Ten interesting facts

1.) Until the year 1920, Canada was planning on invading the U.S.
2.) It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up.
3.) It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
4.) More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss!
5.) The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language
6.) Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana
7.) All the swans in England are property of the Queen
8.) President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader!
9.) A group of frogs is called an army.
10.) Lions mate up to 50 times a day.

   
    According to the Oxford English Dictionary, word set has 464 meanings, while the word run is a distant second, with 396 definitions.
Other notable multiple meaning words  are go with 368, take with 343, stand with 334, get with 289, turn with 288, put with 268, fall with 264, and strike with 250. 

http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/t47.html

   

     George W. Bush was a cheer leader at Andover.

Reading response numero un

    I just started the book Finding Fish by Antwone Fisher. I had finished my last book and needed something new to read so I am not very far at all. What I have read is that there is a black family that seems to be popular in their town. The family is both famous and infamous for various things. The mother is known for taking care of her own aswell as taking in kids and feeding them alongside her own. The son is known for going AWOL and has been dishonorably discharged.                             

This is what I imagined when I read about the place they lived                                                                                                                                                      

The Fear

    The book I am now reading is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.
One could say that the book is about drugs and Las Vegas but it really isn't about much other than the author's experience with his Somoan attorney. The objective of the two men is always changing and I find it hard to believe in the validity of any of their endeavors. It seems like each new mission is an excuse to stay out and wasted. It is a miracal that the two aren't jailed whilst perusing the town. The destroy hotel rooms and are kicked out of almost everywhere they go and all there vast spends are on credit. This story is a trip to the side of  hallucinogens and mood altering drug abuse.

Reflecting on The Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge

      The Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge to me wasn't about the civil war at all instead only used that as a way to maintain  a steady base that is familar for most readers. What I focused on however was how (atleast to me) far ahead in thinking this story was. The plot is very new to that time period and I find it to be very exciting. The way the character had seen his entire life from the point of falling until escape only to find himself on the noose was exciting to me and caught me off guard which is not easy. The story seems original and to the point. There isn't to much more to say but i do have a new found respect for the auther.

Answers to the Hunt

1.) Bandon I think although he sings tenor not bass
2.) Ej
3.) Anthony
4.) Kelly
5.) Aubrey
6.) Tenae
7.) Savanah
8.) Nathanial
9.) Ed
10.) Brooke

Monet

    The book I am currently reading is entitled "Monet". It is about Claude Monet (pronounced Mow Nay) the impressionist artist in the mid to late 1800's. You may know some of his work or at least one, I will post a picture soon. Monet was born in Paris in November on the 14 in 1840. His mother was known for her beauty and singing voice, she passed away when Claude was 17. Realations with his father were not of the greatest and seemed to worsen after his mother had passed. Claude Monet studied along side a proffesional painter and began to leaves schooling. His father was reluctant to allow him to leave school but Claude did and moved in with his aunt who was also a painter. The rest of the book is mostly technical criticing of his art and finding why he chose the colors he did and cut out the pieces of paintings he did.