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The Inaugural “Instagram Immemorial”
I started using Instagram 111 weeks ago. It’s hard to believe that it has actually been that long. This is my first post from April 2014. It shows a small part of my Daredevil collection. I saw Atmosphere in concert and took this terrible photograph. I did get to talk to Slug backstage and record…
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Teaching Yard Sale and Resource Exchange
I have been collecting teaching resources for the past 15 years. I have a lot of great items that I will be selling this weekend. Other teachers will also be selling some of their tried-and-true teaching resources at the ETFO Yard Sale and Resource Exchange. Here are the details . . . I will have…
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March – An Illustrated History
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell This is the first part of a trilogy of books that tell the real-life story of John Lewis and his fight to end segregation in the United States. The book opens a peaceful demonstration that is only met with violence. The civil rights activists…
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Trilliums on the Trail Side
This is the time of year that the Trillium are in bloom. I always love seeing Ontario’s Provincial Flower along the trail side when I go for my runs. Here is collage I made and shared on Instagram. The images above were taken during one of my trail runs through Komoka Provincial Park. Today, I…
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The Inner Game of Work
The Inner Game of Work by W. Timothy Gallwey I started a research project to see how we could let students choose what they want to learn in school and it led me to some very interesting books, articles, and videos. I will be sharing some of that with you over the course of this…
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Hip Hop Anonymous – It’s Gonna Be Live!
It’s going down tomorrow night at Gordy’s Brewhouse in London, Ontario, Canada. Cquel and Abstract Artform will be making their way from Saskatchewan to the Forest City for this great night of hip-hop. Local favourites Mad Hattr and Tempomental are also on the bill, along with some other great acts. Tempomental usually brings Nick Easton with…
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Happy Star Wars Day!
It’s a bad pun, but it has started a yearly celebration of everything Star Wars. One of the slogans in the franchise is , “May The Force Be With You” and since today is May the Fourth and that sounds very close, fans have taken that and run with it. Happy Star Wars Day! I…
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The Shiny Month of May (Chasing Content)
It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content, that monthly feature that has us looking back at all of the great things that were happening last year at this time. Read all of the posts from last May or just these shiny ones . . . Updated Free Method Book for Beginning Band This is…
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Scott Pilgrim’s London, ON. Connection
Scott Pilgrim Vol 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley I saw the film, Scott Pilgrim vs The World a few years back and I was impressed with the quirky writing, hilarious scenes, and original story. I knew that it was based on a book but I knew nothing about the print version of…
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Happy Earth Day – Let’s Leave Some of It Alone
“We should take about a quarter of the Earth and only let Darwin run the show there. It doesn’t have to be contiguous, doesn’t have to all be tied together. It should be part in the oceans, part on land. But we should not run every evolutionary decision on this planet. We want to have…