When I was in 7th grade we got a brand new school (Kerri, remember this?) and a new librarian, who INSISTED that his title was "Media Specialist."
Psh. Media Shmedia.
What kind of "media" did we even have back then? Books, reel to reel movies, and cassette tapes? Hardly enough to be a specialist in. Dewey Decimal Specialist was more like it.
But maybe that guy saw the future tidalwave of electronic information and entertainment and was ahead of his time by a couple of decades.
These days, media has taken over our lives, especially the electronic kind. TV's, computers, ipods, ipads, PDA's, wii's (ok maybe that's not technically media), phones.....along with all the chargers, remotes, handhelds and cords to keep them working. This on top of the printed materials we still use. Talk about a media circus!
Today's Small Thing is to straighten up the media circus in your house. Return phones to their bases, wrap up loose cords, tuck chargers away, put DVD's into their cases and put cases where they belong. Tame the XBox/Gaming devices. And don't forget the "traditional" media: books, newspapers and magazines. You might want to get the clowns in your house to help you out, even though you'll have to crack the whip a few times to get them to perform.
POINTS: 60 for closing the curtain on the media circus at your house.
