Monday, December 21, 2009

Have a Merry Christmas!

The semester flew by! Have happy holidays and a great break. We will see students back on January 20, 2010. The library will be open regular hours starting on January 4th.


Answer to the last trivia question:

"White Christmas" by Bing Crosby is the top-selling single Christmas song of all time

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Reflection & Trivia

Reflection for the Day

"People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others." ~Marcel Proust

Trivia Question

What is the top selling Christmas single of all time?

Answer to previous trivia question:

American Ralph E. Morris invented Christmas lights

Friday, December 11, 2009

Enjoy the weekend

Wow - just one more week of classes! Enjoy your weekend.

Reflection for the Day

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother." ~Kahlil Gibran

Trivia Question

What did the American Ralph E. Morris invent? (Christmas related)

Answer to the previous trivia question:

Vixen (a female fox) is the only of Santa's reindeer named for another animal

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Could have had a snow day

but it rained instead! The surf here oceanside has been incrediable.

Reflection for the Day

"To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness." ~John Dewey

Trivia Question

What is the only Santa's reindeer that is named after another animal?

Answer to yesterday's trivia question:

Canada is the largest exporter of Christmas trees

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Reflection & Trivia

Reflection for the Day

"Choices are the hinges of destiny." ~Edwin Markham


Trivia Question

What country is the largest exporter of Christmas trees?


Answer to yesterday's trivia question:

Germany was the first country to use trees as Christmas decoration

Monday, December 7, 2009

Reflection & Trivia

Snow over the weekend! Now it's cold and feeling like Christmas time.

Reflection for the Day

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." ~W.T. Ellis

Trivia Question

What was the first country to use Christmas trees for the holiday?

Answer to Friday's trivia question:

Soccer balls were first used when basketball was invented

Friday, December 4, 2009

TGIF

Can't believe it is December already! It was 61 degrees out yesterday.

Reflection for the Day

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it." ~Henry David Thoreau

Trivia Question

When basketball was invented, what type of ball was used originally?

Answer to the previous question:

Uranus was the first planet to be discovered by telescope?