Dropping Off the Teenager in the Mornings

Adele is in grade 9 now and takes the Mississauga bus to school.  She has to catch the 7:15 am bus in order to get to school on time.  Since the bus stop is about 1 km away, I had decided to drop her off in the mornings.  It's a short 3-minute roundtrip and it's one of the most mundane things in the day, but I have grown to cherish it.On most days, we just sit in the car silently because...

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My New Project: AI Bible Summary

AI generated image of AI summarizing the Bible 😂Artificial Intelligence (AI) has really come into the forefront of tech last year, when OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public. As most of you know, it's basically a super smart chatbot. It is able to understand the context of your questions and requests and provide very useful, albeit sometimes inaccurate, answers.  Since ChatGPT's release,...

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Goodbye, Pope Benedict!

Meeting Pope Benedict, August 9, 2006Ask any Catholic our age who their favourite pope (who lived in their lifetime) is and 9 out of 10 will say Pope John Paul II.  Saint John Paul II was indeed one of the greatest popes to have ever lived.  His long and productive reign was unparalleled in modern times.  However, I am the one out of the 10 people who will say that my favourite pope...

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Family Alberta Trip 2021

 Heaven on Earth: Spirit Island, Maligne LakeAfter being mostly cooped up at home for a year and a half after the COVID pandemic started in 2020, we made our first out-of-province trip in September 2021.  The last time Renee and I were in Western Canada was before we had kids, about 13 years prior (although I had been several times in between for work), and we really wanted to go back. ...

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Collecting Comics: Picking Up My Childhood Hobby

 Me and My Prized Possession - Amazing Spider-man #361, 1st Appearance of CarnageLike many kids growing up in Canada, collecting baseball cards and comics was a big part of my childhood.  Particularly, when I was in grade 7 and 8, I spent much of my spare time reading, drawing, buying, and trading comics.  I was so passionate about comics that my mom enrolled me in art lessons on Saturday...

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Update: 2021 New Year Resolution - Bible in a Year (and a Half)

Hello Everyone!  Hope you are all enjoying a relatively COVID free summer!  My writing seems to come in waves and the past year definitely has been a trough.  Hopefully, I will make it a priority to do some more blogging this latter part of the year.As a quick update to my 2021 New Year Resolution of following the Bible in a Year Podcast, I have finished it in pretty much...

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Are Electric Cars Really Better For the Environment?

 As you know, we bought a Tesla Model 3 back in 2018.  It now has just above 80,000 km on it.  I've driven about half of the mileage while the other half have been driven by my guests on Turo.  Recently, I exchanged a few comments on Facebook with my university buddy, Dennis, regarding how environmentally friendly driving an electric car really is.  I really didn't know at...

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