Things that stunned me today:
1) Embedded in Disney/Pixar's masterpiece Up is a 5 minute vignette put to music that tells the story of two people who fall in love and live happily ever after. The entire story was explained to the audience...WITHOUT WORDS! It is, to me, the most beautifully put together 5 minute love story in the history of moving pictures (yes Titanic was great...but it was flipping 3 and a half hours long!). The story was told with visuals, colors, and music. The audience knew when to feel happy, sad, and everything in between. Bravo John Lasseter, yet again!! Watch at your own risk, a tear is almost certain.
2) The Rally to restore Sanity: The Daily Show's John Stewart put on a show for a LOT of people in D.C. today. Was I the only one who felt he would make a great politician? It was like watching Man of the Year all over again. Funny? Yes. Point made that T.V. is the reason we all fear each other? Yes.
3) 41- 0. Whoa. What in blazes happened to the Huskies? I have nothing to say more than I am stunned. Totally stunned. I was in Columbia MO last week when MIZZU beat the top ranked team in the world. I saw fans who believed in their team. Today...not so much. There's always the apple cup. Which reminds me of a joke:
How do you keep a Cougar out of your yard? You put up an endzone!!
4) Seven hours of my life has been put into reading and homework in the past two days. Scarily, I plan to hit the library in the morning to continue working on two more projects. The orange juice has already been ordered (Second inside joke of my blog).
5) Blogs. I spent a good portion of today reading blogs about....reading AND writing. I am stunned at how people are so surprised by how they feel when they write their thoughts down on paper. I'm one of them. Write it down, then read it, then write more of it, then read it, then write it a third time and you have yourself a masterpiece. Unfortunately the writers of Biodome stopped after three tries. They needed a couple hundred more tries to help that movie out. Took me years to get over the nightmares.
6) Nucleation and Mentos!! You've all heard of it yes? Well even if you haven't your students are sure to tell you about the Coke bomb they built over the summer. Be ready for them by watching the segment below from Mythbusters (One of my favorite shows). You are Welcome.
7) I just realized how many videos I put in my blogs. Frankly, that stunned me enough to make it to #7 on today's list.
8) National Park reservations. Specifically Yosemite. You get to reserve campsights up to 6 months in advance. I am planning a week long trip to Lower Pines over spring break to climb Half Dome. Reservations will be made at 7am on the 15th of November. Be there or be square!! Half Dome was made famous by Ansel Adams himself in his 1927 picture called "Moon and Half Dome".
9) Finally today I am stunned by the amount of candy I have already eaten and Halloween is tomorrow. Darn Nestle Crunch bars....ummmmm rice crispy chocolate.
Today's Funny:
A couple was invited to a swanky masked Halloween Party. She got a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party alone. He, being a devoted husband, protested, but she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed, and there was no need of his good time being spoiled by not going. So he took his costume and away he went.
The wife, after sleeping soundly for one hour, awakened without pain, and as it was still early, she decided to go to the party. In as much as her husband did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him.
She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every woman he could find. His wife sidled up to him and flirted enough to get his attention
She let him go as far as he wished; naturally, since he was her husband. Finally he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed, so off they went to have a private moment.
Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away and went home and put the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make for his behavior.
She was sitting up reading when he came in and asked what kind of a time he had. He said, "Oh, the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when you're not there."
Then she asked, "Did you dance much?"
He replied, "I'll tell you, I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Pete, Bill Brown and some other guys, so we went into the den and played poker all evening. But I'll tell you... the guy I loaned my costume to sure had a real good time!"
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