A Tuesday's collection

My Mom forwarded this e-mail to me:

> Hi All,
>
> I've been enjoying this greatly and sharing it with my students: Last week
> Oprah Winfrey had an event in Chicago to launch her 24th season, and had a
> number of music artists perform. In advance of the event, with some level
> of secrecy, a choreographer taught a dance (to a Black Eyed Peas song) to
> around 20 dancers; using facebook and twitter, 800 volunteers came into
> dance studios in advance to learn the dance, and finally, taught to others
> on the day of the event. This was a surprise to Oprah! The scene is
> amazing--21,000 people dancing together... the opening alone is
> stunning--the entire crowd in stillness! with one lone woman near the
> stage dancing. She is shortly joined by 20 or so others, moving in
> counterpoint. Gradually, the rest of the audience joins in. There are
> many available videos, but the two below are my favorites"

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090908-tows-flash-mob-dance

I just thought it was really cool how so many people were able to learn the same choreography and perform it at the same location at the same time. What a project.

And in AP Lit we're reading catch-22 and I found the following quote worthy of sharing:

"It takes brains not to make money...Any fool can make money these days and most of them do. But what about people with talent and brains? Name, for example, one poet who makes money."

Would you rather be smart and talented or make money? hmm...