Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Fully Baked by Seth Godin
From Seth Godin’s blog – In medical school, an ongoing lesson is that there will be ongoing lessons. You’re never done. Surgeons and internists are expected to keep studying for their entire career—in fact, it’s required to keep a license valid. Knowledge workers, though, the people who manage, who go to meetings, who market, who…
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Alice Keeler’s Essential Chrome Extensions
The tech blogger/education professional who I turn to when I want to learn about Google apps for education is Alice a Keeler. Here is a link to the most recent piece I have read from Keeler; http://alicekeeler.com/2016/04/17/13-chrome-extensions/
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Race Car Drivers and Commuting
The following is an open letter to the young man driving the hopped up import car with the super fat muffler that sounds like a jet engine running down the street in front of me. Seriously dude, you remind me of a young Mario Andretti. Maybe even an Al Unser. You control your car in a…
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Siegel’s Bagels and Lucky’s Doughnuts
Near the end of the summer we went to see a matinee performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor at Bard on the Beach. Luckily we arrived for the show earlier than necessary so we wandered back up to Siegel’s Bagels on the corner of Cornwall and Cypress to grab a bite of lunch. Although…
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Eating in the Fraser Valley
My blog has been giving me a headache lately – I cannot properly access with my iPhone or iPad so it has definitely slowed down my ability to write posts. However, here I am today writing about my recent eating in the Fraser Valley adventure. On my recent trip up the Fraser Canyon I visited…
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Burnaby Art Gallery; Art in the Community
The Burnaby Art Gallery is continuing their tradition of taking art out of the gallery and into the community with two new exhibitions opening next week at local libraries. Set to coincide with the start of the school year, Ben Duncan’s Ever Onward will explore the long history of the art of the doodle at…
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Raspberry Pi Sales
Have you heard of the Raspberry Pi mini computer? 10 million of them have been sold!
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BC Farmers Appreciation Week
Just in case you didn’t know, the week of September 12th – 18th is BC Farmers Appreciation Week. In acknowledgement of B.C. Farmers Appreciation Week, Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick said, “British Columbia farmers are hard working people supporting their families and our communities by growing the foods that we enjoy every day. I ask all British…
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Riverfest at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
The Fraser River Discovery Centre is pleased to announce the return of its annual RiverFest, Metro Vancouver’s biggest celebration of the environmental, economic and socio-cultural importance of the Fraser River. Riverfest will run from September 22 – 24th at the New Westminster Quay. Presented this year by Port of Vancouver, RiverFest 2016 will open with…
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Mussels and Frites at Salade de Fruits
Curious thing, one of my young daughters really enjoys mussels. When we go to Granville Island she insists we stop at The Lobster Man on the way out to pick up a bag of mussels to bring home and cook. One hot sunny day this summer just gone, I thought rather than bringing the mussels…
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