other. Remember that Iraq was the only country who didn’t follow traditional Islamic law and followed a model that was close to western society...

I guess the real problem is that Saddam did tell George Bush Sr. his intentions of invading Kuwait and the White House response is that they are not going to get involved and kinda gave him their “blessing”. Saddam’s government was the only government in the region that didn’t support Al Qaeda and their ideology. The CIA, FBI, and the intelligence community as a whole knew it (as for average Joe’s..., that’s a different story...). If they wanted a stronger ally on this war on terror..., this was the government... So why did the American government didn’t say anything to Saddam before he invaded Kuwait... Instead we hear all these stories in the media of backwards Iraq was..., that Iraq was a breeding ground for Al Qaeda when the exact opposite was true... If you want a real enemy.., look at Iran and North Korean... Saddam was letting the U.N. investigators having open access to the whole country meanwhile these two other countries were openly talking about their nuclear intentions while having an open hatred for America...

Why Iraq??? Money??? Oil??? Ideology??? Did the other governments in the region want Saddam out because of what he stood for??? Is there more to Iraq than meets of eye??? Is it religious??? Was it personal??? Was it because Iraq nationalized the country’s oil and kicked out the British and American companies??? Things just don’t add up... So who do we look to for answers... The media??? The same media that covered the story of when the Afghan Army was fighting the Russians..., how the Afghan people were building their own machine guns etc for the resistance meanwhile it was the CIA who was dumping all these weapons into Afghanistan??? The internet where you have these conspiracy theorists saying that it was the American government who blew up their own buildings on 911??? I thought it over and it would be impossible for these pilots to hit the areas when the supposed bombs were planted but it was strange how building number 7 dropped..., and even stranger yet than no media covered the story after..., but anyways...

So why this media portrayal of Saddam as Hilter??? Do you think that the world would support a war based on oil and wealth, making certain companies wealthier or making him sound like the Anti-Christ that will take over the world sound better. Sharing the country’s wealth with the people..., increase education, healthcare for all and rights of individuals sounds like the making of a madman? Before the invasion of the United States, Iraq was the most socially advanced progressive government in the middle east. No other country in that region has made similar progressions in their existence. If you want human rights problems..., look at Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc..., they had much worse records than Iraq..., or the majority of countries in the world. How many people have died over the past five years..., over 150,000 civilians...

So anyways..., I just don’t understand it... It’s been about 50 years since JFK was killed and we still don’t have the answers for that... Maybe in my life time I’ll know what happened but at the moment, I’ll be in the dark... Yup..., the life of a hairless monkey...

Hillary for 2008 11-08-06

Well how about that, the Democrats took over the “House” and shortly take over the Senate once the recount is done in Virginia, take over that too. I think it is wishful thinking by the GOP that they can make up 7,000 plus votes in that State in a recount..., 100 if they are extremely lucky. They should just concede Umm..., also Rumsfeld was forced to resign... So what does this mean anyways... Hillary for 2008..., could be...

As for our Prime Minister while his counterpart is a lame duck, what does it mean for him. A shift in American policy usually means a shift in the media outlook so some of his ideas that seemed ok yesterday will be viewed more harshly today. For sure he isn’t the free wheedling wacko right wing red neck nut that Liberals hoped him to be..., overall he has been pretty moderate.. That thing with the Income Trust..., big thumbs up there... I think they are there more for the little guy than the Liberals ever were... It shows with the Income Trust.., the Liberals wanted it... Why should these rich billion dollar corporation get more tax breaks eh... Brian Mulroney said it best..., I only dream the cuts the Liberals did...

As Conservatives treatment of Indians... I know that Roger Valley was promising the Sun and the Moon to the First Nations up north saying that if the Conservatives got in..., they would lose everything... He was the only way to save the poor Indians... Well Roger got in but nothing has happened what Roger said plus I know the tactics this man uses... He was telling more Conservative minded First Nations up north that the NPD wanted same sex marriage..., blah, blah, blah while it was his government that wrote the legislation..., voted it in AND Roger Valley voted to support it... Campaigning on election day..., how did he get away with that??? Also the Conservative government didn’t take away the Residential school monies... He is just a liar... I don’t trust the man because he is a hypocrite... When Mayor of the town of Dryden..., sorry I can’t use city and Dryden in the same sentence, because it isn’t..., well anyways..., when Mayor of Dryden he said some nasty things about Indians..., now he is pretending to be our best friend. Actions speak louder than words... Of all the time as MP..., he only brought up once an issues that relate to Aboriginal people..., one sentence that about the Indian Friendship Centre in Sioux..., and that was it... Considering that half his riding population is Natives and First Nations..., he should be saying more than one thing. Half his comments should be involving First Nation peoples..., but a red neck like that wouldn’t devote his time and energy to that...

I know in this riding that it was the majority of First Nations that supported Roger Valley... You would think that we would know better as a people. Since 1867, the dawn of Canada being a Nation, it was always the Liberal party that has tried to take our treaty rights away and never the Conservative Government. It was actually the Conservatives under John Diefenbaker who gave First Nations people the right to vote and treated us like people, not children. White Paper..., Governance Act..., etc etc..., ring any bells... This Paul Martin had a good 10 plus years to make some positive changes for First Nations..., but nothing... Only when he hung himself by the neck while shooting himself in the foot he portrayed himself as the savior of Aboriginal people. I know if he got in for another term, we would have seen nothing... History does repeat itself... This Roger Valley is just another snake in the grass... Nothing he said was true about this Conservative Government... just lies and deception for his own personal gain. How is that for a rant...

On the other side of Canada.., Ralph Klein is still ok in my books... Just before retiring, his last actions of Premier is the announcement for more monies for a homeless shelter in Calgary... He ate what everyone else ate at the homeless shelter... Actions speak louder than words...

Beauty Queens 11-06-06

Less than 6 weeks to Christmas and the Town of Sioux is already getting into the Christmas spirit by putting up lights on lamp posts. Over the next couple of weeks hope to put up some lights myself. Lots of ground to cover. It won’t be like anything I had in Cochenour..., too much house for me to do that here.

So watched the Amazing Race on OLN because I missed it on Sunday night. So the Beauty Queens even beat the fellows who snub them which later on had problems eating the cow lips. The Beauty Queens have me sold after beating the fast forward..., hope they win it all... :-)

:-( 11-01-06

Well only three little rascals managed to make it to my door for Halloween..., so I loaded their bags up full of loot. So guess this snow is going to stay..., but it wasn’t as bad as expected. Had some Jehovah Witnesses whack a couple of my lawn chairs the other day while delivering their message of how the world is going to end tomorrow type of deal. They knock over the chairs because I didn’t get to the door fast enough..., temper temper.., eh... Maybe they’re disappointed because the world hasn’t ended yet..., who knows... How would they know anyways if they have the right guy for the second coming??? It says in the bible that you think this guy is the second coming and does good but he really isn’t... How confusing is that..., you couldn’t get a better catch 22 situation if you ask me... You’re screwed no matter what... Well anyways..., hopefully if he does come..., he’ll have better manners and not kick my lawn chairs around.

Gonna try and do some changes to my page over the next while..., getting it ready for Christmas... It’s only 55 days away... Holy crap how time flies... It just seems like yesterday we were playing capture the flag in the yard...

Happy Halloween 10-31-06

Some interesting facts about Halloween. It is actually New Year’s Eve for the old Celtic people..., or better said..., people of the British decent (and get back to your roots). Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops... Besides that..., it's the halfway point between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice, the last of four "cross-quarter" days on the solar calendar. Interesting enough for astronomy junkies...

So anyways..., according to this one list..., the five most haunted places are (American)

5... In 1881, Sarah Winchester, the widow of famous gun maker Oliver Winchester, became convinced that she needed protection from the evil spirits of all the people killed by Winchester rifles. A psychic advised her to continually add rooms to her San Jose, California, mansion to confuse any ghosts that may try to find her. She did so for nearly forty years, adding more than 100 rooms and staircases, until her death in 1922. After Sarah’s death, her own ghost was said to haunt the halls of her mazelike mansion. Today the building remains a popular tourist attraction, a bizarre monument to superstition and paranoia.

4... On Nov. 13, 1974, six members of an Amityville, New York, family were killed by one of the family’s sons, Ronald Jr. (“Butch”) DeFeo. In his legal defense, DeFeo claimed that demonic forces in the home drove him to kill. The new owner of the home at 112 Ocean Avenue later claimed a variety of ghostly phenomena, and the story was further fictionalized into a best-selling novel and horror film. Yet the supernatural events were never proven, and DeFeo’s lawyer later admitted that the story was a hoax.

3... The San Francisco Bay’s resident rock, and perhaps the most famous prison island in the world, Alcatraz has captured the public’s imagination in many films and books. The prison, a cold, dank hellhole, saw many murders, riots, and suicides during its 29 years of service. Along the way it spawned tales of inexplicable sounds, cell doors closing on their own, disembodied screams, and scary apparitions.

2... Though less well-known than the other haunted places, the Fox Sisters cottage is perhaps the most important haunted house of all, since the phenomena here in many ways set the standard for later hauntings and even launched a religion. In 1848 Hydesville, western New York, two young sisters named Maggie and Katie Fox began supposedly communicating with the ghost of a murdered peddler. The sisters, in a sort of crude séance, would ask questions of the spirit, who would answer back with mysterious knocks or raps. Many people, including their mother, were amazed at what seemed to be genuine contact with the dead. Both sisters eventually admitted that they had actually faked the sounds—there had been no murdered peddler, it had all been a prank. The women even demonstrated how they had done it. But by then the belief had taken on a life of its own as a religion called Spiritualism, which is still practiced today.

1... The Washington, D.C., home of America’s presidents has surely seen untold tragedy through the centuries, from being burned down in 1814 by British troops (that's us!!!) to several attempted (and accomplished) assassinations. Among the White House’s spooky stories include the appearance of Abraham Lincoln’s ghost. Lincoln’s widow, Mary Todd, dabbled in the occult and held séances in the White House. Other reputed ghosts include Andrew Jackson, Dolley Madison, and Abigail Adams, though they are rarely seen today. And today’s scariest creature, home of George W. Bush..., scary indeed...

Another Winter Storm Warning 10-30-06

We have another winter storm warning this afternoon / evening but the sky looks nice and blue at the moment. What happened to this El Nino that was forming off the coast of South America anyways... This thing is suppose to push our jet stream way up north but that bugger has been down in Texas the past few weeks... Tomorrow is Halloween. I don’t know how many trick or treaters will be coming. The problem is we have no neighbors..., the closest one is like a K away. Too far for little whipper snappers to walk mesa thinks. Just reading another article on global warming. You would think this would be a good thing (but we should change some of our habits). Blah, blah, this..., blah, blah that..., talk about the glass being half empty... We’ll also have longer growing seasons..., more rain..., ohh..., yes..., less rain in others but it doesn’t rain there anyways..., so what’s the diff... The only thing that will suffer is my X-country skiing...

The talk is that we’ll be going to Kingston for Christmas..., just fine tuning things now. Graeme will be coming for sure..., Andrew..., hopefully he’ll be around too. Looking forward to seeing the little Fox from the big T.O. Not sure how little Robert is doing down in the deep south. All I hear is that Chris is crazy about Lord of the Rings. Good show Chris...

Nothing else new in the land of Sioux 10-21-06

Well finally I guess we can start moving along with the Arena project with Constance Lake... Gonna do some volunteer work for the Ski Club in Sioux Lookout to clear the trail. Odd thing, when I wanted to do some volunteer work for the Red Lake Ski Club, they never gave me a call..., oh well.. All the snow that fell last week has finally melted a couple of days ago, holy crap that was a lot of snow. After watching the new coach for the Leafs being interviewed I can see why Freggie likes this guy. He doesn’t have a backbone like Quin... Erica has started writing her phd..., I guess it is on the education system and minorities. Her early finding indicate that nothing has changed over the past 100 years. Isabella and Ethan are happy to have their friend back.. Snow falling today..., trying to get my webcam up and running so everyone could see live webstream of what’s happening in my yard. Three deer were munching on grass yesterday morning... Umm..., Finally seen King Kong, it is amazing that one last line in a movie can ruin the whole thing... It doesn’t do the movie justice. I still think Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest is a gyp even thou it now gross over a billion in sales being the third best movie of all time. Umm..., nothing else new in the land of Sioux.

Expresso Junction at the Forks 10-04-06

It seems that Robins Donuts will be under ownership. Lately Robin’s in Thunder Bay have been taking a real thrashing..., franchise operators are dropping like flies. I guess I am not the only one who doesn’t like over priced burnt coffee. The original guy who started it up was actually working for Tim’s and was suppose to open more Tim’s in Thunder Bay but instead took the Tim Horton’s idea and slapped his own name on it. Robin’s did ok to start but once Tim Horton’s coffee shops began to expand..., the owner seen the writing on the wall and sold the franchise. That was in 2000..., so these new owner had enough too I guess... Tim’s coffee is ok but not worth driving across Canada hitting each shop... I have better things to do with my time and money like watching the paint peel off the walls. If you want a real coffee, go to the Expresso Junction at the Forks in Winnipeg. Get a dark roast with 4 shots of expresso (unlimited shots of expresso for under 3 bucks)..., now that’s a coffee...

Hmm..., back to Tim’s..., guess the wife and family of Tim Horton really must be kicking themselves. They sold their interest in the franchise for a mere million bucks in the 70's. Now that sucker worth billions..., holy crap huh... Guess a million bucks seem good at the time...

Congratulations to Grannie 10-02-06

I would like to say congratulates my mother of her new job, she’ll be the new manager at A & J Store in Constance Lake. Speaking of Constance Lake, they torched the NAPS building a couple of weeks ago. Big news... So they found jerry cans all over the place... It doesn’t say too much for the officers at NAPS... The power was off yesterday so we all headed to the TOWN of Dryden..., doing the Walmart thing. Jays did ok yesterday..., they beat the Yankees and placed second..., which considering the previous years..., is good. Hopefully next year will be their banner year.

Well “expert” are saying that technology can save or destroy civilization this century. They (these experts) are calling for a unified language, hopefully it is not Chinese... They said this and that..., blah..., blah..., blah..., blah... Who are these guys anyways... What qualifies them to be “experts”. One thing, we’re stupid but not dumb..., umm..., or is it the other way around..., but anyways..., weren’t not stupid enough to destroy the only place we call home so it isn’t going to happen. All technology is going to do is make the rich richer and the poor..., poorer.... I remember when I was a young lad in Mattice seeing these “scientists” predicting the future.., saying we’re gonna have 4 day work weeks because of technology will do the work for us. The only thing that happened is that all these people got laid off... How about no work week and all the time in the world off...

Belinda gets around 09-29-06

Geez that Belinda gets around. First Mr Mckay now Tie Domi..., who’s next. Poor Peter Mckay, that his soul mate is capable of doing such things to him. The Jays are not doing too badly.., the won the series Detroit and Boston with a game ahead of Boston for second which is alright. It’s too bad they tanked again in mid season like last year. At the time they were only a game out of the wild card race. I thought it was a wrong choice that they didn’t get any new players before the deadline. Leafs seasons starts next week. I really think it’s back to the days of Harold Ballard with the teacher’s pension fund being the owners. I think when Labatts owned the Jays, the owners wanted to win the World Series..., but all this pension fund is interested in is the cash cow. Leaf fans are moronic at times, they can slap a pair of skates on a bunch of clowns and still fill the bleachers. The Leaf’s Ferggie is more of a poster boy than a general manager. So who cares what his old man did for the leafs, it doesn’t mean he could do the same. He is just a marketing gimmick of a pension fund trying to make an extra buck...

It’s getting cooler in the land of Sioux..., or I guess could have been the land of Sioux if they weren’t driven back... The poor Sioux’s had all their buffalo killed looking for a new homeland..., oh well... We might be in Sioux City rather than Sioux Lookout if they stayed. Had three deer in my front lawn a couple of days ago eating the grass... They were out there for a good couple of hours. (Mmm..., deer...)

The Sioux Lookout gas wars 09-22-06

Hey did you know that half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma, parasites in the body and the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite found in the guts of cats; it sheds eggs that are picked up by rats and other animals that are eaten by cats..., then we get it from these feline creatures. Toxoplasma forms cysts in the bodies of the intermediate hosts, including in the brain..., yikes.... So anyways..., toxoplasma infection is associated with damage to astrocytes, glial cells which surround and support neurons. Schizophrenia is also associated with damage to astrocytes... So that’s 3 billion people around the world who have this crap in their brain and don’t even know it. That would explain why the world is nuts...

How about that..., a Sioux Lookout gas war all started by Dennis at the Wellington... Gas is actually cheaper in Sioux than Dryden... Not by much..., a few pennies but considering the spread use to be 20 cents..., it’s getting there. Speaking of gas..., hmm..., it seems the downward price of gas is coinciding with the elections looming in the states. Could a man from Texas be using the oil companies to ensure his buddies get re-elected for another 4 years??? Maybe if we didn’t have toxoplasma of the brain we would catch on..., oh well.... Note to self..., don’t get cats...

That Ralph Klein is ok in my books 09-20-06

It can’t be easy being married to an Aboriginal person and be in politics.., being a Premier no less in Alberta of all places..., but Ralph Klein did..., and has.... Once the Western Standard said that Colleen Klein should stop being the Premier’s wife and go back being another Indian. Not only that but with all that additional revenue that came to the province, he put it back into healthcare and schools..., that Ralph Klein is ok in my books. Guess the NPD are upset with Bob Rae using the colour orange when he asked the voters in T.O. to vote Liberal. I didn’t realize that the NDP had a monopoly on the colour orange..., hunters beware... Had a conversation with Whitney “the Wicker” Echum today. Good to hear from her. Last day of summer today..., til next year anyways. I thought I should do some changes to my page here to symbolize the death of summer. Snow will be flying in no time... It’ll be -2 C tonight..., chilly.... Yup...

Two days of summer left 09-19-06

Well just two days of summer left and that’s it. Yesterday I actually had to turn on the heat. All is well in Sioux... Leafs are playing again..., Jays didn’t make the playoffs this year but they were in the thick of things so better than nothing I guess... Hey..., if anyone ever offers to hold a state funeral for me..., TAKE IT...

Amazing race starts on Sunday 09-14-06

The Amazing Race starts on Sunday..., should be interesting enough. Fall must be here..., all the leaves are starting to turn orange and yellow. If you ask me..., summer was too short. The only good thing is that cross country skiing will start soon...., wonder how the trails will be. In Red Lake the trails were good when groomed but there was so much drilling that late in the season so why bother.

Wake me up when September ends 09-01-06

Looks like something is happening to the knet server again, the last updated webpages are from November 2003... Well..., if anyone is looking for a new host..., ...try us(This is where I do my plug) It’s very affordable and we never have any down time. So anyways.., September is here. Isabella, Andrew and Graeme starts school on the 5th but Isabella officially starts school on the 7th. This month I’ll try that dreaded soup thing-ma-gig. It’s funny after a week of eating that soup..., I think clearer..., my joints and muscle are no longer sore and food tastes better just from eating 7 days of that soup. It is suppose to detoxify or something. It works...

This month is..., well..., geez..., with my pops gone and my sister Verna..., I am the only one left who has a birthday in September..., holy man... Something about the month of September..., wake me up when September ends... Back to school for everyone..., good luck to..., Graeme “the Gram Cracker”, Andrew “double A”, Isabella “belle”, Thomas the tank (geez that guy is tall..., 13 years old and 6 feet 6 inches), Theresa, Justin, the Jutt, (the voice of Constance Lake on 89.9 FM), Hannah the banana, Whitney “the wicker”, Mike “the Mikester”, Alabama Chris and Lottie, Callista and Xavier (where ever you guys are), Skylar, Jaime, Thomas, Chris, Sarah, Brennan, Charlene and Charlene..., ohh..., and Carl Orr..., he’s going to cop school near London... and Donna..., not sure what program she is in..., lastly Erica Neegan..., she will be finishing up her Phd this year at the University of Toronto. Congrats to my mother with the new job...

Good turn out 08-29-06

Donna’s gathering was pretty good, larger than last year. Good to see Jim again, says he’ll be trying to move to Thunder Bay. So we have the green light for the arena..., see what happens. I want to wish the best to Charlene Neegan who is off to Cambrian College this September. Graeme turned 11 yesterday, how time flies. Gonna try and change a few things around here but not looking forward to going through pages and pages of script. So in Constance Lake some kids broke into the food bank and trashed the place. On top of that they took all the eggs and tossed them at people’s houses. Morons..., geez..., people need that food... What a waste...., idiots..., selfish idiots... Oh...., sorry I didn't get to hear the Jutt on 89.9 FM.., SASQUATCH radio..., the one and only Sasquatch radio show in Constance Lake...

Constance Lake 08-24-06

I am off to Constance lake this weekend. Donna was telling me the pow wow she is coordinating..., she has 5 drums coming which it looks like it will be bigger than last year. Arena project is coming along... It will be good to see everyone again. Picking up my saw..., need to buck up those trees that fell on my yard this summer. It’s been 12 years since my father passed on..., wow how time flies... Yup...

Psycho killer raccoons terrorize Olympia 08-22-06

Here is an interesting story.... , OLYMPIA, Washington - A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say. "It's a new breed," said Tamara Keeton, who with Kari Hall started a raccoon watch after an emotional neighborhood meeting drew 40 people. "They're urban raccoons, and they're not afraid." (I wonder what they’re feeding these suckers. I can’t imagine getting attacked by a racoon of all things.)

