On Friday February 26 at 8 pm, Donna O’Reilly, 54, disappeared as she was leaving her job in Highfield Square in Moncton.  She was seen leaving the building but never made it to her car just a few metres from the door. 

Donna, a native of Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, is five-foot-three, 130 pounds, and has green eyes and shoulder length hair.  According to CBC.ca, her family believes the only possible explanation for her disappearance is abduction.

The family is trying to get the word out as far and wide as possible in an effort to be reunited with their wife, mother, and grandmother.  If she was indeed abducted, she could be anywhere right now.  Please help spread the word…  and if you become aware of any information, regardless of how small, please call the RCMP on the number provided on the flyer above.

(Thanks Cindy!)

A couple of weeks ago, a colleague of mine from work, also a Newfoundlander, came across a collection of old Newfoundland Herald magazines in one of his storage boxes.  He brought me in a copy of the 1982 Christmas edition of the famous Newfoundland entertainment and television magazine.  Browsing through the pages was quite an entertaining experience.  Checking out the shows of the day, Quincy, One Day At A Time, That’s Incredible, Little House On The Prairie was almost like entering a time machine.  (I could provide links for you guys, but, hey, you have Google… use it!)

I scanned a few pages… it was hard not to scan the whole magazine, but these few jumped out at me for some reason.

In the Letters section, there was a letter from a reader updating the world on some of the latest regarding Shannon Tweed’s Newfoundland roots.  Then there’s a Christmas message from the Premier, Brian Peckford, the light-hearted comedy of Clyde, Christmas wishes from Captain Newfoundland (no, not Danny Williams), an update on the world of local darts (Go, Baxter Brown!), and a sample of the TV listings.  Click on the pages below and give the articles a read through… go on, b’y!  You’ll enjoy it!

It was a cool experience browsing through this little paper time capsule.  I hope ye all enjoys da stroll down mem’ry lane too b’y.

T’anks a lot dere Allan buddy.  Yer a wunnerful grand young feller.

From the Weather Canada website this morning:

Warnings

St. John’s and vicinity
8:41 AM NST Friday 05 February 2010
Blizzard warning for
St. John’s and vicinity continued

An intense low pressure system east of the Grand Banks will spread strong northerly winds and snow to most of Newfoundland today and tonight giving blizzard conditions. This is a warning that blizzard conditions with near-zero visibilities are expected in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements. Snow at times heavy and blowing snow presently over the Avalon will move westward today and tonight. Total snowfall amounts between 35 and 45 centimetres are forecast for the Northern Avalon Peninsula and east coast. 15 to 25 centimetres can be expected for the Southern Avalon and Burin peninsulas with lesser amounts expected over the remainder of the island. As well strong northerly winds gusting up to 90 km/h are forecast for Eastern Newfoundland and combined with the fresh snow will give blowing snow and blizzard conditions.

The administrators of the Newfoundland and Labrador Blog Roll have decided to implement a Blogger’s Choice Award. Any blog chosen by the site as the Blog of the Month is automatically nominated for this prestigious honour. Since my humble corner of the interwebs was once the Blog of the Month, I’m one of the nominees… (See my superior deductive reasoning skills at work?)

So… please, PLEASE hurry over there and vote for me. There are two ways to vote. You can leave a comment at the site (counts as two votes), or you can respond to the poll in the far right column of the site. What the heck, why don’t you do both?

The other day my eighteen year old son decided he would make some bacon and eggs for himself. He is not the most seasoned chef in the world so I kinda hovered around and tossed him a little guidance now and then.

Cook the bacon first, that way you’ll have the bacon fat to cook the eggs in. Besides that, the bacon will keep for the minute it takes the egg to cook. Don’t put the burner up so high. You’ll burn the bacon and the grease. Crack the egg on the side of the pan. No, don’t open the egg up so far from the pan; you’ll break the yolk and splash bacon grease all over. Blah blah nag nag.

When he was done, he sat down and declared, “Boy, I sure do make some tasty bacon!” I said, “Hold on! I do believe the pig deserves some the credit!”

He looked me straight in the face and said, “You’re right. Thank you!

Saucy frigger!