Tuesday, April 24, 2007

What do the movies 'Snakes On A Plane' and 'Herbie The Love Bug' Have In Common...?

Mentor YT has taken to playing a game we invented among the staff that we call 'Over 20'. The goal is to name 20 movie titles that have a certain theme in common. For example, name 20 movie TITLES that name a form of transportation in them. Snakes On A PLANE, RUNNING Scared, AIR FORCE ONE, etc., The only rules are you need 20 titles, you can't use the same phrasing twice (if you use Running Scared you can't use The Running Man but you could use On The Run) and the title has to NAME the thing you're looking for, not imply it (for transportation you couldn't use Around The World In 80 Days, for example).

We've started a few games we haven't been able to finish yet... it would be great to get some help in the comments section...

Movies that name cities in their titles

We've got: Chicago, Philadelphia, LA Story, Sleepless in Seattle, Escape from New York, Forget Paris, American Werewolf in London. (Need 13 more)

Movies that name something you can eat in their titles

We've got: Mystic Pizza, Good Burger, Home Fries, Chocolat. (Need a lot more)

And we're still working on the transportation one.

I'll post more lists as we try them...

Friday, April 13, 2007

Spanning the Globe (YT Style)

Several YT employees have gone on some amazing trips recently, and I have the video link to prove it! One employee took a trip to Ireland recently with her family, and compiled a mind-blowing video that she uploaded to YouTube. It really gives you a taste of how great an experience Ireland can be, and they did an amazing job soundtracking and editing it also. Definitely worth a look. The link is here:

Ireland Video

Another employee just returned from South Africa. While there's no video from the trip, I hope to get some pictures posted if she'll let me. She helped teach some classes of children there about English and reading comprehension in general, and the whole staff at YT Mentor was moved to read an e-mail she sent while she was there that was so honest and perceptive (another employee of ours made a copy of it to have her daughter read because she thought it might teach them something about life in the world). All I know is we are SOOO proud of her and the difference she was able to make both for some children there and the differences she was honest enough to sense happening in herself and share with us here. We're glad she went but even gladder to have her back!

While we're in travel mode, check out this video that has a cool new technique- a car with a camera mounted on it drives around Paris while GoogleMap simultaneously shows you where the car is driving! Enjoy... (and make sure to follow the instructions that accompany the video)

Paris + Google