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    Breakfast

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 24, 2020
    November 24, 2020. This is what I had for breakfast today and have every day - oatmeal plus fruit and (not pictured) maple syrup. Spoon is on the left had side for lighting, not because I'm left handed (I'm not). I spent the better part of the day toda...
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    Cat Prints

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 24, 2020
    November 23, 2020. We woke up to snow on the ground - and in our case, a single set of cat prints on the deck underneath the bird feeder (now full of seeds again now that the grackles have departed). I did some work on data literacy, continued to trans...
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    Cat on a Bag

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 24, 2020
    November 21, 2020. This is a view of a cat on a bag, looking straight down. It is, of course, Charlemagne. The bag contained a pair of shoes I bought Saturday. Sunday, with snow in the offing and having already been out, we played it safe and stayed in...
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    The Diefenbunker

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 20, 2020
    November 20, 2020. This is my brother Bill and family. We went to what may be the world's largest escape room, a full level of the Diefenbunker, a bomb shelter created for the Canadian government during the cold war. It was quite well set up, my first ...
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    Zero

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 20, 2020
    November 17, 2020. Another cool motorcycle picture (it's not a trend, I promise), this of a Zero motorcycle we happened to see on the back of a truck. I had my first meeting of NRC's Research Ethics Board today, which was interesting on a number of lev...
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    Charlemagne on the Cathouse

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 20, 2020
    November 19, 2020. Yes I know, it's another cat photo, but there's no way I could really resist taking and sharing this one. Dig his huge polydactyl paws. Did some reading on quantum algorithms today, as well as a couple of meetings on projects. Also c...
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    Jean Coutu

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 17, 2020
    November 17, 2020. This is a regular stop for distilled water (for my CPAP) and Ricoloas. I tried to capture it as a promo-style shot (couldn't do much else with cars in the parking lot). Just one meeting today, and I completed a page-turner online cou...
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    Bank Machine

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 17, 2020
    November 16, 2020. Today started out with a meeting first thing in the morning, then a presentation, then did some work to move my presentations off SlideShare and onto Microsoft. Also cashed an insurance cheque from the dental appointment of last week...
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    Mont Rigaud

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 15, 2020
    November 15, 2020. Cloudy, six degrees, and rain, but we went for a 14.7 hike around the top of Mont Rigaud, which is about an hour east of here, just over the Quebec border on the way to Montreal. The trail was everything I hoped it would be - varied ...
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    Charlemagne at the Stairs

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 15, 2020
    November 14, 2020. We still have the cat-guards on the stair railings, though they're almost too big now to fall through by accident. Now every time I go downstairs at least one cat has to play with me between the balusters. Quiet day, mostly a do-noth...
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    The Kittens

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 13, 2020
    November 13, 2020. This is what the three kittens look like when they're gathered by my chair in my home office. Today was flue shot day (yay!) and spent reviewing award nominations, reading up on Research Ethics Board stuff, and wiping out almost all ...
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    Balls

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 12, 2020
    November 12, 2020. If you look closely, you can see my reflection in these Christmas decorations at the Shopper's Drug Mart. I think any time before December is too early. Today was a mix of writing, a meeting, and several sessions at the Open Educatio...
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    Emma Playing

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 12, 2020
    November 11, 2020. This is Emma enjoying some quality time with me at the end of the day as she chases anything that moves. It ended up being a work day as I caught up on email, did some writing, and prepared for upcoming meetings. https://flic.kr/p/2k...
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    Rideau River

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 9, 2020
    November 9, 2020. It was a beautiful warm sunny day today, and so the perfect day to put on snow tires. So I drive into the city to get the tires changed, brought my bike, and attended the Open Education 2020 conference through the day while enjoying a...
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    Evening Grosbeak

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    | 2020365, eveninggrosbeak, Syndicated
    November 8, 2020
    Nobember 8, 2020. This is a female evening grosbeak we spotted while walking on the Eastern Greenbelt Tail today. There was a flock of 8 or 10 of them. It was gorgeous out today, 20 degrees and sunshine, and we walked 11.75 km. https://flic.kr/p/2k4H65k
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    12 Degrees of Freedom

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    | Syndicated
    November 7, 2020
    I just read a post from Mitch Resnick on the seeds that Seymour Papert sowed, and highlighted for myself this most important statement: "Seymour rejected the computer-aided instruction approach in which 'the computer is being used to program the ...
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    Kangaroos

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 6, 2020
    November 6, 2020. This is Charlemagne interacting with the kangaroos on the TV (the Animal Planet preview is back on again this month). We wasn't just watching, he would touch noses and stand up to be closer to them. Not so productive today; one of my ...
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    Valkyrie

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    | 2020365, honda, Syndicated, valkryie
    November 6, 2020
    November 6, 2020. In between meetings and writing we went to the grocery store today where I saw this really cool motorcycle (since the pandemic started I wait outside while Andrea goes in, because I'm in a much higher Covid risk group). That's our car...
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    Waiting Room

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 6, 2020
    November 4, 2020. Our dentist's office has always been pretty clean, but these days it's squeaky clean and socially distant as well. I went in for my cleaning and check-up this morning, and for the first time in Casselman, I had no cavities or work nee...
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    Snowfall

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 6, 2020
    November 3, 2020. I knew it was going to be one of those days when I awoke early to find snowfall on the ground. For me, it was a Day of Four Meetings, including a conference presentation first thing, so I spent a lot of time on Zoom and Teams. Oh, and...
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    Forest Red

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 6, 2020
    November 2, 2020. This is some forest as seen in the sunset from our front door. Busy day today as I prepared and ran a presentation in the morning and then spent the afternoon preparing for another presentation. These presentations are important to do...
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    Pine Grove Forest

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    November 1, 2020. We went for a 12.3 km walk in the rain today through Pine Grove Forest, part of Ottawa's Greenbelt. It gave me a chance to test out my new raincoat (I got it mostly for cycling but the forest walk was a good test). We had a few swampy...
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    Dogs Dogs Dogs Dogs Dogs

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    October 31, 2020. I used this photo of my ceiling as an example in a transcript. When I look at our ceiling I see multiple images of dogs - the knots form eyes and a snout. It's an example of how we recognize images, how they emerge out of chaos. Anyho...
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    Evening Light

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    | 2020365, Syndicated
    November 1, 2020
    October 30, 2020. The days are getting shorter and busier. The leaves are almost gone. I wrapped up a fair chunk of writing for data literacy and my colleague finished off the document with a flourish of professionalism - loved it! Also, more meetings ...
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