I see this in the classroom and I do my best to prevent it. Uphill battle yes, worth it, yes. A word poem with pictures – listen, watch and learn. Filed under: Arts, Education Tagged: Bullying, Shane Koyczan, Word Poem
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Chadwick's Blog & Commentary: 10,000 words too many
Been working the last two-and-a-half months on my latest book for Municipal World. A bit of a challenge, actually – trying to combine marketing, branding, advertising, public relations and communications topics into one coherent yet succinct package has been difficult. … Continue reading →
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Subnormality – Floor Plan
Do scroll around and see what your mind is made of. 🙂 Filed under: Arts Tagged: Floor plan, Subnormality
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Is it time for a Collingwood ukulele group?
When a friend recently told me he had joined the new Guelph ukulele group, it made me somewhat envious. After all, having a local support-performance-practice-chat-socialize group for any hobby is always great. When your hobby is a passion that requires … Continue reading →
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Scaramouche
He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. That has to rank among the best opening lines in a novel, up there with Dickens’ “It was the best of times…” opening in … Continue reading →
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Perfect Sense
I have always liked sandbox stories; tales in which the author could stretch his of her imagination, place ordinary characters into a seemingly normal situation, then see what happened when the conditions were changed.* Sandbox environments are virtual places were … Continue reading →
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Subnormality – The Bullied
It has been too long since I featured a comic from Subnormality here on DWR. Filed under: Arts Tagged: Subnormality, The Bullied
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Advertising and the Superbowl – Rant
Coming to work today I was listening to the CBC morning news there was the usual doom and gloom, but what was remarkable was the amount of time devoted to telling Canadians about how awesome the commercials were going to be for the Superbowl and the lengths people were
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Forgery!
Forgery. It’s something that one normally associates with criminals; passing counterfeit bills, scammers, online pirates, people selling fake relics or fake ID. It’s something I would not normally associate with religion. But it’s a significant problem in the book millions … Continue reading →
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Virtual Choir – Bringing the World Together in Song
Music is our great hope, the universal language, and the ultimate unifier. I can appreciate music from 1720 Venice just as easily as I can music from 1970 Toronto. Further, I’ve been doing so since before I could speak. Such is the power of music that distances of 7000 km
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Published in 1637, The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a collection of 300 aphorisms about life, behaviour, politics, morality, faith, philosophy and society. One comment, on Amazon.ca called it, somewhat unfairly to Machiavelli, “Machiavelli with a soul.” I have been … Continue reading →
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Rereading the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
There are many books weighing down my bookshelves into soft, drooping curves, but not many of them have the privilege of tenure. Only a handful have travelled with me for more than a couple of decades; a small selection of … Continue reading →
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: And on the video scene… bargains!
December is always a good month for movie buffs, and for anyone who wants to buy TV series on DVD (no commercials!). Lots of places have before- and after-Xmas sales that make DVD shopping more interesting this month. In particular, … Continue reading →
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: The Bedside Library
When the books stacked beside the bed get tall enough to hold not only a cup of tea at easy reach, but a plate of toast with no threat of falling, then perhaps it’s time to cull the pile and put aside those … Continue reading →
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: A Council Christmas Carol – Part 2
STAVE TWO (continued from Part 1). THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS. I awoke in the dark, late Friday night. Winter days are so short that sometimes it seems a mere moment passes between sunrise and sunset. The day had whizzed by, … Continue reading →
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Ten Lessons Learned From the Petraeus Affair
After watching the recent, exaggerated – and sordid – upheaval over the story about an extramarital affair that the (now former) head of the CIA had with his biographer, I have come to several conclusions about America, sex, American medi…
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: The Useless Web
We all know Wikipedia is not always accurate, and sometimes biased. We all know that most internet quotations are wrong attributed or misquoted. We all know that the Web is full of useless, trivial pap like “psychic” hot lines, astrology, &…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – The CBC Signature Series –
The signature series continues at CBC and here with D major. Follow the link and listen. D major: Miss Congeniality Also known as: The Workaholic. The Homecoming Queen. D majors you might know: The Goddess Athena from Greek mythology. Oprah Winfrey. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The notes: D – E –
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Poetry Slam – Natasha
I’m looking for the transcript (found it)because sometimes the applause drowns out the speaker. In any case, this is a command performance and emphasizes a few important points about discourse in our society in general and feminism in particular. I remember how the park, outside of parked cars, was frozen
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Obert Madondo: Canada, My Paradise Lost
My Paradise Canada Lost Lost to be recovered.
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