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Mastermind Street Jam #11 – Feb 18, 1995
Mastermind starts off this edition of the Mastermind Street Jam with an “old to the new school” mixset where he plays older tracks from some artists you might not have heard when they started their rap careers. He plays a crew by the name of Deuces Wild which introduced Nine Double M. And he throws…
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Running During the Corona Virus Lockdown
I love trail running and I didn’t think I’d be able to do it during the Corona virus restrictions that have been in place for a long time now. Fortunately, there are many trails that are still open in my area. There are signs posted to help people continue the social distancing that we all…
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The Seventh Doctor and Ace Still Travelling in Comics
Doctor Who – The Seventh Doctor: Operation Volcano The Doctor and Ace are back with a brand new adventure that matches the tone of the classic Doctor Who series. It’s like they haven’t missed a beat from when the show went off the air in 1989. Even if you aren’t familiar with this iteration of…
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Surf Through Life (A Guide for Kids)
Mop Rides the Waves of Life by Jaimal Yogis & Matthew Allen Meet Mop . . . a young boy who really loves to surf and is having a difficult time navigating what is shaping up to be a bad week. His mom teaches him that he can navigate the good and bad parts of…
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Mastermind Tape 10 – Best of 1994
I almost forgot that today was Monday. That’s why I am late with the tenth edition of Mastermind Mondays. This show is a special best of 1994 edition of the Mastermind Street Jam that aired on the now defunct Energy 108, broadcasting out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. I recorded this one a 120 minute cassette so…
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Chase Some Content With Me
At the start of each month, I like to take a quick cruise through archives to see what I posted last year at this time. Are you up to chase some content with me? You don’t even need the fastest ship in the galaxy. Have a Happy Star Wars Day tomorrow! Read all of the…
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Read the Classics and Take Notes
“The adventurous student will always study classics, in whatever language they may be written and however ancient they may be. For what are the classics but the noblest recorded thoughts of man? They are the only oracles which are not decayed, and there are such answers to the most modern inquiry in them as Delphi…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Interview (2020)
It’s Mastermind Monday, the day I share with you old episodes of The Mastermind Street Jam that I recorded off the radio in the mid to late 1990s. Today, we are taking a slight detour from that to hear a brand new interview with the man himself. This was recorded for last week’s edition of my…
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How to Enable Fair Play in the Running of a Household
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and even more Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky Running a household can be an exhausting challenge for families. Much of the work that goes into it can be categorized as “invisible work . . . because it may be unseen and unrecognized…
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No Time to Talk . . . Really?
“We are at a crossroads. So many people say they have no time to talk, really talk, but all the time in the world, day and night, to connect. When a moment of boredom arises, we have become accustomed to making it go away by searching for something—sometimes anything—on our phones.” Maybe, we shouldn’t be…