Constance Lake Pow wow is a go. Jim Windigo will be the MC and it will be held at the pow wow grounds not at the visitors centre on the highway. Justin and Thomas will be going to school in Hearst instead of the highschool in Constance Lake. It seems they don’t have enough student to fill the classes so they offer very little in electives. Charlene is off and running to Ottawa, good luck.

I made a mistake, I read one article that said that said that Pluto, Charion, UB 313 and Ceres would be “plutons” but in reality Pluto would keep its planethood while three other bodies would be added, including Pluto's moon Charon, the asteroid Ceres and Brown's object 2003 UB313, which he nicknamed Xena. The International Astronomers Union decided to go with the definition that anything round out there can be consider a planet. What does this mean, this century we could see over 200 planets as we explore the outer reaches of the solar system. This what happens when you put a bunch of nerds together in one room. Planets should be relative to us as carbon base life forms which would mean any body of mass which circles the sun that has an atmosphere therefore we can inhabit the planet in centuries to come if we don’t kill ourselves first. You would think with all that brain power in one room..., oh well..., it just shows you that you can be smart and have no wisdom.

Hey 08-17-06

I would like to say congratulations to my good and old friend Denise Maracle of Hamilton... Hey..., your email address doesn’t work...., email me at dneegan@hotmail.com Thanks...

Umm..., it was pretty windy last night..., two more trees fell down in the yard and the swing set toppled over. It looks like the post season for the Blue Jays is out of sight. For a while there they were only a couple of games out of the wildcard race but they sit seven and a half back...

The Daily Jutt on 89.9 fm 08-16-06

It looks like Constance Lake’s Pow wow is still tentative.., they just need a date now..., might be August 26 and 27 or Labour Day long weekend. I guess some hoodlums ran off with this year’s treaty money. I was hoping to buy a new truck with that money, oh well... The Juttster is the new radio personality in Constance Lake. The show’s name is “daily jutt on 89.9 fm”. Hopefully they'll start streaming it soon... It seems that instead of removing Pluto and 2003 UB313 from the solar system, they will be demoted to “Plutons” meaning, you’re almost like a planet but not quite there. It would have been a long voyage to the nearest star, Centauri which is 4.2 light years away.

Andrew’s birthday tomorrow 08-14-06

Andrew’s birthday tomorrow..., He is now a teenager and starting to act like one too..., how time flies. The boys are back in the land of Nipigon. Glad they came around to visit. I’ll be dropping by on Graeme’s birthday, the same weekend as Donna’s Old Man’s Pow Wow.

Is it me or are the days getting shorter and the nights cooler. Looking at my driveway, scary..., I have to shovel that f*cker. Snow will be flying in no time. They’re calling for a mild El Nino year which hopefully translates into less snow but then again more snow equals better ski trails..., you can’t win. They’re also calling for a few less hurricanes this year. Hate the media..., all this hype before saying this year is going to be worse than last year. It’s coming to a point where I don’t know what is true and what is inflated. I think CBC’s National News is the worse..., all hype and fabrication.

So thinking of dumping the leafs for another team. I think years of frustration and when they kept Ferggie on..., that could be the last straw. They are not interested in winning any cups..., bottom line is all that matters. Leaf’s have always been a cash cow for the owners. So what team..., umm..., Go Sens Go..., or Calgary..., well..., I won’t cheer for Montreal.., Edmonton..., or Vancouver..., that’s for sure. Maybe the Sharks..., but then again.., someday they might trade Jonathan Cheechoo... What to do..., what to do...

Lastly..., guess the International Astronomical Union is meeting in the Czech Republic capital of Prague starting today. Gonna talk about Pluto and 2003 UB313, if they should be consider it to be planets. What’s in a name anyways...., if they are not..., what happens to them, do they get kicked out of the solar system??? Do they lose their voting status as a planet??? It is important enough that all the astronomers from all over the world to talk about it for 12 days. Some people just have too much time on their hands and too much money to waste...

Perseids meteor shower 08-10-06

Well after weeks and weeks without a television, we finally got the dish up and running. It wasn’t an easy task. There is only so much Max and Ruby a man can take. While I am watching, I am wondering when CAS will show up. Geez, the guardians put a lot of stock into Ruby. Off to the Big Thunder this weekend to the CLE. Grimski or shall I call him the Gram Cracker will be coming with me. Double A or AJ or Andino has already left with his pops. Andrew is a talented guy, he now has music codes on his website. Good luck to Charlene with her schooling in Ottawa, I know she will do well. Umm..., found a West Nile infected bird in the yard a couple of days ago...., scary... The town of Sioux refuses to pick up my garbage for some strange reason, must know it’s Indian Trash. Must be all the empties that gave it away. Had supper at Dick and Nellie’s. The service was slow and overcooked my steak. Thumbs down all the way. Got word from Osmo, guess he is heading down this area in the fall. He says Finland there is no rain and all the trees’ leafs are yellow. Gonna take him fishing and maybe some hunting when he gets down here. Not to sure if Lasse will come down too.

Full moon tonight in case you didn't notice the big white circle in the sky which makes very poor viewing of the Perseids meteor shower. Last year it wasn't the greatest either. If you want to see the shower, Perseid meteors appear to radiate within the constellation Perseus within the northern portion of that constellation, almost midway between Perseus and the constellation Cassiopeia. In Laymen terms, look up. Maybe Saturday evening I might go out. It peaks this weekend (August 12 and 13)..., show starts at 10 pm til dawn. Yup...

 

Happy Birthday Isabella and Dawn 08-06-06

I would like to wish Dawn and Isabella a happy birthday. Isabella turned 4 while Dawn turned 33 years old. We celebrated their birthday with a game of capture the flag. Guess I am an official resident of Sioux now. It’s an alright place. Andrew and Graeme will be heading back to the land of Nipigon next week. Grannie won’t be visiting til the fall now. Blue Berry Festival this week. Yup...

What a gyp 08-04-06

Seen Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead’s Man Chest last night. It seem to start out ok but that ending, what a gyp. Where did the hell did Captain Barbossa come from??? Poor Will lost his woman to Captain Jack, oh well..., better to love and lost then to not to loved at all. Dawn and Isabella’s birthday in a couple of days. Jays are dropping like flies..., always next year. I actually thought they had a shot this year. So the Big E went to Dallas..., just remembering all the hype Ferguson created when he signed Eric last year. He acted like he was the second coming for the Leafs. Fire Ferggie I say...

Wasps, trees falling, birthdays and more 08-03-06

Not too much to report these days. Slowing getting the unpacking done, it’s a work in progress. Penny was swarmed by wasps the other day. Needless to say, that was the last deed of their colony. Put the heat on those f*ckers. While Andrew and I was working on the dish, a tree dropped right in front of us. Isabella’s and Dawn’s birthday this weekend, celebrating that. Umm..., that’s about it..., oh..., Pete, my long lost brother is in Jamaica for the next couple of weeks. Erica, the “fox” and Pete are visiting their relations.

It seems the American’s are getting ready to take over their next country, Cuba. It is really interesting how they use democracy. They take a country over and install their own people but if you don’t vote for them, they’ll eliminate you using whatever means possible. Nice and simple. As time goes on, the opposition gradually disappears and you have a whole society that doesn’t oppose you. It is a system that works and proven. Just don’t do it when my bro is in the neighborhood.

The hairless monkey finds more meaning in his life. It seems the reason why we are hairless (well, some of us) is because of running down our prey. The hairy ones just dropped and died while the hairless (that’s me) ate and survived. As those who were vegans, they are still hanging from the trees today. Guess we got our smarts from eating foods rich in protein and those who stayed on the veggie diet are still monkeys. Maybe someone should tell PETA that..., you owe your ability to communicate to the non ethical treatment of animals.

I keep on seeing that show Super Size Me on TMN. When is that damn show gonna be off the air. This one section they talked about this guy saying our views on smoking and eating are not the same. He goes on saying that we chastise the guy who sparks up while we say nothing to the fat tub who eats like a pig. The only problem with this moron’s argument is that when this “fat tub” eats beside me, he doesn’t clog up my arteries. We’re all adults here, why blame McDonald’s..., it isn’t a global conspiracy going on here. Back in the day, they did serve salads and crap like that but no one would buy the shit because they go there to buy a burger and fries..., idiot.

Correction 07-27-06

FYI - The Constance Lake Tradition Old Man’s Pow Wow is actually only tentative..., so I guess I will be tentatively going if the tentative pow wow is happening..., tentative I weather too I guess..., which means tentative on God.... So the provincial government is finally getting rid of the zero tolerance in schools. I agree that was a bad idea. They found out it did nothing to curb the violence and only put kids further back. I don’t think it was that bad in the first place. I can see it in American schools where kids carry guns to school but not here. How is this for crazy legislation..., if you drink while in a canoe..., you can get charge with drinking and driving. I can see a motor boat but a canoe??? come on..., bunch of idiots... What’s next..., walking while impaired..., talking while impaired..., drinking while impaired... , being impaired while impaired...

Home Sweet Home 07-18-06

Well the hairless monkey has a home in Sioux. Looks like I’ll be doing some stuff for Constance Lake over the next little while which is good I guess. Donna is coordinating the Pow Wow for them once again, the last weekend in August.., the 26 and 27. Hopefully they’ll have fireworks again. Speaking of which, seen the fireworks at Lake Helen this past weekend, it was good. While on my way to pick up Grimski, a huge hole opened up right before Dorion. It swallowed the truck ahead of me..., holy crap that was a huge hole. If I would have passed them, I could have been that sucker that fell into that hole at a 100 clicks. The weekend before moved all the stuff out of storage. For those Red Lakers out there, I would only store my stuff at the place on the highway if I want it to get wet, the place leaks. Changed my pic on my MSN on the advice of Jaime. Umm..., that’s about it...., yup...

Oh that doctor fixed his ex pretty good..., holy crap. Just before he did himself in, he sent Cordula an email shortly before the explosion telling her she would be "transformed from a gold digger to an ash and rubbish digger". What the hell were you think’n..., is your life really worth getting back at your ex’s..., umm..., let’s see..., blow up your house and kill yourself for... The only real problem with his plan that he couldn’t be there to see the look on his ex’s face...

Hottest in 2000 years 06-23-06

Just reading an article by the associated press that says “Earth’s hottest it’s been in 2000 years”. So what does this mean? In the year 6, Jesus the young whipper snapper was enjoying one of the hottest summers that would only be surpassed in 2006. In the year 6 eh..., umm..., thinking on that... Came across a bunch of articles regarding June 6, 2006 which is 06-06-06 or 666, the number being to biblical enthusiast the number of the beast hoping the great prophesy is being fulfilled. Well..., I would think the true 666 would happen in the year 6..., which would mean that when the beast was 6..., Jesus would have been twelve, the perfect age to bully the poor bastard. Maybe that is why he turned to life of evil. Well..., nothing happened on June 6, 2006. Why would he come if we are doing a perfect job of f*cking things up anyways, why mess with a good thing. If it’s not broken, why fix it.

Aboriginal Day 06-21-06

On June 21 we as Aboriginal people celebrate our independence from the British crown...., umm..., now is that independence or dependence from the crown??? Let’s see..., all our politicians get their salaries from the crown..., the First Nation’s administration is paid by the crown..., the reserve land..., well technically not crown land but we need permission from the crown to do anything... You decide...

Summer is finally here..., and the days will start getting shorter... Still a drifter but hopefully in the next two weeks will have a home. Graeme and Andrew will be visiting for the summer sometime in July... Grannie is suppose to be heading this way too... Donna will be in the area next week..., then off to the indigenous games... Jays are hot and in the heat of the race.., do I smell another world series...., umm...., that’s about it..., oh...

The Oilers lost..., boo whoo whoo... It’s all a business anyways..., it’s not like the best team wins the cup anyways..., it’s who gets the best ratings which translates to more advertising and sponsorship dollars... The good old day of sport is long gone. What matters to the owners is the bottom line except old school people like Ted Turner or George Steinbrenner or companies like Labbat Blue. Like, what is it to the teacher’s pension fund if the leafs win or lose..., as long as the people fill then stands. They never go out and get a star forward. Too many cry babies in the league today... It isn’t like when they played without helmets, earning 10% of what they make today and playing night after night without a break. Now they need two nights rest... Certain players even won’t play if they don’t like the contract they signed..., so much for your word and honour. Umm..., while I am ragging on hockey..., what’s up with those rule changes anyways..., I remember in the late 80's where they introduced more rules to limit how many goals are scored...., they should have let be... Miss the old hockey..., oh well...

Happy Birthday Big E 05-29-06

It’s the Big E’s birthday tomorrow celebrating one year of existence, 365 days of life. How about that huh. His Godparents have been chosen. They are Charlene Chapman and Thomas Cirtwill. The tentative baptism date will be on July 30, 2006 at St John’s Anglican Church in Thunder Bay (psst..., it’s right beside the casino). Barry Bonds finally broke the Babe’s record of 714 home runs yesterday. Umm..., it’s gonna be close to beat Hank Aaron’s record of 755..., does he have enough gas in the tank??? Hockey..., well to me now it is a matter of which team I wouldn’t want to win the Stanley Cup rather than who I want to win. Oilers are my least favorite Canadian team but I do hate Buffalo and Carolina more so Edmonton. I still hate them for defeating the Sharks and Jonathon Cheechoo’s Stanley Cup hopes. Oh well..., umm..., changed the tune...

Congratulations to Jon 05-22-06

I don’t know what team to cheer for because I hate them all, especially Edmonton.., bunch of losers... I was hop’n that Calgary would do something since the Leafs didn’t even make the playoffs but nope. Then Ottawa choked once again..., Shakes...., Devils..., oh well... Jays seem to be doing ok. Umm.., could this be the year??? Geez the media is pretty hard on Barry Bonds, holy crappola. I think it is because he is black. If he did take the juice, geez, you still need hell of a lot of talent to hit the ball out of the park. If every person who was on the juice made them play better, those records would have been shattered by every Joe Blow. The Babe would be lucky to be in the top 100. Good to see the Jutt has his page up and running again. He had a good thing going with the Jutt Weekly. Congratulations to Jon on his new job in Constance Lake, Good Show. As for me, I am still an epitome of Murphy’s Law.

Happy Birthday Eva 05-16-06

I would like to wish, my sister the old lady a Happy Birthday!!! Have a good one Eva. If you want hot wings and Up In Smoke is always closed, try out the wings at Dryden’s Ristorante Pizzeria Italia. It’s nice to see a place that knows the meaning of the word suicide.

Opps 14-05-06

Looks like my guestbook is full and no one was able to sign it. I was wondering why I haven’t gotten any new posts. I think I will look for another site for my guest book. Geez I need to clean up this page again. Went to the Athletics Club in Thunder Bay this weekend. Nice gym, only five people around but that was 2:00 in the morning. Happy Mother’s Day Grannie.

Umm 05-11-06

Umm, not to much to say at the moment. Just wondering if you are homeless, what address do you use on your drivers licence? Things to ponder in this life. Is it like one of those questions like, if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a noise? Or if you make like a goose, do you flock off? Starting running yesterday after a year off (yikes). I figure my best bet for power lifting is entering the Manitoba Open. Hopefully there I can qualify for the National competitions. Should go ok after that. Looking for a trainer who has experience in doing the clean and jerk along with the snatch. (Olympic Lifts) I’ll talk to a couple in Thunder Bay this weekend.

So now they can stop blaming the Indians for killing off the Mammoths and wild horses that use to roam around here. Climate change killed off these buggers. Umm..., I wonder if there were any tree hungers back in the day of the old Wooly and what they were saying about global warming? Oh some other news, in Turkey they’re talking about genocide that happened there in World War One against the Armenians. What I don’t understand probably the largest genocide that has ever taken place in the history of humanity was against the Indians or Aboriginal peoples of the Americas. Can you imagine a population of 90 million people disappearing in the world today (holy crap) and yet no one is mentioning what happened here. I guess that admission will happen once they acknowledge that First Nations peoples have been occupy the Americas for more than 50,000 years. Well, one down and two more to go.

Saved my comrade and only friend out of storage this weekend. Everything else is in boxes, such is life I guess. Getting use to the new gym here. It’s alright but not as good as the Rec Centre in Balmertown. Yup...

Sioux bound 04-11-06

What is new..., umm..., moving to Sioux this month..., oh...., leafs suck!!!, can’t even make it to the friggen playoffs..., well..., they are not mathematically out of it yet..., they will have to win the rest of their games as long as Tampa and Atlanta doesn’t win any (yah right) The Board of Directors are happy with Pat and Freggie’s job..., their happy because no matter how much they fuck up.., they will always make a good buck..., first or last..., back to the days of Harold Ballard... Mind as well slap a pair of skates on a bunch of clowns..., at least we’ll get some amusement out of it...

Spring Equinox 03-21-05

Today is the first day of spring..., and yes..., survived another year of a hardship winter with more than enough hay and oats to feed the stock and...., the day are finally longer than the night... Soon the snow will be gone...

Leafs..., well..., still hope..., they won last night. It is amazing..., a team who last year was talking about winning the Stanley Cup to this bunch of skating old timers who would be happy making the playoffs. Yup..., it is time to fire Quin..., better yet the management..., umm..., even get rid of the owners..., sale the leafs in the open market..., we need a good owner who doesn't see the leafs as their cash cow...

Days are almost equal 03-13-06

Well..., the days are almost equal now and pretty soon day light will over take night time once more. Just think in a couple of more weeks, we’ll start seeing the ground. Watched the Sopranos last night, who would have figured Tony would get shot by his uncle. Yup...

Doug Gilmour might be going to the NAN cup.., well according to Jon anyways. It seems this year they won't be playing for money..., it's about community pride..., sportmanship..., and winning hockey sticks and bags...

How much wood 03-09-05

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

How much could a woodchuck chuck if he could chuck wood, umm..., if the woodchuck name is chuck, which would wood would he chuck.., chuck would chuck wood at a witch depending on which witch is which, but which wood would chuck choose if his name was chuck..., which witch would he chuck wood at, the witch which name is chuck but not like the woodchuck chuck of which the witch would chuck back at the woodcuck chuck but which wood would the witch choose to chuck back at the woodchuck named chuck but chuck does not know which witch is which so he wouldn't chuck wood at chuck so which wood would the woodchuck chuck at chuck, depending on which witch is which which the witches switches names with chuck but not the woodchuck chuck but the witch named chuck but we still don't know which witch is which and what wood would the woodchuck use to chuck wood at the witch who he doesn't know which witch is which so the woodchuck chuck would choose a wood would allow chuck to chuck wood at chuck who he doesn't know which witch is which so the woodchuck would chuck wood at each witch not matter which wood he hits the witch, which he chucks wood chuck at which the witch named chuck would chuck back each wood but would each witch chuck wood at woodchuck chuck and would each witch of which would choose the same wood as the woodchuck but not chuck the witch because we still don't know which witch is which, so how much wood would a woodchuck named chuck could chuck wood? Depending on which witch is which of which, the witch name chuck, chuck back at chuck the woodchuck, which wood would the witch chuck as chuck, would the witch of which we don't know which witch is which would chuck wood at the woodchuck named chuck, that is dependant if the woodchuck could, not would chuck wood, because if the woodchuck named chuck could not chuck wood, we wouldn't have to worry about which witch is which, of which the woodchuck named chuck is uncapable of chucking wood because the woodchuck just chucks wood with his teeth, not his hands so the woodchuck only chucks wood that he can eat so which would wood the woodchuck chuck but not in "chuck" but chuck?

Happy 60th 03-08-06

I would like to wish my mother a happy 60th birthday..., have a great one!!! It seems the snow is melting now and spring is just around the corner. All is fine in Cochenour.., yup...

Comet Pojmanski (designated C/2006 A1)03-06-06

Bright Venus and Altair guide the way to Comet Pojmanski's position as it emerges into dawn view, low above the east-southeast horizon. Bring binoculars! The comet will not be nearly as prominent as shown here. (The scene is drawn for the beginning of twilight as viewed from near 40° north latitude. For scale, Altair here is 24° above the horizon; that's a little more than twice the width of your fist at arm's length.)

Fire pit dated 50,300 years old 03-03-06

They found a fire pit from the Savannah River dating 50,300 years old which means we as Aboriginal people have been here way before 12,000 years ago and we didn’t cross over by no land bridge in AK. If you add the evidence that the Clovis tools were actually closer to Solutrean than cultures from Asia, it dispels what they are currently teaching at school. What does this all mean..., we’ve been here a very long time..., before peoples reached Asia, Europe, and Australia.

When the British, French and Spanish first came around, we were expecting them. Most of the Nations had stories of our white brother from the east and he’ll be returning by boat. Just he didn’t tell us when..., like 15,000 - 20,000 thousand years later and we didn’t know that this brother was different than the other brother who arrived earlier. Oh well, our mistake..., but anyways... You would think by now more people should be aware of how long we’ve been in North America but nothing really. I think the reason why is because it is easier to justify the displacement and genocide of nations upon nations if they just came here a little “earlier” than the Europeans so they actually wouldn’t have true claim to the land.

The leafs are 11 place in the Eastern Conference and at the bottom of the Northeast..., well.., it’s time to call a spade a spade and fire Pat Quin. On the other hand, Jays seem to be optimistic about making the playoffs this year. Last year had a good run. Happy Birthday Hannah!!

