Comments on: Games Make Me Hungry Too!

By: Melodie

Melodie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:42:48 +0000

I thought that The Hunger Games was AMAZING!!!! One of the most intense and heart-pounding books I ever read, I had to read it in one sitting and I was just sucked in.
Catching Fire is almost as good, and I got *that* two days after it came out.
And please don’t even compare to Twilight, the writing quality is so different.
(Of course I also based my reading of Peeta on a guy I know, so I was probably more attached to the story personally… :S )

By: Angie B

Angie B — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:32:28 +0000

I just entered the drawing at Carla’s blog…thanks for the heads up!

And my condolences on your vegetable-intensive diet.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:55:13 +0000

Wow! So much to say about all of that! I, too, wish we could have shown the speech…at the very least, in seminar. Hopefully they will allow it. I know of at least one person who will approach the “powers that be” about that. I do know of many students in my classes who could benefit from it. Even I need a pep talk every once in a while (okay…every day but, oh well!)

Oh, and Chip…best squirrel recipe in the world…
Hunt and clean one squirrel (yes, clean inside and out…I won’t go into the complete details…my daddy always did it out by a tree where I couldn’t see the horribleness of it all!)
Pour BBQ sauce in (cleaned out) cavity
Wrap completely in foil (seal it well!)
Bake for 30 minutes to 1 hour…depending on size of squirrel and until falling off bone.
YUM, YUM!

Okay maybe that doesn’t sound good but when I was little it was my fav meal…

By: chip

chip — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:46:44 +0000

Can you share your squirrel recipes with me?

By: Nicole P.

Nicole P. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:08:22 +0000

That’s really interesting about the president’s speech. I never thought of it from a teacher’s perspective.

Woohoo to you for eating healthy! You’re brave to go without sugar for a week. You might want to WebMD that before proceeding though, just in case there are health risks involved or something. Risks like death.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:16:59 +0000

Don’t feel too sorry for Rel. Aussies have access to way better chocolate in their snack aisles than we Yanks do. And she can get Timtams!!!! Rumor has it these yummy biscuits (that’s cookies for those of you who don’t speak Australian) are coming to Target this fall, and that excites me a little more than it should.

The Hunger Games’ plot is probably most similar to that of The Running Man, a movie based on a Stephen King novella. It stars the current governor of California and features some of his best (i.e., cheesiest, punniest) one-liners.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:46:34 +0000

You should check out Catching Fire. I’m finding it addictive!

And seriously, anytime we got to watch anything on TV in school, that was the greatest treat! Give the teachers a break and let the kids do something other than listen to lectures all day!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:19:47 +0000

I totally agree with you! I’m so tired of having to “educationalize” everything. We had the same drama with “the big speech” over here where I teach. About 60 different decisions were made and honestly, it just made me so mad I didn’t want to even watch it or talk about it or hear about it. BUT, I agree with what you said. Some of our kids probably needed to hear what he had to say. I actually could have shown it, but it was during my plan time, so I didn’t. I may show parts of it in the next couple of weeks when we do our “citizenship” unit. What better way to learn about citizenship than to learn to respect the office of the President, even if you don’t like the guy sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office? Okay…my rant is now over!