After much hard work, and the requisite ups and downs of college life and project work, Illyana took those proud strides across the stage today as a Fanshawe Graduate, achieving the President’s List in the process (must have an overall 4.0 or better) with a final grade of 4.18. Next up: Visual Effects in September, […]
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Roughly 14 years ago this orange striped tabby bounced in to our lives. Tigger was a unique personality, to be sure. Sitting quietly somewhere in the house, he would prance into the room we were in, look around, and “Meeeeehhhhhhhhh!” let you know he was there. Such a gentle soul, enduring all the 5-year-old maulings […]
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With sadness, we announce the passing of Murphy. Coming to us as “Mr. Kitty” near the end of 2012, and quickly identifying himself as “Murphy” (as in “Murphy’s Law”) he soon stole the heart of everyone he met. We used to joke that Winston only had one brain cell, dedicated to love. With Murphy, there […]
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Some of you know that Nelson has not been well these past couple of years, suffering from chronic kidney failure and requiring daily fluid injections (but only tolerating them every other day) to keep him going. After a brief rally on Friday past, he cratered over the weekend, crossing the Bifrost, cradled in our arms […]
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Angie came to us on Christmas Day about 10 years ago. She left us early Canada Day, 2018. Originally part of a feral colony supervised by my in-laws, Angie was a wee handful when she was introduced to us that Christmas Eve. The next day, she was plunked into my wife’s hands, and came home […]
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A scant 13 years ago a little ball of fur “snuck” home with us in a cat carrier we borrowed from the Parental Units. We wanted to surprise our then-three-year-old daughter, and virtually held our collective breath all the way home, hoping Drum would not make a sound as he snuggled up in the carrier […]
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Thanks to +Heidi Anne Morris for causing this to appear in my stream. Originally shared by +Polynomial -C
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Found this in FB-land. Could be fun! Hey, +Olav Folland, whaddya think? http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/15/10995090/mattel-childrens-3d-printer-thingmaker?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=feature&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Mattel’s $300 3D printer lets you design and create your own toysIn the 1960s, Mattel’s ThingMaker let children create their own toys by pouring liquid plastic into metal molds. Now, Mattel has updated the idea for a new century using 3D printing. […]
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