August 2009
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New Teacher Guide
I wanted to put together a New Teacher Guide to help all of those teachers who are busily preparing for their first teaching assignment. I remember all the effort I put into organizing my classroom, collecting resources, and writing my year plan and lesson plans for that first week of school. I know that it […]
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3-Sided Mix Tape
Who ever heard of a three-sided mix tape? I know that I sure hadn’t. The problem was that I wanted to make another mix tape for my girlfriend. Except this time I wanted to make sure I could put it on a CD and give her a digital copy for her iPod as well. So […]
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Things Can Change Quick
It’s amazing how quickly things can change. You can be happy, traveling along a smooth highway with a cool breeze blowing, and everything can seem perfect. But then, out of nowhere, you can find yourself diverted to a small back road. Of course, back roads can be just as nice. The scenery is beautiful and […]
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A Sad Picture Story (Update of my Life)
Maybe it’s my fault because I didn’t take things slow. But I didn’t see a speed limit posted anywhere. Things just felt right. I was flying and everything was perfect. Nothing could feel better. I could finally see the path ahead of me. My future was laid out right there. Clear as day. But sometimes […]
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Festival of Friends Highlights
Festival of Friends is a completely free festival held every August at Gage Park in Hamilton. It is always a great event. The festival manages to draw some big name entertainment and this year was no exception. Here are some of the highlights from the great acts I was able to catch. Finger 11 were […]
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Chance Encounter with Ember
It’s kind of strange how I first encountered the books of Ember. Near the end of the school year, I injured myself at the track and field event. I had to go to the hospital and I knew that I would probably be stuck in a waiting room for a while. I didn’t have much […]
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Who Loads the Canon?
There seems to be some common consensus that it isn’t just the old and familiar books that can be heralded as classics. For example, Time Magazine rated the top 100 novels of our time and included the excellent graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I wholeheartedly agree that this book needs to […]
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My Journal Has Been Reborn
By all rights, my journal should have died. I declared that it did last month and was fine with that decision. But it ultimately refuses to. This blog can’t replace it. I tried to have it do so but I failed. That’s because a journal serves an altogether different purpose. My fictional writing can’t relegate it to […]