Nick Varney

Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: March madness is not all about basketball

I’m not quite sure why the foreshadowing of intensifying winds and weather chaos maxed me out on the Sourdough Grump Scale but it did

 

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Unhinged Alaska: Hey Boreas. Knock it off. You’re flash freezing my karma

For the last few weeks, we have been hosting Boreas, the Greek god of winter

 

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Unhinged Alaska: Sorry about that column

Each year our massive staff normally sets aside a few columns to reply to inquiries and comments about Unhinged Alaska subject matters. Sadly, they were… Continue reading

 

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Unhinged Alaskas: You are never that far from home

It is a time to express the depth of our affection for each other and to strengthen the bond of family

Nick Varney
Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: Some things never change. Nor should they

In the dawdling days prior to Thanksgiving, things are usually as serene as a gentle snowfall within our modest piece of nirvana

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Nick Varney

Uninged Alaska: The dawn of winter

During the Code 3 pursuit, I noticed that I could see my vitriol firing breath which was a signal that the seasonal clock had just struck mid fall

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: Get Ready

It looks as though some early deep freeze history may be about to repeat itself

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Nick Varney

Reeling ‘Em In: Smoking silvers and other fishing techniques

Since we have received several inquiries lately about smoking silvers, this looks like an excellent time to offer you a technique that Jane and I… Continue reading

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: 20 years feels like yesterday

Time can slip by carrying memories still as fresh as yesterday.

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: Here we go again

Although we’ve been through what seems like epoch weeks of dark and threatening skies shedding showers like triggered fire suppression systems, most of us are… Continue reading

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: The spring emergence of Willie

He grudgingly skulks out of hibernation only when the sun has decisively conquered the last drifts of winter

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: A message from Kiwi Land

The headquarters of Unhinged recently received some unexpected correspondence from New Zealand

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: The passing of March

I don’t know why her latest weather hysterics maxed me out on the Grouch Scale but it did.

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Nick Varney

Vote on National Apathy Week delayed

What are some of these clueless congressional reps trying to prove?

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: Would I do it again?

I ran across some 20-some year-old journal notes rambling on about a 268-foot dive I took

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: The Weather Witch is sporting a ‘tude

I took the weather condition disparity as personal and figured it was payback for some blistering criticism I shot at the weather witch

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Nick Varney

Unhinged Alaska: A Christmas artist and a cyber safari

My attempts at adornment layouts come across as being colorfully sculptured landfills

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Nick Varney

Thanksgiving memories of the unhinged kind

Let’s take a first look at the oncoming day of feasting

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Nick Varney

Miffed matron vs. the world

Maybe I should do a commentary 180 and go for it, big time

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Nick Varney

Both the rain and Numnutz gotta go

Normally wintering moose amble through during cold stretches and trim our dormant rows, but not this time

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