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January 4, 2007

Northern thoughts...

a few things I've noticed up here.

There is a lot of money in oil. A lot. Like...it's silly. I can't quite wrap my mind around it.

The sun sure doesn't spend much time in the sky here. It starts to rise above the horizon just after 9am and it isn't fully "light" until 10...then it is setting before 4pm for a grand total of just over 7 hours of daylight (according to Environment Canada). Throughout the day the sun seems to hang in the southern sky not more than 30 degrees or so above the horizon...

Mo went snowboarding yesterday and ended up in the hospital briefly due to torn cartiledge in her ribs. She's been sick for a while and a week or so of violent coughing caused some damage there. I woke up this morning with a sore throat of my own so I'm not looking forward to what is most likely coming.

...anyway - how 'bout that Canadian hockey team? Nothing quite like beating the US in the 7th round of a shootout to brighten one's day.

Posted by David at January 4, 2007 11:34 PM