Episode 162 - My Internal GPS Got Hooked Up

It's spring for sure.  That means rain.  Well, at least you don't have to shovel rain.

Jon came with us today, which is always a plus.  I feel bad, he took literally that we'd get a box, but we didn't need one.  Next time he comes I promise we'll get a box.

It is illegal in Ontario for a minor to even hold a bottle of alcohol in the LCBO, that seems weird.  Even weirder was the two of us trying to translate that into French....

Jon can learn Mandarin right after he masters French.

I'm off to a conference next week, so I'll report on that next episode.

It is Easter weekend, which means there are a lot of people who don't know how to shop shopping.

Episode 161 - Ancient Japanese Secret Eh?

Wow, what a nice day. In fact we are about to break a record for a high temperature here for this day.

Isabelle is finishing up her printmaking class and she's using some sort of cool Japanese paper.  Sounds great.

A fellow student presented his final project this morning, and Isabelle attended, which explains why we are getting this out a bit late.  He was pretty good apparently.  I noted that by fourth year they do get good at presenting their own work to a crowd.  It is amazing watching the growth of confidence in students.

THE TERM IS OVER.  I'm doing a lot of marking.  I received 74 essay on Wednesday.  I'm now down to three!

Hopefully Jon will want to go shoot hoops later.

And yes, a bag, not a box.....

Episode 160 - Tied To the Potholes

OK, so it really is spring!

Now spring is actually, in its early incarnation, rather ugly.  Brown, smelly etc.  It will get nice soon.

Yesterday the psychology students presented their honours theses to the university community.  That was a lot of fun, and they did very well.  My students bought me some Pernod!

There are potholes, there are lots of them.

Isabelle will soon be starting on her summer art project and she is currently finishing her printmaking project for school.

She's doing her thesis next year, awesome.  I will attend that artist's talk and ask inane questions.