I wish I could, but I don’t have records of what they were. The books that contained the primary source material were the only ones that talked about the marketing ploy (as I recall, Griffith paid reporters to write stories about using real mobsters, etc.. and those same claims were on the movie posters, ads, and what…

Ha! Believe it or not, I’ve seen that thread! It reminded me of my story when I saw it then, as well :)

Please do! You would not be the first teacher I’ve told this story to that’s had this reaction. It’s a valuable lesson!

Agreed. It’s been 14 years since I was in that class, but I think about that assignment all the time. It’s a lesson that truly stuck with me.

This reminds me of my favorite story from college.

My favorite way to deal with these tiny amounts left of gift cards is to buy yourself Amazon gift cards with them. You can purchase digital Amazon gift cards in any amount, and if you have several gift cards with only a few bucks on them, they can total up to a pretty good sum applied to your Amazon account.

With the Wemo skill, Alexa can control bulbs now too.