I really did this activity as a "warm up" for my advanced 10th grade students today... The prompt was: "Write the alphabet, A to Z on a piece of paper, skipping a line between each letter. Then, think of a TV show for each letter." They loved it, I think, and were really getting into it. Here's our compiled list:
A -- "Alias, "Addams Family," "American Dad"
B -- "Bones," "Batman"
C -- "CSI," "Criminal Minds"
D -- "Desparate Housewives," "Dora"
E -- "ER", "Everybody Hates Chris," "Everybody Loves Raymond"
F -- "Fear Factor," "Family Guy"
G -- "George Lopez," "Ghost Whisperer"
H -- "House," "How I Met Your Mother"
I -- "I Love Lucy," "Ice Road Trucker"
J -- "Jeopardy," "Johnny Bravo," "Jeff Corwin"
K -- "Knight Rider," "King of the Hill"
L -- "Lost," "LA Ink"
M -- "M.A.S.H.," "Mind of Mencia"
N -- "NCIS," "Ni Hao, Kai Lan"
O -- "Oprah," "The Office"
P -- "Pimp my Ride," "Penguins of Madagascar"
Q -- "Quantum Leap," "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"
R -- "Reading Rainbow," "Rescue Me," "Run's House"
S -- "Survivor," "Simpsons," Sabrina the Teengage Witch"
T -- "Top Gear," "Tom & Jerry," "That 70s Show"
U -- "Ugly Betty," "UFC"
V -- "Veronica Mars," "Voltron"
W -- "WCW," "Whose Line is it Anyway"
X -- "Xena: Warrior Princess," "X-Men"
Y -- "Young & the Restless," "Yo Gabba Gabba"
Z -- "Zorro,' "Zoey 101"
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Happy V-Day...or "boycott" day
Busy as heck around here... Jaina went to spend the weekend with my folks. Met up with my dad on Thursday night and I went and got her this afternoon. It was nice having just an adults-onlly weekend!
Yes, it's "boycott love" day instead of Valentine's day. When we were first married, Kevin and I decided that we don't need the specific day to say I love you. So, we boycott V-day, since we do so much for each other throughotu the year.
Kevin and I went out with my college roommate, K and her husband, J. last night for J's birthday wihch is actually tomorrow (Mon). However... this is the first time since we've been married that we've gone out ON V-day. Went to a nifty little live blues supper club by the baseball stadium. The atmosphere was great and it was literally a 5 min walk from K and J's apartment. However...dinner itself sucked.
Let me start by saying our waitress had maybe 6 tables including ours, and the place was NOT full, even for 7pm on V-day night. And we had reservations, so no biggie. Our waitress was late, so she (apparently) got ripped by the manager so she was already in a bad mood when she got to our table. We ordered and got our 2 appetizers... a cheese platter and proscuttio wrapped asparagus - which were great. The guys got drinks, and K and I split a bottle of wine, plus we lush'es had water...yay livin' it up! :)
Dinner order - I had a tuna steak, DH had a chicken saltimboca, K had a grilled spinach/avocado salad, and J had a ribeye. Here's where it gets interesting...
-My tuna was good...came w/ roasted garlic mashed potatoes.
-Kevin's saltimboca was just that. chicken. no other side/veg/etc. just chicken. Not even sauce. AND, it had spinach in it instead of basil.
-K's salad had no dressing and the grilled shrimp was cold instead of warm.
-J's steak came out w/ no steak knife. Tell me, how can you cut a ribeye with no knife?
We didn't see our waitress after she dropped off the food. 10 minutes pass. Still no steak knife or dressing. Did she get lost? So...we flag down the HOSTESS who is at her station less than 6 feet away from our table. SHE gets us what we need! Kevin and I go to the bathroom and our waitress is coming out of the kitchen giving us the "death glare". Finally finished dinner and J ordered chocolate covered strawberries. 25-30 minutes after he orders, the strawberries finaly came out. They were good, but sheesh, almost 30 minutes to chill chocolate?
Throughout this, the ONE bus/water guy was awesome, getting us refills of drinks, etc, so was the hostess. We tipped the bus/water guy as we left. All grumpeting aside, it was a great night. Spent with good friends, awesome conversation, and just hanging out.
Yes, it's "boycott love" day instead of Valentine's day. When we were first married, Kevin and I decided that we don't need the specific day to say I love you. So, we boycott V-day, since we do so much for each other throughotu the year.
Kevin and I went out with my college roommate, K and her husband, J. last night for J's birthday wihch is actually tomorrow (Mon). However... this is the first time since we've been married that we've gone out ON V-day. Went to a nifty little live blues supper club by the baseball stadium. The atmosphere was great and it was literally a 5 min walk from K and J's apartment. However...dinner itself sucked.
Let me start by saying our waitress had maybe 6 tables including ours, and the place was NOT full, even for 7pm on V-day night. And we had reservations, so no biggie. Our waitress was late, so she (apparently) got ripped by the manager so she was already in a bad mood when she got to our table. We ordered and got our 2 appetizers... a cheese platter and proscuttio wrapped asparagus - which were great. The guys got drinks, and K and I split a bottle of wine, plus we lush'es had water...yay livin' it up! :)
Dinner order - I had a tuna steak, DH had a chicken saltimboca, K had a grilled spinach/avocado salad, and J had a ribeye. Here's where it gets interesting...
-My tuna was good...came w/ roasted garlic mashed potatoes.
-Kevin's saltimboca was just that. chicken. no other side/veg/etc. just chicken. Not even sauce. AND, it had spinach in it instead of basil.
-K's salad had no dressing and the grilled shrimp was cold instead of warm.
-J's steak came out w/ no steak knife. Tell me, how can you cut a ribeye with no knife?
We didn't see our waitress after she dropped off the food. 10 minutes pass. Still no steak knife or dressing. Did she get lost? So...we flag down the HOSTESS who is at her station less than 6 feet away from our table. SHE gets us what we need! Kevin and I go to the bathroom and our waitress is coming out of the kitchen giving us the "death glare". Finally finished dinner and J ordered chocolate covered strawberries. 25-30 minutes after he orders, the strawberries finaly came out. They were good, but sheesh, almost 30 minutes to chill chocolate?
Throughout this, the ONE bus/water guy was awesome, getting us refills of drinks, etc, so was the hostess. We tipped the bus/water guy as we left. All grumpeting aside, it was a great night. Spent with good friends, awesome conversation, and just hanging out.
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