Gouge, Rasp, Adze, Hammer

Here are the pictures of the tools from today's poems.

here is a gouge:

Now, here is a rasp:

Next, we have an adze:

It's not illegal if you get away with it!

After searching far and wide for the answer, I finally have learned why roughing the kicker was not called on the Cardinals on the last play of the game vs. the Cowboys Sunday. If the punt is actually blocked, it's OK for the person who blocks it to make contact with the kicker. Otherwise, it's a penalty.
Do I feel better?
No I do not.

Roughing the Kicker?

Normally, I don't blog about sports, but I have to vent this somewhere.

If you watched the Cowboys debacle Sunday, you may have been scratching your head at the last play. A Cardinals player very clearly ran into the Cowboys kicker as his leg was in the act of kicking. I have seen roughing calls for far less contact than that. That should have been a 15 yard penalty against the Cardinals and an automatic first down for the Cowboys.

Speaking of football, last week marked the 92nd anniversary of the most lopsided beating ever administered in college football. Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0 on October 7, 1916. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game

Cumberland has apparently gotten over it. They have a web page devoted to what they call, "The Game of the Century". From that page, here is the only known picture taken during the game.

This gives us an excellent opportunity to discuss Wikipedia. Some educators absolutely hate it, but I take a more moderate approach. DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA AS A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR ANY PAPER YOU ARE TURNING IN FOR CREDIT. Was that clear enough? I use Wikipedia as a starting place. I use it to get facts about something I already know but need to confirm, or as a source for RELIABLE sources through the references section at the bottom of each page. I know that you have grown up with the 'net, but not all web pages are created equally. The THS librarians have an excellent list of databases to which the school subscribes that are available to you at no cost. See your librarian for more details. They'll help you read more about it.

Happy Columbus Day!

I hope you're all enjoying your 3-day weekend.
Here's a look ahead to this week.
Tuesday - discussion over Chapters 20-21.
Wednesday - Reading diagnostic test in computer lab.
Thursday - EXAM over Bless Me Ultima
Friday - Short stories.
See you Tuesday!

2nd 6 Weeks Begins

I took a week off from blogging to see if you missed it. So far, no comments. If any of you are actually reading this, please let me know.
Here's a link to today's poem: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/029.html
Here's today's quote:
"The most successful people are those who are good at plan B." - James Yorke
READ!