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Toronto in the Fall

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When most people think of Toronto, they probably think of the tall skyscrapers, the CN Tower, busy streets, the subway... basically downtown Toronto. Compared to Alberta, having a much wider array of fall colors here in Ontario feels like ...

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CSS3 on DanielMenjivar.com

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It's been a while since I wrote my blog post about "HTML5 Audio with jQuery" and though I've been busy researching and thinking about developing a new HTML5 theme for this blog, I've also had in the back of my mind that I should continue blogging about some of the other things I've done with my music site. So you here you have it – next on the list: CSS.

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CBC Labrador Morning

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I was recently looking for something on Google and stumbled across a CBC Labrador Morning podcast from September 22, 2010 that mentions my name and blog. I was surprised to find it, and surprised that CBC would ...

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Being the Middle Child

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When you're the first-born child, it's natural to get a lot of attention and then have super high expectations to have to live up to. The last child is forever "the baby" and gets away with everything and anything... Though Daisy is our only girl and she gets a lot of attention for that alone, I'm always afraid of accidentally giving her less attention – yes, she's the middle child...

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Banana Boat Song

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Every so often I get an old song in my head that I haven't heard in ages. Today, for some reason, I got Harry Belafonte's Matilda in my head, only to find out that Michelle had never heard it. After finding it on YouTube and exposing Michelle to it for the first time, she stumbled upon a version of ...

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My 30th Birthday...

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Every year for my birthday, I consider myself to be pretty lucky, but probably not for reasons that you might expect. Since my birthday is always the same weekend as Thanksgiving, it inevitably makes me reflect on what I'm thankful for. Over the years, I've learned a lot about ...

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Not Just Any Sea Salt

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When it comes to cooking with quality ingredients, people seem to have an easy time understanding how an all-organic, antibiotic-free aged prime rib steak from a butcher is no comparison to a grocery store bought fast fry steak. But for some reason, when it comes to salt, people think that salt is just salt. To be fair, until giving this salt a try, I would have ...

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