"Men wear preposterous outfits"
BY ARI HAVUSHA!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
"Cantankerous" Riddle ????????
Q: What do you call a person who is bad tempered, uncooperative and argumentative?
A: A Cantankerous
Glossay entry for Vacant
Dialogue:
“Hey man, what’s up?” Marcus asks.
“Oh, nothing much, I am just so worried about finding parking tonight at the hockey game, it’s the biggest one of the season and it will be packed!!” Jack claims.
“Oh! You know what, I have the perfect solution for you, I heard that there is a vacant parking lot five to six blocks away from the stadium and you only have to pay a loony for the whole night, isn’t that great!!” Marcus says proud of his discovery.
“Thanks Marcus, just because you did that I am inviting you to the game! Would you like to come?”
“I would love to Jack!”
“We will leave at seven, man!”
“Got it! See you then” Marcus replies excitedly
“Bye!”
Glossary Page
Thesaurus entry for Destitute:
Synonyms: bankrupt, moneyless,needy
Antonyms:lucky, wealthy, rich
Analogy for Dissipate:
Dissipate is to misuse as steep is to precipitous.
-Isabelle
Headline and acrostic
Headline for mingle:
"Two kids were badly injured while mingling."
Acrostic for ajar:
A monster named
Joe is
Awake
Right outside an ajar door
Danny G
Ravenous Thesaurus Entry
Thesaurus entry for ravenous:
synonyms:
extremely hungry
starved
famished
antonyms:
full
not hungry
satisfied
Shakaed
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Acropolis Glossary Page
Dialogue
This conversion is between a hotel manager (Costas) in Athens and a Canadian un-educated tourist (Fred).
Costas: now that your stay is coming to an end in Athens how have you enjoyed it?
Fred: I have found this whole city most remarkable especially the ruins.
Costas: I am so glad, but you have gone to the Parthenon in the Acropolis haven’t you?
Fred: What’s the Partenlyon?
Costas: Parthenon. You haven’t been to it; oh my you mustn’t leave without seeing it. If you head there right now you will have enough time to get a brief glance at it.
Fred: Thanks so much Costas I’ll head to the Partenlyon on the Arolpis right now. Bye!
Costas: Parthenon on the Acropolis
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
M-dog and M-dogs Greek Minoan Rap
MINOAN RAP SONG M-DOG AND M-DOG____G-STYLE (GREEK STYLE)
They were civilized, civilized nation,
Just hold up, you gotta be patient,
The island of Crete is where, the Minoans were created,
Remarkable people, all I can say, wait there is more coming your own way,
Built beautiful palaces, languages too,
Art was their thing, the people over there were way better you.
They were the first at trading, and lived from 3000 to 375 BCE,
Even though they all died, their names are still to be,
They were peaceful people, didn’t have protective walls,
If someone attacked they were sure to fall.
Painting showed their life, in a colorful way,
They recorded more paintings day by day,
They called painting frescoes,
And that’s cool my bros.
They loved sports, great at them too,
They invented Olympics, just for me and you.
Woman played big parts, in their culture,
They took part of the ceremonies and helped out one and other.
They had beautiful art, languages too,
That is quite phenomenal, my Greek learning brews.
They invented backgammon, super fun,
They traded in Egypt, wine, oil and rum.
No temples or churches, only a goddess of the earth,
That’s what they believed, and they were never hurt.
Had small shrines everywhere, but they didn’t care,
A connection to the gods is all that was theirs.
The painting were scary, double headed axes and... knives,
Killing people, and taking many lives.
Gifts were given to the shrines,
Many presents everyday, most of the gifts were from all of mankind.
Great engineers, and builders,
They built palaces for their peers,
And the houses that were built,
Were perfect and no tilt.
They were five stories high,
And that’s no lie.
Rich Minoans, had toilets and tubs,
The toilets flushed down all their manly grubs.
Their farmers grew grain, crops, olives and grapes,
This stuff was grown in Crete.
