Silent Cacophony
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Nifty November
November is nifty. The autumn leaves are lovely and we have great posts from last year that we can look back on. Won’t you join me for another edition of Chasing Content? Read all of the posts from last November or just these highlights My Tom Green Autograph Many years ago, before Tom Green became…
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Celebrating Radio Western’s Birthday with a Video Mixset
Radio Western celebrated its 39th birthday last night with special one hour video mixsets from several of its hosts and radio shows. This is the second time Word is Bond Rap Radio has done a video stream of its show. We spun some great hip-hop music featuring a ton of local artists. Forest City has tons…
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How to Talk to Kids
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish This book is a classic and I knew I had to reread it because I was sure there were bits of wisdom in it that I had forgotten or just needed to reinforce. Here are some…
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There’s Power in Daily Practice
The Power of Daily Practice by Eric Maisel I love taking notes when I read. If I own the book, I underline key passages and make notes in the margins. If I am borrowing the book from the library, I take notes on a single sheet of paper that I also use as a bookmark.…
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Is the Librarian the Borrower or the Borrowed?
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai Lucy Hull is a children’s librarian in a small town who finds herself in an impossible situation when one of her favourite patrons runs away from home. Ian Drake in only ten years old but he is wise beyond his years. He loves reading and getting his hands on books…
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The Best TV Shows Of All-Time (According to Me)
Well, that didn’t last long. I just updated this list two months ago, but I forgot about a show that I declared to be my new favourite show back in 2015. I can’t believe I didn’t include it in this list. I have now rectified that. This list is a few years old now – here’s…
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Rita – Perfect Television
I discovered this foreign language television show on Netflix five years ago entitled Rita and absolutely fell in love with it. At the time, there were only three seasons available to watch on Netflix and I thought that was the complete series. Fortunately, Netflix informs you of new seasons of shows you have watched so…
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Thankful
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada. I hope you are enjoying the beautiful long weekend. I also hope that you can take some time to reflect on the things you are thankful for this year. I know that 2020 has tested us in ways we probably never could have imagined. Things have been difficult, but we…
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Getting to the Heart of it (The Poetry of Rap)
In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap by Alexs D. Pate I used to think that rap music was just poetry set to music. I’m not sure I feel that way anymore. Rap music can be more powerful than poetry. There is something created in the marriage of beats and rhymes that…
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Alphabet Soup by Hip Hop HeadUcatorz
Last year, a group of teachers got together to celebrate World Teachers Day with a special track entitled “Each One Teach One.” We had such a blast working together and making that song, that we decided to become a crew and continue releasing music. Our next song was about the new way of learning we…