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Had a great time being part of the cast of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I played Fogg (the insane asylum keeper) and also sang in …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, a nominee for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards, is also a finalist for the 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division. This is …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m up for two Aurora Awards this year! Fireboy is on the ballot for Best Young Adult Novel, and The Worldshapers is once again on the ballot for Best Fan …
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Smarter than the average Harvard senior!
I got 51 right out of 60 on this quiz about American history, government and politics, for an 85 percent average, and most of the questions I missed I don’t feel too badly about, although there were a couple where, when I read the correct answers, I felt extremely “Duh!”
The quiz has been in the news because university seniors in the U.S. didn’t do particularly well on it. Leading the way was Harvard, where the mean score among seniors was 69.56 percent.
This makes me smarter than a Harvard senior! Or something.
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