Jumpins

I'm on vacation back home in good ole' New Brunswick, Canada. Highlights so far:

1) Visiting friends and undergrad stomping grounds in Sackville, and stopping by my old campus radio station, CHMA, where I used to hang out back in the day.

2) Playing a wee gig at a bar called George's Roadhouse with the freewheelin' musician Shotgun Jimmie.

3) Discovering a fantastic website called Carleton County Colloquialisms. My old man was born and raised in Carleton County (about an hour's drive northwest of Fredericton--see map above), and I've absorbed more than a few of their peculiar turns of phrase. An excerpt from the site:

Take, for instance, the innocuous phrase, "Good Heavens. It is very cold outside this evening." A County resident might say, "Sweet bald-headed Jesus. Is it ever some friggin' cold out tonight."

Peruse the colourful descriptors employed by the residents of Carleton County, including my current favourite, jumpins.