Blogs from North America - page 9434

You know I'm not one to toot my own horn but if you happened to be watching The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last Friday there's a good chance you may have seen my hat. Yes thats right! I was there in the audience, front row center, I even got to shake his hand...actually it was more of a hand pat but I'm sure if he had more time it would have been a full doublehanded shake. Actually I'm not a huge Leno fan, I'd rather take a nose-bleed seat at a Conan O'brian taping or better yet John Stewart but the tickets were free and it was a new experience. The guests that afternoon- er, "night" were William H. Macy (Fargo, Pleasentville, Magnolia) and some dude from that new documentary Murderball, there was also an ... read more

For the past few days the rain has not stopped. at one point today it hailed for about 2 minutes complimented with thunder and lightning. This weather has made getting to and from the gym a much wetter proposition. running from building to building hunched over all your gear while skipping and dodging puddles makes one look more like a soldier from a world war two movie than some one just trying to get to practice and stay dry. The weather has also had an effect on our night life as its much harder for the guys to go out. this lead to one of the biggest and most competitive games of cranium i have ever played. it started at around 9 and did not end untill well after 11 and was stopped by security comming ... read more

So many beautiful photos! I look at the beautiful photos here on this Travelblog and really enjoy them. I love beautiful scenery and love to watch people doing exciting things. But life can change so fast as it sometimes has for me. Accidents happen quicker than we can prepare for them. However ~ some things we can prepare for. The Heavenly Journey will be the last trip any of us takes. So it is important to be ready for that. None of us has the promise of tomorrow. I have written many songs and poems. Some of them I have done in calligraphy. I tried to upload them. But I guess the jpegs aren't big enough to be allowed. Sorry about that I would like to have shared some here. Blessings to all of you! ... read more

The philosophy of the firefighter exchange program is to enable firefighters from all over the world to cross boarders, both nationally and internationally, so as they can both study a specifically nominated Standard Operational Guideline from their host fire service. As one of the participants in the International Firefighter Exchange Program between Canada and Australia, spearheaded by New South Wales Fire Brigades Superintendant Marcus Baker and Deputy Chief Gary Largerquist of the Brampton Fire and Emergency Services. Canadian Senior Firefighter Chad Fiegehen and Australian Senior Firefighter David Simms have "traded places", to the effect of fire stations (fire halls as they are called in Canada), accomadation, friends, surf boards for Ice hockey gear, singlets for skiing apparel. This is quite simply my journal of the exchange, not in any way to be reflected upon as an ... read more

Three more sleeps… Not that we are getting bored or anything, just a little road weary perhaps. We drove a long way today, through South Dakota. We started early this morning in Wyoming, and have ended our day in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which is almost on the border with Minnesota. Today’s fun excursions included a drive south of the I-90 through Deadwood Gulch, to see Crazy Horse, a similar carving project to Rushmore. The thing that makes Crazy Horse so unique… they’ve been working on it for 55 years and it is still not done, and doesn’t even look close to done! To be fair, the size and magnitude of Crazy Horse is at least five times the size of Rushmore. We’re hoping it might be completed in our lifetime! Mount Rushmore was “as advertised”, ... read more