Farmers raised sheep, goats and pigs,
But they all smelled because they ate to many figs.
This is the ending, nobody will ascend,
In 375 there was a volcano that caused the end.
There was a tsunami,
Oh please help me mommy,
The waves washed Crete
And destruction was complete.
The volcano erupted in 375 B.C.E,
It was the largest explosion in human history.
No one recovered, even though the town survived,
The town was diminished and no one revived,
That was the last of Minoans, later on invaders named Mycenaeans had conquered Crete,
And that was the end of the Minoans wait.
The story ends here, I am sorry my peers,
We will talk to you later up from Greek heaven, so make a wish it’s 11:11.
Matt and Max
The Dorians
In the mountains in northern Greece lived tribal people called the Dorians. They lived in villages ruled by warrior chiefs. There hunting provided more food then farming. The usually went to sea to attack neighbors rather than trade. The Mycenaean’s and the Dorians shared Hellas for 500 years. Also the Mycenaean’s were not interested in the poor Dorians because they had no riches to steal. The life of the Dorians was different to the Mycenaean’s or the Minoans. The Dorian had no interest in writing the preferred to speak simple Greek. In the southern cities they thought the Dorians were useless, that was a mistake. The Dorians became experts in metal, by 1200 B.C.E. the Dorians made weapons from new metal (iron.) It was twice as hard a bronze and it was sharper and lighter. The iron spear would go right through bronze. Copper used to make the bronze and it was plentiful, that’s why the Mycenaean’s used it to make weapons. That’s how the Dorians became stronger and they conquered most of Hellas.
my EPIC script
Script:
Benny:
When you think of a good bedtime story you don’t usually think of an epic seducer named homer, lighting the seen with romantic candles and incense, and telling you about a romantic ending to a twenty year journey about a sailor named Odysseus finding true love for a second time with the same wife!
Jed:
Nope, honestly, my sister reading me half of the book good night moon comes as close as I get to that Benny!
Benny:
Real close Jed… Real close!
Jed:
Well on that note folks I should tell you that Homer and his historic stories, called Epics, are not bouncing back to the beat of the Meter, or rhythm, of his Lyre any time soon.
Benny:
Couldn’t have said it better
Myself Jed! I’m sorry that good night moon is still in your agenda! But yes those EPIC stories, excuse the pun, date back to the dark age of Hellas, which is right in between the firs Olympics and the Darien invasion. About 2800 years ago.
Jed:
Yes, don’t get excited folks; these epic seducers aren’t coming back any time soon, to pay you a night time visit! I guess you are still stuck with the old fashion of counting sheep!
Benny:
Good call Jed, but how would they get here anyways? Written history was never recorded, so how do we know what kind of transportation they used!
Jed:
You are right but the thing is, is that in all of the epics, we know and love, always tell us about the long trips by boat.
Benny:
Ya, don’t you remember that old epic about Odysseus and his extended road trip because of bragging? That was a sad one, but in the end it had a happy ending, which is of course how all stories end.
Jed:
OH YA! I remember that one! And how in the end he comes back to his hometown, Ithaca, and realized that he had to search for true love in his own wife. And after a competition, to see who was the best warrior in the land, with a grand prize, which was to marry the widowed queen, he realized his love for his old wife and ended up wining the competition and marring her once again.
Benny:
That is a great story, but I'm sure that it would be told a little bit better by the original, The Epic Master…. Homer.
Jed:
Yes Benny Obviously Homer Simpson would read it a bit funnier, no kidding!
Benny:
Dude, are you that clueless on this subject?
Jed:
(Look around worried) no?
Yo you know that where talking about one of the best storie teller slash musician ever right?
Jed:
YES. I never thought that my jokes where that pitiful.
Benny:
Well you know as they say, you learn something every day.
Jed:
Ya, and lets hope that our great audience has too!
Benny:
Hey! Ya thank you very much!
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