CGHS Library

The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks

Yup, a blog exists for absolutely every topic.

CGHS Library Web Stats

I was curious about how much traffic there was on the library page during the past school year. 

This chart shows hits on the opening page only and is misleading the first few months because we were in transition from old to new.

Apollo 11 Landing

A couple of interesting web sites help you explore the Apollo 11 flight to the moon. The first is "Google Earth 5.0 (if you already have it, no upgrade is required). Just click the planet button on the top toolbar of Google Earth, and choose Moon. You'll be flown to the Moon, at which point you have all the same usual Google Earth controls -- drag your mouse on the globe to fly around, and use the Layers panel in the lower-left corner to discover content. Double-click any Layers item to fly to it." (taken from Google Lat Long Blog)

Another interesting site is We Choose the Moon . This new web site from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum allows you to follow the Apollo 11 flight in real time.

(Both of these sites require a relatively recent computer and a robust internet connection.)

Life photo of people watching Apollo 11 take off

ACT Prep

Are you beginning to panic about the ACT? Are the only words in your vocabulary texting abbreviations? Does your head spin around if somebody uses a word that has more than two syllables?

Have you stopped reading because I just used the word, "syllables"?

Go to VocabSushi and play the game. It will adjust itself to your skill level, grow increasingly more difficult so it is a challenge, and it won't make fun of you if you do not know what "wield" means.

Hamlet

lights over the CSF stage before Hamlet

stage detail

Hamlet discusses skulls with the gravedigger

Much Ado About Nothing

Colorado Shakespeare Festival set for Much Ado About Nothing

the theatre begins to fill up for the 6:30 (!!!??) start

Benedick and Beatrice after they realize they really do like each other

Gnome

 

Paper Towns

John Green promotes Paper Towns on the Penguin Publisher's site.

Suite Scarlett

Any book dedicated "to anyone who has ever played a dead body on stage or screen" is a book worth reading. Maureen Johnson is a lighthearted, genuinely hilarious storyteller, and SUITE SCARLETT is full of interesting people saying and doing interesting things. Spencer and Mrs. Amberson were my very favorite characters because they made me laugh out loud. Click on Maureen's name to go to her blog to sample her brand of humor. If you think she is probably serious, then you need to stick to Upton Sinclair. -mh

Happy July 4