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Luke Miller
Mar 24, 20231 min
Parking Lot Intuition
I have a habit of glancing around the parking lot moments before starting a work day, quickly informing me of who will be waiting on the...
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Luke Miller
Mar 17, 20231 min
Semi-Annual Anger
‘Spring-ahead’ for daylight savings time occurred this week and my disdain for stupidity was running at an all-time high. When my 4:45...
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Luke Miller
Mar 10, 20231 min
Just Look Up
While visiting our house this week Popa asked a question while peering out the living room window. “Is it an optical illusion or can you...
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Luke Miller
Mar 3, 20231 min
Good Morning, Chatty Cathy
The best way to stay energized and motivated during a morning workout is NOT to have two children talk incessantly ‘at’ you. They kindly...
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Luke Miller
Feb 24, 20231 min
Forged in Fire
I recently began a journey that I know my 80 year old self would be disappointed if I had not explored, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). I was...
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Luke Miller
Feb 17, 20231 min
Gimmicks
Nature kindergarten, fifteen different high school class options, and the red ‘cheese whiz’ toast I made for Hazel this morning. Gimmicks...
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Luke Miller
Feb 10, 20231 min
New Gear
Consumerism is not the means to happiness. Anytime I find myself lusting after a new vehicle, toy, or gimmick I recognize this clear sign...
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Luke Miller
Feb 3, 20231 min
Unpredictable wins
It turns out that a magnetic dartboard which my daughters were not using ended up being the centrepiece of my classroom over the past six...
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Luke Miller
Jan 27, 20231 min
Look closer
While learning about inheritance and heredity in Science 9, I often take close up images of student eye colour. It is amazing what the...
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Luke Miller
Jan 20, 20231 min
Lessons from dodgeball
At lunch this week I was part of a team of teachers that won the intramural dodgeball tournament. The final match was against a group of...
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Luke Miller
Jan 13, 20231 min
Be Patient
I watched a ‘mousetrap powered car’ in my mechanics class leave the starting line so slowly that it appeared to be a failure. It took a...
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Luke Miller
Jan 6, 20231 min
Leave 2023 ‘richer’
As the end of the most challenging teaching semester of my career comes to a close, I am reflecting on all the lessons learned through...
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Luke Miller
Dec 30, 20221 min
Litter box
Karina asked me if I had heard the rumour about a local high school student that requires a litter box at school because they identify as...
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Luke Miller
Dec 23, 20221 min
Lost in translation
“But goodies, what is a ‘but goodie’?” I asked the cashier at the local pharmacy where Olive, Hazel, and I attempted to fill a Christmas...
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Luke Miller
Dec 16, 20221 min
Find the ‘right’ place
Certain places have the ability to bring out the best in us. The people, energy, layout, lighting etc, all come together to make us...
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Luke Miller
Dec 9, 20221 min
OpenAI… Google on steroids
I just spent the last ten minutes trying to stump the OpenAI chat bot, or more specifically seeking solutions to the most relevant...
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Luke Miller
Dec 2, 20221 min
Task Saturation
One of my pilot heroes, Dick Ruttan, shared a concept that has stuck with me for life, the ‘task saturation box’. As humans we have the...
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Luke Miller
Nov 25, 20221 min
Because he first loved us
I love the keepsake we bought at the fundraising auction for the Catholic School where Olive attended grade one. A group craft consisting...
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Luke Miller
Nov 18, 20221 min
Nothing beats FUN
Adult life has an unsavoury tendency to always resort back to serious. Humans created paper deadlines, layer upon layer of bureaucratic...
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Luke Miller
Nov 11, 20221 min
Redundancy
It took a furnace failure on a -20 Celsius Sunday to remind me of the importance of building redundancy into our lives. As soon as the...
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