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What's a noun without a verb to make it zoom! Verb you're so intense Every sentence has a subject Noun, person, place or thing Find that subject, where's the action? Verb can make the subject zing Take the subject, what is it? What's done to it? What does it say? Verb! You're what's happening! I can question like, What is it? Verb! You're so demanding! I can order like, Go get it. Verb! You're so commanding! When I hit I need an object! When I see I see the object! I get my thing in action! Verb! That's what's happening! To work, to play, to live, to love. . tags: schoolhouse rock,…

We had a truly impressive lightning storm the other night here in NYC. So impressive that the nurses here at the hospital were all commenting about it. As a result, I was inspired to link to this Schoolhouse Rock primer about the weather. Welcome everyone, It's the weather show! Bring your bathing suits, Don't forget your boots and coats. Folks, we guarantee the show that we perform Is never dull, if there's a lull, It's just the calm before the storm. Watch it change from icy cold to toasty warm, And rearrange from sunny days to crazy storms. The curtain's rising, we're so glad to have…

We're talkin' 'bout dollars and sense, dollars and sense; Them green-back bills with the pictures of the Presidents. Since life is one experience that spares us no expense, Gotta use them dollars with a little bit of common sense. We gotta use them dollars with a little bit of common sense. Are you sure Dolly Parton started this way? . tags: schoolhouse rock, education, teaching, streaming video

This streaming video is clumsily made, but at least the visual quality is good. I'm a victim of gravity. Everything keeps fallin' down on me. No matter where I go That forces that I know, Just a pullin' me down, down, down, down, down. It's all around town now, It's like a magnet deep inside the ground. When I lift something up, I can feel it pulling down. It pulls me in the pool, It pulls rain down on me. I'm a victim of Down, down, down, down, gravity, yeah. . tags: schoolhouse rock, education, teaching, streaming video

Well every person you can know The Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker And every place that you can go Like a neighborhood or a store And anything that you can show Like a dime or a record machine You know they're nouns. A noun's a special kind of word It's any name you ever heard I find it quite interesting A noun's a person, place or thing. A noun is a person, place or thing. . tags: schoolhouse rock, education, teaching, streaming video

Lovely Lady Liberty With her book of recipes And the finest one she's got Is the great American melting pot The great Anerican melting pot. What good ingredients, Liberty and immigrants. They brought the country's customs, Their language and their ways. They filled the factories, tilled the soil, Helped build the U.S.A. Go on and ask your grandma, Hear what she has to tell How great to be an American And something else as well. Have Americans forgotten our beginnings? . tags: schoolhouse rock, education, teaching, streaming video

My hero, Zero, such a funny little hero, But 'till you came along, We counted on our fingers and toes. Now you're here to stay And nobody really knows How wonderful you are. Why we could never reach a star, Without you, Zero, my hero, How wonderful you are. What's so wonderful about a zero? It's nothing, isn't it? Sure, it represents nothing alone. But place a zero after 1 And you've got yourself a 10. See how important that is? When you run out of digits, You can start all over again. See how convenient that is? . tags: schoolhouse rock, education, teaching, streaming video

Electricity at rest is called static electricity. Like in the winter, wearing a heavy coat, You get a shock off the doorknob. Or you scrape across a carpet And sneak up on your very best friend, And zap 'im on the ear with a shock of-Electricity, Electricity Current flowing to and fro, makes a circuit ofElectricity, Electricity Voltage is the pressure that makes it go. It's pushin' uh... Electricity, Electricity... Watts will tell you just how much You'll be usin' Uh... Electricity, Electricity Yet another installment from the Schoolhouse Rock series. . tags: schoolhouse rock, education…

I've seen this video before, but I was seriously remiss because I did not share it with you, my faithful readers. . tags: my cubicle, streaming video, humor, reality, music

