Yesterday on the news, today (actually later...) at the library

Well, an interesting two days that surely wiped out all the negative stuff that happened earlier in the week.

On Friday, it was my brief appearance on the CBC News.

Today, I found out by checking out the VPL.ca website that "Showing Their Scales" by KP Wee has been ordered by the public library! Hooray! That means the book will be on the shelves soon enough.

During the graduation party of the previous group of students that finished my course, I presented the student with the top score a signed copy of my book.

On Friday, another group of students completed the course, but I didn't hand out any prizes. Two students failed to receive a diploma because they didn't successfully fulfill the requirements of the program, so it wasn't really a celebration for everyone else, I would think.

Besides, I spent the bulk of the day researching the CBC stuff I was talking about and had to run off to another meeting after that.

Anyway, wonder if there'll be any more nice stuff coming...

CBC.... ah, CBC...

Talk about irony.

This morning at work, I was compiling a list of educational videos on the CBC website for the courses I teach. The reason was to contact CBC to get those tapes.

Well, this afternoon as I was walking downtown, I was approached by a CBC news and camera man to get my thoughts on the Olympic fiasco. I gave my two cents, and hoped they would air it on TV!

Yup. I was on the CBC Evening News at Six, for three seconds! Good, I was on TV. Bad, it was for three seconds. For TV veterans like Rick and Cliff, this is nothing.

Well, never mind those educational videos... I want a copy of that CBC newscast!!

Today's KP Link...

Baseball apparently wants to eliminate coin flips to determine the site of one-game playoffs.

Bad idea, I say.

Think 1995, 1978, 1951, and so on...

Here's my Bleacher Report commentary:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/78629-baseball-epics-created-by-coin-flips-please-dont-change-it

Random Thoughts VII

Bruins October Recap:
In a sports town where the other three teams have won championships this decade, the Boston Bruins are the weak link in Beantown.

However, the B's had a decent month of October, and went 5-3-3. Along the way were some memorable games. Here's a brief recap on the thrillers last month:

Read more...

I jinxed them!
I wrote about the Calgary Flames' six-game winning streak Saturday.

Yup. I jinxed them....just as I'd done to Jesse Litsch and the other baseballers this past season. Calgary lost less than 24 hours later in Anaheim.

Say, didn't the Leafs lose in Carolina just hours after I'd complimented them too?


Today's Random Links
Who's the next MLB team to rise to the top?
More 2008 postseason stuff
Series MVP discussion

0 > 1 ?

0 > 1 ? Yes, I would say so.

Read the following passage and write the appropriate word in the blanks.

-diverse

-enterprise

-esssential

-everyday

-functioning...

All businesses, large and small, must maintain an inventory of supplies. In most offices, the types of essential, but common,

(1)_________ items needed, including...

Every week, I give this type of test to my students, and the last two weeks, I discovered something "interesting."

One student scored zero out of 24 last week, with the test sheet completely blank. It appeared no attempt whatsoever was made on it, which I guess is okay once in a while. Perhaps that person was having a bad day or was sick and what not.

This week, that student's test sheet was completely filled out. The only problem? The score was ONE out of 24.

So, this brings me to my question: Which is better? Not trying at all and getting a zero, or trying (well, I'm not sure how much effort was put into it but hey, the sheet was filled out this time) and getting 23 wrong answers?

I would say the former is better. Getting the goose-egg. I mean, I wouldn't want to write all those answers and score only one point.

Wonder what other people think... Trout? Rainbow Trout? Care to weigh in?