Silent Cacophony is a sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find his podcast, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more. Please use the buttons on the home page to navigate to the topics that interest you.
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Sweatshop Union Interview
Last week, I had the honour and the privilege to interview one of the best groups in hip-hop right now. I talked to Dusty Melodica of Sweatshop Union. This interview is available as a podcast. I thought it would also be a good idea to put up a transcript of it here as well. I’ve […]
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Thanks for Being Honest
Report card day was on Friday. Parents were supposed to drop in to the school at any time during the day to pick up their child’s report card and have a parent teacher interview. I put in a lot of time and effort to make sure that I was prepared. I had a table, just […]
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Prime Minister’s Address
Last night, the Prime Minister had a televised national address. He assured us that he is working in the best interest of the country and that the coalition is not. It was short and sweet and right to the point. His speech was to be followed up by one from Stephane Dion. All of the […]
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Coalition is Bad News
I don’t normally write about politics but I have to today. I don’t like what is happening on Parliament Hill right now and I need to address this issue. First off, here’s a little background into Canadian politics and what has led to the historic turn of events. The political system works a little bit […]
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Give a Day – If you can
Today is World Aids Day. Last year on this day, I blogged about how we need to wake up to this problem across the world. We need to do something about it now. I wrote that we should all participate in Give a Day to World Aids. It’s a great idea, and it’s a simple […]
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Stress, Perception, and Reality
I have been under a lot of stress this year. I thought I knew how to write good report cards. I’ve done it enough times over the years. The problem is that each principal has his or her own ideas of what they want to see on these things. I had an idea of what […]
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Inspiration From Television
I really enjoyed watching Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0 on DVD this week. The shows is really well done. It is brilliantly writing and acted, and has a lot of suspense and action. (If you haven’t seen this show yet, there are spoilers ahead.) Science fiction is great for shining a light on real life situations […]
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TV on DVD
I am lucky enough to live a few blocks away from a branch of the public library. It certainly came in handy last week during the huge snowstorm. School was cancelled and I wasn’t going to drive anywhere. I felt like I needed the break and I just wanted to relax and watch some television. […]
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What’s It Mean?
I’ve picked up a few stock phrases that my dad always used to use when I was a kid. I’ve done the same thing with my some of my grandpa’s phrases. I never thought twice about what some of those phrases meant. They just sounded cool and it spewed them out with pride. When I […]
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Computer Attacks!
I’ve been getting some really annoying pop-ups lately. I think I know why but I have no idea how to stop them. I’ve run several virus scans. I’ve deleted all unnecessary files on my computer. I’ve searched the add or remove programs function from the control panel and couldn’t find anything suspicious. Yet I keep […]