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Went Downtown in the Rain 9:30 on a Tuesday night*
I did something last night that I haven’t done in quite some time. I raced to an actual record store after work to pick up an album. New albums always come out on Tuesdays and it used to be my practice to go downtown every week and check out the new release shelf. In fact,…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Math Drills
I think it is important for children to learn the basic number facts. In this day and age, we can get too caught up in letting technology solve all of our problems for us. It is too easy to reach for a calculator or use the one built into our computers to solve basic problems.…
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My Top 5 T.V. Shows (Reshuffled)
Here is my long-standing Top 5 TV shows of all-time list. Click here for the updated list featuring 20 amazing shows. 1. Everwood 2. My So-Called Life 3. Star Trek 4. M.A.S.H. 5. Jericho Everwood has reclaimed the number one spot. It had to. If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time,…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Map Adventures
I found this excellent resource a few years ago that I have used countless times in the classroom. It is called Nikki’s Map Adventures. It is a great resource to use in the first few weeks of school. There are seven lesson plans that are easy to follow and really engage students. The unit is…
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Westminster Ponds Trail Run
Well it is time for another visual tour of my run. This time, I hit the trails at Westminster Ponds in London, Ontario. The curious thing is that it is listed as an “environmentally significant area.” What a strange term to use. I wonder if they call the mall down the road a “commercially significant…
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The Problem with Want
Want is never enough. I’ve come to realize that. Want drives us to do things that don’t take us to where we need to be. Because the truth is, we always want things we don’t need. And what we do need, we rarely see. For instance, I had a really hard time getting over my…
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Spectacular Sopranos
I have to admit that I never watched The Sopranos during its original run on television. I had heard all the hype over it but I just never got the chance to watch any episodes. That was until recently. I found that you could actually borrow entire seasons of the show from the public library.…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Homework Program
Nobody likes homework. I know that I sure don’t. I try to get most of my work done at school during my planning times. It’s part of my teaching philosophy to keep it at school. That’s why I’ve really been thinking about what I want my homework program to look like this year. I discussed…
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Everyone is a DJ
Everyone is a DJ. Everyone. Whenever you decide to change the radio station in the car, or switch a CD at home, or skip to another track on your MP3 player, you are doing exactly what a DJ does. A disc jockey carefully selects and plays music to suit a mood, event, venue, or audience.…
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Don’t Stay Together for the Kids
This is an appeal to all those out there who desire to get back together with an ex. It won’t work. I’m sorry to sound like such a pragmatist but you can’t stay together for the kids. Kids are smart. They know when things aren’t right between their parents. So staying together for their sake…