Tonight we turned our TV over to CBC because there was nothing else really on other than repeats. It must be the first time I have ever tuned in CBC when hockey, football, the Olympics or some other sporting event wasn’t on. The reason tonight was the show Test the Nation: IQ. The show tests [...]

 
The Eclecticblogs “Blog of the Week” is MasterMaq. MasterMaq (Mack) is a university student at the University of Alberta and the co-founder and president of Paramagnus Developments Inc., a software company that has developed a podcasting end to end solution called Podcast Spot. Podcast Spot is the best place to get started with podcasting! Create a podcast and share [...]

Raven Landing

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The Raven is an ubiquitous resident of Yellowknife and symbol of the North. This morning while sitting in the living room I noticed this black blob appear to fall to the ground. By the time I got to the window to see what it was the raven had flown away but [...]

Prerace Notes: The race today is 58 laps of the 5.303km course at Albert park in Melbourne Australia for a total distance of 307.574km. The lap record on this track is 1’24.125 by Michael Schumacher in 2004. Ferrari has won 3 of the last 6 races here with Renault claiming 2 victories and McLaren the [...]

Pregame Notes: The Oilers come into the game with a 9 game losing streak on the line. It is the longest losing streak the team has endured since the 94/95 season. During the stretch the Oilers have only scored 7 goals and been shut out 3 times. The Blues have also been in poor form [...]

I just watched this video with Beyonce and Shakira called Beautiful Liar. Pretty hot video. I have never been a bit fan of Beyonce but Shakira is a different matter. This video could go down as a “Hip Shake” competition. Ummm…I cant remember if they were actually singing in the video. Oh well, I guess [...]

Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish: Lá ‘le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy’s Day or St. Patty’s Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17, the day on which Saint Patrick died.
The day is the national holiday of the [...]

Pregame Notes: First place vs. 5th place in the table. Injuries have United depleted especially up front where Rooney is the only regular striker. Giggs will play up front with Park replacing Giggs on the wing. Kuszczak will again start in goal. Jussi Jaaskelainen will start in goal for Bolton. Bolton have not won any [...]

Round 1: Qualifying is under way for the year. Albers for Spyker is the first car out on the track. Albers goes wide in his qualifying but gets the first time down of 1:32:300 and I am sure we will see the fastest time about 5 seconds faster. 5 minutes gone of the 15 minutes [...]

Pregame Notes: The Oilers have lost 8 straight games coming into this one. It appears that the injury list adds another player tonight as Shawn Horcoff is battling the flu as he has the last couple of games and will not play. Robert Nilsson was called up on an emergency basis and he will be [...]