A blog full of memories
For those who don’t know what a tuque (pronounced tuke) is–a tuque is a warm, knitted, and usually pointed stocking cap that is a staple in most Canadian wardrobes. A tuque–believe it or not– is purely Canadian (or the word tuque is anyway). Originally worn by French Canadian Voyageurs in the 19th century, the true …
We had moose soup for lunch yesterday. It was a soup my parents had made so I don’t quite know the recipe–except I do know about the moose. It turns out that the last time my Dad went moose hunting, he shot a hermaphrodite moose. It looked like a bull moose with horns and everything–so …
I’m experimenting with multimedia. When I went for my walk the other day, I recorded the sound of my feet walking in snow. The picture isn’t that interesting, but I thought the sound was. Here is my debut audio/video. It’s not a sound that I hear often in California. I wanted to record it. Tomorrow, …
I’ve been working on my Mum and Dad’s computer. I’ve found a few pictures of them that I’ve taken over the last few years. I just love them. I love my parents. They are as real as you can get. PS: No live sightings of the Northern Lights so far. It is cloudy this evening.
Well, I’m home for the holidays. I’m here in Whitehorse for three weeks. I just wanted to start putting some pictures up so you could see what Whitehorse is like in December. When I got up this morning, the thermometer read -25C below 0. Brrrrr. But not enough to dissuade me from taking a walk. …
Rick Mercer is a Canadian comedian who has this show called: Talking to Americans. In this show, Rick Mercer interviews and satirizes the perceived American ignorance of their northern neighbours. However, the other day, we were sitting in a restaurant in Healdsburg. After dinner, I excused myself to use the ladies room. When I got …
I spent all day yesterday making Christmas gifts. Mainly, I made Quebec-Martin’s famous Mango-Cranberry Chutney. My idea was to make small jars of preserves for gifts. I bought the jars, but I didn’t have the faintest clue how to make the preserves so I phoned my Dad for advice. Here is what he said: Boil …
I finally woke up this morning after a terrible night of no sleep. My mind was turning with ideas to improve my situation. What good does it do you from 2 am to 4 am though? I just toss and turn and curse how I am going to feel in the morning. It is now …
I’m going to be organizing a WordPress meetup in San Francisco on 27 Jan 2007. I have been using WordPress to make a few other sites lately, and I decided to try to find some other bloggers out there who use (and sometimes struggle with) the software. I looked on meetup.com to see if there …
This is one of my favourite Thanksgiving recipes (ahem–Canadian readers–`tis Thanksgiving here in the States). We were invited for our first Thanksgiving in the States to a friend and colleague’s house in San Francisco. I loved every minute of it. Mainly because Thanksgiving is such a traditional holiday here and my friend was a very …
I convinced Humberto to drive with me to LA last weekend. My sibling, Redd, was flying in from Fiji with his friend for a brief stop in the US before they continued to Santiago, Chile. They are going to spend a month or so backpacking in South America before they return to Canada for Christmas. …
I am a lucky girl I think. I am very lucky that I have landed here at Bush-Field this year. As I’m typing this, I’m watching the sunset over the Pacific Ocean. (Albeit in the distance, but on clear days, I can see the shimmer of the ocean swells). The sky is a fire of …
I am upgrading and getting a makeover at the same time. It is all a learning experience. Thank you James. Bear with me. I’ll get it.
We’ve been cleaning up Alan’s memoribila room lately. We found copies of this excerpt in his folders from ABBA. He said I should read it every morning to start my day. Actually, he said I should read positive thoughts or positive sayings every morning before I start my day. It might be an interesting experience. …
“Gorilla of my dreams!” was just one of the quotes at Tod Brilliant’s Polaroid Art opening at the Flying Goat coffee house in Healdsburg. One time Tod told us that he would like to go down to the local coffee shop in a gorilla suit, order a coffee, sit there and drink it–all without talking. …
My friend Waitman made a custom bumper sticker for someone he doesn’t know personally, but is apparently relatively famous: Theodore Gray. Theodore is the co-founder of Wolfram, Inc. and the initial developer of the software program Mathematica from two decades ago. Waitman thought about it for three days before he ordered and sent it to …
I am structuring my time around projects and learning. In September, I had a few things I wanted to do with my time off but I am finding that if I don’t schedule it, I don’t do it. Therefore, I am declaring Wednesdays to be Website Wednesdays. Wednesdays will be the day I work on …
I am talking to Joe at Directware Plus in Petaluma a lot recently. I found him the other day because I was randomly calling computer networking numbers in the Yellow Pages. I was hoping to find a WiFi solution for this Verizon PC5740 broadband card. I called Directware Plus because they have a local Petaluma …
“When I use a word, it means exactly what I want it to mean. Nothing more. Nothing less.” Humpty Dumpty says this to Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. I love languages. I love finding true words: one word, one meaning, and nothing else. Somebody called me a logomachist once. I had to …
Today, it’s raining on this mountain top. I guess winter is setting in. Yesterday, I called a local computers-R-US technician to ask if he could help me find a way either to plug this Verizon Broadband PC5740 card into a router so I could broadcast the internet connection from the one corner of the house …
Yukonjen.com is getting a makeover. I’m very excited at the prospect. The worst thing is though, that I’ve already written this post, but I lost the connection. Now I have to remember what I’ve already written–Ugh! I have two weeks to figure out this Verizon Broadband thing. I hope I can figure something out WiFi-wise. …
What a relief. Finally. This Verizon Broadband data plan does work…It just doesn’t work in the corner office! It works in various places throughout the house, it just doesn’t work in the corner office. I WILL NEVER BE BOXED IN AGAIN!!! Yukon Jen –outside the box. The only way to be. I just have to …
I bought a new laptop yesterday. I was so excited. Well, I still am excited about the laptop, just not about Verizon’s Broadband plan. It works fine in Petaluma. It just doesn’t work up here at Bush-Field. I’ll have to return it tomorrow. The Tier 3 support guy at Verizon said that there are two …
