Girl: What parts of the chapters do we need to read for the test?
Prof: All of them.
Girl: That's, like, 125 pages...
Prof: ...okay?
Girl: That would be alright if we didn't have other classes or anything.
Now, bear in mind that this is a senior level psychology course and she's had six weeks since the last exam to read those 125 pages.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
A Question of Inspiration
Is it a better thing to live an inspiring life, or a life inspired?
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
GO VOTE!
Seriously, step away from the internet and go vote. Unless you already voted. Don't vote twice. They frown on that.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
A Quick Civics Lesson
Good God, people. You don't trust politicians to have your best interests in mind, which is a completely founded belief, but you're willing to assume that large corporations, when given the choice between higher profits and a smaller American workforce or lower profits and a larger American workforce, are going to go with the latter?
Oh, and stop touting that third parties are the answer to all the country's ills. It's foolishness and shows an utter lack of education when it comes to American history. Both parties we have now, the ones who are the current monstrous purveyors of woe, were third parties once. Any party, given sufficient time and power, will become corrupt. Again, I cite empirical evidence.
If you really want to enact change, do research. Vote the issues. Just because the electoral college makes the presidential race all but a sham doesn't mean there aren't real, valid issues on the ballot. Get off your butts, do some research and vote. Then, after that, rather than coming online and bemoaning the state of the nation, go out and do something.
Fight for term limits on Congress. Take the subsidies from big business, not small farms. Fight for education reform, because that's the quickest and most effective way to both decrease welfare dependency AND revitalize the American economy. And finally, for the love of all that's holy, quit whining about taxes. We all need to pay them. If you want to do something about your tax burden, close the loopholes that allow the wealthy and large corporations to avoid theirs.
There is no shortage of good that can be done in this country, but to do it, we must exercise not just the rights and privileges we were given at its inception and since, but also the expectations laid upon us. That we will stand up for what's right. That liberty and equality are not up for debate. That we will struggle together, not against one another. Go out and be Americans, not just on election day, but every day. Read more!
Oh, and stop touting that third parties are the answer to all the country's ills. It's foolishness and shows an utter lack of education when it comes to American history. Both parties we have now, the ones who are the current monstrous purveyors of woe, were third parties once. Any party, given sufficient time and power, will become corrupt. Again, I cite empirical evidence.
If you really want to enact change, do research. Vote the issues. Just because the electoral college makes the presidential race all but a sham doesn't mean there aren't real, valid issues on the ballot. Get off your butts, do some research and vote. Then, after that, rather than coming online and bemoaning the state of the nation, go out and do something.
Fight for term limits on Congress. Take the subsidies from big business, not small farms. Fight for education reform, because that's the quickest and most effective way to both decrease welfare dependency AND revitalize the American economy. And finally, for the love of all that's holy, quit whining about taxes. We all need to pay them. If you want to do something about your tax burden, close the loopholes that allow the wealthy and large corporations to avoid theirs.
There is no shortage of good that can be done in this country, but to do it, we must exercise not just the rights and privileges we were given at its inception and since, but also the expectations laid upon us. That we will stand up for what's right. That liberty and equality are not up for debate. That we will struggle together, not against one another. Go out and be Americans, not just on election day, but every day. Read more!
A Thought: On Post-election Canadian Migration
So I've heard a lot of people lately claiming that, should that tax-increasingly, socialist Obama win the election, they're moving to Canada.
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Really? I feel like you may need to do a little bit of research there, folks. I'm just saying. Read more!
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Really? I feel like you may need to do a little bit of research there, folks. I'm just saying. Read more!
A Thought: On Kindness
Kindness is always a worthwhile endeavor.
It's easy to do a kindness for those who love us, those whom we love, those who have done us a good turn in the past, or those who would, if we needed it.
What's harder, though, is to exhibit kindness to those who have hurt us, to those we don't know, to those from whom we have no reason to expect it in return.
Don't do it to get praise, nor to get a favor owed, but because the world is made better for it.
Don't do it for the times when you may need it. Do it for the times when you needed it and didn't have it. Learn.
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It's easy to do a kindness for those who love us, those whom we love, those who have done us a good turn in the past, or those who would, if we needed it.
What's harder, though, is to exhibit kindness to those who have hurt us, to those we don't know, to those from whom we have no reason to expect it in return.
Don't do it to get praise, nor to get a favor owed, but because the world is made better for it.
Don't do it for the times when you may need it. Do it for the times when you needed it and didn't have it. Learn.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
A Thought: On the Reality of Ridiculousness
Far too many people allow the possibility of looking ridiculous keep them from doing some amazing things.
