Unbelievably, a lesson on Pythagorean Theorem was not a waste. In fact, the kids ran with what they had learned yesterday about squares and square roots and really got into making right triangles and seeing if the theorem matched their measurements. Wow! Accurate calculation, measurement, excitement all in one lesson. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been there.
Beyond that, I have really been enjoying the OTHER series of books by Jim Butcher. The 'first' series is the amazing and wonderful Dresden Files. I highly recommend them. I mix of magic and crime solving, with a ton of humor and action. The second series he writes is called the Codex Alera, and is much more swords and sorcery type fantasy. But having just started on the fourth book they are equally as good, but quite different, as the Dresden books.
Starting to get a little excited about TV on Friday. Battlestar Galactica is super-dark as it barrels toward the finale. And now Fox has moved Sarah Conner to Fridays, too, to lead into Joss Whedon's new series Dollhouse. Fox and Joss and Friday have never been a good combination (poor Firefly) but it doesn't mean a lack of quality.
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