This is the archive for 25 May 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77 daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Need Drivers Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Two summer offerings, each Mon. – Wed., 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., June 21, 22, 23 or August 2, 3, 4. Applications are now available in your house office or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
Students, have you purchased your yearbook yet? If not, stop by Room 44 to buy yours for $90. Hurry, because supplies are limited.
Posted by courier at 11:16 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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Alan Wake>
For: Xbox 360
From: Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood, language,
use of alcohol and tobacco, violence)
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
Until now, "Alan Wake" was best known in gaming circles as a title in development since before the Xbox 360's mere existence was public knowledge.
The effects of the lengthy development are apparent in the final product, which occasionally looks older than it is and forces players to contend with some unwieldy (and slightly incomplete) third-person shooter controls. But all those years also have been very kind to the titular character and his story, which are so carefully and cleverly constructed as to render any shortcomings almost completely moot.
It's no great surprise that "Wake's" storyline — which finds Alan, a famous mystery writer, racing through a secluded resort town to discover why the pages of his unfinished manuscript have come true and made his wife disappear — is a cut above. Remedy Entertainment produced some of the best storytelling of the early 2000s with its "Max Payne" games, and while the particulars have changed, the ingredients — narration from the playable character, generally stellar voice acting, a word-perfect script that touches darkly comedic, self-depreciating and noirish nerves in the right ways at the right times — have all returned.
Posted by courier at 12:55 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
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From wikipedia:
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (born May 25, 1878, Richmond, Virginia, died New York City, November 25, 1949) was an American tap dancer and actor of stage and film. Audiences enjoyed his understated style, which eschewed the frenetic manner of the jitterbug in favor of cool and reserve; rarely did he use his upper body, relying instead on busy, inventive feet and an expressive face.
A figure in both the Black and White entertainment worlds of his era he is best known today for his dancing with Shirley Temple in a series of films during the 1930s.
Learn more about Bill Robinson, free from Americaslibrary.gov.
Posted by courier at 01:46 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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