A Day Off?

It is a homeschooling Thursday, so what am I doing typing a Xanga entry?  I have two ailing children and a VHS tape with eight episodes of Magic School Bus.  It’s a version of school, right? The frictionless baseball game episode is on right now. We’ll get around to doing math and things later today, but for now, the diseased and in pain (and Gockle, who is neither) get a fun dose of science. And I get a fun dose of Xanga!

The furniture arrived yesterday. It looks much nicer than I thought it would, which is alway a good thing. It smells like new fabric, though, strongly. We had one couch, a rocking chair, and a desk  in the room and replaced it with a couch, coffee table, and two rocker/recliners. Strangely enough, the room feels less full with all the new furniture than it did with the other! Feel free to come by for a visit to see it.  Make A Movie Afternoon is October 13th from 1:00 to 8:00, so that would be an ideal time to come and see it.

TGD and I watched Tristan and Isolde Tuesday night. I really liked it and went searching for the “original” to read. Why is it that Tristan’s name rarely changes but Isolde is spelled a dozen different ways?  I was able to find a romance novel (complete with shirtless guy on the cover), a series of three books (probably magical/fantasy), and a reprint of a 13th century document requested from Penn State’s library (which I hope has the translation from the old English. I can handle Canterbury Tales, but CT was written in the 14th century).  Which to begin first?

What movie has sent you scurrying for follow up reading?

Growl, Growl, Growl

PS–Just for fun, be a neologist! Make up your own word. Take any word, replace or add a letter or two, and make up the new definition.

For example,

Barbiecue – to roast plastic dolls

tournado – a massive and destructive group of
sightseers

arapnophobia–fear of rap music

discontinude – no longer naked

(I didn’t make these up. My clever former students did!)