Granny’s 60th 03-01-06

My mother will be celebrating her 60th birthday next week. She is with Donna in Thunder Bay right now. Did you know that on February 24, the world’s population reached 6.5 billion people. If you calculate the odds of someone else having the somewhat exact DNA structure as you (one in a billion), there would be 6 and a half people like you walking somewhere around this planet and one twin in China. Considering that 106 billion people were born since the species began, you would be the 106th version of yourself ever to walk around. I don’t know if that would be upgrades or downgrades.

A little irony here..., Dalton McGuinty is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper (there’s that word again) to stop Alberta's "Third Way" health care plan from becoming a reality. In Alberta the plan would be to allow people to pay to get faster services, a private health care system. I don’t know what Dalton is smoking these days but that is what the Liberal Ontario government has already allowed. At these clinics you pay a sign up fee then an annual fee which works out to about $10,000 bucks per year. The doctors are all private so there is no waiting for anything. The real kicker is that most of the procedures are covered by OHIP. Umm..., that’s really too bad for people who can’t afford it but need treatment / diagnosis..., should they die because they don’t have the big bucks? Well...., according to our Liberal government..., yes..., the rich shall live and the poor..., well..., better luck next time... On well..., what can you do when you live in a shoe..., eh...

Happy Birthday Pete 02-28-06

I would like to wish my brother Pete a happy birthday. It seems we did pretty good with the Olympics. That’s too bad with the men’s hockey but Russia and Finland did have the better team. I don’t think a few extra players would have made the difference. Good that Matt Sundin won gold but hoping that Finland would have won. Oh well... Went to Kimiwan over the weekend, snow shoed in..., nice. It seems a German cat caught bird flu..., holy man..., just one leap away from humans..., yikes... The problem with bell curves is what goes up, must come down sooner or later...

Six more weeks of winter 02-03-06

Punxsutawney Phil says another six weeks of winter while the Canadian knock off Wiarton Willie says spring is here. I don’t know who to believe... I hate that when you have a come back but it is too late to use it..., this one is a few decades a few late. When I was a young whipper snapper..., my parents wouldn’t buy Captain Crunch because they said it was the same nutritional value as paper..., what I should have said, “I don’t know of any paper that is fortified”..., damn it, damn it, damn it..., too little too late..., because of my slow wittedness I had to suffer eating oatmeal... Well..., thank God for grandparents to the rescue..., their home became my Captain Crunch paradise...

Old School 01-31-06

It’ll be groundhog day in a couple of days and soon we’ll find out if it is going to be an early spring...., umm..., but don’t you need winter to have a spring. Sure we had a couple of cold days here and there but it is now the end of January and it feels like the end of March rather than the middle of winter. I don’t think it would really matter what Phil does..., we have having an early spring... Oh well...

There is talk among Liberals that Harper will be around as Prime Minister til 2010..., maybe 2012... So if the Mayan Calender is correct..., this man maybe our last Prime Minister..., how about that huh... The thing about this Mayan Calender is that it is based on cosmic events and cycles..., so what could happen in 2012??? My guess would be the reversal of Earth’s polarity where we would lose our magnetic shield for a while..., long enough for every government in the world to collapse..., back to the old tribal systems of rule I guess..., back to farming and tending to the sheep..., hunting and gathering..., walking around naked in the bush..., old school really..., back to nature..., the life that every environmentalist and hippy dreams of..., just this time.., they can’t jump their SUVs after a weekend of it... Maybe then we would get our self government but by then..., who cares...

Jungle Fever 27-01-06

Pulled this off the internet...., KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia plans to send two teams of scientists to scour its southern rainforests and track down a huge ape said to have been spotted there, a government official said Friday. One local man said he saw a 10-foot (three meter) tall ape standing on two legs beside a river, according to one report. "The national park is as big as Singapore island," said Vicent Chow, who works in the area and has often lobbied the state government to investigate past sightings. "It's quite possible there is something there." The Endau-Rompin national park, where the sightings were reported, sprawls over an area of about 49,000 hectares."Natives who live in the jungle have seen it for generations and their legends call it the 'snaggle-toothed ghost'," said Chow. "Now we need forays by scientists to find it." Umm..., big foot huh..., so the hairless monkey has a brother running amok in the jungles of Malaysia.

Need to clean off this site and remove some of this Christmas junk..., so the holidays are officially over. A couple of days ago they say is the most depressing days of the year.., it’s cold outside (well..., maybe not this year)..., Christmas bills come in..., most people FAIL on their New Years solutions..., Maple Leafs are on their longest losing streak in 9 years and counting..., speaking of which..., I think they should fire both Quin and Ferggie...., they had a good team at one time but traded their youth for a bunch of old timers..., idiots..., so much for the Big E..., I wonder if they wonder why he was such a great bargain..., bring back Mike Smith... and hire Ted Nolan as Coach..., that's what I say...

HBC 01-26-06

It looks like HBC will be bought by an American business man. The deal is worth about 1.06 billion dollars. What I really think is that this company should be given to every Indian in Canada because we basically built this company to what it is. Even until the late 1980's, a lot of communities were still playing the high prices to shop at Hudson’s Bay. At about 70 million common shares..., that would mean that every First Nation person would get 90 shares ($15.60 per share) at a total value of $1,350 dollars.

Prime Minister Harper..., it does have a strange ring..., it will take my brain a few months to adjust to the word Prime Minister Harper. To be honest, I don’t think he’ll be bad as the Liberals when it comes to the treatment of First Nations. Sure what’s his face..., umm..., forgot his name already..., Martin...., did the Kelowna thing and it actually sounded pretty good but by then..., Martin did see the writing on the wall and knew his days were number. It is no difference the promises made to Thunder Bay when the NDP and Conservative parties days were number in Ontario. The NDP promised serval overpasses and clover leafs on the expressway..., and the Conservatives promised 4 lays between Nipigon and Shabaqua..., never happened..., each idea was scrapped by the in coming government. Same with this... It would be different if Martin did that when he first got into power or when he was Finance Minister but nothing...., 13 years of nothing... He wasn’t serious...

Another thing..., we’ve been losing so many court challenges in the Supreme Court over the past 10 years..., and who has been appointing these judges..., the Liberal party. Look at the additional rights we’ve lost since the Liberals were in power too..., the thing with revenue Canada..., yadda yadda yadda... It was the Liberal party that launched the White Paper and the Governance Act... Paul Martin himself said that he supported self-governance if it was modeled under the frame work that cities and towns use. The last Prime Minister who did anything good for us was John Diefenbaker..., a figg’n Tory if you believe that...

When the Liberals were campaigning this time around where there is a high Native population, they were saying if you don’t vote liberal..., you’ll lose your Residential schools monies..., the sun won’t shine..., the Tories will take away all your rights..., but the reality is..., it has always been the Liberals trying to take our rights away..., never the Conservatives... Under the Mulroney Government..., they never tried to launch legislation taking our rights away... I fear more the Liberals then the Conservatives... The Tory’s only touch the grants..., Liberals try to take our rights... So if you just give me my share of HBC..., I’ll be happy and on my way...

What would it mean 01-12-06

Just reading some stuff I got about Tom Flanagan, political science professor at the University of Calgary. Interesting fellow..., he says that Aboriginal people were immigrants just like the Europeans, just that we came here first. The only problem with that argument is that we were here before the Europeans in Europe so that would mean they were essences immigrants to Europe too..., and Indians immigrants to India and Chinese immigrants to China..., well..., you get the picture. So any nation in the world would be justified in displacing another nation. Really it is just pure ignorance. The only problem is a lot of people out there believe such things.

Reading the Conservative platform on Aboriginal issues..., well..., it isn’t something the Liberal party tried on us a number of times over the past twenty years..., nothing new there..., just the Conservatives are a little more direct instead of manipulating like Bob Nault.(Governance Act guy). Last guy to try eliminate our rights completely was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and that didn’t go over well. So the Conservative Party for us wouldn’t be as bad as the White Paper but more than the Governance Act..., umm..., what to think... I would say some specific programs would be cut like what Harris did but not as bad. The real problem for the Conservatives in trying to cut some of the core programs would be..., you can’t..., unless you want to segregate an aspect of the population based on race..., Hitler tried that..., South Africa...., yadda, yadda, yadda..., but it just doesn’t work... Harper hasn’t made any announcements concerning Indians so..., really..., status quo..., it isn’t a priority... There is really nothing in his platform papers..., so we’re off the radar..., unlike Mike Harris who said I would cut this and that..., and he did with a vengeance..., plus...., Nault did say he would do away with groups like Tribal Councils etc... nothing like that here..., status quo..., which isn’t too bad considering the potential this party actually could do... , (if they get in) The only real difference between a Liberal and a Conservative is a Liberal would have us looking the other way then sucker punching us..., Conservatives, we would see the coming a mile away then pick a fight...

It is something else when 01-11-06

Just came back from Sandy Lake, Lansdown, Big Trout, Kasabonika, Neskantaga, Sioux and Fort Hope..., a long two days. Flying back..., watching the fuel gage..., I have to admit it is different thing driving on empty opposed to flying on empty. It isn’t like you can call a friend to bring a “jerry can” or push it to the nearest gas station. Think’n..., well..., with my truck I can do almost 80 k when it is totally on empty..., can this beast do the same...

Up to date 01-05-06

Well..., another year gone by and another year closer to doomsday, according to the Mayan calender anyways. Now we only have about 6 years, 11 months and 16 days left, oh uhm, what to do, what to do. Good to see that Andrew and Neil have a knet page now since we lost the Juttster. On the advice of Andrew, I have a piczo page now, it’s called home of the hairless monkey. Very simple to operate, you don’t need to know any code which is good because this page has over 20 pages of code so when something goes wrong, it's burtal to correct but I could do without the pop ups.

It seems over Christmas that the Sioux Lookout District Chiefs have endorsed Susan Barclay opposed to Roger Valley. Something got the Indians stirred up. I’ve been trying to find on-line and on Roger’s website who is helping him along with his Aboriginal campaign. I couldn’t find one Indian but they’re out there, just to smoke them out. The last election, our former Regional Chief of Ontario, Mr Charles Fox actually went as far as placing ads in all the local papers endorsing Mr Valley, telling people in the NAN and Treaty 3 communities that Roger is the second coming and we, as Indians should vote for him. It worked if you look at all the numbers. What I couldn’t understand that just a short memory away that this same government tried this “Governance Act” then we vote Roger in on a landslide. Interesting...

As for New Years resolutions, I just have one, to be more committed to my training. Sure I’m lifting just about everyday but I need to be more strict on my diet and do way more cardio if I plan to go pro. That means no chips, pop, cookies (Mmm cookies), cake etc etc. Since my knee is ok according to the doctors and on the advice from Dan Pellerin on how to run (go figure), start running again after the skiing season. Some time over the next couple of weeks I need to incorporate Olympic lifts into my program. Just reading more material on the subject.

Winter Solstice 12-21-05

Today is the winter solstice, shortest day of the year. They say (some people anyways) the only reason why they put the birth of Christ on December 25 was because of the mid winter celebrations of the early pagans had. He was actually born in September making him a Virgo. Irregardless if he was born in September or not, Christmas is Christmas. Funny thing, listening to Barbra Walters, one of the people she was interviewing said the original Christians were all really practicing Jews, not until a good few hundred years after Jesus’s death, the face of Christianity changed to what it is today. Always interesting..., so anyways...

Congratulations to Junior on winning the most creative award in Sioux.

Less than a week 12-19-05

It’s less than a week til Christmas. Heading to Thunder Bay to pick up Graeme, Granny and Hannah at the end of the week. The arrival of Christmas just shows you that time waits for no one. The ski trails are open early this year in Red Lake. We need a bit more snow but the trails are ok. Haven’t been to the island yet, just hope they have all the runs open this year and drilling is off the ski trails. This year my goal is to ski 1000 k over the next 4 months. Did 4 k yesterday so just 996 kilometres to go. In April / May, I hope to go pro with my powerlifting and see where that road takes me. I should do ok if I get my BMI down to 10% to 11%. Since my time in Nipigon, put a couple of extra pounds in the weight department. Hopefully that should come off when I get back into skiing.

The leafs are once again sitting at the edge. They play New York Islanders tonight which they are only one point ahead of them so if they lose, they will be sitting in 9th place and if the playoffs held tomorrow, which means..., out of the playoffs. They really got smoked by Ottawa on Saturday. I think it is poor management and some very bad choices over the past few years that lead Toronto to this place. Oh well..., life of a leaf fan...

That time of year again 12-15-05

It’s that time of year again to think of new years resolutions. It’s been five years now since I quit smoking..., been there..., done that. What do I really want to resolve? I got a couple of more weeks to mull that one over. Looks like Hannah and Granny will be spending Christmas with us again. Sometime after the 23rd I guess.

Curt rescues man from burning truck 12-13-05

Just added the star to the outside of the house. It looks alright if you’re driving 50 k/h past the house but to stop and stare is another thing. I notice my neighbors to the left of me, none of them have their lights on..., bunch of Scrooges... So if any of you are in Cochenour..., you’ll see my star across from the arena. On other news..., while driving home on the 401 Curt rescues a man from a burning truck as heralded by the Kingston Whig Standard. Oh..., it seems the Liberals say that parents will spend their childcare money on beer and popcorn instead on their kids if given a choice..., Mmm...., beer and popcorn..., just tell me where to sign...

Just, comprehensive, wholistic 12-08-05

The lights are on and the tree is up once again all ready for the coming of Father Christmas less than three weeks til Christmas. Just reading how Mr. Fontaine described the Residential School settlement as “just”, “comprehensive”, “wholistic” and will “finally bring closure” for Survivors. Those are pretty powerful words by our National Chief and I don’t agree with him. How can you put a price tag on years of suffering. Not only from that generation but to the survivors who had kids..., where is the justice for them. It is good that survivors are getting financially compensated but too call it “just”? I don’t know who elected him in but he doesn’t speak for me. I think it is time for a change where all First Nations people should have a say who the Nation Chief is. Mr Fontaine only represents the 630 people who elected him in not the First Nation population of over 800,000.

Acetaminophen 12-02-05

Just found out something interesting. Actually eating ordinary food does more damage in mammals (us) then a life time of smoking.., how about that huh... The only difference is that we can quit smoking but we can’t quit eating. People and mammals are better off eating a low calorie diet. Speaking of damage..., for those people suffering from hangovers every weekend..., taking acetaminophen or Tylenol does more long term damage to your liver than alcohol or taking Tylenol by itself. Something about your liver is already inebriated with alcohol that taking Tylenol is like kicking it in the balls after a night of beating the the crap out of it, metaphorically speaking of course. So if one Saturday morning your skin is all yellow..., you know why. Your better bet is aspirin. Words to live by...

Guess I’ll be doing some work for Susan Barclay over the next few weeks. Should be interesting enough. Going to get the lights up outside this weekend. Christmas parade in Red Lake but not going..., bah humbug...

Umm 11-28-05

I thought I should fix my page to coincide with the coming Christmas season, now just to get up lights up outside. Osmo will be coming to Canada in January and I’ll be there in Finland sometime in February. I should put more pictures here but I lost my camera in Mish a few months back... I would like to wish Denise the best with her new job as band manager at Lake Helen. Back in Red Lake for the next few days..., umm...., updating Constance Lake's homepage..., umm..., on other news..., it seems that we’ll be heading into another election in the new year..., oh well... I just hope Roger Valley doesn’t get in. The City of Dryden suffered an earth quake over the weekend, .0001 on the Richter scale. Confusion followed by mayhem as the residence pondered if it was a quake or someone dropped a needle. The mayor was hoping that there would be more national and international coverage on the story since they are a city you know but they would rather cover stuff like the quake in Iran.., what does CNN know anyways...

It’s feels like winter 11-22-05

It feels like winter in Constance Lake First Nation today. Managed to get the lights up on Granny’s house so Santa knows where to look. Pretty soon the rez won’t have enough people to fill all the jobs they will have, kinda nice position to be in. There is talk the rez might start an immigration agency to make up for the temporary shortfall. The new crop of Oji-Crees won’t be ready for a few more years yet but band members are still encouraged to procreate. Heading back to Sioux by the end of the week then Red Lake on Saturday / Sunday.

Congratulations to Pat and Keri 11-21-05

I would like to congratulate Pat and Keri. My opposite and Keri got married on November 19, 2005. Lots of snow everywhere, hopefully they’ll start grooming the ski trails very soon. In Calstock helping my mother with stocking her woodpile for the winter. She and Hannah might be joining us in Red Lake over the long haul. Drove Jutt down here from Thunder Bay…, umm…, stabbing in Constance Lake this weekend…, Grannie is looking forward to “smoking’ Andino and Grimski on Halo 2…, BE PREPARED!!! Lots of freezing rain…, umm…, watched the Dryden Ice Dogs get blown out of the water by the North Stars…, how embarrassing…

We welcome Macheshuu Reken Neegan 11-14-05

Peter and Erica has assigned their baby’s name, Macheshuu Reken Neegan. Macheshuu which has a double meaning, Fox in Cree and morning in Swahili.

I was listening to this guy calling himself a scientist saying that there is a direct correlation between global warming and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which we are the cause. I am not saying that more carbon isn’t having an effect but there are so many other things to consider. Everything from our position in the Milky Way, the Earth’s protective magnetic field or perhaps cycles in our own sun that we don’t know about could be the cause. Global warming and cooling has been happening way before the dinosaurs, hundreds of millions of years. How can this so called scientist account for all of that considering humanity has only been around for like 100,000 years, plus we only started burning fossil fuels in bulk for the last hundred. Moron, idiot, numbskull, where did he get his papers, a match box?

If the opposite was happening and it was getting colder, we would site something else that correlate to what man is doing somehow to the environment which reflects on humanity’s own ego. As a species, we are so egocentric which by the way isn’t too far off from once thinking the Earth was the centre of the universe. It’s our own ego that has placed us above all other creatures. I disagree with most environmentalist because of their egocentricity that drives their efforts. All preservation efforts are based on saving this or that but it is humanity is the one really what we have to worry about. Year after year you hear stories about people going out on the ice to save their dogs but what ends up happening is the dog gets out by themselves and it is the person that ends up drowning. I think this could be a metaphor for humanity that we can all learn from. Let nature take care of it’s own, evolution is a marvel of Creation. We need to focus how to better integrate ourselves into the environment, that we are apart of not better than. Creating more nature preserves isn’t doing it. By doing what is best for humanity, we can better serve the environment (meaning dumping toxins isn’t good, using pesticides isn’t good, over fishing isn’t good etc...)

Congratulations to Pete and Erica 11-05-05

I would like to congratulate Peter and Erica on their new addition to their family, a baby boy. Sorry to see the Jutterster doesn’t have his homepage anymore, a real disappointment. Guess election fever is in the air, conference call tomorrow. Orion is back in the skies again..., Leonid Meteor shower on November 17..., just look a little west of the constellation Leo..., umm..., I wonder if Darth Plagueis the Wise is actually Anakin’s father??? Things to ponder...

For I am to blame 11-02-05

Listening to the CBC radio on the way to Winnipeg near the Manitoba border (because that was the only station the radio could pick up), they were talking about what was happening in Kash and all the monies they give to Indians all over Canada. Callers were furious because the monies were being wasted and not producing any results. It doesn’t help the host of the program myself was ignorant to Aboriginal issues. They had people saying this and that. You would think with all the irate people around that eventually the government would cut all this wasteful spending made to Indians. Why don’t they, it is what the majority of Canadians want. Why won’t no party touch this money?

The only reason why the government won’t touch this money because it is the monies that the government is given to all Canadians. If the government cut any of these programs, Native people would be getting less than what any other Canadian gets meaning the Canadian government is segregating an aspect of the population like what South Africa did. That is why with all the people crying about the money we get, the government hasn’t cut a dime. It isn’t our treaty rights that bestowed this money on us, it is what every Canadian gets. The only difference it is funneled through the Department of Indian Affairs so it seems like a lot of money where as the programs and services that main stream get flows through all the other ministries.

We’ve become a blue haring of sorts, a political scape goat if you may for the government masking then associating these monies with treaty rights. So what is the difference between an average town like Dryden then let’s say Pikangikum, Sandy or Kash for that matter. The difference is a tax base, these TOWNS like Dryden have other sources of income to top off their operating and management which derive from business operating in the area. If you look at towns like Greenstone, Dryden, Kenora, Sioux and Red Lake, all these towns had their land base greatly increased to allow them to collect additional revenue. Greenstone, the town line starts right at where TransCanada has their cogen plant. No First Nation has been given an increase in land base to secure other sources revenue.

So who is to blame for all of this, the government, the people of Canada, big business, even the British and French empire which encompassed the world at one time? We as Native people are totally responsibility for our own fate and no one else is to blame. We have become complacent accepting our fate and letting other people determine our fate. We think we are so smart by hiring these lawyers to defend us. Do we really think we have a chance by taking the government to court who writes their own rules and puts their people to enforce and judge them? You can have the best baseball team in the world but you will never win if the umpire is bias yet year after year we chase this word called “treaty rights” through the court system, our blue haring. We are so conditioned now.

We’ve lived here for thousands and thousands of years living, thriving as a people. So much so there were more peoples in the Americas then Europeans in Europe. It has been our downfall right from the start that we as Nations never banded and united together. We led the English and the French to the riches of the land while destroying our neighbors. To this day if we worked together, we can regain and restore what we once had which is our pride, our dignity and our self determination. The legend of the Peace Maker and the Tree of Peace spoke of the arrival of the English and French. It said we needed to band together if we are going to survive but only six nations out of hundreds joined the confederacy. These Nations were the only original ones to stand against the English or the French. Even when Pontiac or Big Bear and Poundmaker or Lou Real or what happened in Kanesatake for that matter, we never stood as one, just divided Nations. Today we are no different and learned nothing.

