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Almost free
11/17/2025

Almost free

I remember being a young kid when a door-to-door salesman came to our house and sold my dad a Junior Encyclopedia set. I was amazed at all the information in there. I could just think of any topic and it seemed that there was an entry for it. In Grade 10 or 11 I took a programming course in high sch...

Lie with confidence
11/16/2025

Lie with confidence

Be controversial but wrong, say it with confidence, and watch the likes and re-shares come your way. I had an Instagram video shared with me. The ‘influencer’ who shared it has over 600,000 followers and she claims to be an autoimmune specialist. “You’ve got to see this,” she says, after s...

YouTube removed your content
11/16/2025

YouTube removed your content

I got an email from YouTube (links removed): “What we found We think your content violated our violent or graphic content policy. Violent or graphic content that’s intended to shock or disgust viewers isn’t allowed on YouTube. This may include footage, audio, or imagery involving war, terroris...

A community of learners
11/14/2025

A community of learners

Here are 4 quotes from student self reflections. I saved the most creative on for last. I absolutely love how the kid created a metaphor, but understood that it wasn’t a perfect analogy, so he updated the comparison to make it work. Very clever. I need reminders like this sometimes to remember wha...

Do not disturb
11/13/2025

Do not disturb

For almost a year now I’ve left my phone on ‘Do Not Disturb’ all day. I only ever change it when I’m expecting a call. Other than that it stays muted. I have gone into my settings and set up ‘Allow Notifications’ so that, “Notifications from selected people will be allowed, all others ...

Doing hard things
11/12/2025

Doing hard things

My workouts have stagnated a bit recently. I’m doing the minimum, but the good news is that I’m still showing up. Yesterday I did my first interval training in about 3 or 4 weeks. I want to do it weekly, but I haven’t made it part of my routine yet. The reason I haven’t made interval trainin...

The intelligence curve
11/11/2025

The intelligence curve

Intelligence is blind to ignorance. While it is true that the smarter you get, the more likely you are to realize how little you know; It is also true that the smarter you get, the less likely you are to listen to opinions and ideas which you do not agree with. You easily dismiss opposing views, you...

Fall appreciation
11/10/2025

Fall appreciation

Fall inn Vancouver is usually defined by rain. Pouring, ever present rain with a gloomy sky, often unable to see where exactly the sun is. You can sometimes go days without seeing the sun for more than 10 minutes. Not this year. This year we’ve had a glorious fall. We’ve had beautiful sunny days...

Fuelling my disillusionment
11/10/2025

Fuelling my disillusionment

A few months ago I wrote the following in response to a LinkedIn post, and then saved it in my drafts. The problem is, I didn’t copy the link to the original post properly. Furthermore, if I recall, it didn’t really answer the question that was posed. It was tangentially connected but not comple...

Follow our journey
11/09/2025

Follow our journey

Dave Sands and I are finally sharing our goal scheduled for next August. We are going to ‘Everest the Crunch’. What does that mean? Mount Everest is 8,849 meters high. The path we take when we walk up the Coquitlam Crunch, a local walk that traverses a power line up the Westwood Plateau area of ...

The struggle is real
11/07/2025

The struggle is real

Today I wanted to quit. I’ve procrastinated for over an hour and a half, and my morning routine will be incomplete. Doubt kept circulating in my head. I feel like I have absolutely nothing to say. It’s been six plus years of writing every day… maybe today it ends. Done. Well, the fact that the...

Emotionally invested
11/06/2025

Emotionally invested

“When students are emotionally invested in the learning process, commitment and performance will typically go up. Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist who studies learning and creativity, said, “If we want to see what young people are capable of achieving intellectually and creatively, we have to...

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