Tuesday, 11/25/08 - Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Mini-Floss
  1. What can be seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
  2. What is 3/7 chicken + 2/3 cat + 1/2 goat?
  3. I am so fragile that when you say my name you break me. What am I?
Listening Quiz (10p). Click it!
  1. The meaning of the word scapegoat originates with a real goat.  a) True  b) False
  2. Always taking the same route to school is a good example of an idiosyncrasy.  a) True  b) False
  3. In the word insomnia, the prefix in- means able to.  a) True  b) False
  4. In the word prejudice, the root jud, means to hate.  a) True  b) False
  5. A year is the time it takes for the Sun to go around the Earth one full time.  a) True  b) False
  6. When President Roosevelt said his famous quote about fear, he was talking about the Nazis in World War II.  a) True  b) False
  7. Trees dropping their leaves in the fall is an example of a metamorphosis.  a) True  b) False
  8. The expression "to pan" as it relates to video, comes from the word panorama.  a) True  b) False
  9. What do the people of Maple Street think the UFO is at first?  a) An alien spacecraft.  b) A low-flying plane.  c) A meteor.  d) A huge weather balloon.  e) None of the above.
  10. Who gets them thinking it might be something else? a) Steve  b) Charlie  c) Tommy  d) Les  e) Don

Continue  "MOMS"

Twilight Zone video. (30 minutes)

Final Question:
Why might the director of the tv version of "Monsters..." have decided to show us the aliens rather than merely hinting at their form, like the script says to do?