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A Clean Desktop

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 by Chris / 0 Comment

It was some 15 years ago or so that I was a big fan getting the desktop just right. I can still appreciate a clean one now and then. I sometimes miss the range ...

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  • Exploring Exhibits: “Medieval Europe: Power and Splendour” at the Canadian Museum of History Wednesday, February 6, 2019
    Recently Chris and I ventured to the Canadian Museum of History to catch the temporary exhibit, “Medieval Europe: Power and Splendour” before it closed. In a past undergraduate life I actually was a bit of a medievalist, so I was pretty interested to check out this exhibit. This exhibit was brought over from the British […]

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  • THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA CAMPUS SWELLS AT THE VARSITY OVAL Friday, October 26, 2018
    As the year 1960 approached the leading edge of the Ontario's baby boom wave would soon be reaching college entry age. The race was on for university expansions. Eager to reap an anticipated bonanza of provincial funding, on February 5, 1959 the University of Ottawa made known its intention to finish its levelling of thirteen […]

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  • A Love Letter To My Teaching Self Tuesday, February 12, 2019
    Special thanks to Jessica Knapp, Krista McCracken, and Maddie Knickerbocker for their encouragement and comments on a draft of this piece.   Dear Teaching Self Hey it’s me. I know we don’t talk often. And I know that you’re not teaching right now. But since it’s almost Valentine’s Day, I just wanted to write you […]
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