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Is This Pace’s First Freedom to Read Experience?

So this is an interesting one… Pace’s Grade One class has started a daily reading log where they’re assigned some easy readers. They have to record the

“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November” (This Isn’t A Movie Anymore; It’s A Warning)

Do you know the connection between Guy Fawkes, the movie “V for Vendetta” and the Anonymous movement? Or that today, was the Million Mask March at locations around

17 Misused and Made-Up Words That Make You Rage

I’m horrified to learn I’m guilty of using at least a couple of these on a regular basis. I won’t tell you which ones but I will observe

Music Monday – “Joan went east/Then she went west/I stayed right here in the middle/That’s where I liked it the best”

This song will always remind me of high school but even after listening to this song hundreds of times in my life, it took this slowed down acoustic

Friday Fun Link – A Great Convocation Speech by Tim Minchin

God, I love Tim Minchin! (Er, never mind that I said that given the topic of this post!) 😉 This convocation speech is especially great…    

Muffled Voices: Five Famous Authors of Banned Books

  This week is Banned Books Week in the US (as opposed to last week of February in Canada for some reason.) Oh well – I’ll happily celebrate

Why I’m Voting “Yes” in the #yqr #wwtp Referendum (And No, It’s Not For The Reasons You Might Expect)

  Like the title says, I’m voting “Yes” in the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum. But it’s not for the reason you might expect… I think I’ve

Saturday Snap – Pace’s Grade One Class Names

It’s interesting to see the trends in kid’s names via the “Name Board” in Pace’s Grade One classroom. Lots of “A” names, “K” names, “M” names; lots of

A Couple Reasons I Really Like Doug Stanhope

Doug Stanhope is a fucking awesome comedian who is cool with people torrenting his stuff…   And “his stuff” includes brilliant material like this… And this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcO24WljvPM

This isn’t where I got the name for my Head Tale blog…

…but I kinda wish it was! 😉 Atheism and religion are like two sides of a coin..one prefers to use heads, other relies on tales (This quote was

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