“If you ever made a cruel joke about Michael Jackson, you need to apologize first before riding his d*ck now that he’s passed.” “Y’all knew Ghostface’s “All That I Got Is You” samples Michael Jackson?” “Y’all knew Nas’ “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” samples Michael Jackson?” “Y’all knew Puff Daddy & Biggie’s “It’s All About…

I really like to see events in my community. Quite frankly, there are not enough of them. We live in a day and age where we are often so busy that we don’t get the chance to know and converse with our neighbours.  That is why I was really glad to see the local business…

Last year on this day, I wrote a blog post entitled “I’m Not Ready” Here is a small excerpt from that post, “I’m not ready,” is one of the most popular excuses in the book. As far as excuses go, it is a good one. Perhaps it is a good idea to prepare before doing…

What has happened to the balance control on most stereos and music playing devices these days? I still need this feature on occasion and am often frustrated that I cannot find it. For instance, this morning I wanted to get a stereo to play only the left channel of a track. I have a radio…

Teaching is a wonderful job that I really put my heart and soul into. This job always gives me a lot of enjoyment. I make sure that I model the behaviour and attitude that I expect my students to have. I am there in the classroom, day in and day out. I don’t use my…

I know that I don’t often think about the limits of my body. I take it for granted that I am young, agile, and athletic. I run and jump and play on a regular basis. I still skateboard too. Some people might think I am just a big kid. In fact, I’ve heard comments to…

Today was track and field day at my school. The grade 7 and 8 students were running events. Most of these students had no idea how to do the event which they were running. I used to do track back in the day. So I took it upon myself to instruct the students on the…

Okay. Let me vent for a moment here. You may have had a teacher in the past that you didn’t see eye to eye with. You may have constantly butted heads with this person and it ruined your perception of school. Or perhaps you just weren’t a good student. You never really enjoyed school and…

There are two small forest areas in my neighbourhood. They aren’t much to look at. But I often walk through them. It’s nice having a piece of nature within walking distance of my place. I think these green spaces are underappreciated in a large city such as mine. Too many people would drive by this…

“I don’t see why people have to buy bottled water. The cost of it is huge.” “It’s no cheaper than buying a bottle of pop or juice.” “I know that. But the fact that we have inexpensive, perfectly good drinking water that comes from the tap makes it ridiculous that we consume bottled water as…