Now, I am not one to be bad mouthing those involved in the US election. I mean, we have enough problems at home in Canada to worry about. I do find it funny however that every little thing either Bush or Kerry does it ends up making the news. Even the things that their family [...]

I am not a person that ever thought that I might like to get involved in politics. This past federal election started me thinking more about it though. Why??? I am not really sure. Maybe it was because I didn’t like or trust the leaders of the 3 major parties. Maybe it was because I [...]

Last week was the dawning of a new age of training…for me at least. After 8 years of traveling to southern centres for IT training, last week it was online training through a company called Intense School. I was a little apprehensive about spending money on an online course. Ok, so it came out of [...]

Do you want to see something new from the blogging world? Take a look at BlogosphereRadio. It is a site that brings together the worlds of blogging and Internet radio. It is run by a couple of students from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a unique idea and hopefully it is [...]

This week should be an interesting week as I am going to take my first full online course. I have done other courses online before but this is the first one that uses an actual virtual classroom with scheduled times. Previous ones I have taken have been ones that you do at your own pace [...]

I have finally posted pictures for day 5 of our return trip. The pictures were taken on the Dempster Highway. The scenery is some of the most beautiful you will ever see but the road is long and dusty when it is dry or slushy when it is wet. This year we were lucky and had [...]

I have posted pictures from day 4 of our return trip. These pictures are taken between Whitehorse, Yukon and Dawson City, Yukon. The picture below is one of the pictures from the gallery.

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The origins of Labor Day are more than a 100 years old. The first references to Labor Day go back as far as 1872 in Toronto. The first occurrance of the celebration of Labor Day was a parade in New York City that was held in September 1982. Two men are credited with playing an [...]

EclecticBlogs was voted a BlogsCanada Top Blog. I would like to thank any and all of you who took the time to nominate me for the honor. I am glad that you enjoy reading and viewing my work and hope that everyone continues to visit.

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Pictures are now posted for Day 2 of our return trip. Day 2 took us from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Muncho Lake, B.C. Check out the gallery. This picture is the Mile 0 marker of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek, B.C.

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