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Thames River Trail
The Thames Valley Trail is a 110-km hiking trail along the Thames River Valley through London to St Marys, Ontario. The southern end of the trail links up with the Elgin Hiking Trail in Payne’s Mills. The northern end of the Thames Valley Trail connects with the Avon Trail in St. Marys. I started this…
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Everything is Awesome! (Do we overuse that adjective?)
Have you seen the Lego Movie? Emmet, the main character of the film, continually refers to everything as awesome. There is a catchy song to go with this sentiment as well. Emmet isn’t the only person to over-use the word awesome. “Awesome” gets bandied about way more than it probably should be. Not everything can be…
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Exercise Trail in Cambridge, Ontario
Last year, I showed you the running route I took along the Bob McMullen Trail in Cambridge, Ontario. Today, I want to show you the exercise trail that runs along the route as well. There are several of these stations placed along the trail route. Each station has specific equipment and instructions about how to…
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WIHH 4 – Complete Broadcast Download
DOPEfm celebrates International Women’s Day every year by dedicating our entire overnight’s programming to the Women in Hip-Hop. Here is the easiest way to download DOPEfm’s Fourth Annual Women in Hip-Hop Special. These zipped files will give you all 8 parts of the show as they aired on 93.3 CFMU. WIHH 4 – Part 1…
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Star Trek Scrabble Win
Star Trek Scrabble is a really cool variant of my all-time favourite board game. I bought this for my dad a few years back. We’d always enjoyed Scrabble and are huge Star Trek fans, so it was only logical for us to play this. See what I did there? One of the coolest things about this…
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When Will I Ever Use This Stuff?
It’s normal for students to question why they are learning a specific skill or subject in school. It might even be normal to dismiss a particular learning opportunity out of hand by assuming that it will never serve a useful purpose. But, as teachers we need to remember that . . . “Even if we…
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The Console for My TARDIS
Last year, I built a life-sized TARDIS. This year, I wanted to expand on it a little bit further by creating the control room. The TARDIS is bigger on the inside so this console room will be a completely separate build. It won’t be housed inside the Public Call Box you see above. My first…
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Star Trek Model
Both my dad and I had one of these. He painted his white and I painted mine grey. We then hung them from the ceiling using thread so they looked like they were in flight. I also had a Romulan Bird of Prey just off the bow of this ship too. I always imagined that…
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It’s Not Garbage . . . It’s Beautiful Music!
I saw this documentary a few years back and was completely blown away by how music and instruments were brought to one of the most impoverished areas I had ever seen. Last week, I was able to see The Recycled Orchestra in person and it was awe-inspiring. The violin and flutes sounded absolutely perfect. I…
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My New Radio Show – Midnight Marauders
I can now be heard on the London, airwaves. I’m taking over the Midnight Marauders Radio Program for the entire summer. It broadcasts out of the Western University campus in London, Ontario, Canada on 94.9 fm. You can also listen, stream, and download the shows from the CHRW radio website. Or use the Tune In App on…