“Papa, I have another theory.” “Excellent.” “Tom Riddle tells Harry a girl was killed the last time the Chamber of Secrets was open fifty years ago.” “Right.” “What if that girl was Moaning Myrtle?” “Good theory.”
No, she gets it from her mom. If I'm enjoying a mystery, I get caught up in the reading and don't examine the clues too much. I might have a light bulb moment, but not that often.
Your Beat 'em Ups! Give them to me! My daughter and I have played the hell out of X-Men on my PS3. I'm bored! She's not, she could blow up sentinels with Storm all day long. Are there other button-mashers out there that: -Have a playable female character (so Ninja Turtles are out) -Available on PS3 -Multiplayer I'm aware Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of Mystara comes out in June. Can't wait. But until then, I need something new since I can't listen to "Nothing stops the Blob!" again.
Rating the Marvel villains so far on a scale from Excelsior (good), to No-Prize (could be explained that they’re either good or bad), to Bullpen Floor (bad): Iron Monger: Excelsior Abomination: No-Prize Loki: Excelsior Red Skull: Excelsior Whiplash: Bullpen Floor Justin Hammer: Excelsior Loki again: Excelsior Mandarin: Excelsior Dark Elf what’s-his-name: Bullpen floor Hydra Conspiracy: Excelsior Ronan: Bullpen Floor Nebula: Excelsior Ultron: No-Prize Did I miss anyone?
How long 'til she gets confirmation?
ReplyDeleteNext chapter is Harry and Ron heading off to talk to the giant spiders, so we're close to the end.
ReplyDeleteYour kid is far better at this kind of guesswork than I was!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm terrible at mysteries.
ReplyDeletedoes she watch a lot of Scooby-Doo?
ReplyDeleteNo, she gets it from her mom. If I'm enjoying a mystery, I get caught up in the reading and don't examine the clues too much. I might have a light bulb moment, but not that often.
ReplyDeleteMaking quality inferences based on clues in the text. That is high level skill for 5th graders.
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