Alaska According to Marie
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Word of the Day
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Jeremy Coke for his generous donation in my ever-present endeavors to expand my vocabulary. It is indeed a fortuitous event when I find myself in the company of those rare individuals who exhibit incredible mastery of the english language and would like to take this moment to acknowledge my debt to you and attempt to pay it with my expressed gratitude for your eloquent oratory skill. Bravo Mr. Coke!
Hornswaggle: bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, forestall, gammon, get around, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, humbug, juggle, let down, mock, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pigeon, play one false, put something over, snow, string along, take in, trick, two-time
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
The mountains are calling and I must go. ~John Muir
Matthew and I went for a hike up into Archangel on Sunday. It was a very nice day and warm when the sun was out. When the clouds covered the sun it cooled off very fast. And then it even sleeted on us. It was a beautiful day up in Hatcher's though. I bet Matthew that he couldn't get up to a mine shaft that we saw up the hill in less than 5 minutes. He looked at me incredulously. I was certain that he didn't have a good idea of perspective and how far away things really were. So he took the bet (dinner) and I held Chisholm and his watch and his gun while he took off up the hills.
I was so impressed. At two minutes he had already made it practically there and when I yelled that it had been only two minutes, he stopped a few feet from the entrance to take a breath before strolling to the mine shaft. So ya, I owe Matthew dinner.
2008 Airshow
I would have shortened the music track but I couldn't figure out how. So ya... Luckily most of the pictures should have run through by the time the crazy part starts on the music. Who knows... maybe you all will like the heavy stuff. ha.
