Today's Dippit!

Quote

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” 

Robert Frost

Joke

Two windmills are standing in a wind farm. One asks, “What’s your favorite kind of music?” The other says, “I’m a big metal fan.”

Fun Fact

The scientific name for Giant Anteater is Myrmecophaga Tridactyla. This means “ant eating with three fingers”.

Reading Fact

Reading fiction activates more brain areas than nonfiction.

History Fact

In 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men.

Movie/TV Trivia

Paul Schrader Wrote Taxi Driver in Two Weeks

Though it would quickly cruise its way into film history, the script for Taxi Driver came together in just a few days. As screenwriter Paul Schrader told The Hollywood Reporter, "I crashed at an ex-girlfriend's place, and I just wrote continuously. The first draft was maybe 60 pages, and I started the next draft immediately, and it took less than two weeks."

Movie/TV Quote

"The stuff that dreams are made of." - The Maltese Falcon, 1941

Conversation Starter

What is the best part about taking a selfie?

Writing Prompt

A man elbows your character in a crowd. After he is gone, she discovers her cell phone is too. She calls her own number, and the man answers. She explains that the cell phone has personal information on it and asks the man to send it back to her. He hangs up. Instead of going to the police, your character decides to take matters into her own hands...