Read this:
Cows
To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you. They are harmless, they look nice, they don't need a box to crap in, they keep the grass down, and they are so trusting and stupid that you can't help but lose your heart to them. Where I live in Yorkshire, there's a herd of cows down the lane. You can stand by the wall any hour of the day or night, and after a minute the cows will all waddle over and stand with you, much too stupid to know what to do next, but happy just to be with you. They will listen to your problems and never ask a thing in return. They will be your friends forever. And when you get tired of them, you can kill them and eat them. Perfect.
To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you. They are harmless, they look nice, they don't need a box to crap in, they keep the grass down, and they are so trusting and stupid that you can't help but lose your heart to them. Where I live in Yorkshire, there's a herd of cows down the lane. You can stand by the wall any hour of the day or night, and after a minute the cows will all waddle over and stand with you, much too stupid to know what to do next, but happy just to be with you. They will listen to your problems and never ask a thing in return. They will be your friends forever. And when you get tired of them, you can kill them and eat them. Perfect.
(Bill Bryson, Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe. William Morrow, 1992)
Follow my directions.
Writing that is clear, interesting, and easy to read is all about connections. Now you do Ex. 25.2 page 292 in Everyday Writer.
I hand out the assignment for the in-class assessment test on Tuesday next week.
A link to the reading "Getting It All Done" by Gareth Cook.
Read and annotate.
Homework:
1. You have a paper due Monday, Solo #3. Be sure to bring the gray assignment sheet to hand in with your paper and the hard copy of the article.
2. Daybook: One page of notes (2 columns, objective/ subjective?) OR hard copy of annotated article: on "Getting It All Done" by Gareth Cook.
2. TWFTD: fallacy in OED.
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