I'm glad I'm able to give up 30% of everything I work for so that I can do my part to support higher education. I'm appalled at the conditions these professors are forced to toil in. How can a society that purports to care, treat the most vulnerable and necessary people in our society this way. A society is judged by how it treats it's professors, and ours will be judged rather harshly I'm afraid.
Fat City | The Weekly Standard
Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sambo's burned down
We were driving down to the property last week and were stunned to see the old Sambo's restaurant had burned down. Apparently, it was caused by faulty electrical equipment in the early morning hours.
We're really going to miss the place, even though Sambo's had shutdown and been turned into Poppy's. There was nothing better than stopping by for $9.99, all you can eat ribs after canoeing all day.
Some of my favorite memories are of eating there with Mom and Pops on their visits, when they would stay at Henry Horton. I think the best one was when we were chowing down on a Saturday evening, when in walks a gal in her wedding dress. I guess she'd just gotten married and had to get some ribs before heading off on her honeymoon.
Goodbye fair Sambo's, we hardly knew ye!
We're really going to miss the place, even though Sambo's had shutdown and been turned into Poppy's. There was nothing better than stopping by for $9.99, all you can eat ribs after canoeing all day.
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Some of my favorite memories are of eating there with Mom and Pops on their visits, when they would stay at Henry Horton. I think the best one was when we were chowing down on a Saturday evening, when in walks a gal in her wedding dress. I guess she'd just gotten married and had to get some ribs before heading off on her honeymoon.
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Goodbye fair Sambo's, we hardly knew ye!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Pathfinder
Pathfinder by Orson Scott CardMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Awesome book. If you like OSC, you'll like this. I'm looking forward to the next one.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Lightning
Lightning by Dean KoontzMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
It was OK. Pretty typical Koontz though.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Crazy West Virginia Hillbilly - Jesco White
A couple nights ago I was browsing through the Netflix streaming movies in the documentary section and came across one called "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia"
I'm not sure what caught my eye about it, but something did, because I started it up, to play in the background while I was working.
A few minutes in, I heard them mention Jesco White, which caught my attention because it sparked a memory about a line from the Big and Rich song "Coming to Your City", in which one of the lines mentions that same name.
I'd always thought they were saying Jessica White and could never figure out who that was, but after watching this movie, I finally put two and two together. It's Jesco White that they're talking about. Now the line about "partying like real hill billies" makes a lot more sense.
I found a couple clips on YouTube that show Jesco in his younger years. The guy is a total maniac and probably has about 3 brain cells left with one on the critical list.
However, one thing about him, he just oozes charisma. You just can't stop watching him. It's understandable why all the country 'rebel' singers can't get enough of him.
I'm not sure what it is about these hillbillies that makes so many of them this way. I remember working with an Okie down in AZ that was the same way. The guy was a total train wreck. In and out of prison, always in trouble, always down on his luck, but somehow, just drew people like flies.
Maybe it's just the reckless lifestyle. People like the idea of freedom, but, thank goodness, usually don't want to pay the price.
I'm not sure what caught my eye about it, but something did, because I started it up, to play in the background while I was working.
A few minutes in, I heard them mention Jesco White, which caught my attention because it sparked a memory about a line from the Big and Rich song "Coming to Your City", in which one of the lines mentions that same name.
I'd always thought they were saying Jessica White and could never figure out who that was, but after watching this movie, I finally put two and two together. It's Jesco White that they're talking about. Now the line about "partying like real hill billies" makes a lot more sense.
I found a couple clips on YouTube that show Jesco in his younger years. The guy is a total maniac and probably has about 3 brain cells left with one on the critical list.
However, one thing about him, he just oozes charisma. You just can't stop watching him. It's understandable why all the country 'rebel' singers can't get enough of him.
I'm not sure what it is about these hillbillies that makes so many of them this way. I remember working with an Okie down in AZ that was the same way. The guy was a total train wreck. In and out of prison, always in trouble, always down on his luck, but somehow, just drew people like flies.
Maybe it's just the reckless lifestyle. People like the idea of freedom, but, thank goodness, usually don't want to pay the price.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I was reading this in an article today. It's exactly what I was saying a couple years ago about moral relativism i.e. people losing their moral certitude and not calling a "spade a spade". It also touches on what I've been saying about virtues being redefined.
It's not all bad news, to be sure. The elite minority's general acceptance of racial and sexual equality as important values has been a moral triumph. But not without costs. As part of this transformation, society has embraced what social scientist Charles Murray calls "ecumenical niceness." A core tenet of ecumenical niceness is that harsh judgments of the underclass — or people with underclass values — are forbidden. An added corollary: People with old-fashioned notions of decency are fair game.
Long before the rise of reality shows, ecumenical niceness created a moral vacuum. Out-of-wedlock birth was once a great shame; now it's something of a happy lifestyle choice. The cavalier use of profanity was once crude; now it's increasingly conversational. Self-discipline was once a virtue; now self-expression is king.
It's not all bad news, to be sure. The elite minority's general acceptance of racial and sexual equality as important values has been a moral triumph. But not without costs. As part of this transformation, society has embraced what social scientist Charles Murray calls "ecumenical niceness." A core tenet of ecumenical niceness is that harsh judgments of the underclass — or people with underclass values — are forbidden. An added corollary: People with old-fashioned notions of decency are fair game.
Long before the rise of reality shows, ecumenical niceness created a moral vacuum. Out-of-wedlock birth was once a great shame; now it's something of a happy lifestyle choice. The cavalier use of profanity was once crude; now it's increasingly conversational. Self-discipline was once a virtue; now self-expression is king.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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