About the blog name

It's a phrase I used a lot growing up in Moosonee.

To explain:

"Jish-stug" is a Cree expression denoting wonder, excessiveness and/or disbelief. I believe the correct pronunciation is "jish-stuck," but in Moosonee/Moose Factory, it's commonly pronounced "jish-stug," or simply "stug".

Example:

"D'you hear what happened to Joey? Crashed his ski-doo into a pole and broke both his legs."
"Stug, so how's he gonna walk?"

"Ever deadly" is a similar expression, albeit in English, and is often used by Crees, Ojibways and Oji-Crees. Death does not have to be involved to use the expression. In fact, it almost never is. If on the rare occassion it is used when death is involved, some sick Indians will simply laugh at the irony.

The additional syllable, "ah," is again a Moosonee/Moose Factory thing. It's added to the end of many sentences, like "ever like to act perverted, ah."

My older sister and I still add "ah" to the end of sentences, even on MSN. Our little way of making fun of the way we talked.

So the blog name is a combo of the expressions I used. It's kind of a tribute to my culture and hometown. Plus it's kinda funny.

Some of my posts might even incite some Crees to go "Jish-stug, ever deadly ah."