Jingle Bell Rock

CHRISTMAS IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. By Bobby Helms What a bright time, it’s the right time To rock the night away Jingle bell time is a swell time To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet Jingle around the clock Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet That’s…

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Three common math student mistakes!

We’ve all been there: you do a math test, you’re feeling really confident, and then you get the test back, and you’ve got one question wrong! After you look to see what happened, you say “Oh, I see what I did wrong!” Somewhere, you’ve made a (as my dad labels it) “careless mistake” in either…

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Photo of the Day: Home of the Gnomes

  If you’re ever in search for a missing gnome that walked out of your garden at night, you can probably find the miniature man hanging out with the other 1,600 gnomes found at Ron Broomfield’s home. Broomfield, now 77 years old, not only has a passion for collecting gnomes, but dresses up like his…

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Book Review: Night By Elie Weisel

For the past week, I have been reading a book about the holocaust called “Night” by Elie Weisel. Although many of you may already have read this short but influential book, I felt I should do a book review on it. “Night” is a short and real-life story about a Jewish boy, Elie Weisel, who are one…

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Youth Week Prizes: Shawnessy YMCA

Although it’s still months until Youth Week Calgary 2012 (April 21 -28, mark your calendars, people!), preparations are already in the works and prizes are already being collected. In case you’re not quite sure what Youth Week is all about, it’s youth from all over the city coming together to celebrate and engage in the…

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iPhone App: WordFoto

Hey iPhone owners! Tired of lame picture-editing applications from the App Store? WordFoto is something I found and thought to be pretty cool. The concept of the application really captured my interest – it turns pictures into word mosaics, which is really great for school projects, if I must say (not to go into a…

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Good Omens: Book Review

I was getting quite tired of reading depressing novels so I decided to look for books that are funny or satirical. What I did not expect was a novel that’s so much more than that. Basically, “Good Omens” is a comedic take on the Christian end times (most vividly described in the book of Revelations)…

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Love song in different languages

After reading Richie’s blog post about Saying “Hello” In 10 different languages, I’ve decided to look up those three tender words that should be nearly universal: I love you. And with the holidays coming up, I thought, why not spread the love? Yes I know, it’s not December yet. I don’t care! I love Christmas…

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