Toondoo

           Have you been on toondoo.com? It is a website where anyone can create a comic. You can make a single comic, or a strip. You can also make comic books. It’s an interesting website and you should check it out.

          Many people visit toondoo and create comics, but you don’t have to make them. Anyone can go and look at the creations of others. You can be entertained for quite awhile. It’s an interesting experience for visual artists to see different styles of art.

          Oh, you don’t have to use the comic characters they provide for you to use. You can design your own using parts or draw your own. It can be easier to create a character similar to a real person when you upload a photo for reference.

          This website is easy and entertaining when you’re bored. You might like it. So, why not try it?  

Death Whispers in My Ear

By: Rebecca Davis

Death whispers in my ear.

I face him,

With no fear.

We both know it’s time to go.

I look back,

To say goodbye,

And then we leave,

Death and I.

I don’t feel sad.

There is no need.

I don’t feel mad.

Just cold numbness.

I promise you it’s not a lie.

And then we go,

Death and I.

I love you all.

You know it’s true.

But everyone, answers to Death’s call.

Oh well, I guess,

This is goodbye.

And then we depart,

Death and I.

Did you know...

20: Cockroaches can live for 10 days without their heads.

19: Three hundred and fifteen entries in the 1996 Webster’s Dictionary were misspelled.

18: There are as many chickens on the earth as humans.

17: About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in the U. S. everyday.

6: If you eat too many carrots you turn orange.

15: Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson.”

14: If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will go mad and sting itself to death.

13: Bats always turn left when exiting out of a cave.

12: Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

11: Honey is bee vomit.

10: After you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

9: A Neanderthal’s brain is bigger than yours.

8: If a snake is born with two heads, they will fight each other for food.

7: The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.

6:  A law in Kansas states that any person walking across the highway at night needs to wear tail lights.

5: Usually people fear spiders more than death.

4: Most lipstick contains fish scales.

3: A snail can sleep for three years.

2: Paper money is actually made from cotton.

1: Crocodiles swallow stones to dive deeper. 

Dream Theory

Why do we dream? While it’s a simple enough question there isn’t any clear answer. There are many theories but none have been proven. Then again scientists have only just figured out the purpose of sleep.

                 One theory of why we dream is that we are processing memories without making our emotions aroused and to assure we do not suffer any trauma. Another theory is that they are representations of unconscious thoughts and desires releasing. One of my favorite theories is that dreams are a sort of clean up in the brain. Getting rid of all the clutter is basically what that means.

Another interesting theory is that dreaming is a sort of psychotherapy so we can understand and process things in a safe environment away from threats. One of the newest theories is that he activation of the brain makes these weird connection and then it is led by the dreamer’s emotions.

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I tote my heart around,

In my big black bag.

It bumps, thuds, pounding.

I tore it out so I wouldn’t feel the ache.

I kept it away,

So that it wouldn’t break.

What is Cleverbot?

            So, have you heard of cleverbot? It’s something that has been spreading in popularity at Cab Calloway. Especially with Comm. students. What is cleverbot? Well, it’s a sort of “robot” that answers anything you write correctly.  Apparently, you can have long interesting conversations with the computer that looks back on everything you have written.  Kelsey Dennison said that “It’s really cool how it takes what people said before and uses it as its answer, but it is sort of creepy.”

            Okay, then. To the students it’s an amazing entertainment that can be extremely fun, but what about teachers? What do they think? Well, Mr. Mayo, our middle school Comm. Arts teacher, probably sees the most use of it by students, since students have access to the computers in his class. He says, “I know that students are getting on there when they should be working.” That will probably be the reaction from most of the teachers.

            What is cleverbot? Is it a harmless, but entertaining program or is it distracting students from what needs to be done? You decide.