Tag--you're it!

Hi everybody,

For this assignment, something easy--we're going to play the blog version of "tag."

Here's how it works: for Monday, I've asked you to read two essays: Understanding Star Wars and Celebrities Who Arent Really Celebrities. Each article contains words or references that you might find unfamiliar or challenging. For your blog assignment, you will be given a word or reference by the previous poster in the blog. You are to describe or define that word or reference as completely as you can. Then you are to leave another word or reference for the next person who posts on the blog.

For example: let's say I log into the blog, and the person before me asks, "Who is Frances Ford Coppala?" (Coppala's name is mentioned in the fourth paragraph on page 329 in the Understanding Star Wars essay.) I would write, "Frances Ford Coppola is a noted American film director whose works include such famous films as The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now. Then, to complete my entry, I would post, "What was Ronald Regan's Strategic Defense Initiative?" (it's mentioned on page 328 of the Understanding Star Wars article) The next person would answer that question, and then leave a question of his or her own, and so forth.

Got it? OK the, I'll start. What was Ronald Regan's Strategic Defense Initiative?

Have fun!