Homework - Due Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Early notice for this one because you've got some research to do!
The main assignment is to come up with your top 3 funniest sitcom episodes ever. Not your favorite necessarily, but the funniest. Cartoons are in scope, sketch comedy is out of scope.
For extra credit, if you needed to filibuster, what topic you could talk about ad-hoc for the longest amount of time? And don't think I won't call your bluff, so be prepared.
For extra extra credit - we've seen camels, zebras, and ostriches (ostrichi?) but what would be the BEST exotic animal race? Double bonus points for names for the animals in said race.
Things we'll know by the time we meet - is comet 3I/ATLAS actually aliens?
- https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-follow-the-trajectory-of-comet-3i-atlas/
- Live tracking of 3I/ATLAS
- Planetary.org
- https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/
- I would post a link to one of the various articles/posts I've seen claiming 3I/ATLAS is aliens but I honestly can't find a single one that is not incredibly sketchy, which makes this way less fun. So just pretend you just read an article about how the comet is exhibiting non-gravitational acceleration and then pretend like that is really important and meaningful. Oh and the comet didn't have a tail like it should because ALL COMETS HAVE TAILS. Except when they don't but look it also is changing colors, unless that is normal in which case it's NOT changing colors! NOW how do you feel about this comet alien craft?! Are we even still alive to discuss this?!
Let's JAM
Symphonic metal cover of power metal -> Epica - Sacred and Wild
Chill out -> Avi Kaplan - All is Well
For the Peacemaker fans:
See you on Thanksgiving Eve!