At the same time, far too few people let the reality of looking ridiculous stop them from doing some truly dumb things. Read more!
At the same time, far too few people let the reality of looking ridiculous stop them from doing some truly dumb things. Read more!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
A Thought: On the Rights of Others
Be very careful when protecting your rights that you are not violating the rights of others. There is a very fine line between assertiveness and aggression.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
NaNoWriMo: Prologue
So I may have signed up for NaNoWriMo this year. And I may need ideas for a novel. Right now, I'm thinking a supernatural teen romance about a love triangle between a mermaid, an angel and a table.
The table would be beautiful and smart and funny, but have one leg shorter than the others. The mermaid and the angel would love it more because of that flaw, though. Read more!
The table would be beautiful and smart and funny, but have one leg shorter than the others. The mermaid and the angel would love it more because of that flaw, though. Read more!
It's Halloween!
...and I'm sick as hell. I look forward to an internet full of scantily clad women and men doing stupid, stupid things to impress them.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Okay, people...
Yes. Disney bought Lucasfilm. Relax. Think about the things Lucasfilms has done in the last few years. Really think about them. Star Wars? Yeah. Indiana Jones? That happened, too.
Now...clap down on your knee to stop that jerk and think about what Disney's done. When was the last time you saw a shitty Pixar movie? Up? Toy Story 3, anyone? The Avengers...and all the related (good) Marvel movies of late?
So knock it off. Hating something because other people do is about as lame as liking something because other people think it's cool. Think. Then react. Read more!
Now...clap down on your knee to stop that jerk and think about what Disney's done. When was the last time you saw a shitty Pixar movie? Up? Toy Story 3, anyone? The Avengers...and all the related (good) Marvel movies of late?
So knock it off. Hating something because other people do is about as lame as liking something because other people think it's cool. Think. Then react. Read more!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Today's Grammar Lesson: Awww... and Awe
Today's grammar lesson: Awww... and Awe
Awww... - A colloquial phrase used to show affection or to draw attention to something which is sad and/or adorable
Awe - An overwhelming feeling of reverence, often touched with fear or respect, which, ironically, generally prevents such utterances as, "Awww.." Read more!
Awww... - A colloquial phrase used to show affection or to draw attention to something which is sad and/or adorable
Awe - An overwhelming feeling of reverence, often touched with fear or respect, which, ironically, generally prevents such utterances as, "Awww.." Read more!
A Thought: On the Benefits of a Long Week
Long weeks just mean you have more time to allocate to those things which make you happy, those people you love and all the things you keep meaning to do, but haven't yet.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
An Interesting Piece of Mail...
Since moving into the new neighborhood, by far the most affluent in which we've ever lived, we've gotten campaign flyers and such every day. It was nothing but annoying, until the other day. Now, I'd heard of this but have never had it happen to me before, until the other day, when we got this...
Dear Rhonda (the woman who lived here before us),
I am a fellow American who is very worried about out country and the future of our children. Please pray for our country. Our nation is in deep trouble and will not survive 4 more years like the last 4 years we have endured. Please vote for Mitt Romney for President and Jeff Landry for Congress!
A concerned American,
Olivia Nash
There was no return address, though I'm tempted to look her up and write her a letter in return asking her what, exactly, she has endured these last four years that was the result of the current administration, rather than the previous, how it will destroy the nation in only four more and what Mitt Romney and Jeff Landry will do to miraculously save us. This, right here, is the product of the politically divisive, fear tactics being employed in this country to control the ignorant populace. Yeesh. Read more!
Dear Rhonda (the woman who lived here before us),
I am a fellow American who is very worried about out country and the future of our children. Please pray for our country. Our nation is in deep trouble and will not survive 4 more years like the last 4 years we have endured. Please vote for Mitt Romney for President and Jeff Landry for Congress!
A concerned American,
Olivia Nash
There was no return address, though I'm tempted to look her up and write her a letter in return asking her what, exactly, she has endured these last four years that was the result of the current administration, rather than the previous, how it will destroy the nation in only four more and what Mitt Romney and Jeff Landry will do to miraculously save us. This, right here, is the product of the politically divisive, fear tactics being employed in this country to control the ignorant populace. Yeesh. Read more!
The Louisiana Goblins
This is a statute found outside the tourist center here in my hometown of Lafayette. I understand artistic license but...these are, what, goblins? Or it's really racist. Can't be sure.
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