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"Moose Stomp 2 Alaska Women"

In a copyright story from www.adn.com:

Two Susitna Valley women were stomped by moose Thursday as they walked children to bus stops.

A woman in Talkeetna suffered injuries to her lower leg. The other woman had injuries to her ribs in a stomping near Willow. She was taken to a hospital, Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said.

No children were hurt in either incident. Peters says both women placed themselves between the moose and the children to protect them.

... snip ... Moose encounters in Alaska are growing this year because of heavy snow. Moose have become agitated after having to walk through the snow to find food. Oftentimes they use roadways and cleared paths as a means of least resistance, putting them in the paths of people and vehicles.

Read the rest at the link.

Dinner at O'Brady's

We nipped out for an easy, convenient dinner at O'Brady's Pub, just a short drive from home.

The girls ordered the proprietor's signature O'Brady burgers, but I opted for the shepherd's pie. Rich, steamy, thick and meaty shepherd's pie.

I fully intended to take a picture, but alas and alack! the pie was gone in a trice, with nothing left to photograph but an empty bowl.

It's a nice place. I'm sure we'll go back again, soon.

Alaska Digest: In Like a Lamb

* It's clear and 7 degrees, with a wind chill of -4. It may be a truism, folk myth/old wives' tale or just plain superstition, but we're expecting the end of the month to be ... well, a bear.

* Gas prices have slipped just a bit to only $4.05 on my end of town.

* Andrew Breitbart is dead at 43; as Jay G. pointed out this morning, "natural causes" and "dead at 43" aren't frequently found together. That sound you hear is people sharpening their tinfoil hats all over America ... or, if you prefer, brushing out their Wookie suits. (Kashyyyk reports a late-season rush.)

* Anchorage's Fur Rondy was recently named the #1 winter carnival in the world by National Geographic.

* A Demon will lead one of the Iditarod teams this year. "Zoya DeNure of Gakona knew her husky Demon had a reputation when she rescued him about seven years ago. He wasn't well socialized, and that translated into aggression issues when she introduced him to the rest of her team. Check out our featured Meet the Sled Dogs video and find out how ornery Demon ended up as one of DeNure's lead dogs for this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race."

* One more from the Daily News: "Shell launches legal strike against foes of Arctic Ocean drilling

Royal Dutch Shell launched an extraordinary pre-emptive legal strike Wednesday against opponents of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, filing suit against more than a dozen environmental organizations likely to challenge its plan for drilling exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea this summer." Click the link to read the whole story.

Most Alaskans* are sick and tired of the enviro-nazis going to extraordinary lengths to block any development of our natural resources. And face it, that's exactly what they're PAID to do. This is not some altruistic movement launched by tree-huggers.

* The young lady who was abducted from a coffee kiosk a month ago is still missing. APD says they're following leads, but have been unusually close-mouthed about it. The reward offered is around $70K now, and the search continues.

* Not everyone, okay? I'll delete any foul language or hostile rants against what I've said. If you have a thoughtful reply, it will stand. Otherwise, get your own blog.

A Senior Moment

Internet, cell phone & land-line service went down around 1 pm for half of the tenants in my office building. My first thought, as manager, was "I should send a building-wide e-mail alert to let them know what's happened."




The irony ... it burns.