How To Behave At The Office Christmas Party (Modern Manners: Party Etiquette)

How To Behave At The Office Christmas Party (Modern Manners: Party Etiquette):

How to behave at the office Christmas party: VideoJug presents a guide on how to survive that inevitable Christmas ritual of the office party. We show you how to behave at the office Christmas party.


This is a little Christmas present for you. I gave you the script this morning, but you can also read it online.

merry happy

james

(you can leave a comment to say if you think it's funny!)

The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam

The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam:

"The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam"
This is the British sitcom we began watching this morning ...

And here is the BBC website with the script of the first episode...
http://www.theitcrowd.co.uk/script/



happy holidays!

james

listening comprehension

listening comprehension games...

songs and youtube videos.... with some interactive gapfills!

I particularly like Don McLean's "Vincent" there's a "gap fill" game to play to see if you understand!
(Patricia might like it too....)
james

"Sometimes, you will have to jump back to stop the video if it’s too fast for your writing - and we advise you to watch the video!

Warning - close one video before opening the next!"

TED.com - Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks | dotSUB

TED.com - Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks | dotSUB:

"Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks"


Games people play.... with Wii Remotes!

This TED talk has subtitles!

see you tomorrow, james

interesting or lame?

Deirdre’s phone call

Highlights and vocabulary

What is the most British:
The Queen has been on the throne a long time. The Royal family is very British.
Fish and chips, though a survey showed that most British people prefer very spicy curry.
The climate is becoming more French or Continental. England has a unique climate system.

The pace of life is quick/fast/commercial.

In London, she likes the art, theatre and food.
Her stepson is half French.

She’s involved in a choir. She goes to the gym. She’s part of the Lion’s Club.

She eats porridge, made of oats or a fruit smoothie.

I don’t like beer, but I like Guinness, it’s not beer, it’s a stout.

A tea break at 4pm.

She goes to a capital city each year. Perhaps, she’ll come to Paris for a romantic weekend.

The City of London is the financial center of London. Her building is close to Lloyds. You would know it, because it has all the piping on the outside.

She’s an accounts manager for a company who deals with outsourcing to manage insurance companies’ back offices. We run their back office for them. We have operations in India and France and Germany, so we’re quite widespread. I don’t travel; I stick to the City of London. I thrive on having plenty to do. I try to insure that a particular relationship remains stable.

IE Global: Freeze Events in London and Toronto at Improv Everywhere

IE Global: Freeze Events in London and Toronto at Improv Everywhere

here is London! frozen for just 5 minutes....

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere:

a quick return to NYC

"On a cold Saturday in New York City, the world’s largest train station came to a sudden halt. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station. Over 500,000 people rush through Grand Central every day, but today, things slowed down just a bit as commuters and tourists alike stopped to notice what was happening around them. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos."

Doodle: our TGIF intensives

Doodle: our TGIF intensives

here is the doodle.ch site that will help us plan our sessions... please go to the site and edit your entry so we know who'll be there...

next session is Feb 19th.... depending on the numbers we'll either do a full day or a half day...

see you then..

YouTube - Friends - Going to London

YouTube - Friends - Going to London

sorry that some of our friends aren't making it on our trip to London tomorrow! hopefully you'll be there for the second leg of our trip!

james

Di_and_Ralph.jpg (JPEG Image, 1016x677 pixels)

Di_and_Ralph.jpg (JPEG Image, 1016x677 pixels)

Pearly Kings and Queens
wikipedia...
(feminine form Pearly Queen) is a person dressed in a traditional cockney costume covered in mother-of-pearl buttons. These costumes were treasured heirlooms, hand made and sometime representing much of a family's material worth.

Traffic's Pearly Queen on YouTube

Weekend in Hollywood - The New York Times > Travel > Slide Show > Slide 15 of 15

Weekend in Hollywood - The New York Times > Travel > Slide Show > Slide 15 of 15 Lots of cool pics of the inside of Hollywood.

Marjorie Valbrun - Will They Play the Race Card? - washingtonpost.com

Marjorie Valbrun - Will They Play the Race Card? - washingtonpost.com The article we discussed about Hillary's views on race...

the dhlovelife show | exploring inspirational and cutting-edge developments in green culture and lifestyle

the dhlovelife show | exploring inspirational and cutting-edge developments in green culture and lifestyle We watched Weeks 9, 10 and 12 on the South Central Farm. There are lots of other great podcasts from Darryl Hannah here.

US political debates -- video & interactive transcripts

Politics on the Internet! Who will be the next president of the US? Judge for yourself...

Also... how online media is different from the traditional print media.
comments??
happy new year.

class next Tuesday Jan 15 9:30 -- 17:00


james


Republican Debate in New Hampshire Jan 5th, 2008 - The New York Times

Democratic Debate in New Hampshire

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Video and interactive transcripts!

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Republican Debate: December 12th -- Iowa

Democratic Debate December 13th, Iowa

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Republican Debate November 28th

Democratic Debate November 15th