Music codes bandwagon 10-29-05

Well I thought I would jump on the music codes bandwagon, added the words at the bottom. Did some alterations to my homepage, took out some dead scripts going through lines and lines of figgen facken code. Needs much more work. I don't like the way the page jumps up and down now..., I just don’t have the patience to fix it now... Umm..., spent the weekend cleaning the yard. Going to Winnipeg tomorrow, I hope to pick up some more weight lifting gear. Looking forward to X-country skiing season. This year I hope to try skiing in Finland, they have trails linked from town to town. Speaking of Finland..., found a good article, talks how they became a world class leader in the hi-tech industry. Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Exonerate Joe and Buck 10-27-05

I think it is time for Major League Baseball to exonerate and reinstate both Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson with this win (not that they can play ball anymore). I was hoping Houston would surprise everyone and come from behind win but leaving 18 guys on base, umm..., maybe they deserve their fate. On other news, Eddy the Eagle surpassed Jacques Plante on the all-time goaltending wins list and needs only 10 more to move into second place ahead of Terry Sawchuk but to be all time, that’s another story. He would need to stay for 3 more seasons to overtake Patrick Roy but I don’t know if he has enough gas in the tank. Umm.., first day since I caught this cold actually feeling human again..., yup...

If we only knew 10-24-05

Global Warming seems to be the hot topic in the news media these days plus with all these infomercials by groups like the World Wildlife Fund and Green Peace clogging our television screens. For the earth, it is either getting cooler or warmer, we have no happy medium here. Didn’t we just finished an ice age like ten, twelve thousand years ago, do we really want to go through that again? Over the long run, we as species homo sapiens sapiens have benefitted from global warming. Look at our population, I don’t think we can sustain a population like that living on ice. The only real losers in this warming is the people who own ocean front properties. Do you think our ancestors were crying global warming when the ice sheets were retreating? No, they were down on the ground thanking their Gods (I don’t think monotheism started yet). What do you think we were doing just before the ice age, wondering what the f*ck did we do wrong now. I wouldn’t be surprised if we were sacrificing every goat, cow, moose, oppsss, I meant to say, I wouldn’t be surprised if were we sacrificing every giant ground sloths, mastodon, cave bear, woolly rhinoceros we could get our hands on. If we only knew then of the effects of carbon in the atmosphere back in the day..., if we only knew..., next time I guess.. (memo to self, Global Warming good..., Global Cooling bad..)

On a personal note, just getting over this brutal cold I caught, came out from no where..., spent the weekend in bed. Still feeling a little lethargic today. Off to Winterpeg this weekend. Congratulations to Graeme and Andrew for a job well done at the chess tournament in Thunder Bay, Graeme won a scooter.

Invasion of the orange hats 10-17-05

It’s time of year again where the country side is invaded by orange hats. Sports men is what they like to be called but I can’t really call it a sport. Driving up and down the highway at 40 kilometres per hour, sorry I just don’t see it. Maybe if they did it old school where a person would go head to head with a grizzly or even a black bear with just the clothes on his back and a spear, now that would be sporting. A fair chance for both parties I would say. The winner gets to ingest the loser, to the spoils the victor..., umm..., or is it the other way around. Yup...

Happy Birthday Charlene 10-13-05

Just a quick note, I would like to wish Charlene a Happy Birthday.

Butterless Butterball Turkey 10-09-05

Had butterless Butterball turkey for Thanksgiving.., went alright. Miss my old buds from Mattice.., especial days like today.., in hindsight..., well..., umm..., if only..., well anyways.... Osmo is off to the Canary Islands with his wife..., taking some time off. He’ll be back in eight days. Some changes within his wood tech group which is good I think..., Andrew and Graeme are off to the regional chess championships in Thunder Bay this month.., good luck. If they win in Thunder Bay..., it is off to France... Charlene’s birthday this week.., have a good one.., umm...., oh...., Jon made the Wawatay this week..., recommending solutions to the NAN chiefs..., umm..., yup...

Happy Birthday Donna 10-07-05

I would like to wish Donna a happy birthday, have a good one. It’s been a couple days now since the snow has fallen and still on the ground. I imagine it will be around for a while yet. Not going anywhere for Thanksgiving, spending it in Red Lake. I’ll be heading up to Constance Lake sometime this month, doing some writing for them. According to a BBC documentary, God told George W. Bush to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. Well how about that huh...

Winter Storm Warning 10-05-05

We have our first winter storm warning today in Red Lake. Guess that Colorado Lows are coming early this year. Isabella is a little under the weather today. Leafs play their first game tonight against Ottawa. According to sports columnists, leafs will take a big time dive this year and consider lucky to make the playoffs. No doubt they’re a lesser team than the past few years but who knows..., the Big E might surprise us. I think Ottawa or Calgary should take the glory this year (yikes am I really saying this), their teams only got better from last season. Even if the Big E comes around, I don’t think the old man’s back will hold out and Toronto will be out in the cold without a good goalie. I blame the owners of the Maple Leafs and Ken Dryden lying to us saying he would bring the Stanley Cup to Toronto. They had hope at the end of the 90's..., young.., fast..., and talent but they traded all their prospects for a bunch of old timers. Knew it was too good to last. Now any player that Freggie gets, good chance Quin will bench him. They should have made Smith GM when they had a chance, he’s the one who built Toronto back up..., oh well..., enough ragging....

Winter looms 10-03-05

Walked around the old Griffith Iron Ore Mine near Ear Falls yesterday. Reading a little history on the mine, it was suppose to have a life of 50 years but closed only after 19 years of operation with ore still sitting at the bottom of the pit. Some say the reason it closed because of the high taxes in Ear Falls and couldn’t operate in the black.

They are calling for a chance of snow on Thursday in Red Lake..., wondering when they are going to start grooming the ski trails. Need to get my skis dusted off, stripped and waxed. Sometime in the near future moving my operations to the City of Thunder Bay. No exact date yet. Amazing Race tomorrow...

Red Lake woes 09-29-05

It seems with all the complaining about the poor highway conditions from Red Lake to Ear Falls resulted in MTO transforming the highway from asphalt to a gravel road in a matter of minutes. Larry Lambert, Regional Director at MTO stated that this should quell any whining occurring in Red Lake.., “those *&^%& in Red Lake, this will show them what their years of nagging has resulted in, a gravel road. If they continue (their nagging) at this rate by the end of 2006, they’ll be lucky to have a bush road”. He continued on saying “... we’re even thinking of moving the Campbell and Goldcorp Mine to a more prosperous community like Dryden”. The Mayor of Dryden thinks the idea it would be an excellent move, “we would welcome Goldcorp and Campbell Mines to our community, we are a city you know..., uh huh..., yah really..., our sign says so”. Stay tuned for updates...

Home sweet home 09-24-05

Well no bears came out of the bush to greet us when we got back. Getting into Halloween a little early this year. Umm..., I don’t know who to believe in this one. OPEC says they will pump enough oil to bring the price of oil to about 40 bucks a barrel which should mean lower price of gas but over on this side of the universe, they are talking that the price of gas will go as high as $1.50 to $2.00 per litre because of the rising price of crude..., so who should I believe??? Off to Thunder Bay today....

When no means no 09-21-05

Reading the front page of the Chronicle Journal, “Bear Kill Numbers hit 23 in Red Lake”..., umm..., my initial reaction when I read the headline was I didn’t realize that even one person, let alone 23 people killed in bear attacks, I wonder if it anyone I know (mind you it was before my morning brew). Well sure enough, it was the number of bears killed in Red Lake (not the other way around) and here I thought this year was one of the better ones..., well me and my neighbours where garbage bins, the bears’ sacred food sanctuary are within 50 metres of our homes. I don’t know how seriously I should take this article anyways because Red Lake does have an open bounty on coyotes..., no means no..., to wildlife anyways..., this is same town that has of arsenic flowing freely in the drinking water.., why don’t they write about that...

Last day in the land of Nipigon. Went to the open house at the school the other day with Andrew and Graeme..., the boys are off to a great start in school. Been watching older versions of the X-Files on Omni 1. My first day of instructing..., it’s alright. Don’t think we’ll be having the garage sale on Friday..., next week maybe. Wondering how the Leafs will fair this year. I think they would have a better chance if they had the Big E with Roberts and Nieuwendyk but the Leafs are the Leafs... Need to buy more disposable fish when we get back on Friday...

The life and times of the hairless monkey 09-18-05

Congratulations to Andrew and Graeme for making it to the chess finals that will be held in Thunder Bay on October 23. If they make it there..., it is off to France... Bears and more bears in Constance Lake...., guess Beulah had an unwelcome visitor 4:00 in the morning, Barney the bear was jumping on her garbage bin and ripped the lid off. My birthday cake didn’t turn out..., I flipped it on to a plate and it turned to dust (forgot to add the eggs). My last weekend in Nipigon... Not sure when Penny, Ethan and Isabella are heading out east. Yup...

Thunder Bay Bound 09-14-05

Looks like the move to Thunder Bay will be happening in October..., having a garage sale on Saturday, September 24 at 9:00 am..., everything must go!!! In other news..., a coronal mass ejection (CME) is racing toward Earth and it could spark a severe geomagnetic storm when it arrives on Sept. 14th and 15th (which means Aurora Borealis). This sun spot has produced nine X-flares since Sept. 7th including a record-setting X17-monster. All by itself, sunspot 798 has made Sept. 2005 the most active month on the sun since March 1991 (yeah I remember that). How about that huh...

Finally 09-13-05

Well..., I finally got this damn internet working again..., holy man. I’ll be instructing over the next few weeks in Thunder Bay.., teaching funding arrangements..., should be interesting. I’ll find out tomorrow when I will start. Hope my nephew Chris will be well soon..., you’re in my prayers...

Done in three minutes you say 09-09-05

Heading to Thunder Bay for the weekend..., taking Isabella to Madagascar. Other than that, nothing planned. Andrew and Graeme are back in school..., going well. Umm..., it seems to me that life seems to be standing still when you just stare at the clock watching each second pass by, moment by moment..., tick, tock, tick tock while the sun moves across the sky in pace with the shadow crawling across the floor. There goes one moment followed by another, then another, then sure enough another moment again..., yup..., that's my life in Nipigon at the moment... Well..., with no internet anyways which reminds of what Homer once said..., "No TV and Beer make Homer something, something"..., and which reminds me of this..., if you want to cool your beer the fastest..., bestest of bestest way..., in less than five minutes opposed to letting sit in the fridge or freezer which takes 15 minutes..., fill your cooler with a couple bags of ice..., load it with with salt (at least a 1/2 cup) and water..., set your beer in the water and cold beer..., there is nothing faster...

Life in the Land of Nipigon 09-06-05

The boys are back in school. It's been about 5 years since I spent any time in Nipigon. Andrew and Graeme's mother is off to a cruise in Alaska. The boys played in a chess tournament over the weekend in Thunder Bay..., they won each a cheese burger and ice cream. Penny is in Thunder Bay..., I am not to sure when she will be leaving for Moncton..., maybe now...., maybe after Isabella's appointment. Kinda sucks now..., using the on-screen keyboard to type..., holy crap..., it is very slow... Wondering how the fish with no names are doing...

Happy Birthday Graeme 08-28-05

I would like to wish Graeme a Happy 10th Birthday. Heading to Sioux today then off to Mish on Monday then Thunder Bay on Tuesday then Wednesday Lake Helen. Shania “Elaine” Twain was born this day too. I still think she got a bum rap from the Timmins Daily Press. School will be starting soon..., I would like to wish the best of luck to Andrew and Graeme this school year and to the rest of my nieces and nephews.., Good Luck!!!

Up in arms 08-27-05

I was watching this news item on the CBC’s National the other day talking about Denmark laying claim to Islands somewhere in the northeast by Greenland but never said where but they gave the firm impression that it was the Baffin Island or something huge like that. It went on saying that our sovereignty was at risk by the Kingdom of Denmark, submarines were being sited everywhere..., blah, blah, blah..., countries were planning invasions of Canada’s tundra and ice... Reading an article in the BBC's website, as it turns out the area in dispute is the Hans Island between Ellesmire Island and Greenland . It is a rock that is 1.3 square kilometres in size and nothing there. The Eskimos from Greenland use the island as a stop over to "poach" Polar Bears in Canada, so the article says.

What Denmark has done is place their flag on the Island a number of times. So what do we do..., we are sending two thirds of our military naval force or 2 ships to Hans Island to..., umm..., to do something anyways... It was really unclear what the navy intents to do there.., no settlements, no natural resources to protect..., just rock...., remove their flag I guess..., ouch..., take that Denmark. So we are up in arms, pissed off... We just have to be careful how we approach because we did agree that half the waters outside of Hans Island is Danish waters...

But isn’t that just us..., when negotiating with the Americans where to place the border..., we wanted 45 parallel and they wanted 50 so we settled on the 49th... We actually took over the State of Maine at one time and what did we do..., we gave it back... When we developed the Arrow..., fastest plane around..., we stopped production and not only that..., destroyed all prototypes... Just a few months back..., our Minister of Health gave into American pharmaceutical companies by limiting what we can sell to Americans..., for no real logical reason..., I wonder how fat his wallet is now... The province of Manitoba lost is in the millions and millions of dollars to protect American interests...

When we talk about Hans Island.., our government says it is a matter of principle..., what principle is that..., we only bend over for Americans... The people of Greenland have a history of using it..., “traditional territory” seems to be the catch phrase now... When we set out those lines in 1973..., we placed Hans Island right in the middle so what’s is stopping us from dividing the island in half now..., I think it is our brains... (the real irony, it is a Danish name)

Happy Birthday Jon 08-23-05

I would like to wish my brother Jon a happy birthday where ever he is. Good luck in school this fall... My cousin Tony is off to London England in a couple of days to have tea with the Queen or something I guess. Thank you Pam for finding my watch.

The ones who shall not be named 08-19-05

I watched the ones who shall not be named last night..., pretty good..., shhhh..., mom’s the word..., I won’t tell if you won’t... It seems we have our first frost warnings..., looking forward to the snow and skiing.., umm..., did I say that already??? Isabella and Ethan will be heading out to Moncton in a couple of weeks and then to Kingston. In September I will be spending time in Nipigon, Lake Helen Indian Reservation to be exact. Jon will be going back to police college / camp soon... Sometimes I think I drink way too much coffee..., umm..., this reminds me a memo I seen at KO at one time, “..... if the coffee is too strong, just add water. You can make strong coffee weak but you can’t make weak coffee strong..” Words to live by...., Yup..., I think I'll add that to my quotes...

Happy Birthday Andrew 08-15-05

Happy Birthday Andrew..., he is 12 years old today..., have a good one. Thinking of going for a new look..., shaving my head... Watched the Perseid meteor shower, wasn’t the best..., nice night thou..., northern lights..., no bugs..., too cold for them I guess...., just me and the coyotes mumbling to each other “what the hell is this moron looking at.., I don’t see anything, do you?”. Traumatized the fish with no names from their ride from Balmertown to Cochenour. Hopefully they all managed to stay in the tank while we raced home. Seriously thinking about getting a dog..., German Shepherd maybe but nothing smaller..., within a year..., (yeah that’s it...) Wondering who won between Justin and Jon and who has to drink the gallon of milk. Be heading to Sioux in the middle of the week... Yup...

The Big "E" 08-12-05

I am hoping to get out tonight to see the meteor showers..., hopefully it will clear up. So the leafs signed the Big “E” to Toronto. I guess it is alright.... As I drink coffee from my leaf mug and dawn my leaf cap..., I’ve come to realize that it is idiotic fans like myself why the leafs are doomed as an organization. Other teams need high end quality franchise players..., not only to win but to get the people to watch them play. Leafs..., they can put a bunch of skating clowns on the ice, be blown out of the water year and year and yet pack the bleachers. Mr Ferggie seems to be pretty happy with himself at the news conference with Eric Lindros but really..., signing him was like shooting fish in the barrel..., not rocket science... If they sign people like Lindros or Nolan in their prime..., that would be something else... Was disappointed when they traded off all their youth a few years back.., oh well..., there is always hope’n..., Go Leafs Go!!!

Perseid meteor shower 08-10-05

The best times to see the Perseid meteor shower will be on Friday August 12th and Saturday August 13th. You'll see the meteor shower if you look to the northeast above Auriga constellation after midnight to dawn. I don’t know if the weather is going to cooperate with me. Oh well..., there is always the next one..., Leonid meteor shower on November 17, 2005. You can locate this one by looking directly at the constellation of Leo.

Isabella had her birthday on August 6..., she is now three years old. Andrew and Graeme’s birthdays are coming up this August. Cleared the trail to Kimawon. I have to admit that was quite the windstorm that hit that area. No shortage of firewood.

10th Planet 08-05-05

It seems they found a new “rock” in our solar system but the debate lingers if it is going to be designated a planet or not by the International Astronomical Union. With it’s designation, this new rock named 2003 UB313 can enjoy the perks that other planets in our solar system enjoys. Mars and Venus are in support of 2003 UB313 entry into the solar system but Pluto is lobbying hard contending that it is too far away and too small to be considered a planet. Jupiter feels that Pluto is contentious due to the International Astronomical Union questioned Pluto’s designation as a planet a number of years ago, ironically adverting the same reasons Pluto is using now. Currently Pluto enjoys a dual status as a planet and satellite. Midst the controversy of Pluto, the moons of the solar system objected to the dual status because Pluto was not disseminating around any planet. The moons of Earth and Saturn were unavailable for comment. If designated a planet, 2003 UB313 would be the 10th planet in our solar system. Stay tuned for updates...

Garage Sale 08-03-04

Off to Sioux for the weekend..., Jeanie is having a garage sale..., Grimski and Andino will be in Sioux for a couple of weeks. Isabella’s birthday this weekend, looks like be celebrating on Sunday instead of Saturday. Then off to Mish and cleaning the trail at Kimmawon. Should be back in Red Lake sometime in the middle of next week. Donna’s celebrations went excellent..., ate my fill of Indian Tacos... Congrats to Pat on his new job at the Friendship Centre. Umm..., days are getting shorter now and cool weather is just around the corner..., and yes.., summer will come to an end. I am looking forward to the snow and skiing...., just a few months away.

Home 08-05-05

Just got back from Constance Lake yesterday evening. Trying to get the arena project off the ground again after a whole year of no moment. I’ll be working with Albert Sulterland and Raymond Stevens..., see what happens I guess. The fireworks was good..., better than Red Lake’s and at par to Thunder Bay..., I went out with Jutt and the Mikester..., not too many bugs out. Osmo will be around in September. His son is off to the military as mandatory service under Finnish law. I have to admire those Finns..., in two weeks time..., Finland could have an army of over 2 million people considering their population is 5 million. In world war two, the Russians concluded that they couldn’t take over Finland because it would mean that they would have to kill every Finn. Atkin’s are going broke..., it seems the diet craze is dying off. I was watching this program on the i Channel.., these guys were trying to figure out why people would lose weight under Atkin’s. It isn’t because of less carbs or the high fat diet..., it is the protein that triggers something in the brain saying that’s enough so you eat less and less calories..., so you drop the pounds..., simple huh....

I was asked if I would consider moving back to Constance Lake..., before I would have to really think about it but now I would say that I would be more inclined.

Take my land..., PLEASE 07-26-05

I will be heading off to Constance Lake this weekend to participate...., umm..., to witness..., hmm..., well something always..., to commemorate English River’s (Constance Lake) signing of Treaty 9. Donna is putting that together for the band. Should be interesting enough. They will have a reenactment of the signing of the treaty with some kind of spirit of intent signed..., but without the government’s John Henry. When they tried to get a document going to reaffirm the treaty in Mishkeegagomang, the government refused to sign it. Why would they..., the government already has what they want and we’re left holding the bag. Any reaffirmation of any treaty just acknowledges that we did surrender our most value resource..., the land..., oh well..., you would think that we learned our lesson by now.

Some of my e-mails (dneegan@neegan.net) might get lost in the nether world of the world wide web over the next couple of days while information is getting transferred into Tony’s new server.

Norsemen Days 07-24-05

Last year at this time.., my sister Verna passed away. The truck she was in rolled on the way to Fushami Lake. She wasn’t wearing her seat belt and probably still be here if she was..., missing you... Norsemen days in Red Lake this weekend. Didn’t have a chance to go out..., had a BBQ..., turned out good...

More about me 07-22-05

More about me..., I am a carbon based life form from the planet earth...., hominid under the species homo sapien sapien. Being a hairless monkey, my hobbies include walking upright (believe me, it is harder than it looks)..., foraging for food..., procreating my species..., looking for shelter and trying not to get myself killed.

i Channel 07-19-05

Been watching more of the i Channel more lately opposed to the Discovery Channel. If I didn’t know better..., I would say channels like the Discovery Channels are just trash. They keep on putting this moron who supposedly knows what Nostradamus was writing so many years ago. He keeps on saying that Saddam Hussein was the Anti-Christ. Firstly..., anti-Christ.., is that anti-Jesus, anti-Christian, anti-God..., or anti- Good..., and to have Saddam..., well..., isn’t he in jail..., you would think someone like Satan would pick someone better than some small dictator with an over inflated ego. The Americans crushed him and threw him away like yesterdays trash. I think one of the super powers would be a better pick. I can’t see how a country like Iraq can rule the world anyways..., which according to the bible says what will happen...

