A few months ago Matt decided to have “the talk” with Tyler … I was not present for the discussion as my “job” was to take Morgan to the grocery store. Tyler’s response to the whole thing … “Can I go watch Gilligan’s Island now?” Continue reading

In an extended argument between Matt and Morgan the other day he ran off yelling “You don’t even know what contradictory means!” It seems that we just can’t win. Continue reading

The boys are totally into Steampunk at present – it’s all things little gears. Which are sharp when you step on them (and can be found in bulk on ebay and etsy). And now I’ve found a book “Steampunkery” that mixes polymer clay and gears – here are a few of their current creations: Dirigibles,… Continue reading

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Morgan’s view on his parents – “When Dad does not know something he goes to Google” “When Mom does not know something she asks Facebook” Continue reading

There are days when teaching digital media is less “creative exploration” and more “everyone please stop touching things until I can figure out what just broke.” Today’s adventure started with D2L apparently eating quiz scores. Again. I finally emailed the class asking everyone to tell me their Illustrator quiz grade because I was now keeping… Continue reading

This morning’s email arrived two minutes before class: “My phone charger apparently broke last night because my phone did not charge and died. This resulted in my alarm not working and I’m currently sitting in Waterloo and class starts in 2 minutes.” Long story short: no, he was not making it to the exam on… Continue reading

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Today’s student email: “I accidentally slept through class today.” Apparently another 8 a.m. class had already finished for the semester, so the alarm got moved later. A little too much later. See you Friday. Continue reading

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