If you were, you would know how to do fun things like what you see in this video (below the fold) using common kitchen objects. But no, you all opted to be business majors instead! What's happening here? When carbonated beverages and mentos candies are mixed together, they create a volcanic explosion. Can anyone write out the chemical equation for what is happening in this video? tags: streaming video, coke+mentos, chemistry

So when you're happy (Hurray!) or sad (Aw!) Or frightened (Eeeeeek!) or mad (Rats!) Or excited (Wow!) or glad (Hey!) An interjection starts a sentence right. Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Hey!) or emotion (Hey!). They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point, Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong. Interjections show excitement or emotion, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah... YEA! This episode is one of several that really sticks out in my mind. . tags: schoolhouse rock, education, teaching, streaming video

What is global dimming? It is a cooling effect that appears to have partially masked the effects of global warming. Global dimming is caused by a reduction in the amount of sunlight hitting the earth due to the presence of aerosolized particulate pollution, such as jet contrails. These airborne particles reflect sunlight back into space before it hits the surface of the earth, reducing warming and thereby masking the effects of global warming. This streaming video (below the fold) by Nova shows how the average temperature range in the United States jumped by more than one degree celsius (two…

We the people In order to form a more perfect union, Establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, Provide for the common defense, Promote the general welfare and Secure the blessings of liberty To ourselves and our posterity Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. This video should bring back a few memories for some of you, and it is an important lesson for the current administration, who behave as though they've never heard of the US Constitution. . tags: schoolhouse rock, education, teaching, streaming video

This streaming video shows an interview with ex-muslim, secular humanist and feminist, Ayaan Hirsi Ali Wafa Sultan, discussing her beliefs about the clash between Islam and "the West": essentially she argues this is a clash between the Middle Ages and all it represents and the 21st Century, and all it represents. I would like to expand her ideas to include all religious fundamentalism, such as what is happening in America today with our own homegrown religious wingnuts. Okay, thanks to a reader, I now know that I mixed up Wafa Sultan with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who is the author of a book, The…

It takes three legs to make a tri-pod Or to make a table stand. It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle Called a tricycle. Every triangle has three corners, Every triangle has three sides, No more, no less. You don't have to guess. When it's three you can see It's a magic number. Do you remember those Saturday mornings, sitting around in front of the TV in your pajamas when you were a kid, waiting for that week's episode of Schoolhouse Rock? I do. So I have decided it would be fun to watch one of the Schoolhouse Rock videos with you each week, just like the good old days, except I will…

Throughout the years, I have read quite a bit about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but because I do not claim to be an expert on the situation, I rarely comment about it. Despite this, I have long been convinced that there is a much better way to deal with that tragic situation than what is being done right now, a way to deal with it that will take into account the best interests of both sides. Recently, I found a streaming video that addresses this situation that you might also find to be quite thought-provoking. Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land is a truly interesting streaming…

Can you recognize the voices in this video? Horsefly: George W. Bush Horse: Tony Blair? some British dude Spider: typical misinformed American AKA; Britney Spears Hog at trough: Richard Clarke Bloodhound: Donald Rumsfeld Fox by garbage cans: Colin Powell Dog: Ayman Al-Zawahiri Pigeon: Condoleezza Rice . tags: Wallace & Gromit, politics, humor, streaming video

Okay, I have one comment about this streaming video, but I will resist the urge to say anything until after you've watched it first (below the fold). Oh yeah? Well, using that same er, "logic", gawd invented liquor because he wants us all to be raging alcoholics. . tags: banana, atheism, godlessness, IDiots, religious fanatics, wingnuts

This streaming video contains lots of interesting comments about the internet and how it functions according to our some of our most enlightened congresscritters. With giant intellects such as these serving the public, it's a wonder that anyone ever decides to run for public office, huh? (below the fold). Even though these congresscritters clearly are morons, don't underestimate how dangerous they are. They are trying to restrict our freedom to access information on the internet; they wish to allow service providers such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast to decide which web sites you can…

... fighting with himself over a bone (below the fold). Would you want to live with a dog that behaves like this? . tags: streaming video, dog, animal behavior, humor