Back in April, I posted photos from my family's burn. I swore that in May there would be green grass and flowers where there was only blackened pasture.
Here's what those smokey hillls look like now:
If you want your own photos of wildflowers,the Konza Prairie is a great place to hike and snap photos. In fact, you can even sign up for a two mile Wildflower Walk on Sunday, June 6th.
Predicting future trends is harder than you think. Much like the underwater car and hot air balloons, the tractor taxi didn't catch on as a form of public transportation.
I watch Glee. I sing along to Glee. Glee makes me cry more than any Hallmark commercial. This week's episode of Glee ("Dream On") was chock full of my usual Glee-requisites: songs I can sing along too, funky dancing that I couldn't do if Paula Abdul circa 1988 possessed my body, and pathos. Oh, yes, we must have the pathos.
I didn't cry this episode. Plenty of reason to, but I didn't. I was distracted by the underlying theme: my excitement abut that theme overwhelmed my susceptibility to the Glee pathos. I'm going to call that underlying theme*: "I did a little research." Those are words to woo by--well, if you're wooing a librarian. And I'm pretty sure this episode was a love letter to a librarian. Do you know how difficult it is to find awesome examples of people researching that have any real world relevance? Whatever you're imagining, it's much more difficult. And when you can find an example, it's usually someone whirring through a reel of an old newspaper on microfilm (see The Ring. Actually, no, don't see The Ring. I hated it.) Or Willow on Buffy typing three words into her computer and magically (heh) finding an article from fifteen years ago with exactly the information needed about the creepy house where the gang attended the eerie Halloween party--with pictures! Neither is all that useful or scintillating.
In this week's episode of Glee: The Lover Letter to a Librarian, everybody did a little research. There's even a lesson on scientific studies. I have clips to use in classes for years!
This clip has given me an idea for an awesome contest: find and cite as many of the research articles referenced in this episode as you can. There's no prize for this contest, unless you count the glow of success. APA style is preferred, but you can use something else if you must.
Please note that Hulu can only stream the latest five episodes of Glee. You should be able to see the episode on the show's website until December 8, 2010.
And, yes, *Dreams was clearly the overarching theme.
I'm curious-how do you use Facebook? Is it a fun way to keep in contact with your peeps? Who do you let see your page? I bet more people than you think. Ever heard of Openbook I just discovered it and it is eye opening and scary. Openbook lets you search for a term , let's say "Hale Library" and you can see a list of folks who mention Hale Library in their status, along with their profile picture and sometimes their gender. What to do…what to do…
PS-Openbook automatically fills in the search box with a popular search, which can
be...let's go with dirty
I know finals are almost over, but surely there's a covey of Brit Lit students out there, trying to differentiate the Bronte sisters and to remember what the yellow fog is about in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
That last one may not be as helpful as I hoped.
Bonus points if you know which work featured here isn't Brit Lit.
Triple bonus points if you can discuss why one author may be claimed in both British and American Lit.
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