Word of the Day: imbricate
Holiday of the Day: Limerick Day, Nutty Fudge Day, Nurses Day, Night Workers Day
Author of the Day: The exhilaratingly funny, and unfortunately deceased, Douglas Adams
Gifted English II: We are listening to two ballads today, with the help of iPod and a friendly copy code. Loreena McKennitt's version of Sir Alfred Noyes's "The Highwayman" is very, very good, and old-school diehards may appreciate Gordon Lightfoot's tribute to the Edmund Fitzgerald, an iron ore carrier that went down in Lake Superior in 1975. Do any of you remember the mnemonic device for remembering the Great Lakes? Scroll below to find out!
APees: Finishing Chapter One and beginning Chapter Two of The Orchid Thief. What makes John Laroche tick? How is he the most potentially entertaining anti-hero we have yet met? And can we trust Susan Orlean as a narrator? Why or why not?
Answer to the Sophys: HOMES. Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
