With only a few fun-filled days remaining until V-AK Day, one dare not speculate what sort of wacky hijinks our future ex-Gov might get into before the Relief Gov comes a-slouching into Bethlehem. Alas, only time will tell… Time, People, Letterman, Beck, The Star… all of the ever-vigilant media, that is.
My secret hope is that she follows her [...]
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July 20, 2009
Forget FEMA, we got the Zamboni
July 4, 2009
Happy Birthday, I Want a Divorce
Fireworks displays are scheduled to light up the skies around the country this weekend to celebrate the adoption of our Declaration of Independence in 1776. That singular momentous event marked the beginning of a New World Order of sorts, when Baby America pulled herself off the British tit and began the arduous journey towards self-actualization and Independence.
According to a letter from [...]
June 21, 2009
Midsummer’s Eve
Not a commercial for a feminine hygiene product, the 21st of June is Midsummer’s Eve – an event widely celebrated in the Northern European countries – particularly Scandinavia, however, it is more commonly known elsewhere simply as the Summer Solstice.
Beyond the obvious fact that it is finally the first Day of Summer, according to G.S. [...]
June 6, 2009
No More Waiting With Baited Breasts
Where’s the Well Seasoned Woman? Word on the docks ranged from marriage to witness relocation program, and even the ever-popular death by misadventure. The truth, however, being mundane by its very nature, is that this WSW took an unforeseen hiatus from dang near everything for a spell.
When I wasn’t driving through tourist-infested streets of Sitka [...]
April 12, 2009
Easter and The Island
Here it is, Easter Sunday, and there are upwards of thirty miles of herring spawn on the beaches around Sitka Sound and no evidence that the tide is turning anytime soon. This is fine, and even dandy, because the curiously wonderful stench of rotting roe is authentically indicative of the statement that, around here, “Spring [...]
April 3, 2009
Closing the Purse
Alas, the fifth and final fishery of the Sac Roe Herring season occurred this afternoon as the purse closes on another year of the annual derby here in Sitka. Harvesters targeted the remaining 930 tons of silvery sac roe containers in the Silver Bay area, south of town, in a typically competitive opening which essentially entailed 15 delicious minutes of [...]
March 27, 2009
Spawn Alert!
SITKA SAC ROE HERRING SEASON is in full swing. Approximately 5,000 tons of the slippery little silver dollars were netted on the second opening held Thursday, March 26, 2009, which means that roughly half the quota of 14,504 tons remains to be scooped up before the season ends. Immediate rumours of herring spawn lacing the beaches [...]
March 24, 2009
No Fish Shall Spawn Before It’s Time
On Sunday, March 22, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) issued a 15-minute sac roe herring fishery in Hayward Straits for a season opener that produced approximately one-fifth of the allotted quota for 2009. This is, after all, what all those pretty play-ahz really came to town for, right?!
Prior to any fishery being [...]
March 16, 2009
Make Mine Kelpy Green
Stepping away from the epicenter of the really big holiday unfolding here in Sitka this month, we have to insert a shout out to another high profile event: The Drinking O’ TooMuch holiday: St. Patrick’s Day.
Let me preface this little piece by telling you that the WSW is Irish by insemination only. That said, there is [...]
March 14, 2009
Almost ROEdeo Season
Saddle up your skiffs, buckaroos! Word on the docks is that the herring fleet is sneaking into the harbors, and they are here to get their spawn on!
For anyone not familiar with the annual Sitka Sac Roe Herring fishery, you can stand to learn a little sumpin’ sumpin’ by checking out the one-hour program, [...]