Speaking on which..., I remember way back in the day when I was a young whipper snapper growing up in Mattice..., after a long night of.., umm..., well anyways..., Sunday morning..., I wasn’t in the best of shape.., so what is there to watch on the idiot box on a Sunday morning..., the World Tomorrow... Well..., Herbert W. Armstrong..., it didn’t happen in your life time..., the Anti-Christ didn’t take over the world and we don’t have 666 tattooed on our forehead or our right arm but he was right about one thing. In the 80's when good old Herbert was alive he did say that Europe would reunite and the Russians and Americans will become friends. At that time the average Joe Shoem thought that to be next to impossible but it has happened to Herbert’s credit. I think the way the bible puts it is that Old Rome will reunite and from Old Rome..., the anti-Christ will rise. Since Europe has united and the Americans and Russians are friends.., I don’t hear anyone talking about that at all.., it’s all Nostradamus...if you consider all the Christians in Europe and in the Americas..., why aren’t people listening to the bible opposed to that..., umm..., denial??? Instead they are focused on some loonie tune in the middle east...

Well while I am ragging on the Discovery Channel..., they had something on Killer Asteroids that could come from the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. The asteroid belt is the only thing that is saving earth from being hit by asteroids..., any half brain astronomer or astrophysics can tell you that... The possibility is always there that something could hit our planet but nothing like what killed off the dinosaurs. I don’t know if anyone has ever done their homework on this. They suspect a huge asteroid or comet hitting the earth because of the layer of “dust” found at the time when the dinosaurs disappeared but has anyone done the math. It is a question of matter and how much is needed to leave a layer all around the world. If it was one rock that hit our planet..., it would be thicker on one side and next to nothing on the other (the earth is huge and our atmosphere is thin compared to the size of our plant) . It has to be a series of rocks over a period of days or months... Our solar system (sun) isn’t stationary..., it is moving at 220 kilometres per second times that by 65,000,000 years (approximate date of the last Cretaceous dinosaur)..., many things outside the asteroid belt could have nailed earth while our sun speeds across the Orion spiral arm from our last position. Instead they have some backyard yahoo explains his thoughts on the Discovery Channel..., oh well...

Leafs are back in action in the fall...

World’s first perfect bannock 07-13-05

Yup..., you heard it..., I made the world’s first perfect bannock but unfortunately no one is around to enjoy my claim with me.., just me and my creator but like the golfer eagles very other whole when no one is around...., God is our only witness... Oh well...

Some people are really idiots..., take a look... www.killsometime.com

Digital Receiver 07-12-05

I would like to thank Fort Francis’ Chuck for giving us the digital receiver he won at the golf tournament this past weekend in Red Lake. Just home alone for the week..., not too much planned. Turned off the AC this morning, it cooled off but turned it back on the evening..., getting hot again. Was planning to be in Mish for this week but something came up so I couldn’t make it. I’ll catch the bi-centennial commemoration of Treaty 9 in 2105..., see you there...

Astronomy Magazines 07-09-05

It’s been a while since I bought any Astronomy and science magazines. Just trying to catch up on what I missed over the past year. I added more information to my grand unification theory web page.., finally... Still needs a lot of work..., just was in the mood today. Other than that..., all is quiet and hot in Cochenour. My life as a Red Lake lifer is about to come to an end soon not that five years constitutes as a life but for me it was a very long time. A lot longer than I personally expected. It should be interesting to see where this new chapter in my life takes me.

Been focused more on my workouts lately. I split my workouts into two one hour sessions plus usually an hour of some sort of cardio in the evening. I want to see in power lifting if I can make my mark on the national level. I give myself one year of this line of training... It’s worth a try and I think I have a good shot. Finally got out of the 80's mode and listening to 90's crap now. There is only so much retro a man can take... Cheers...

Happy Birthday 07-07-05

I would like to wish Lottie Johnston and The Juttster, Happy Birthday...

Thunder Bay 07-06-05

Off to Thunder Bay tomorrow then coming back to Red Lake for the weekend. Need to finish a couple of things before heading to Oz. My uncle Gary will be in Sioux Lookout next week because of Christine working for NAN. Those powerful American pharmaceutical companies.., no telling what they can buy. I see our government is giving in by limiting what drugs we can sell to the American public. Well..., it is good to know that things haven’t change much since the Arrow.

Happy Canada Day??? 07-01-05

Today as Canadians we celebrate our independence from the crumbing British Empire on July 1, 1867. I have to admit that we do have it made here in Canada relatively compare to other Nations in the world. We have one of the best health care systems around, we are relatively environmentally sound and due to our elephant neighbor to the south no one would dare touch us.

On the other hand I think about myself as an indigenous being, July 1, 1867 was the day when as Native people we officially lost our land. There is no other way to say it so should I commemorate this day? It would be like when the Germans or Russians absorbed Estonia into their country, did the Estonians go out in the streets and celebrate..., or the French or Polish defeated by the Nazis??? If anything happened to our big brother to the south, and China took us over us because of our vast natural resources, we would embrace the Chinese and celebrate their coming? We would blubber that we are a democratic nation but plop 40 million Chinese into this land, then it doesn’t go in our favour. Well..., it is a day off and they have nice fireworks with lots of cake (Mmm cake..), me and my jibberish.... Happy Canada Day!!!

Congrats to Chuck 06-29-05

Congratulation to Charlene on her new..., umm..., contract..., title..., job..., something anyways with Keewaytinook Okimankanak. Good show...

Been thinking about some doctors who don’t believe in alternative cures and medications. I think the words of one doctor is that they sell false hope. I disagree with that. If they ever found a cure for aids or cancer, we would be paying through the roof. These companies who are doing this research are doing it for the money and not for the betterment of you are I. There are a lot of scams out there.., hoaxes but that’s the case all the time. A good friend of mine who calls himself a traditional pharmacist (meaning he gets his medicines from the land) once said that use both..., and in most cases from his experience the doctors will be amazed that something wasn’t curable..., cured...

Western Sky 06-24-05

If you look off to the western sky, you will see Saturn, Venus and Mercury all lined up. Summer Solstice is over and which only means one thing, days are getting longer and the coming of fall and winter. At least we have a couple of good months yet of summer... Going to the pow wow on Saturday and golfing on Sunday if the weather holds out. Spending Canada Day long weekend in Thunder Bay.

Karla Homolka is in the news again, this time it is her girlfriend desiring the press attention. It seems that Karla is no saint because she is a master manipulator. Umm..., I wonder how long it took her to realize that. Hollywood is going to profit from this..., the movie “Deadly” will be released sometime later this year to the distress of the families involved.

Summer Solstice 06-20-05

Tomorrow is the summer solstice, National Aboriginal Day and midsummer celebrations in Finland. Air conditioner set up.., off to Winnipeg for a couple of days..., had the Fort Severn Elan Champ over for lunch on Sunday... Happy Aboriginal Day!!!

Congratulations to Hannah 06-16-05

I would like to congratulate Hannah “the banana” on her Academic Achievement Award. Good Show!!! The sun is out.., finally... Pat will wed November 18/19, 2005 in Thunder Bay. School will be out shortly..., and I cracked this morning with the soup thing..., I don't know if it was me or the soup...

IPF 06-14-05

Been reading more on the IPF (International Power-Lifters Federation) rule book and The World Anti Doping Code, 2005 Prohibited List, International Standards. They even have anti-doping rules for chess and on some sports limit your alcohol. You can’t be loaded while automobile racing, skiing, billiards (so much for having a beer while shooting pool), aeronautics, operating a rifle, karate (guess they just want you to beat the guy but not to kick the $hit out of him), archery and motorcycling but thank God people can still power lift while being smashed.

It seems organizations like IPF and CPU (Canadian Power-Lifters Union) are trying to get power lifting (deadlift, squat and bench press) as an Olympic Event. Project Cyclopes goal was to have it included in the 2004 summer games but Olympic lifters don’t want it (politics everywhere, holy man). Right now it is only “power jerk” and “power snatchn” are the only two lifting events of the Olympics. It seems that IPF is more confident for 2008 Olympic Games.

I plan to join the CPU and OPA OPA (Ontario Power Lifting Associating) next month and enter a competition in Kitchener (November 27, 2005). If I don’t do too bad..., go to the Nationals in April 2006. I can qualify..., it’s just a matter how well I do.. Just reading the OPA, CPU and IPF rule book and seems that all clothing has to meet certain standards. I am only allowed to wear certain types of shirts and one support shirt (elastic band shirt), no boxers (some kind of underwear I hope), sanctioned socks, foot wear belts and wraps (I don’t use any wraps or belts in my training). Every piece of clothing has to be inspected.

On my soup diet tomorrow for another four day cycle tomorrow then back lifting for four days then back hopefully my last four day cycle of the soup diet. I figure if I am going to do this.., it has to be now.., no time like the present. I am just grateful that the work I am doing would allow me to be flexible enough to do both.

NAN’s Centennial Commemoration 06-13-05

How time flies..., it’s was 100 years ago that Treaty Nine was first signed in New Osnaburg House (Mishkeegagomang First Nation) on July 12, 1905. All the big wigs will be there including Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson is to attend, along with Ontario Lt.-Gov. James Bartleman and Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Andy Scott. If you’re there..., I will have a table set up somewhere.., don’t know the exact spot at this moment. On display I will have my materials on my “aspirations” to get our people to own (51%) their own value added facilities. One thing I admire about the Finns..., they understand our plight and they are the only companies (Wood Tech Group) that I am aware that will allow us to be majority owners. Pay off time for these facilities is 3 to 4 years... For more info on “our goals”..., visit www.neegan.net Also this week going to start my marketing blitz..., everything must go...

Looks like Grannie’s SUV was spared thanks to the quick thinking of Glen when Ben’s truck caught on fire 5 in the morning in Thunder Bay a couple of weeks ago. Thanks Glen...

I’m Caffinated 06-12-05

Nothing like a whole pot of dark roast coffee to get your day started right. Just finished my four day cycle now to get back to lifting. Angel from the James Bay area..., I will relay the message..., it’s probably a given he knows who you are so I will get him to contact you... Leaf sucks huh..., umm...., well..., we all have our faults..., mine..., I will live my life in misery being a leaf fan..., personally I think any leaf fan is a masochist. Me..., I still can’t get over they traded Lanny McDonald and Darryl Sittler..., and how they lost Cujo.., the organization is a bunch of idiots if you ask me... (Go Leafs Go!!!)

Angel..., the answer is three..., Aux...

Untitled 06-10-05

Is it me or has it been raining all the time...., it’s suppose to be April showers bring May flowers.., not April, May, June showers brings summer flood waters (bad huh). Just reading that milk makes kids fat.., especially skim milk (the irony). Back to soda pop I guess. Been on the soup diet for three days now. It works but holy man. Only doing a cycle of four of the soup diet then back to weight training for four days then back on again. Trying to get to the weight class of 75 kg to 82.5 kg so that’s my goal for this month. In July, back to my weight training routine. Called Osmo yesterday afternoon, sometimes I forget the time difference so I woke him up. He said he was expecting my call. When he was driving from Sweden to Norway he said that he knew that Mr. Canada (me) would call him shortly. How about that huh...

On astronomy news..., it seems that a super nova that exploded in 1987 has no neutron star which is impossible because something is suppose to be left behind (ie black hole). Venus is back in our skies again. It’s been missing also...

Congratulations to Pat 06-06-05

I would like to congratulate Pat on his engagement to his beautiful partner Kari. The “Big Guy” plans to be wed in October 2005 in Thunder Bay. It seems that Justin is taking me to school with his homepage... Impressed considering he just opened his account a few days ago. Joined this thing called hi5 that Lynne sent me a while back. It’s not too bad..., better than I expected. It’s good to find people interested in astronomy, astrophysics and weight lifting. I am not an anomaly. Well anything to clog up the time while I’m in Red Lake.

UN’s Global Atlas 06-04-05

I quote from CTV news..., “The United Nation’s Global atlas shows gradual global devastation..., yadda, yadda, yadda”. It talks about reduction of the rain forests, blah, blah, blah and how humanity is impacting the world’s eco-system. I believe we are having an impact..., wiping out hectares and hectares of forests does have an effect but we don’t give mother nature enough credit. You have to take in consideration that asteroids kilometres in width have struck the earth several times in the past and mother nature has always rebounded. Mind you it did come at an expense of some species but ecosystems have always come back. Even today if we salt the earth, release all the toxins and bio-agents..., launch every weapon we have..., the ecosystem will still come back. It goes without saying that I would advise against such actions because most likely be shooting ourselves in the foot.

I have to give credit to our Finnish and Scandinavian neighbors. I’ve been to about 3/5 of Finland touring their value added forestry facilities and I was impressed. An United Nations study showed that Finland has the cleanest water in the world..., even better than Canada. The country is immaculate, our best provincial and national parks don’t even come close to Finland as a whole. They have so much respect for the land but they still manage to harvest and extract trees from the forests. They do it in a way that has the least impact on the land and have zero waste. What I found most impressive, the Finns still salt the roads in winter as we do but they collect all the run off in the ditches and filter the salt out.

Most environmentalists I found are unrealistic in terms of their aspirations. John Sills said at one meeting that I was attending that “ 95% of enjoying the wilderness is knowing it’s there”. I thought about it and yeah.., that is true. When I take a look at the Woodland Caribou Park just west of Red Lake since they converted it, all the camp grounds and portage trails have become overgrown meaning..., no one is visiting the place. I was talking to one person who actual looks after the place during the summer and he said he sees maybe one or two people using the park per season.

These armchair environmentalists don’t realize the economic realities that we all face. We do need to practice better resource management like the Finns but we shouldn’t be ignorant. Global warming has been happening for the last 1000 years (and beyond). Considering that the industrial age has only been around for the last 150 years, it is going to continue to happen even if we cut all green house emissions and humanity moves to Mars (but I'm staying).

Egos and Politics 06-02-05

I heard something yesterday that has never come to my ears before about Karla Homolka. It seems that the first day of her arrest, that the District Attorney of Niagara Region made the plea bargain agreement that resulted in her relatively short sentence. That part we all knew but the reason why an agreement was made within 12 hours of her arrest is not common knowledge. The motivation was due to the fact that the City of Toronto Police had DNA evidence against Paul Bernardo for being the “Scarbrough Rapist”. The District Attorney of the Niagara Region didn’t want to lose this case to the City of Toronto so he panic and made an offer so that the case would remain in the Niagara Region. A case like this for some is once in a life time opportunity. Interesting huh..., yup.., egos and politics...

7 Pounds, 6 Ounces 05-30-05

Penny gave birth to a baby boy, 7 pounds and 6 ounces at 11:50 am on May, 30, 2005. He seems to be adjusting well to his new surroundings. Other than being a little purple and blue at the moment..., all seems well. He is going to be over nighting it at Red Lake M.C. Hospital then going home sometime in the morning. Umm.., his name hasn't be assigned yet.., watch for updates...

Dead Last 05-29-05

The City of Thunder Bay was ranked dead last of the top 25 cities in Canada in economic growth and potential. Lakehead University is slowly climbing out of the basement.., they’re no longer last but still at the bottom of the pile. But the City of Thunder Bay were first in Canada at something..., when to comes to dying..., odds are you have a better chance of dying in Thunder Bay then any other city in Canada. How about that huh...

Not too much planned for the weekend. I want to get more material up on my grand unification theory site since more people are looking at it. Other than cutting the grass.., some spring cleaning..., not too much else happening. My buddies from Finland won’t be coming around til the middle of July sometimes. I set up my blackjack game so the house doesn't win all the time. Too bad I don't have the power to do that in real life...

Administrative Madness 05-28-05

I was just reading on the Knet news how our National Chief is starting a “new relationship with the federal government”. It always has been the goal of all level of governments to eradicate our last remaining treaty rights. Considering what the gross national product is for Canada and the amount we get..., it is relatively peanuts but they want the crumbs along with everything else. The scary part for us by negotiating with the government, we are playing right into their hands. The government is always trying to eliminate the “Indian problem”.

Maybe Mr Fontaine can get us some extra cash here and there but I guarantee it won’t be close enough to make any difference what so ever. I would like to know what the ratio of monies raised on our behalf actually gets into the peoples hands. Most of it is wasted on administration that doesn’t deliver services. It’s like that residential school fund the federal government announced, 80% is now being spent on administration and legal fees with little reaching the hands of the survivors. Look at any program whether it is delivered by PTO, Political, Tribal Council, Government Agency, Training, First Nation, Technical / Education, Health, Economic Development, or any other First Nation organization, the loyalty of the staff is to it’s own administration and not to the people who they are suppose to service. There are a few goods one out there but too few and far inbetween. You can tell the good ones by the investment they actually put into the First Nations they service (and that is beyond making the occasional trip). The real big winners of any Aboriginal organization is the town and city where they are located.

Our people should say we had enough and place all these organizations where they should be..., in our communities. That way the staff in these administrative bureaucracies can see the day to day lives of the people who they are trying to service. Who has ever heard of a city hall located in another town. The problem is they lose touch with the people and end up helping the businesses in these towns and cities where they are located. Any monies that is raised by the National Chief can reach the people who it is intended for, that way, things can be a little better. Personally I think Mr Fontaine efforts are at too great of a price but who I am to say...

Seattle Coffee House 05-24-05

Just in Seattle Coffee House right now having a coffee and using there wireless internet. I feel so trendy right now..., just like "Friends" but I have no friends..., lol.. I see someone filled in my comment box and asking for more information on my grand unification theory website. I started adding more content to my pages last week and hope to have more next week. This week..., I will be away in Mishkeegagomang, Sioux and Thunder Bay.

Missinabi River 05-16-05

I was browsing the internet the other day about the Missinabi River. It was shown on Great Canadian Rivers a few years back and designated as a Canadian Hertiage River System . That's the Neegan's traditional territory. It had a segment on Fred Neegan talking about Thunder House. Besides my grandfather who passed a few years back, Fred knows the river like the back of his hand. I don’t know if I would go as far as calling him a historian but he knows his stuff. Good guy.. It has been far too long since I’ve been there. My family’s trapline was just below Fred’s. Reading of all this talk of the "cultural" importance of the Missinabi River, makes you wonder why people aren't wondering what happened to all the Indians in the area for such an important route. To have nine posts and no Indians seems to be an idiom by itself.

Well the vote today to see if our minority government clings onto power. I didn’t see that coming, Belinda Stronach crossing the floor. So with poor old Peter MacKay.., that his soul mate is capable of doing such things. I think he would have been wise to use the word girlfriend opposed to soul mate. Such is life I guess. I think she was too head strong for both Mr. MacKay and Harper anyways. She knows what she wants out of life, to make her mark. Don’t we all in one form or another, just what we are willing to do to make that happen. The people that are willing to do it at all cost are the people we have to watch for. Of those people..., it all comes out in the wash at the end then we see them for who they really are.

The Royal Family 05-13-05

I was listening to the news about some of our Native leaders want to play more of a role in the Queens’s visit here in Canada. This woman’s family has probably caused more harm to the Nations of the original people of North America then any other family in the world. Why would you want to pay homage to that. The Royal Family is one of the richest families in the world and a good part of that was from the blood, sweat and tears of our people.

Today is Friday the 13, no black cats crossed my path today but something rather odd happened. When I was having lunch..., the bird tried and tried for 20 minutes to fly into my house via the window. At one point I thought it killed itself by hitting the window so hard but it just knocked itself out. Funny thing..., it didn’t stop it..., it kept on trying... Very odd indeed....

Gathering of the Northern Spirit 05-10-05

My sister is organizing and hosting a Health and Healing Gathering in Constance Lake this weekend. Registration fee is $75.00 which includes dinner and entertainment of Moccasin Joe of Thunder Bay.

Didn't make it 05-08-05

I didn't make it to Sioux this weekend... Lots of rain this weekend..., at least it is better than snow. Will be driving with Randy to taxi bay near Pik on Tuesday and might be going to the community with him if we are not too late in the day.

Blink 182 05-06-05

Just listening to Blink 182, I Miss You, over and over and over again..., also Beautiful.., I must going crazy..., holy man..

On other news..., looks like I will be returning to Pikangikum to do some work. That’s alright. Going to Sioux this weekend..., pleasantly surprised to hear that Graeme and Andrew are there.

Sioux and Mish this week 05-04-05

I’ll be in Sioux and Mish this week. Finally we have some warm weather heading this way. My Finnish partners will be down the second week in June..., that’s alright I guess. I am not sure when the next time I will be heading to Finland.., most likely sometime in July..., the only problem is that they are so close to the arctic circle that the sun doesn’t set til after midnight and rises shortly after. I think they are further north than Fort Severn.

Holy Crap 05-02-05

Just reading an article on how food replacement isn’t up to snuff, that sport nutritional supplements are in “violation” of something, whatever that may be (*note to chuck.., notice “may-be”). What I think is happening these “fast food fat factories deep fry your salad so they can clog up your arteries so you’ll die of a heart attack before you're 40 while they make our kids so obese they can’t run and end up with juvenile diabetes so when they reach 20 they’re taking insulin everyday outfits ” are starting to lose their market share. A$$H0LES..., can I say that on Knet..., umm..., bunch of jerks..., doesn’t sound right..., Mother #%^*#*!!!! You son of a #%^*#*!!!!

Speaking of 40..., my sister Eva turns 40 this month.

