Monday, February 25, 2013

10 random facts

                                                           10 random facts
1. Over 10,000 birds die each year from smashing into windows
2.The warmest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was 3 degrees F
3.When nobody is around 47% of people drink straight from the carton
4.Eskimos don't have a written language
5.an eagle can find kill and carry away prey as big as a small deer
6.most tropical fish can survive in a tank filled with human blood
7.King Kong was Hitlers favorite movie
8.donkeys kill more people than plane crashes annually
9.drivers kill more deer than hunters do
10.each year 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment

http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle3.html for more on fact 5
 
http://tnjn.com/2010/dec/08/an-innocent-animal-causes-mill/- for more on fact 9

Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Siege Of Macindaw

today i read more of The Siege Of Macindaw the sixth book in the rangers apprentice series by John Flanagan. the book continues today with the reuniting of Will and Horace as they try to rescue another dear friend Alyss who has been taken prisoner by a rouge prince who has managed to kill his father and poison is brother. With the help from former warden ship captain and fierce fighter Gundar the group of Horace Will Gundar and his men proceed to capture and injure the men of foriegn king and hopeful ally of the rouge prince Keren
 
the passage i chose is between will and horace after will fended off  the foriegn scotti king in one on one combat with only his saxe knife and in this they play for the future interrogation of their new prisoner and his men which shows the fruits of their labor and thier future plans for the rescue of alyss