Today's Dippit!

Quote

"The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." 

Jessica Hische

Joke

Where do you find a cow with no legs? Right where you left it.

Fun Fact

The Australian government banned the word "mate" for a day.

There are probably slang or informal words that get on your nerves from time to time, particularly when you think something should be taken seriously. In 2005, Australian Parliament took a few citizen complaints a little too seriously and banned anyone on their staff from using the word "mate" while at work. Fortunately, Prime Minister John Howard objected, claiming that "mate" was an important part of Australian culture, and the ban was overturned within 24 hours.

Reading Fact

Reading instruction often incorporates strategies such as modeling, scaffolding, and explicit instruction to support learners at different skill levels.

History Fact

And Don’t Forget to Floss

Pour out another one for ancient dental hygiene: in ancient Rome, it was totally normal to use urine as mouthwash. At least they were trying to use mouthwash?

Movie/TV Trivia

A different denouement for Die Hard with a Vengeance saw McClane turning the tables, so to speak, on Simon Gruber giving him a series of riddles to solve. The face off eventually ended with Gruber blowing himself away with a rocket launcher after the New York cop tricks him into thinking it’s pointed the wrong way. Daft.

Movie/TV Quote

"Would that it were so simple."

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

You truly do not have to have seen the Coen brothers' satire of Blacklist-era Hollywood to appreciate the scene in which "would that it were so simple" appears. A pompous director (Ralph Fiennes) attempts to get a cowboy actor (Alden Ehrenreich) to say an overwrought line of old-timey dialogue correctly. Their back and forth is like an amped up Marx brothers routine and the actual phrase is so surprisingly convoluted that it's all fantastic comedy.

Conversation Starter

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Writing Prompt

What Do You Want More From a Career: Happiness or Wealth?