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Bryan Cantrill discusses what he has learned after 20 years of blogging through the decades. I too, crossed the two decade mark this past February. Bryan was asked four questions…

There seems to be an open season on books. It is such a shame that even the so-called educated people don’t see the bigger picture. Books, in a way, are a means to build…

In 2019, I made the decision to return to blogging. After years of limiting myself to tweets, and social media statuses, I was ready to dive back in the blogging…

. Two new opportunities at the National Arts Centre: - Creative Producer Fellowship - Apprenticeship Program for Technical Production, Producing and Design The calls close on Dec 4th. .

The following interview is part four of a seven-part series of conversations with BC poets which were originally published between January and April 2024 at ReadLocalBC.ca. This was the fifth year…

How is international higher education enrollment changing? Today I’m blogging the release of new research into this subject.  This morning the new Open Doors report appeared, from the Institute of…

The countdown is a tried and true trope in media. The clock is ticking and you know something important will happen. It’s the perfect builder of tension. Unfortunately, we have…

I stand on one of the docks stretching into the harbor in San Francisco and watch the sea lions. Twice I try to take a video of their playful noise,…

You little son of a bitch ball! A wannabe ice hockey player (Adam Sandler) with a very short temper discovers that he’s got one of the most powerful golf drives…

I came late to the party, but was welcomed. I knew him who knew them and they brought some others. Sometimes it was crowded, sometimes quiet, sometimes there was dancing,…

If a non-adoptee thinks not belonging is like dying, then how might an adoptee feel? In my case, I suspected my adoptive family was the only unit I had and…

They tell you not to believe everything you read on the internet, especially when it comes to medicine. I have always followed this general rule, especially since the advent of…

I haven’t been active on social media much the last few years, but when I post here on the blog, the posts are automatically pushed [...]

18th November 2024 The new Republican presidency-congress in the United States as well as developments in other countries mean that in addition to the illiberalism we have had so far,…

Q: When I encountered “orthogonal” years ago in geometry class, it meant perpendicular. In recent years, I hear it used in everyday English to mean “irrelevant.” How did this happen? A:…

The iPad is the perfect device for enhancing any flying experience. Here’s how.

I like the general ideas on the YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, and Jason Slaughter, the owner of channel, has probably done more than anyone else to popularize the ideas…

Madoc Cairns on a new book on Simone Weil: Wallace’s subjects attempt to frame Weil’s antisemitism as an exception: a lacuna in her universal empathy, to be explained rather than…

Not a great title, but after four days in the hospital this moon child was exhausted staring up at the moon when I took Harper outdoors after we celebrated I…

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