Students are in the library today researching the presidents using Whitehouse.gov and the Miller Center of Public Affairs as resources.
But what grabs my attention is that a cousin of mine, John W. Griggs, was governor of New Jersey and then attorney general with McKinley.
Do you see the family resemblance?
One of the key people who modeled to me how to be a librarian, Ms. Karlene Edwards, is being recognized as the Follett Librarian of the Year. Woo and hoo!
This morning, while maintenance was mowing the courtyard grass, I saw a toad hopping for its life.
It seems that a writing contest to pick a name may be in order.
Larry Fitzgerald, star of the Arizona Cardinals, is treating everyone to ice cream tonight. Here’s his message:
Come out & enjoy free icecream on me tonight!im buying!9311 east via de ventura, scottsdale,AZ.7-9pm.told u I love my fans!hope 2c ya 2night
Yet another fun event advertised on Twitter. I think that he’s going to be releasing his own ice cream brand. (That and he seems like a nice enough guy.)
Scholastic is all over Facebook announcing that there will be a Hunger Games movie scheduled for 2011. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I would like to see it scheduled for summer, like a blockbuster, instead of the normal winter release dates for YA books-turned movies.
You can find more info at the IMDb and the Scholastic page. It’s interesting seeing the illustrations of the characters.
You can also check out the game here.
Tropes are like motifs – ideas that are repeated throughout various forms of media.
They’re not cliche yet. These are the variations on the elements of literature. It’s great for starting discussions for story analysis.
TVTropes.org is an interesting wiki collection of these tropes. It started out discussing just TV, thus the name, but has expanded its scope. Since it’s a wiki, anyone can edit it. Keep that in mind – you never know what someone’s going to type in.
If you liked Skeleton Creek, the creepy immersive technology ghost story book, then I’m guessing you’ll like Ghost in the Machine. (‘Ghost in the Machine’ is a programming term for when code goes wrong and it looks like everything you’ve done is right. Future Professionals will remember what my previous major was in college.)
What’s great is that Patrick Carman is giving a lot of behind-the-scenes access to the work in progress.
Check out the Back Lot to be able to follow the actors, director, and the rest of the crew on Twitter and the main blog to follow the big updates about the project.
On his book tour, Neil Gaiman read parts of his Newbery-winning book, The Graveyard Book.
Now we get to see his readings in their entirety, from the first chapter to the end. Very cool! Click here to check it out.
The Arizona Supreme Court is supposed to start hearing arguments today between the governor and the legislature. The legislature approved a budget on June 4 but are not passing it on to the next branch of government. It looks like they might be holding onto the budget until the governor has one of two options: approve their budget or parts of government shut down.
Who’s going to swerve? Will the Supreme Court make a ruling? Can they all just figure stuff out so we can get going on what we need to do for the next school year?
Author Michael Stackpole will be at Changing Hands from 6:30pm-8:30pm this Thursday to give a workshop on writing a novel.
Click here for more info.
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