Links are open 04-27-05

Looks like the links are open. Will be heading out as soon as I dig out my clubs out of the basement. Just came back from Sioux and Mishkeegagomang. It was a good trip.., too much snow for me. I am wondering about the Neekan name.., it is very close to the Neegan name.

So the Americans never found and are giving up their search to find weapons of mass destruction. Oh well... It doesn’t seem to be a big issues for the media..., no one is covering the story. I just think of all the people and lives they’ve destroyed..., what can you say to that. On other news..., looks like Paul Martin is back on the campaign trail..., hitting the road in Northwestern Ontario. Looks like the Liberals are giving out bags of money..., first come, first serve. Line up quick before it’s all gone...

The hairless monkey strikes again 04-25-05

I have another victim to add to my ever growing list..., a partridge. I don’t know why these animals manage to find their way to the front of my vehicle. That makes a moose, deer, wolf, two foxes at the same time, dog, rabbit, otter, grey owl and a porcupine with a near miss of a beaver last week. I guess that what happens when you put a hairless monkey behind a wheel.

Theory of relativity 04-22-05

Today in history 100 years ago, Albert Einstein introduced us to the theory of relativity. You know.., energy is equal to the mass times the speed of light (300,000 kilometres per second or there abouts) squared. That is of course if you consider light is at a constant speed. Today is also Earth Day.., leafs won the cup in 1945..., and the Crab Nebula was last seen by the naked eye 951 years ago. That would have been a sight to see. Haven’t been a supernova in our neck of the woods since. Looks like another election.., didn’t we just go through this? Oh well...

My sister’s conference is next month, the Gathering of the Northern Spirit. She has Ted Nolan and Moccasin Joe will be there plus some other people. If you are in the Constance Lake area on May 13, 14 and 15, send my sister an e-mail at donnaorr@knet.ca if you want more information.

Red letter date 04-20-05

This is interesting..., today in history both Napoleon (1808) emperor of France and , Adolf Hitler (1889) of Nazi Germany were born today but..., in 1999, the deadliest school shooting in US history at Columbine High School occurred today too... Strange huh... A red letter date if you ask me...

My first victim 04-19-05

Lynn Trudel is my first victim of where are they now. This is the sad part. The Missinabie River was a major trading route between the people of the coast and people of the south. Also a good route when the peoples of the confederacy use to rape and pillage the Crees of the coast but that’s another story. For the most part..., a good portion of reserves were placed on the location of Hudson Bay posts. Along the Missinabie River system..., there was nine posts and if you compare that to a map off all First Nations in Ontario, you will notice a huge void. Where I grew up was in the middle of that void.

From the various stories from my various grandparents.., there was a huge settlement of Crees and Ojibways in Mattice. Shortly after the treaty was signed..., the Aboriginal community in Mattice was disbanded. Few families stayed behind..., mainly the Neegans, Sutherlands, Rubins, and Misquis families. Maggie Neegan which later became Maggie McCrady moved to the Aroland / Geraldton area. Alice and John families remained in Mattice. Maggie, John and Alice were children of James and Elizabeth Neegan..., my great, great grand parents...

So I thought this would be a good idea for all of the peoples of Mattice to know where everyone is. I got an e-mail from Kathy and Clara is still working in the land claim. Maybe this will help it along... Other than that, I am on day two of my self cleansing. That soup is brutal. My cousin Randy just passed by yesterday. He just started his new job as a cop in Pikangikum. My brother Jon will be stationed in Sioux and will be a “floater” for NAPS.

Holy molly guess who’s forty 04-18-05

Umm..., I don’t know... On a completely different topic, Penny will be celebrating her birthday on Sunday. Sorry I can’t disclose how old she is..., mom’s the word. So anyways..., we are off to Sioux on Friday. Next week I will be in Mishkeegagomang once more and then to Lac Seul.

I am on day one of my self “cleansing”. Eating that damn soup to clear out my system of toxins. It does the trick, I have to admit that. Neil had a successful bone transplant from Charlene and is doing great. He gets out of isolation on Tuesday.

One thing I hate about doctors is that if you can’t prove it, it doesn’t exist. I think our pharmaceutical companies have a lot to do with that. They make money from sick people and the good portions of new studies in health care are sponsored by them. It is little wonder why some doctors are pessimistic on alternative cures and medicines.

Congrats to Eva 05-08-05

I would like to congratulate Eva for their new addition to their family... Been on the road the past few days. Just coming back from Constance Lake. Word on the street that the water supply has carcinogenic material in it so don’t drink the water. Ran into some old friends..., haven’t seen them since highschool.., holy heck...

DVP and Gardner 04-02-05

Sometime I feel like my websites are like the Don Valley and Gardner Expressway..., always needs work and I never feel like I am getting anywhere. Well at least it’s not as bad as the road to Red Lake. Damn fiberals...

New Years Eve for the April fool 03-31-05

It’s New Years Eve for the April fool if you follow the old Celtic and Roman calender or if you follow the fiscal calender, year end. Umm..., coincidence??? I finally finished my eDesigns site and on to my other sites. It’s nice and simple. I am off to Thunder Bay and Hearst next week then back to Mishkeegagomang the following week.

Erica is expecting 03-30-05

I would like to congratulate Pete and Erica on their news. Erica is expecting in November 2005. Any day now my sister Eva is expected to deliver. How about that eh... On to other news.., will be hosting web sites sometime in late spring. Still plugging along with Value Added Forestry Products. I am finally working on redeveloping my sites and finished my health and fitness pages. Now just to finish www.ecdev.info and www.grandunificationtheory.com.

Happy Anniversary 03-27-05

I would like to wish Peter and Erica (March 26 2004), Eva and Earl (March 27, 1993) and Donna and Carl (March 29, 1997) a Happy Wedding Anniversary. My grandparents David and Christina Neegan were married March 29, 1933 and were married for 67 years.

Happy Easter!!!

Assembly of First Nations 03-26-05

It was a couple of days ago that Phil Fontaine our National leader was here in Red Lake. What I do wonder about is all the financial woes that the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) had under Matthew Coon Come seem to have disappeared. Strange huh... Our memories are too short for my liking. By not saying anything or turning a blind eye, we are saying to the government that it is ok to black ball us if we take a hard line. I don’t know what our First Nation leadership expect from a government that has been trying to eliminate us as a people for hundreds of years. Mr Paul Martin has said many times he supports “self government” as long as it is model similar to municipalities. I think everyone should listen to what Chess wizard Bobby Fisher says..., that we should give the land back to First Nations. Now if we can get our leadership singing the same tune.

Holy heck 03-22-05

I am off to Constance Lake this morning. Just reading something in the paper that caught my eye. In Thunder Bay this teenager after drinking 11 to 12 beers was driving this Ford Explorer, speeds down Balsam Ave..., tries to make a jump at en excessive speed...., loses control..., hits a utility pole..., kills a baby and only gets 2 months in a youth facility plus a suspended license. Holy crap... The mother of the baby threw the her son’s shoe at the boy who is now 18 years old. The judge’s reasoning is that it wasn’t the intention of the teenager to kill anyone or it wasn’t in malice... It is amazing what you can get away with if you have the money and a good lawyer...

Spring Equinox 03-21-05

Good Luck to Neil today on his operation. Neil’s sister Charlene will be donating a piece of her bone marrow to help her brother out. They are flying off to Toronto today. On other news..., it is that time of year again where the night and day encompasses equal time...

Six years ago 03-17-05

Well it was six years ago on St. Patrick’s Day my uncle Gary won the lottery. I remember he was said he won some money and buy a new set of wheels. I figured he won $25,000 to $50,000 which is good. So anyways when he got back from Toronto , he showed me the cheque. I said to myself.., there is too many zeros for this to be $25,000 then looked again and said..., there is too many zeros for this to be $250,000..., well he won 2.5 million. No small change to say the least. Oh my cousin Wayne won $10,000 in the Thunder Bay Casino so he and his girlfriend moved to Alberta to work. Well.., I guess if you don’t play..., you don’t win eh... and anybody can.

Come and Gone 03-16-05

Well everyone has come and gone. Off into the sun rise they drove off. It was a good visit. Didn’t do a much as we planned but that’s ok..., Isabella was under the weather. Congrats to Graeme for his curling medal. From what I understand..., he is pretty good.

Also congratulations to George Kakekaspan of Fort Severn on his new edition to his family born March 9, 2005...

March Break 03-13-05

March break is here. AJ, Grimski, Hannah the banana and Grannie will all be here later today. Plans are swimming and sledding. They are all heading back on Wednesday. It will be good to see everyone again. Next week I am off to Hearst and Mish.

Happy Birthday Earl!!!

Stone Ages 03-10-05

My cable internet is not working today so I am using my dial up..., yup.., back to the stone ages for me.., well.., at least til tomorrow. My mother with Andrew, Graeme and Hannah will be over for March break. They should be here sometime on Saturday. Not too much planned for next week.., the usual..., sledding..., swimming..., etc...

Not too much left of the ski trails at McKenzie Island.., at least where the drillers are. I hope to get out on a few more times yet but the clock is ticking..., two, maybe three more weeks left. This weekend I think I’ll do about 22 K and then bring that up to about 26 K. It would be nice if I could do the circuit twice but not too sure about that..., that would be over 34 K.. Maybe next year. Other than the days are getting longer..., all is well in Red Lake.

Peter Bird 03-08-05

There is a push by the elders in Constance Lake to name the school in the memory of Peter Bird, my grandfather. The elders are saying when he was Chief, all the things that he said came true.., they said it was like he already knew what was going to happen 30 to 50 years ago.. It was one of his wishes that a school in Constance Lake be set up to get ready for the future. He and with a couple of other Chiefs also started up the Union of Ontario Indians which later became the Chiefs of Ontario. I believe it was the Chief from Serpent River and another one in the region that they traveled throughout Ontario and met with other Chiefs to get this organization going. He knew that we as a people have to be united. Also before Constance Lake became a reserve, they wanted to place the community near Martin Falls but he told INAC that it wasn’t suitable because they need to be close to hospitals and schools so they moved the community to it’s present spot.

After he passed away my mother began writing a book on about her father. My mother still has all those notes which I asked to have. I will began the (long) task of transcribing it to digital form so I can post it. I hope to have it completed by this summer. I will also begin to put more information on my father’s side of the family also. I haven’t posted any major information on any of my web sites over the past few months. I want to get back to it. The two that needs the most work is my grand unification theory site and ecdev.info.

My mother’s birthday today..., have a good one!!!

Results 03-07-05

I managed to finish the Sibley at two hours and two minutes for the 20 K. I beat my old time from last year by a whopping 43 minutes. Doesn’t say too much from my time last year but oh well... Next year Sibley will be March 4, 2006. I don’t know how much more skiing I can get in this month..., maybe a couple of more weeks if I am lucky. Then I have to wait for golf...

Other than that my mother’s birthday tomorrow..., she will be..., umm..., do I dare say..., she is not quite 60ish..., give or take a few years... Happy Birthday Grannie...

Sibley this weekend 03-03-05

Sibley this weekend. I am ready as I will ever be. It should be between -14 C and - 8 so I will go with the warmer wax (-5 C to -10) since I will be doing the 20 K. Last few times at Sibley I’ve been off with the wax..., either too much grip or not enough. Been fighting off a cold all week. Feeling a little better today so by Saturday, I hope to be near 100%.

Happy Birthday Hannah

Happy Birthday Pete!!! 02-27-05

It’s my bro’s birthday tomorrow. I guess they just moved into their new condo the other week. Erica is teaching at U of T but I don’t know what she is a professor of..., umm.., education I believe. All is well in Cochenour. The boys are expected during March break. Grannie and Hannah will be picking them up in Nipigon. Sibley Ski Tour next week. I guess I will be prepared as well as I can be I guess. On the road again...

Congrats to the Juttster 02-22-05

Congratulations to Justin Neegan for making the honour roll..., I am just a year late..., it was 2003-2004. Well anyways..., happy belated umm..., honour roll..., umm.., what cha ma call it..., day..., event..., place..., umm.., whatever...

Damn you weather channel 02-21-05

Nothing new..., on the road for the next couple of days. Deciding right now to buy used or build from scratch, both have it’s pros and cons. I did the whole circuit on the McKenzie Island Ski trail in Red Lake yesterday. Put the wrong wax on (damn you weather channel!!!) so no grip. It was suppose to be - 14 C but it was really - 8 C.

Listening to Wally “ Walmart” Walton on the television. When he was running his company, he was good to his employees..., offered them stock to keep the unions out. Made a lot of the associates very rich. Now all they want to do keep the unions out period. When Dave Thomas was around, Wendy’s had a good product at a half decent price..., now he is gone.., well... When Robert Atkins was around..., all he sold was books. Since his passing..., the Atkins name is plastered on everything... The moral of the story..., wait for the crazy old coot to kick the bucket..

No cup for the leafs 02-18-05

It looks like another year with no Stanley Cup for the leafs. The only good thing.., no one else will win it. I know the owners of the Leafs benefit big time from the salary cap..., but does the salary cap translates into lower seat tickets..., most likely not. The real losers in this is you and I.

Originally these unions were created to protect workers from hazardous conditions. It was dangerous but you had to do something to feed your family. Times have come and gone as the days of unsafe workplaces are things of the past. We have agencies, boards and the government (so we hope anyways) with standards. When listening to retired NHL players, I can see why they don’t support the strike. Some of the best players in history don’t make anywhere near what they make today. After you make a certain amount.., I can’t see what an extra million or two..., or even three would enhance your life. On the other hand..., we live in a society dominated by capitalism or supply and demand. Let natural section or capitalism sort out which teams come and go. As long as there are owners willing to pay these high prices for players..., so be it. It was the owners creating this vacuum or high demand of quality players. Good players result in better revenue thus increase profits... Umm.., hard one to call...

Just a couple of more weeks til Sibley Ski Tour.., it should be alright..., lots of snow in Thunder Bay. Been skiing a fair bit the past month. The trails were nice on McKenzie Island until they started drilling again. All the trails have gone down hill since. It doesn’t help that the ski club is broke and can’t pay for gas to groom the trails. That’s life I guess...

More Babble 02-11-05

I would say nationalism is the biggest obstacle that Native people face today. Let me explain... The other day when I was returning back to Red Lake I stayed in Dryden over night. I went for breakfast and came back for continental breakfast to have some toast and coffee. When I arrived they were starting to place things away so I took what I could. That wasn’t the problem, the manager acted like I wasn’t there.., some would say rude, very offensive body language. My guess would be racism but who can 100% sure but I am probably right. It is a fact of life that we experience whether we are Cree, Ojibway, Mohawk, Micmac or Athabaskan. Aliens to our own land...but it happens so often that I don’t even bother saying anything anymore..., what is the use..., it is a waste of energy. The bigger question would be why... This is a woman who never met me before in my life yet to have such a harsh judgement.

I hear the word crown land which represents the Queen who owns the land via the Governor General. Then Adrienne Clarkson who gets her direction from our Parliament who is represented by the people of Canada. Pretty simple huh... So it is you and I that own all that we see..., except for those areas where it is unceeded which means the Indian Nations from that area still legally own it but in theory only. In practical terms, the crown owns it. The remaining areas via the British Proclamation of 1786 or something like that stated that you must sign treaties with the indigenous peoples of the area (us) in order to acquire title to the land. Thus we signed all these treaties with the Queen and the Government of Canada (the people). (A note here..., personally I don’t think those documents are very binding..., the circumstances when they were signed plus we are the only ones who kept our side of the bargain)

So came the White Paper which most Native people know about. The document if ratified by the Supreme Court of Canada would have annulled all treaties with First Nations. Actually it is a pretty small price to pay compared to Canada’s Gross Nation product which is quite a considerable amount which Native people who have rights to if it wasn’t for these treaties. The White Paper wasn’t defeated, the vote was 3 support, 3 oppose with one sighting a technicality in the process and order to start the process again. If we would have won the case..., all the lands in Canada would have to be legally turned back to all First Nations peoples... The Government of Canada knew that and it was a risk they didn’t want to take for a retrial... How about that eh...

That is where we stand today..., the Indian problem just doesn’t want to go away... I was watching this show called “Conspiracy” which detailed the meeting where the Final Solution was ratified (Note, Hitler was not present). When the Germans were dealing with the Jewish problem before hand, many of the methods were the exact same ones used by the British, Canadian and American Governments on Aboriginal people. So close, it was eerie... The trait that came through is the Jewish people were not human, subhuman and the Final Solution, there were doing the world a favour. Now how far is that from the way we are viewed today?

The way the German people were able to do such acts is Nationalism. They were told that we are the best..., yadda yadda yadda...., then wham.. Over here in Canada our schools teach us that Aboriginal peoples came across the Bearing Strait 12,000 years ago and the British, French, Spanish and the Portuguese came. All they found here were hapless lost heathenistic souls... Within 100 years, 90 percent of the Aboriginal population died..., which translates to 10 million people per decade or a million people per year. Before contact we had the greater population than Europe. I could go on....., residential schools, germ warfare, removing reproduction organs, physiological tactics..., and good old fashion slaughtering woman and children just to name a few..

But how could a person, let alone people do such things while being God Fearing at the same time... It is the same thing with killing your family cat compared to killing a ants foraging for food in your home..., you remove all emotional attachment thus remove the conscience and the sky is the limit. Look what they did in Germany, Cambodia, Chile, Rwanda etc... The British and the Americans just leant to hide it better because it is bad for moral..., lol.. You don’t want the rest of the world looking at you saying shame shame...

Is it little wonder then. If I was the owner..., who would want my kind at their establishment. As long as the Indian problem exists.., the treatment will remain the same. I hear some of my fellow brothers and sisters starting to buy into “Nationalism” ideology where we should forgo who we are as a people. I have to admit the people who done this to us have a lot of experience in the world stage.., going back hundreds and hundreds of years. They know what they are doing... Very Smart people...

The people who bought into the system are no longer around as a people. For the people who never forgot who they are..., Ireland, Finland, Indian are sovereign nations now..., those who have..., perished into the pages of history...

This is what we face. The majority of Canadians, the people of Canada or the Government of Canada removed all emotional attachment from Aboriginal peoples. As long as we are a threat, it will continue. Either we buy into their system or we are no longer a threat. Being no longer a threat could happen in so many ways and we lose on every path. That is the road before us.

Ground Hog Day 02-01-05

Tomorrow is Ground Hog Day where we will find out if there is six more weeks of winter. Judging from the weather outside, I would say that spring is just around the corner. Been cross country skiing more often. Good to get out except when those dogs chase you down the trail. Osmo will be in Canada again this and next week.

Congrats to Andrew 01-28-05

Congratulations to Andrew for coming in third. It is an amazing showing because he has no formal training what so ever. He made me a proud man..., Good show!!!

The Passionate Eye 01-25-05

It was a different episode, Jane Elliot had a group of Native and non-Native people in a group session. She was trying to make them feel what is was like to be Aboriginal, First Nations peoples or Indians for a lack of a better word. It was interesting to see. She was emulating the worse teacher that an Aboriginal would face in our education system..., kinda worse case scenario. I had some bad teachers but non nothing like this. I empathize with the non-Natives.

You couldn’t win. First this one person says that he was didn’t see any differences in the people in the room. Everyone just raked him over the coals saying that was the most racist thing they ever heard. Towards the end, this one guys says the opposite, he sees the colour difference (I think he used the word brown) and they tell him it was the most racist thing they ever heard and rake him over the coals. A classic “catch 22" I would say. You can’t win on this one.

I am not surprised that only two people came back after that. I know that she got her point across to the television audience but the participants..., I don’t know if they are more and less racially aware. I would tend to think that they would have more anger and less tolerant then before because the number of people coming back for the follow up session.

I suppose it was very therapeutic to have so many punching bags at their disposal, volunteers no less. Umm..., “this is for being tripped everyday when I was five and six years old while talking the school bus to Hearst”.., or “this is for being called *%$^%$”. Sign me up for the next session, I’m there...., just kidding... I don’t know..., the people who watch these programs on CBC, PBS or whatever tend to be the people who want to be enlightened or more or less open minded or don't have cable / dish. Interesting thou..., something different to watch while riding on my bike...

The Listerine conspiracy 01-19-05

I was watching TV the other night and seen something rather unusual. It was the super hero Listerine Man with his friend the Tooth Brush fighting the Dark Evil Gingivitis. Then Mr Floss came around and wanted to join. Our super hero Mr Listerine said..., and I quote, “with brushing and Listerine, you don’t need to floss”. Umm..., come to think of it..., that commercial only aired once. I guess they didn’t find the required 9 out of 10 dentists to agree with them. I didn’t realize that flossing was cutting into their market share or could it be a more sinister deed, the Evil Gingivitis has infiltrated the executives at Warner-Lambert Company, Pfizer Canada Inc.. This conspiracy will never tell it’s tale.

Miracle Life of Edgar Mint 01-16-05

That is the story that United Artists are making into a movie. Edgar Mint, a Navaho boy who was orphaned as a child written by Bradley Udall. Andrew as selected from over 500 actors to play Edgar Mint. The applicants came from across Canada and the United States. Good show!!! He will be heading down to LA on January 30th for his first one and one meeting. He should do well.., he is a smart young man.

Day shorten 01-13-05

Well..., our days are now officially shorten by 2.68 micro second as a result of the quake last month. It is amazing what you can calculate these days. On other news, it is a very cold day in Red Lake, the winds are howling. Won $15.00 dollars at Bingo last night. I will make sure I don’t blow it all in one place. I also registered for the Sibley Ski Tour in March. Better prepared for it this year than last. Shortly after that, heading back to Finland for a week. That’s life at this moment.

