Yesterday I found myself contemplating how Christians, myself included, do not look particularly different from anyone else in society, except perhaps Sikhs, orthodox Jews, orthodox Muslims, and, well, some Christians. I was on the edge of a river watching for white water rafts in Kananaskis with my family. Another family was hanging out there, clearly … [Read more…]
For some reason, anytime my daughter knows she’s being photographed, she has to strike a pose. These poses come in two flavours, but both use a dramatic arm motif. This first one (the first two photos), Acadia raises her left arm to her side and has a flat palm (like a traffic cop, but cooler). … [Read more…]
Something I really appreciated about the old Canon miniDV camcorders was that the timestamps they recorded onto each clip was visible and useful in sorting footage in the old iMovie. More recently, as I edit home movies in an old Final Cut Pro suite and as I mix and match footage from my Canon ZR950, … [Read more…]
After months of research, my first inkling proved to be my conclusion. I should have paid more attention to Blink when I read it. So, here it is! I wanted to make the 72 minute documentary available online after the festival circuit was exhausted (it proved to be a very, very small circuit). But most … [Read more…]
The top number is the class average of the course work (assignments/quizzes/tests) of my calculus class. The bottom number is the class average of the final exam. As a teacher, besides ensuring that my students are receiving the best instruction I can provide, the thing I worry about most is whether I am assessing their … [Read more…]
I own one now. Pretty fancy machine I must say. I added something to my calendar with a voice command. I downloaded a couple hundred songs through iCloud. I set up my banking. So what was the straw that pushed me over the edge? There were a few things. – my little Nokia was not … [Read more…]
Fact One: We are selling our home and moving so I am packing. Fact Two: I am an archivist. I think it is important to maintain records of our past – letters, recordings, photos, videos, a few mementos . . . Fact Three: We have twelve labelled cassette tapes of either Amber or I speaking … [Read more…]
Perhaps the biggest drag to getting into Dragonfly Cohousing is the sequence of housing that precedes living in the project. When construction is completed – sometime next year – everyone involved needs to purchase their unit within a week of the finish. We won’t know that date exactly until perhaps a couple days prior. So, … [Read more…]
[if I were to have my own, self-produced radio show… ] Good afternoon, this is Radio Zaakistan. I’m your host, Zaak Robichaud. To open this series I’m going to steer you through my early childhood in music and if you listen long enough you’ll hear how Joni Mitchell got me bit by a guard dog … [Read more…]
On February 22 I attended my Member of Parliament’s constituency meeting. My MP is Diane Ablonczy. She also serves in the Prime Minister’s cabinet as the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas & Consular Affairs). The meeting took place in a small community centre on a Wednesday evening. Even though I had 4 other … [Read more…]