On my trip to Ottawa and back I was reading a new book that I received for Christmas by one of my favorite authors, John Sanford. The book is Broken Prey, the 16th book in the Prey series and features Lucas Davenport as the main character. He started off as a detective for the Minneapolis [...]

Waves Crashing on Francis Beach 2 Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs.
Yesterday afternoon I decided to travel around San Mateo and the other areas south of San Francisco. I had a lot of fun. The first thing I did was hit a mall that was about a mile away. It is an outside mall with [...]

Outside My Hotel Suite Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs.
Sunday morning was cold, windy and snowing in Edmonton but because I was flying to warmer climes, I decided to pack my down jacket. Damn, it was cold filling up the rental car wearing just a windbreaker. I guess I should have packed it at the [...]

I left on Saturday for my second SAP training trip in 3 weeks. This time I am off to San Francisco. Well not actually San Francisco. I am staying in San Mateo and the course is in Belmont. They are both about 20-25 miles south of San Francisco. Actually they are about half way between [...]

The defending Olympic Champion Canadians are finished at this years tournament. The defending silver medalist USA is also done. How can 2 teams that played in the final 4 years ago in Salt Lake City be relegated to finishing 7th and 8th this time around? I am not sure what happened to the Americans this [...]

I am one of the first people to complain about Canada Post and their normally horrible service. Not the people at the Inuvik branch, but the overall speed and efficiency with which things seem to get done. I have had items take 3 weeks to get here from Edmonton and at a cost that would [...]

Guest Poster: Thomas
Thats Right! Last night the Edmonton Rush finally won their first game ever! And I dont think any team in any professional sports has ever done it with as much excitement and nail biting moments as the Rush were able to do. My brother and I took the trip down to Calgary for [...]

Friday was the day from hell. Except it was too cold. Maybe the day from polar hell.
I woke to -19° and blowing snow. Winds were gusting to 60kph and it looked nasty out. The windchill was -38°. Wasn’t I just laughing about this kind of temperature in Edmonton?
It started to become evident to all 9 [...]

Today is Thursday and it is my Birthday. I am away from my family so I will have to celebrate by myself.
This morning it was +1° outside and it looks like it is going to be a nice day. I looked at the weather listings for home in Inuvik and Edmonton where I am going [...]

Water on the Canal Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs.
Wednesday morning came and while the weather was warmer out at -1° the roads and sidewalks were sloppy wet with the slush left from yesterday’s snowfall. I didn’t think it had snowed so much but by the looks of the piles on the edges of the [...]