Shame shame 01-10-05

I was watching the Discovery Channel the other night and they were explaining what happened in the Indian Ocean. It is a terrible thing. Then for some strange reason they said that will happen to Canada’s west coast off of Vancouver Island. It happened in the 1700's and it happens every 500 years or so. Then they said something stupid..., they said it could happen right now. If my math is correct..., we still have 200 years yet. So it means that it could happen tomorrow or it could happen in my great, great, great, great grandchildren’s time. Even then it might not happen. It could happen anywhere along that riff. Alaska, Washington, Oregon, or California, your guess is as good as mine.

What bothers me is that sure it might happen but it is the way they said it. It was more using sensationalism then actual pure science. It was meant to scare people. This planet is also due for a meteor strike but no one knows when or where. They shouldn’t play on people’s fears. We are lucky in Canada, we are far enough north so we don’t get a lot of twisters or hurricanes. We have no fault lines running anywhere. It is just cold. Maybe the folks at the Discovery Channel feel left out so they have to make more then what is actual there.

Happy New Year 01-03-05

Well..., another Christmas and New Years gone til next year. We are now in year 2005 just in case you’ve been hiding in a cave for the past few dozen years or so. So the time is ticking on the Mayan clock / calender. Supposedly the world, or the world as we know it will end in December 21st, 2012. Well..., we still have just about 6 years, 353 days and 5 hours left til dooms day. Central time of course. Lots of time..., right???

They say there will be a huge flood of sorts. I don’t think that is enough to wipe out humanity. If a comet or meteor hit the earth like what wiped out the dinosaurs just wouldn’t cut it.., mind you our population would drop but what would you expect with a thing like that. What we need is a quickly mutating virus that jumps from host to host in a blink of an eye. That would do it.., well most of us who don’t adapt.

Or..., the earth’s polarity could change and let in all those ultra violet rays in. We would be out of magnetic protection for a good year or so. We are due for one. I see some scientists who calculate exactly where the magnetic north pole are chasing it like no tomorrow. It’s moving at a very fast pace as we speak now. All indications of this change. This could trigger world wide flood also because of all the extra energy that the earth’s magnetism deflects would hit the earth and melt both polar caps. Umm..., I would like to see our environmentalists save the poplar bears after that. Better stock up on sun block.

They say that 99.99% of all species who walked, crawled, flew, jumped, swam, slithered or whatever have become extinct. Odds like that don’t play in our favour. We do have certain advantages from our predecessors. We’ll see I guess. Don’t mind me..., just spreading some Christmas cheer. Happy New Year!!!

Comet Machholz 12-28-04

Comet Machholz will be at its closest to Earth Jan. 5-6, 2005, when it will be 51 million kilometers away. If you look where Orion is pointing his bow and arrow, it should be there or below Taurus, you should see it.

Well..., just a couple of more days left in 2004. Over all this year had it’s ups and downs..., and downs..., and downs..., lol... Been to Finland a few times..., that’s alright. Business seems to be picking up again.., which is always good too. I don’t think I have any real new years resolutions for 2005 but have a few goals (win noble prize.., etc).

I been noticing this Christmas season doesn’t bring with it Christmas programming. Umm..., guess Christmas programming doesn’t bring in the big bucks as regular programming. I guess they just want our money, not our Christmas spirit. That is the problem with living in a consumer society. Just as all our taste buds are numb with all the sugar they put into everything..., same with our sensibility, numb to the reality of the world.

Merry Christmas! 12-26-04

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. We had our usually turkey, ham, potato salad and other delights for dinner yesterday. Now just relaxing today. Grannie is expected tomorrow for a visit. Other than that..., all is well in Cochenour. Grimski had a major spill on the hill yesterday with his new snow board but alive and kicking today. Playing some tunes with Andino on the guitar. We are off to Thunder Bay on the 30th and spending New Years in Thunder Bay.

I hoped all my brothers and sisters; my mother, nieces and nephews; cousins and their partners, aunts and uncles; in-laws and out-laws; friends and foes and distant relations found the peace and happiness that this season brings. Merry Christmas all! Must be the Espresso that Santa delivered yesterday speaking..., Dave's not here....

The best and hottest12-10-04

Well..., I would have to say that “Up in Smoke” has the hottest wings I’ve ever had. It is off of Arthur Street in Thunder Bay by the Shell Station. I knew I found the right place when they had peppers all over the place. The former 7-11 on May is a close second followed by Dick and Nillie’s in Sioux. Montana’s and The Chicken Chef gets a honourable mention. The rest use the words "sucide" and "hot" but they mind as well place their wings on the children's menu.

El Nino???? 12-01-04

Just listen to the news a couple of weeks ago and the weather lady said it is an El-Nino year because we had plus 10 degrees at the beginning of November. When I look outside now when it is -20 C.., I wonder what the hell is this woman talking about. She should know better. We just came off of the wettest and coldest summer in decades now one week of warm weather in November now an El Nino year..., anything for ratings I guess... Maybe she should listen to the real news first.

So our dollar keeps on climbing against the US dollar. Umm..., makes me wonder about the price of gas. Don’t we pay for crude oil in US dollars and since our dollar jumped from the low 60's to the mid 80's..., shouldn’t that improve our purchasing power and reduce the price of gas even if it stays above $50 dollars US a barrel. I guess as long as no one is catching on it is ok...

Clovis 11-23-04

I was up in Keewaywin First Nation of few years back when I noticed drawings on the wall done by students. It depicted ancient Indians (Aboriginals, First Nations people, Clovis people etc..) crossing the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska during the last ice age 12,000 BC. That is pretty well what we are taught in school..., Aboriginals cross the via the Bering strait then the Europeans arrived with their boats. We were just hunters and gathers, nomadic peoples..., wondering around aimlessly trying not to starve to death. That’s the impression I got anyways. If it wasn’t for our white brothers.., we would be lost souls...

Then about 15 years ago I started reading about these sites that are being uncovered that predate the current Clovis theories of the Bering Strait. Artifacts were being found that predate 12,000 BC.., 14,000 BC..., 15,000 BC and even 50,000 BC. That would place peoples in the Americas before Europe (40,000 BC), Japan (45,000 BC) Australia (31,000 BC), England (16,000 BC). Well.., how about that eh..

What I find amazing is that it took 15 years for this information to reach the main stream (If you call PBS main stream). Even facts such as there were more people in the Americas then Europeans in Europe at the time on contact or Europeans had no concept of zero and we did at contact or the Decoration of Independence was based on Aboriginal (Confederacy) ideology. Actually there are a lot of little facts they fail to mention in school. It does make you wonder why?

Solar Winds 11-17-04

I guess the solar winds ave been picking up the past few days and will continue over the next little while (in case you haven’t been looking up for the past few nights). Also the Leonid meteor shower should be just ending. Not much to see thou..., disappointing :-(

Lights are on 11-16-04

Got most of the Christmas lights on now. Just some final touches over the next couple of weeks. I have to admit it looks alright..., not the look I wanted but alright. So if anyone is the in area of Cochenour.., just look for the huge star across the arena. Umm..., I don’t think I would win the best lights in Red Lake but it starts...

So it seems 11-13-04

Do you remember when we were all in grade school where we had to use those stupid scissors that couldn’t cut anything.., we were lucky if it cuts paper. I guess the education system thought all of us would be losing a finger or something like that because we were too lethargic to operate them correctly. When hearing about Ontario’s new helmet law, that what I feel like. Instead of having a school, we have the Ontario government telling us what to do and instead of a teacher, we have police enforcing these rules.

I would like the freedom or choice to crack my head on the payment if I choose to do so. I wear my seat “now” because I know if I rolled my car, that it would save me, not because of “big brother” tells me to wear it. If I think if it is important to me, well..., then I’ll do it. We all have scissors at home and all of us (well hopefully) have 10 digits. None of us jumped off the roof after watching an episode of “Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner Show”. For those poor souls who did.., well.., they are not here to tell their tale.

I empathize with our MPP that lost a love one because he wasn’t wearing a helmet but one thing is certain in all of our lives..., we will all get what it coming to us.., “death”. It may be a drunk driver at the wheel, heart attack, stroke, meteor from the sky or not wearing a helmet. An extra law won’t delay our date with the Grim Reaper. In Finland, the workers in the factories are not required to wear a hard hat, safety shoes or gloves for that matter. It is your choice and your responsibility. It is like Don Cherry says about hockey helmets and face guards, they never had the problems years ago like they do now..., they played safer without them then with them.

Point being..., it is a matter of choice. Just like I didn’t like using those crappy scissors at school and would rather use my own scissors at home, same with these laws. The government shouldn’t be dictating them to me. We still all have our fingers or our number system would be based on 9 instead of 10.

Snow 11-07-04

Snow is on the ground in Cochenour and I think good chance that this one or the next snow fall will stay. It be best that I do one last clean up before the snow is too deep, not that it is deep now. Going to try and put up some Christmas lights too. Last year..., it was pretty pathetic. My Finnish friends will be coming in two weeks and I will take them on their regular Northern Ontario tour. I hope to be back in Finland before year end. Other than that..., all is well in Cochenour. Using our tap water again so they must be right in saying acceptable levels of arsenic in the Cochenour water system or I wouldn't be alive to tell the tale. Oh congrats to my brother in passing his "police" test..., Umm..., I guess now it is Constable Jon...

Time Delay 11-04-04

Is it me or is there a time delay when updating your pages..., or is it just me and my site. Just posting some pictures today. A short bio... I grew up in a town named Mattice, Ontario 30 kilometres from Hearst and 60 kilometres west of Constance Lake First Nation. It is a small french town where the Neegan’s traditional territory lays. Went to school at Clayton Brown Public School and Ecole Secondaire Hearst High School. Went to LU..., yadda yadda yadda and here I am in Cochenour of all places in the universe to be. Oh my God..., Cochenour...

Another Domain 11-03-04

I should have my www.neeganhomes.com up by the end of the day. This is the site where I will sell laminated log homes. This is where I am going to do my plug..., I can build a house cheaper using these units than any other conventional house. The nice thing about these houses is that they will last a life time.., not like those cheap drywall and particle board crap they use now.

Shania Twain was in Timmins once again to open her new centre up. I guess the people of Timmins like her as long as they think she is non-Native. Oh well.., I guess. Been playing more guitar than usual lately, tunes like the Goo Goo Doll’s Iris. It looks like another 4 more years of Bush.

Happy New Year! 11-01-04

Happy New Year or Happy All Saints Day depending if you’re a pagan or not. The word pagan means wild woodsman or something like that. I guess that’s what the Romans referred to these people who lived off the land in England and Northern France at that time. Some people can surmise that All Saints Day was a way to get the pagans or traditionalists to become Christian. Some historians also say this is the same with Christmas but who I am to say. Speaking of which, got to change my page to get with the Christmas spirit. Fifty-five days til Christmas!!

Acceptable levels of arsenic again..., thank God 10-31-04

Last week they had to shut the water off in Cochenour because high levels of arsenic found in our water. .I quote “Residents are advised not to consume water from the Cochenour water system until further notice. Do not use the water for drinking, cooking or brushing teeth”. A few days later they turned on the water but didn’t say anything so I phoned the town of Red Lake office and the local North Western Health Unit. I couldn’t get anyone at the town office during regular business hours and the local guy at the health unit (where the bulletin came from) said I think it should be ok or they wouldn’t have turn the water back on. After he said I think there is now acceptable levels of arsenic again, he gave me this toll free number from a guy in Kenora who would know if my water was safe or not.

I called 1-800-830-5978 and got a voice mail recording from a guy named Bill. I left a message but no one ever called me back. Well..., how about that... I think it is time for a new mayor. Funny thing..., Mr Wilson is a resident of Cochenour. I guess the residents of Red Lake are not really worried because they say that arsenic has been leaking into Red Lake over the past 50 years. That makes me feel better. Now if that isn’t a scary Halloween story..., I don’t know what is..., lol... Speaking of which.., Isabella is in Sioux trick n' treating. Gotta go..., knocking at the door...

Finally 10-25-04

So..., it is done..., well..., at least the new outline. I just need to add content as I go along here. I can’t find my notes when I spent time with my grandmother. It is somewhere in the house. I am going to post pictures and stories on www.neegan.info before Christmas. Isabella also redid her website . It seems almost forever that I said I would change the format. I looked more like a hack with the old designs.., like this page..., umm..., maybe I am..., now I can disguise is better..., shhh..., don't tell anybody...

I will be doing my traveling show again throughout Northwestern Ontario in a couple of weeks. My focus right now is to sell laminated log houses. I will be developing a new site for the housing units. Once I have it up.., I will give out the domain.

Updating 10-15-04

Today and this weekend I will be updating and changing ISPs for www.neegan.info, www.grandunificationtheory.com , www.ecdev.info and www.neegan.net. I will be incorporating my business in within the next couple of weeks. It looks over the next two years I will be on the road quite a bit going across Canada. I am happy with that. Next week I will be doing a mass mail out to market laminated log homes. To view what we have for sell.., please go to www.neegan.net or e-mail me.

Try try again... 10-12-04

Well.., I guess Knet server or one of them had a major melt down the other week. Geez huh..., don’t they back up... Thanksgiving holiday this past weekend. Didn’t do too much. Guess got to update my page now. I was backing everything up a few months back..., umm..., I knew I should have..., oh well...

UFOs over Dryden and Sioux.., Oh my 08-27-04

That’s the headlines in the Chronicle Journal and HBCC UFO Research Council or something like that. Well it makes for interesting reading anyways. Makes me wonder why they don’t drop us a line or something. Obviously they are in the neighborhood. Maybe they have a prime directive like Star Trek not to interfere with primitive life forms because to them, that’s what we are.

Makes you wonder about a lot of things then. You know how we shoot and tag Polar Bears, then place radio transmitters and numbers on their back. Maybe that is what they are doing to us. We are walking along one night and “bam” , we wake up with a splitting headache wondering what the F#%*& just happened. Like the polar bear my friend, they’ll know everything from your mating habits to the crap you eat. Wondering..., why, why, why..., I just don't get it...

I updated my late sister’s information and placed Donna’s eulogy on it.

Oh Well 08-26-04

It has been a little while since I updated my page. Life is strange sometimes but you have to roll with the punches because tomorrow waits for no one. Donna did an excellent eulogy for my late sister Verna. I hope to have her speech on-line soon. You just never know what tomorrow brings. As I always say, live for the moment, because that is all you have. Verna's Obituary.

I moved my old jibberish here and archived my old guest book in case you are wondering what happened to your comments. I didn't delete them (well, I did..., lol..., that's why they are here). Oh, let me know if anyone of you are in the market for a laminated house or a value added forestry company or a ship building company..., let's see..., e-mail me and let me know...

Live from NPD headquarters in Cochenour 06-21-04

Note to self, always be careful on what you promise.., lol. The next couple of days I will be calling every number in Cochenour to see if they’ll vote NDP. Now that is every major political party that I have volunteer for (sorry Bloc, you’re regional party plus you don’t have any delegates here). That’s a lot of calling. Now I am no different than a telemarketer, oh my GOD. So I have my script in hand and what and what not to say in front of me wondering how I got myself into this.

How about that 06-15-04

News from my old stomping grounds..., they are going to make a movie in Timmins and Sudbury this summer about Shania "Eilleen" Twain. Should be interesting how they play the Native twist and how the Timmins Daily Press is presented. Racist bastards.., lol.., j/k....

Congrats 06-14-04

Well, after a few good clutch replacements and years of trying, I've finally taught someone to drive stick (standard). Congrats Chuck. All these years, I thought it was me.

Back in Canada 05-07-04

Good to be home again.

Shania 06-14-04

I remember a few years back when the Timmins Daily Press broke the story that Eileen Twain or as everyone knows her as today, Shania Twain wasn’t Aboriginal. I grew up in a small town named Mattice just a few hundred kilometres from Timmins. Racism towards Aboriginal people was and still is very high. I know this for myself.

I must add a disclaimer here. If you ask most people from Red Lake, Hearst, Mattice, Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, Nipigon, Sudbury, Geraldton etc..., and especially Kenora and Timmins, there is no racism and it’s true, for the majority of the population there is no racism. I agree with them 100% percent, as I agree that there was no racism towards blacks in South Africa in the mid 1980's or racism towards Jews in Central Europe in the 1800 and 1900's. Everything is relative on who you ask and this is true with racism. If your part of the main stream, there is never no racism. So if anyone from those communities disagree with me, yes I agree with you, there is no racism. Only if you are a minority.

Now that I got that out of the way, back to Timmins and the Daily Press. The only reason that the Press broke the story is people from the outside word started thinking that only “Indians” lived in Timmins and they were insulted. So the people of Timmins, this was too much.

I lived and grew up in North Eastern Ontario and I remember as a kid what I had to live through. I know many people who had Aboriginal blood but would never admit it. Not saying that everyone was like that. I have very good friends still from Mattice that I have a lot of respect for. Eileen father was Aboriginal and it wasn’t to your advantage to be Aboriginal. People avoided it like the plague. Since the age of 5, she was raised Ojibway and was proud of it. When she was a nobody, she wanted to keep her name father’s last name to honour him. This is when people would beat you up for just being Native.

People should keep that in mind, she want through what most Aboriginal people went through. She is from the Ojibway Nation and a band member of Mattagami First Nation. We should be all proud that Aboriginal person made it that far.

Election Call 05-24-04

So the Paul Martin government called an election for June 28. I don't think it really matters who gets in, things will remain the same. I don't know if everyone remembers when the old “Tories” or the PC party lost all those seats to the Liberals. Did we switch to the left, even an inch? No, we actually went more right wing than Brian ever did. Even Brian himself said he wished he could have cut as much as the Liberals. Wait a second here, who was Finance Minister when all this happened..., Paul Martin. Also, when he became a back bencher, Jean policies went to the left.

That's why the new Conservative party is shaking in their boots, because Paul is more right wing then the whole lot put together but that's the way the wind is blowing today. Once our ideologies go back left, well..., guess where the liberals will be. This is all beside the point.

For First Nations, the PC party actually treated us better than the Liberals. Did the Tories try and shove the Governance Act down our throat? What they did is transferred more programs to us. Not that I am a Tory blue conservative, but these Liberals are wolves in sheep's clothing. It's too bad the NDP will never have a chance to govern but try try try is their motto.

As I said before, it doesn't matter who gets in. I tell you one thing after June 28, the price of gas won't drop (only if OPEC does something about it), insurance rates will still be the same, farmers will still be getting next to nothing for their beef while the rest the Canadians are paying the idential price before the mad cow scare, the sun will still shine, cost of living will still increase, yadda yadda yadda and First Nations people will still face the same social problems as any other government ahead of them. Same old same old...

Work for Welfare 05-21-04

I think this is one of the crazy things around, work for welfare program. What some people don't understand is for capitalism to work, we need poor and unemployed people. This is the reason why Canada's unemployment rate has been consistently around 8%. That's a nice number that enables employers to pick and choose who you want to hire and what rate.

Society wants to keep the poor in the gutter of society. Maintaining education rates favorable for the well to do, keeping them in a position of prominence and forcing welfare recipients to work is the key. We need 8% of the population on “employment insurance”, welfare and on the streets of your cities. We need poor neighborhoods riddled with crime, prostitution and drugs. We need people in our criminal system serving life sentences for killing people in their social status. We need individuals tormented with drug additions committing crimes to support their habits. We need all this for the “haves” to sustain an adequate existence.

So now we know why we need at least 8% of the population in this state, why do we have to humiliate them further? They are there so we can drive our cars, have internet access, own homes, listen to CDs, travel the world and buy cheap clothes. Isn't that enough? Remember, society prevents us from giving jobs to everyone. Me and my jibberish...

FYI 05-18-04

Just to let you know that the e-mail address is see at the bottom, in about a week, I am going to stop using it. Good chance anyways if you sent me an e-mail, I would have missed it because of the mountains and mountains of spam messages I get.

Liberate 05-15-04

When I watch the news and listen to people talk, it always seems that people are a bit confusion about the people of Iraq. “Why are they shooting back?”, they say. Can't they see that the British and the Americans are there to liberate and bestow democracy on them. Now they are liberated.., just that, well..., umm..., ahh..., well..., let's stick with liberated and leave it at that...

God Bless America, oh let's not forget the British too, liberating the poor people of Iraq. The people who are sitting on a mountain of oil. Just how they liberated the Aboriginals so many years ago. Yes, we too couldn't understand the principles of liberation, and still don't today.

We couldn't understand that in the process of liberating us, that 90% of our populated died. That's about 90 million people. Everything from germ warfare to attacking innocent woman and children was used. Then too boot, we were all forced to residential schools and live on small parcels of land while the “rest” of the America's and British (later Canadians) lived off the bounty of the land.

Yes, God Bless America, that the world has such a nation where democratic principles of wiping out entire nations, putting your own people in place, stamping the word democracy on it and living off the wealth of the people who you replaced is considered a just deed. Yes indeed God Bless America.

Don't know 05-09-04

It's been 10 years ago we were all told that my father was sick with cancer and that he only had a few weeks to live. The cancer started in his kidneys then to his lungs. Eventually it went to his brain where the tumor grew into the size of an apple. When the emergency room doctor found it, it started in his blood. He passed away August 25, 1994.

