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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Busily Fibbing

Busy times here for your GottaBook correspondent, so I will be a little brief tonight.

Fibs continue working their way through the Web... and off the web, too! Down in the post The Fib you'll find comments from Roachie and Chippy -- two students who wrote Fibs in an English class assignment. And then in yesterday's Fib post, a 6th grader put in her Fib (with words instead of syllables) done in English class. A few homeschoolers have told me they're using Fibbery, and I've gotten comments from MATH teachers, too. I love hearing these examples, I must say.

AND from the in-the-works-prior-to-Fibbery category:

mom ready has my book talk recommendations up for the month of April -- my first column. It's a great site for parents, not just moms, and my column is meant just to highlight some of the books I've had fun reading on my own or to/with kids, many of them encountered during my ongoing stint as a volunteer librarian. Check it all out.

Still too much to do tonight, so I gotta book. If you're looking for Fibbery, scroll lower in the blog or look to the right and click on the links under the heading The Fibs. And as always, feel free to Fib in the comments here or anywhere on the blog.

Fib on!

15 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:05 PM

    Tom
    Cruise
    Baby!
    What Big News!
    You don't believe me?
    It's top story on AOL. :-)

    Does the emoticon count as syllables? I say not, but I don't make the rules.

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  2. Anonymous10:24 PM

    hey,
    don't
    forget
    to tell them:
    syndicated feed
    is up to add on livejournal.

    lj user="gotta_book"

    http://syndicated.livejournal.com/gotta_book/

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  4. "I
    Do,"
    They said.
    Thus, were wed.
    Soon after to bed.
    Anxious, the reception they fled.

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  5. Anonymous6:05 AM

    Animal Companion

    Dog
    Cat
    Hamster
    Iguana
    All fine choices but
    Pet rocks need much less maintenance


    Back to School

    Read
    Write
    Cipher
    The basics
    But no time for that
    Too busy building self-esteem


    Biology Lesson

    Boing
    Boing
    High bounce
    Hop, skip, jump
    Joey kangaroo
    Imprinting on a basketball


    Color My World

    Bush
    Gore
    The year
    2000
    Red states and blue states
    Now it’s only black and blue states


    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Toot!
    Beep!
    Honk! Honk!
    Traffic jam?
    Good guess, but you’re wrong
    It’s just Grandpa blowing his nose


    Mama Knows Best

    Grab
    Eat
    Listen
    Yep – crunchy
    Mama always said,
    “Peel your shrimp before you eat them!”


    Not Up to Par

    Fore!
    Whoops!
    Oh, no –
    Not again
    I’m such a hacker
    There goes yet another windshield


    Scooby Doo Synopsis

    Yikes!
    Zoinks!
    A ghost!
    Or is it?
    Thanks to Scooby Snacks
    And a Rube Goldberg booby trap
    The gang solves the mystery and captures the villain
    Who fumes, “I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”


    Under the Big Top

    Clowns
    Freaks
    Sideshows
    Animals
    A three-ring circus
    That also describes government


    Weekly World News Update

    Boy?
    Girl?
    Which one?
    I don’t know
    The sonogram gave
    Inconclusive information
    It’s either Bigfoot or Bat Boy’s two-headed love child


    XYZ

    Hey!
    You!
    Yeah, you!
    Check it out
    Your fly is open
    Tee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee

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  6. Dead Languages

    Greek
    and
    Latin
    are both dead.
    Only geeks know them.
    Sadly, I am fluent in both.

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  7. GottaBook noted:

    "Fibs continue working their way through the Web... and off the web"

    Congratulations on originating a new meme. Via Motoko Rich, the Fibs reached my blog.

    Jeffery Hodges

    * * *

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  8. Thanks, Jeffrey. Related to that, here was the Fib of mine that I read on the BBC

    Memes.
    Blogs.
    Podcasts.
    The new world.
    Everyone can play.
    Jump in -- the revolution's fine.

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  9. I didn't realize meme was one syllable. Dufus I am, I've been pronouncing it me-me.

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  10. One of the great things about the Fibs is that is often provokes great uproar about syllables. Is meow pronounced "mee-ow" or "myow" as one syllable?

    I refuse to get involved in such deep philosophical arguments :-)

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  11. Anonymous5:27 AM

    Sprint
    Run
    Pushups
    Army Workout
    Late Night, Want To Puke
    Why Do We Do This So Early
    Turning Those Weaklings Into Soldiers, Big and Burly

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  12. Anonymous8:06 AM

    lets
    go
    outside
    and party
    its a lovely day
    and im sick of sucky schoolwork

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  13. Anonymous10:44 AM

    One
    Hour
    Photo
    Taking Long
    I Want Them Right Now
    It Has Been Almost Ten Minutes
    I Need Instant Gratification, Like Photoshop

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  14. Anonymous12:19 PM

    Gone
    Far
    Away
    Missing you
    Six thousand miles away
    Without you here things seem so empty

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  15. Anonymous12:19 PM

    Gone
    Far
    Away
    Missing you
    Six thousand miles away
    Without you here things seem so empty

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