If you purchased Mass Effect for Xbox 360 this week, chances are you’ve already played through the game once or twice, or, perhaps you’re even playing right now. With my son in control of the Xbox 360 controller, I’ve only been a game bystander. But, I’d have to say watching him play the game has [...]

Just finished reading Two Foot Punch by Anita Daher and the biography A Lion’s Tale by Chris Jericho (see post below). Both books are excellent.  The two students who have so far borrowed copies of Anita’s book from my library have given Two Foot Punch two thumbs up as well. Reading my own copy, I especially enjoyed [...]

I have had several students give positive reviews of Winnipeg writer Anita Daher’s books, Spider’s Song and Race for Diamonds. She is also the author of Flight from Bear Canyon. The students are now looking forward to tonight’s release of Anita’s Two Foot Punch.The book features the sport of parkour – a combination of gymnastics and free-running [...]

If you have followed this blog for a while, you might have read about my favourite used bookstore – Aqua Books. In addition to describing some of the cool things that happen there (besides the selling of great used books at great prices) I think I may have mentioned some of the cool magnets that [...]

My school’s Grade 9 Drama class performed an amazing shadow play as part of our Remembrance Day services today. As Don Maclean’s mournful tune The Grave played, the students acted out the words of the song in silhouette behind a white background backlit by an overhead projector. The effect, with the students acting out the [...]