Okay, this is on the down-low peoples -- but a production company came to my medical place of employment recently and filmed one of our physicians for a show to be featured as part of the next "Alaska Week" on the Discovery Channel! The ER doc talked about hypothermia and the risks of falling into frigid Alaskan waters. 
The producer told me that "Alaska Week" will be sometime in March or April of 2009, so be sure to mark your calendars and watch all the cool shows. Another program that this company is producing includes a bunch of crazy "hot video" clips that people have sent in about animal attacks, glaciers falling, rescues, and other Alaska drama.
For the most part I enjoyed "Alaska Week" 2008 -- there were some good shows, a few were duds. I expected a bit more from MythBusters but it was entertaining nonetheless. Deadliest Catch is always exciting. Those dudes are crazy. I know D is tougt and would be able to hold his own on a crabber or fishing boat (the paycheck would be sweet!), but I would worry about him day and night.
My friend Em turned me onto this site, but if you are doing ANY traveling be sure to hit up Trip Advisor first! There are member submitted reviews for hotels, restaurants, activities and everything travel-related. It's amazing and has really saved me from making a big reservation mistake in more than one instance. 
Some neat product labels to download for your baked goods, canned food, crafts and ahem, home brew.
Mochi Ice Cream!!! -- haven't tried this yet, bit is so on my list, peoples. And it looks pretty simple (famous last words). If you try it, please email me and let me know how the mochi goodness turned out!
Don't mind me, I'm just the "handler"...
Drift and I both got paid today as part of the tv spot he appeared in -- although you can see who the important party is in this relationship.
Did you know that our dog is a star? Today Drift will be starring in his second tv commercial for a local telecommunications company. I wish I could say he won the honor by beating out hundreds of other dogs during a screen test and agility trial -- but in reality one of my good friends is the production manager for a company that films tv spots, documentaries, etcetera, etcetera. Drift got the part by being a light colored, well-mannered dog. Still, not too shabby, right?
The first spot was filmed earlier this summer and ran all the time - we actually got tired of seeing it. Once, Drift caught a glimpse and actually barked at himself on tv. He likes to sit and watch the tube with us -- very often he'll get all worked up over the animals onscreen. He hates horses and can tell the difference between them and say, an elk or moose. It's pretty amusing. This new tv spot should start running a few weeks I think --I'll try to get my friend to burn me a copy of both commercials and then they will get posted here. Peoples, now you can say that you know a tv star!
My jaw is on the floor -- these people did an amazing job fixing up this decrepit Alaskan cabin. Well, they call it a cabin but it seems more like a little house on the water. I've seen some REAL Alaskan cabins!
I'm JEALOUS! Imagine waking up to that scenery every morning. I'll bet it's super quiet and peaceful in their neck of the woods. Here is the link to the slideshow.
A nice day today -- although a a bit chilly, around 17 degrees. The trees have all turned white -- called hoar frost. It's gorgeous.
Oh my, I've been derelict in my posting duties. That's what a nice vacation and the subsequent busy time at work will do to a blogger. Apologies all around, peoples. A lot of websites have gotten their hands on the Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) sales ads and I've been perusing them for good deals. I'm currently in the market for an elliptical workout machine and once again my love of in-depth research is making it hard to narrow the choices down to just one lucky winner. So the search continues. I will probably get a NordicTrack elliptical that will be on sale at Sears on Black Friday, with an extended warranty. I don't need to be lugging a big heavy machine back to store if it breaks down. Those suckers can come to my house and fix it for me!Last year we got up crazy early to visit Home Depot on Black Friday. It wasn't busy by any means but the under cabinet mounted microwaves we wanted were pretty much flying off the showroom floor. We got one for the house and one for the condo (which I sold last year). That was a really great deal, but I haven't seen anything too amazing this year.
