Next we have a very creative video from the DK publishing company.   For you SciFi fans out there, here is a preview of the new Predators movie coming out this Summer.   And for the kids, Shrek Forever After.  I�m not quite sold on this iteration of Shrek�   Leave your thoughts in the comments section as usual.

So today is Saint Patrick�s Day. That great historical remembrance of the champion of Catholicism in Ireland, Saint Patrick�that has now be turned into an occasion for: -Drinking-Getting drunk-Violently pinching people who don�t wear green-Consuming large quantities of alcohol-Intentionally polluting the Chicago river -Swallowing green beer by the keg -Promoting witchcraft and magic-Swimming in pools of beer-Making fun of Irish people-Giving a false sense of hope by promising pots of gold-Promoting the idea that a thing called �luck� exists-Insinuating that shamrocks provide larger quantities of this �luck� -Making fun of leprechauns-Commercializing the holiday by selling green party supplies-Men wearing dresses-etc. -etc. -etc. So now Saint Paddy�s Day is pretty much a dumb holiday. Also, women wearing hose with open toe shoes is a fashion faux pas. I�m on a horse.

Originally posted March 11, 2009. Good morning class, today we are going to explore the intricacies and nuances of one of my very favorite punctuation marks; a little friend of the literary world that I like to call Mr. Semi-colon. The Semi-colon was first use by a Mr. Ben Jonson in 1591 after his 4th grade teacher had been constantly scolding him for not dotting his lower case i�s and j�s. In an extreme overcompensation, Ben decided to play it safe and dot every character in his paper in order to keep from repeating his past failure. Upon reading his paper, the teacher was immediately flustered by the boy�s excessive dotting but was suddenly calmed and even excited upon reaching Ben�s first dotted comma. It just seemed to fit so well as a means for pausing in a sentence; and thus, the Semi-colon was born. Since that fateful day in 1591, the Semi-colon�s popularity has sky-rocketed to unimaginable heights. It is estimated that semicolons are used 6.023 x 10