I didn't understand how his doctor didn't find it. He lost a lot of weight starting around Christmas time. All the doctor said was he has something but we don't know what it is. When the emergency room doctor discovered it, the tumor was the size of an apple. That “apple” was there for at least two months because that's when his memory started failing. Things just didn't go my father's way. I don't know why things happen the way they do. They say that everything happens for a reason but that reason, I do not know. Miss you dad...

Finns 05-06-04

My impression of Finns: They are a proud nation who respects the land and the environment. A study from a couple of years back, Finland has the cleanest drinking water in the world. That's even better than Canada. Also, even thou they have no conservation officers, their lakes are well stocked with fish. Finnish people can purchase a gill net license and catch what ever they want, yet their lakes are more populous then the stocks we have (compare to road access of course)

You can't drive for more than 1.5 kilometres before you hit a road. For Canadian environmentalists, that would be a nightmare but in Finland, people only take what they need from the land. In my opinion, they developed a perfect relationship with their surroundings. If I was ever to leave my native homeland and immigrate, Finland would be the place.

Makes me wonder about one thing, how many Native people from North America immigrate elsewhere. I would like to know that. I never hear of Aboriginal people taking about relatives they have over seas. And if Aboriginal people do immigrate, do they become Chinese, Japanese, British, Germans, French, African etc..., when they become naturalized? Umm..., if not..., who the hell are Canadians?..., lol...

Fire Quin 05-04-04

Well.., so another no cup year for the leafs, oh well to be expected I guess. What I don't get is Pat Quin, why is he acting like a baby. So what if Fergy got players before the trade deadline and Pat didn't. Doesn't mean that he has to bench them or put players like Joe Nieuwendyk on the crappiest line he can make up, just because Fergy got them. To boot, despite Pat's efforts, he did score the most goals. If it was up to me, I would fire the man.

While Pat was GM, he traded Toronto's future prospects for old timers that get injured at a drop of a hat. This year I thought it was there best chance but because of poor coaching, they lost it. Next year, their once glorified former all-stars will be another year older and a harder chance for the leafs to win. It is good to have veterans on your team, but it doesn't mean the whole team. They should have stayed the course with the players that Steve Smith got.

Leafs Win 04-21-04

So the leafs toasted..., well.., maybe not toasted but beat the Sens. Go leafs go. I think that the first round would have been the hardest for the leafs, so they did that. Points, the Sens should have won the east, if not the President's Cup. That's how good that team is. Being a leaf fan all my life, even through the dirty 80's, hopes are high that they'll win the cup this year. I do feel sorry for the Sens because they do have a great team, but not sorry enough for my leafs to lose.

Another playoff year for the leafs 04-08-04

It's that time of year again when the leafs go for the big one. This year was the best for them as for points but geez..., they finished 4th in the conference playing Ottawa in the first round. Only six point difference between the first six teams in the Eastern Conference meaning no easy games right to the finals and to the cup. My prediction is leafs to win it all this year. I think this year is probably the best chance they have. God knows they sold their youth to do it. Problem with old timers is that it doesn't take much to hurt them. Look at Nolan, one hit and gone. Oh well..., go leafs go! Do it in my life time..., PLEASE!!!

One Year Today 04-02-04

Well it's been one year since I left KO and gone into business for self. That is something worth celebrating. Now for the Leafs to win the cup then I am all set (for this year anyways). Here's to better things to come. On another note, I am off to Finland this month. Should be interesting enough.

Spring Equinox 03-18-04

Well, just a few more days til the spring equinox, first day of spring. Seems like yesterday we were just unwrapping Christmas gifts. How time flies.

Listening to all the big record labels whining and complaining about P2P software. Boo hoo hoo, one less ivory back scratcher for them I guess. I like Eminem's response, “it doesn't bother me, I have enough money”. I really don't know what they are crying about. When they made the switch from vinyl to cassette to Compact Disk, did they give us a break because now it was cheaper to produce instead of tape or record, NO!!! What they did is jack up the price.

My empathy goes else where, like my truck. I think “the beast” is on it's last legs sorry to say. Sad day indeed. :-(

On a passing note 02-29-04

Umm..., seems interesting that I wasn't aware of this until today. Our planet earth was almost hit by an asteroid. Astronomers came within minutes of putting earth on an impact alert. Apparently this happened last month, January 13, 2004. Close but no cigar, I guess. It was thought that this rock had a chance of hitting the northern hemisphere by 25%. That's where we live boys and girls, ouch. That would have put a damper on my Sibley Ski weekend in March and the Shania Twain Concert this summer (damn it, damn it, damn it). They should tell me these things so I can plan better. Oh well, maybe ignorance is bliss, you decide...

Four day work week plus leisure time, yahoo!!! 02-28-04

I don't if everyone remembers this about the rise of technology in the 50's, 60's and late 70's (by the way, I am not that old but getting there) when productions line begun being automated. They said we can expect a 4 days work week and a more leisure lifestyle because we wouldn't have to work as hard or as long. I wonder what ever happened to that. Just everyone just stopped talking about it passing out of memory.

True those machines and technology has helped various industries by reducing the blue collar workforce dramatically. We no longer need ditch diggers, loggers with buck saws, 1,000 plus sewing machines in a clothing factory or typing pools for that matter. All those people have been replaced by a few machines. Instead of the working hours being reduced and having more leisure time like the old infomercials, they all been laid off.

This kinda makes me think of that Microsoft commercial where they were all celebrating how they converted over 1000 domains into one. The guy seems confused until he is told that they will save millions of dollars. The next caption is all the employees in aerobics class while at work. Yeah right,..., I wonder if they know where all the savings are from???, In cutting your job you idiot!!! If I was one of those employees in the commercial , I wouldn't be drinking champagne in celebration, I would be drinking champagne to drown my sorrows wondering how am I going to pay next month's rent (yikes, they're hitting on the white collar workers).

30 Billion more years eh 02-22-04

Well, we can expect another 30 billion plus years from our universe. Umm..., no body is sure what is coming after that. We are about 13.7 billion years into it now. The question is are we in a close, open or flat universe? If we have enough critical mass, it would be close and thus the big crunch. If we don't, well..., it's open and the universe will never stop expanding. If critical mass is equal to the amount of gravity it takes to go either way, it's flat and it will just stop and nothing will happen.

Right now, everyone is leaning towards open universe like Homer's wheel chair guy. There isn't enough mass for it to close. There is dark matter out there but no one knows what that it is and not enough to close it. Thirty billion years is a very long time to wait around for things to happen. Current theories are the universe will just burn itself out and that will be that.

For me, I disagree. I believe the universe is closed. With Quantum or subatomic physics, many physicists think we are at the edge of solving the big bang. True, they have done amazing things like develop the atomic / hydrogen bomb but still we don't even know why numbers work, they just do.

There isn't much of a difference between people sitting on the edge of either genius or madness. The next madman you see could be the next Albert Einstein or the next genius could be a madman. They're just not normal. The only way you would know the difference is that you would have to be one of them. Then I would pity you. Sometimes ignorance is or is not bliss, depending on what you want to see.

Life 02-10-04

Life is a crazy thing if you really think about it. Who are we? Just some carbon based life form that gets input from our eyes, ears, nose and skin? Mememory so if we touch fire, ouch that hurts and when we don't have enough calories in our system to metabolizes, we eat? To think about sex all the time, every minute of our life so we can procreate? Yes, that is humanity in a nutshell.

So why are we doing all these crazy things. Why is being rich so important? Sure, enough money would make you more desirable then someone with less material wealth (procreation) but you can only eat so much and you can only sleep in one bed at a time. Driving a $20,000 car gets you where you want to go just as well as a $200,000 car. You get the same sleep in a one bed room apartment than 20 bedroom mansion.

Maybe I am missing something and there is more to being rich than I know. Being rich, you never go hungry, you get better health care (even in Canada, sorry to say), better food, better education and the list goes on. If ever there was a huge disaster like a comet hitting the earth, chances are you would last longer than some poor joe shmoe living from paycheque to paycheque. Maybe richer is better? Some would even go as far as capitalism is really natural selection putting its' best foot forward. Any living organism who doesn't adapt, will perish or anyone (the have nots) that are not so well to do..., well..., I don't have to say it...

This makes things more complex than just a simple carbon based life form wanting to eat, drink and have sex. We want to be the best in eating, drinking and having sex. On this rock, we can lay claim to fame that we are the best with the exception of a few notable species like the cockroach, army ants, mosquitos and a few viruses. We just can't get rid of them like the woolly mammoth, dodo bird, passenger pigeon, black mamo, the mao, tasmanian tiger, ground sloths, cave bears, blue pike of the great lakes, dire wolf, Steller's sea cow, desert rat-kangaroo, dusky flying fox, sea otters, Atlantic gray whale, hairy-eared dwarf lemur, Jamaican monkey, Puerto Rican sloth, Schomburgk's deer, Standing's hippo, cuban spider monkey, and our fellow hominids etc etc. Those species, we weren't even trying, just voila, gone. These ones are a bit harder.

Well anyways, got off topic. Now to climb above our fellow man (and woman) to be truly on top. What does this mean for the rest of us? Doesn't look good. Oh well, as the french would say, "c'est la vie". You would think that we should do something about it..., eh? Umm..., thinking like that is asking for trouble, better off accepting, lol... (I think we're all like those cows running back into the burning barn, Mmmm...., sooo warm)

Six More Weeks of Winter and No Nault 02-05-04

Our weather man Phil says, "six more weeks of winter". That isn't so bad. Hey, Nault won't run in next election. That isn't so bad either. Charles Fox says he was surprised. That isn't so bad for Charles. So, good news for some, bad news for others .

Poor Casinos 02-04-04

Just listening to the news the other day. Casinos in Windsor and Niagara are losing big bucks, boo hoo. I see this as good news. The problem with casinos, tobacco, alcohol or anything else is that they are profiting off of people's misery which usually effects the whole family unit. Don't get me wrong, the person with the problem should be responsible enough to know better and it isn't the fault of these enabling bodies. I am like everyone else, have a smoke or drink every once in a while, or on the rare occasion visit a casino (I know better, the house always wins).

I find it interesting with the seat belt law that the insurance companies forced upon us, the government isn't doing more. I know that seat belts saves lives including mine last year but the funny thing is that our government isn't doing anything else to deter people from these habits. With all the drunk drivers, people dying of cancer, people losing homes, families falling apart would encourage the government to be more proactive. What we get is adds on the television or toll free numbers for people who need help. They should have done that with the seat belt law, “If you need to know why seat belts saves lives, please phone our toll free number at 1-800-wear-now. Remember we are doing everything in our power to help you”.

Space 1999 01-18-04

So the United States of America wants to set up a Lunar Base on the moon so that we can make it to Mars. From there, so reach out to the rest of the Solar System. Interesting huh. All this kinda reminds me of Space 1999 but we are 15-20 years late. That would mean Space 2020, a nice ring to it.

On the other hand the Hubble Telescope will be allowed to degrade to save on costs. It is expected that the hubble will operate for about another 3 to 4 years then fall to earth by 2011. Now the hubble costs over a billion to put it up there and another 10 million a year to operate. That is over a billion dollars thrown away. Now that is alot of money. Makes you wonder about alot of things. Could that be spent more wisely?

For a species, we eventually need to get off this rock. Our sun is about half way through it's life. It is about 5 billion years old now (hmmm..., I wonder how much is that in doggie years). There it will become a Red Giant when all the hydrogen atoms converts via nuclear fusion to higher elements. Once it can't support it's size, it will collapse into a white dwarf (our sun won't go nova because it lacks the size).

That isn't good news for our home. As we live every moment, the sun is growing larger and larger and hotter. Eventually all the lakes, rivers, seas and oceans will dry up (we'll be long gone by then) to become a bare rock. Cutting back on all the green houses gases in the world won't stop global warming. So what do we have to do? It is a long time away and personally, if we did jump from planet to planet, system to system we won't escape. Something has our name on it, and it's out there. Life will end and it is too short, live it to the fullest.

As an astronomy junkie who gets off on this stuff, I hope they don't let the hubble go to waste. As for the Lunar Base and mission to Mars, don't you know the moon is made of green chesse and there's Martians on Mars.

Guess Holidays are over 01-04-04

I guess the holidays are officially over, no more Christmas shopping, boxing day shopping, new years parties. Yup back to same old same old. Speaking of same old, same of prices on beef. The poor farms are losing big bucks now because they can't get a good price for beef but, hey..., we are still paying the same price. Wait a second here, if we are still paying the same and the farmers are not getting it..., then who is... (geez..., the power of money, money, money...)

On the brighter side, the Winter Solstice just happened a couple of weeks back. Days are getting longer and longer. I prefer the Winter to the Summer Solstice just for that reason. It's like the beginning of life.

Happy New Year 01-02-04

I would like to wish all my friends and relatives best wishes in the new year. May all your hope and dreams come true. On a sadder note, my grandfather passed on. He was 97 years old.

Can it Be!!! 12-21-03

Can it be an early Christmas, Leafs are tops in the NHL. Is this the year for Lord Stanley to bless the leafs? Will the leafs win the cup in my life time? Am I that old? Umm....

Speaking of a CBC Christmas... When I was a young lad, I remember this CBC Christmas show. I think this takes the cake. The timeline is sometime in the mid 60's. Hard times once again when the man of the household can't get enough $$$$ to support his family. So what does he do, get enough cash to buy a good meal. It's kinda depressing what he does next, laces it with some kind of white substance (I can imagine what it is)..., then..., well..., you know what..., but to think of it..., these things do happen..., sad but true..., may we think and pray for all the less fortunate during these holidays. We should be all grateful that we have a roof over our head, food in our stomach and the people we care about including ourselves are in good health. Merry Christmas.

A CBC Christmas, 12-15-03

Watching a CBC Christmas show a few weeks back. This family loses their home because the heartless bank forecloses on the mortgage just a week before Christmas then..., that's not it.. The husband is still marry as ever so we have to take care of that. Get this..., he goes to the bank, double parks his car with his two kids in the back seat. While in the bank, it is robbed then he gets shot. Wife walks in and he dies in her arms. If that's not enough hardship, the bank robber steals the car which the kids are in, gets chased by the cops. With the wife is in the back seat of the fuzzball car, watches her car plunge off the bridge into an ice cold river. Now that's Christmas programming to put us in the mood.., lol...

Helpful Hints, 12-05-03

I thought I would give a little assistance with some helpful suggestions . Just click and you're all set. Hoping to have some X-Mas lights up this weekend.

December 1, 24 more days, 12-01-03

Well..., it is that time of year again..., Christmas lights, Christmas gifts, Christmas shoppers, Christmas tree etc..., etc... I found the history of Christmas interesting. Some people say that Jesus was actually born in the fall and the reason they moved it was because of the people in Europe celebrating their traditions. Who I am to say, but something to think about.

On another note, don't you think people are insane, including myself. We are paying over a dollar for 600 ml of water. I pay $0.71 for a litre of gasoline to run my truck. People pay more for water, which covers most of the earth's surface, then gasoline, limited supply. Now that is marketing at it's best but if you really think of it, we heat our homes then put a fridge and freezer inside of it while it is -25 C outside. Hmm..., as a species, I don't think we are as smart as we think we are.

KFC..., what!?!?!?!, 11-07-03

Umm..., I had to double check if I heard it right.., but it was..., Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC is claiming that by eating it's chicken will help you lose weight..., but the fine print says..., with a balance diet and exercise... Thinking of that..., I could only eat three bags of potato chips per day and only that..., I could lose weight too..., or French fries..., or hamburgers..., or Mars Bars..., or Kit Kat... The sky is the limit..., you could make a religion out of this... I don't think old man Atkin's would approve of KFC's claims..., he must be rolling in his grave.

Oh, keep you eyes open to the moon tomorrow night...., Lunar Eclipse ..., November 8&9.

Winter..., yikes..., 11-03-03

Winter is upon us here and now with the winds howling sending chills down your spine. The white powder covering all, including my 40 foot drive way. Christmas is now within sight, stores are quickly stocking their shelves with Christmas this and Christmas that. What is a man to do, "bah..., humbug", one might say. I could wish for peace on earth..., but what are the chances of that coming true.

Ten Years Ago today, 10-23-03

Ten years ago today, Joe Carter hits a home run with two men on to win the World Series. Holy man, has it been that long. Oh my God!!!, it has been..., but still waiting for my leafs to come through..., as I wait and wait and wait some more..., hopefully in my life time..., ahh..., to dream...

Labour Day Weekend 09-01-03

Back to school, back to work, back to winter, back to life, ho-hum.... Well, a couple of days ago Mars passed as close as it will get to earth. They say that it hasn't been this close since about 60,000 years. Where will you be in 60,000 years? Same place as I will be, I guess...

Wedding 08-17-03

So it's done as of August 9, 2003. It's about 9 days after..., after the planning, rehearsal, wedding, reception, blackout, honeymoon and back to work..., it's life as normal. So what does marriage mean anyway..., I still feel the same. I think it is a commitment to each other, yeah that's it...


I would like to thank everyone for coming and the wonderful gifts. Thanks to Tony for coming all the way from Calgary and to perform a bit of magic. Also a special thanks to our DJ, cooks, planners, people who set up the hall, bartenders, church, Minister and to everyone who helped out.


For the hydro power that went off, what can you say. At least we didn't lose $36,000 like the town of Sioux. When you look at it that way, things went pretty good. I hope to have the pictures on-line at our wedding site

Cleaning up 06-22-03

Spent the day trying to clean up all the dead links I have on this page. Getting there. So it is the day after Aboriginal Day. I was listening to this one gentleman speak today on his experience working with Aboriginal people. He was up north when he was a younger man. Good Guy..., etc..., helped where ever he could...

Well anyway..., he explained what he experienced of cutting wood for this one lady..., lady offered him a hot milk to drink..., yadda yadda yadda..., cup wasn't clean..., offered some bannock..., hair in bannock..., yadda yadda yadda..., So it didn't leave a good impression of the people he was with. I don't know if that was the message he wanted to give but from where I stood..., made the people seem primitive.

Don't get me wrong..., this man is an excellent man..., very spiritual..., very sound..., you couldn't meet a much better person..., but the point that I was thinking after..., is that we as "Native" people have alot to be proud of. So..., in the next little while, I hope to post that information soon.

Longest Day of the Year 06-21-03

Today is the longest day of the year, how about that? The downside of course is tomorrow and everyday til December 21 will get shorter and shorter. It is almost like our lives, once you reach middle age, that's it. Umm..., I don't know if I like the sound of that. Anyways you should look at Earth View today.

On the brighter side, Aboriginal Day. Where as Aboriginal people we celebrate our "nativeness". Me, I am going golfing this morning then back to work. Happy Aboriginal Day!!!

Poor Leafs 05-13-03

Well it isn't going to happen this year again. Someday.., hopefully soon, I will see the Maple Leafs win the cup in my life time. I don't think good old Pat Quin is doing a good job, time for change. They should have gave the GM job to Mike Smith. Since he left the leafs, watching is like watching old timers play. If they kept the players that Mike got, maybe they would have won the cup by now. Oh well, the life of a leaf fan. I still haven't forgiven them for trading Lanny..., yup..., life as a leaf fan

Now It's Been... 04-16-03

Now it's been about the month the Americans and the British been in Iraq without guessing what they haven't found, weapons of mass destruction or any links to Al-Qaeda. My oh my, what short memory our media has. Just a few weeks ago, all they talked about was weapons of mass destruction this and weapons of mass destruction that, now silence. It seems the message we are hearing is one sided.

The media is just like any other business, out to make a buck. The income they receive is from advertising from companies like coke, pepsi and not to mention all those people have something to gain from the war in Iraq. We should all think for a moment what just happen. Of all the countries in the middle east, Iraq had the highest educated peoples and very high standard of living with no US ally comming close. The State of Kuwait was created by the British to prevent Iraq to have a port. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are just as bad or more so than Iraq in terms of human rights abuse. Haven't the US and the British done enough to these people. Just today, the US army shot at individuals marching in a manner that is suppose to be covered by our democratic system, free speech. So much for Iraqi Freedom by the US.

It kinda sounds like what happened when Mr Reagan was in charge of the white house. In Central America where democratic elected government (elected by the people) choose a leader that would give the land back to the people. That banana company had alot to lose so what did the US and the CIA do, over throw the government to place in a dictator. Thousands and thousands of people died as a result of the Americans. Sweet liberty indeed. Some day, I hope our eyes will be open to the reality of the world, some day.

Last Day at Work 03-27-03

My last of of work at Northern Chiefs is upon me. Everything seems to be shadowed by what is happening in the world today. It is rather scary of if think about it, where we are heading. I think this is very ironic for the British and the United States attacking Iraq for weapons of mass destruction. Many Native people from across North America suffered the exact same thing from the British and the United States but nothing was ever done about that. In fact they still do have that capability. Maybe someone should disarm them.

Thanks - 03-21-03

I would like to thank all the people I worked with over the past three years with Northern Chiefs. I enjoyed traveling to all your communities.

My Beef 03-7-03

The price of gas is 92.7 a litre in Red Lake. That's alot of coin to fill up. I don't get it. Companies are blaming the government for the high price of gas, stating they are barely making any money. Meanwhile they are recording record profits. Also they "state" it has to do with what's happening in the world. That's BS, the OPEC leaders have now increase the supply of oil to make up for the short fall. Greed, greed and more greed. When do you have enough money....

The Problem 02-28-03

The problem with this world is that too many people think what they are doing is right and no one is stopping to look what is wrong.