March 2013

Tallest Silver and Kit Quinn are the Sweathearts of the Galaxy. If you’ve followed me on the blog or on Tumblr, you already know that I am a big fan of their cosplay. I especially love Tallest Silver as Power Girl. They are trying to finance a [Keep Reading]

Here are the latest graphic novels that I have read this year. Star Wars: Agent of the Empire – Iron Eclipse James Bond in space, that’s basically what this story is, but it goes a little deeper than that. Jahan Cross is the secret agent [Keep Reading]

This is the fourth lesson in my unit on Rap Music. In this lesson, I set the parameters of the rap songwriting assignment, I share a few examples of rap songs, and then I put the students into groups and have them start writing. You can download the [Keep Reading]

I was at the library and this book called to me. It was sitting on the top of a bookcase, proudly on display. It seemed to be saying, “Hey, Chase! This is just the book you want to read.” Who am I to argue with a book? I really loved the [Keep Reading]

Daredevil is my favourite superhero and I’ve managed to build up a pretty nice collection of merchandise. Here are my latest additions to the collection. It’s hard to see the newest piece here. It is small and my camera doesn’t [Keep Reading]

Here is some motivation for your day. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And then, if you still don’t succeed, change up your strategy. We can learn a lot from our fine feathered friends and this very determined eagle. Watch [Keep Reading]

This is the third lesson in my unit on rap music. Today, we are looking at creating a drum beat using a simple and free drum machine that can be easily downloaded. There are several of these programs that you can use. I used Hammerhead simply [Keep Reading]

The World Figure Skating Championships were held in London, Ontario, Canada this past week. The whole city was abuzz with energy. The downtown core was certainly the place to be, even if you didn’t have tickets. Every night, there was a [Keep Reading]

It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content. Let’s glide through the clouds and find some of the great posts of the past. Read all of the posts from March 2009 . . .  or just these extra special ones. The Internet Should Be Free [Keep Reading]

Shad is an incredible rapper. In fact, I think he’s one of the best that Canada has ever seen. I had the chance to interview him a few years back and he gave me this autograph. You can listen to the hour-long interview with the player [Keep Reading]