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Yeah, but when you're really stupid, it's fun. (I am always entertained)

I am sensing some outrage.

For one thing, they speak Chinese. FUCK! I just lost some of my Dr. Pepper thru my nose!

That is a great step back into my childhood. Look at the girls behaving themselves in the kitchen and everything!

Good call.

Are you asking my permission? Um, yeah, it is okay to get racist, sexist, small minded at any age. In America, you are still allowed to believe what you want.

Stop fucking up the formatting goddamit.

I went to the same school, and you could get out in 4 years with an engineering degree, but only if everything went to spec. Fail a class, decide you want a minor, decide to do something out of order, or an extended internship and it almost immediately added either a semester or year. On the flip side Mrs. Selkirk came out in 4 years with BA's in Poli. Sci. and Philosophy and a minor in French mostly because she'd damn smart, but partially because a great deal of her coursework did double duty. I did it in four. But I attended summer school every year and too 23 credits my last semester (and got a 3.8 that semester; but I lost 15 lbs). If desperate enough, you'll do anything. And baby, I was desperate. Waiting tables and working as a CNA kept me on track--I knew I couldn't do that shit the rest of my life.

I don't know any men who don't get more conservative with age. Heston never backed down from his beliefs, even as they changed. I know everyone loves to expect people to always stand for the same things their whole lives, but people just aren't like that. They change over time. One thing that didn't change about him is that he always spoke clearly about what he thought was right. I don't know many people like that.

Even if we were all "individuals" then being individual would be typical.

last month I had a little medical issue that scared me, but not enough to go to the emergency room. I just went to my doc's office first thing in the morning so I was there when they opened up. I told them what was up and that I had to see her today. She made time for me--saw me before her first patient b/c I was there before the first appt. Doctors are people and they really do care about you. They'll do whatever they can to help you. If you have one that doesn't, change doctors and find one who does.

That totally sucks! Sorry to hear it. Because he worked for the fire dept, he has excellent insurance, yes? Hope all works out for him.

Me too. Which is why I think it is possible to just hang in there and wait out the crappy times at work. Changing your setting won't change your mood that much for that long. Want to really change things? Change your perception. Of course, sometimes work just sucks.

BZN used to be awesome and I loved living there. Now it sucks. Don't bother moving there if you are looking for the MT lifestyle. Bad vibe. What job market are you in? The question is too broad to address and the markets are different in different areas of the state. Also, why do you want to move to MT? I can suggest different parts of the state depending on what you are looking for.

The guy is a one-stop horror shop. The fact that he is supported by Republicans is proof of desperation. They can do a lot better than that and have better to offer than him. Those lobbyists must be earning their pay.

Youth is not only a number. It is, however, refreshing to listen to and always a fun trip down memory lane.

I totally support lawful demonstrations against China. I commend people who have the guts to stand up for human rights issues.

If you can't tell the difference, then who can?

Ah, the voice of youth. All that shit changes when you have people depending on you for food and housing.

OK, so Delillo is easy...better example: my senior seminar was on Ulysses by James Joyce...I think deciphering that piece of crap is akin to cloning DNA. tumescence, detumescence. The description of the path of the firwork in the middle gives visual representation to the allegory of the day described in the novel. Done.

i'm in a teacher's union and it isn't anathema to me to see higher pay for jobs that are actually harder to fill - that seems like straight market economics to me - if you wanna reduce my pay so you can pay a math teacher more though that will be pissing me off, as well as insinuating that what i teach (social studies) is less valuable that math/science in the grand scheme of things. Seems like that's what would have to happen eventually if supply and demand ever factored into teacher salaries. Maybe not straight off the bat, but when you are taking the funds out of the same pot - eventually someone with a BA in English is going to top out at a lower comp level, or get a smaller merit increase - and that money will be landing in the hands of the folks with the more valuable (in the strict economic sense) qualifications. Knowing what I do about the respective difficulties associated with securing a degree in the hard sciences, versus securing a degree in the humanities (did both), I think I'd be pissed off if the guy with the degree in English was making the same amount of money that I was. Is there even such a thing as a "weed-out" course in English programs? Seems like taking the money out of administrator pay, or cutting the number of administrator's would be a politically acceptable way to get beyond the "fairness" impasse.... All this "English Major" bashing is starting to piss me off...so of course you know now what I studied! There were PLENTY of "weed-out" courses...ever taken a course in Post-Modern American Poetry? A little Ezra Pound? Read much Thomas Pynchon or DeLillo? Writing critical theory abstracts?! Puh-lease! Though I will grant you that most of those were electives, not required, so I guess one could get an English degree without going taking courses like "Chaos Theory in Literature" like I did. My only point is, please stop bashing the English Majors! Some of them (like me) are really good at math/physics too!! I would agree with your point about administrators however... No bashing intended. However, the reality is that it'll take the average person far more time and effort to get a degree in the hard sciences or engineering than it will for them to get a degree in either the social sciences or the humanities. Funny, the university I attended had four year programs for both liberal arts degrees and science degrees.

Bach's Suite #1 for solo cello in G-Major, Preludium

He stood for many civil rights and never backed down. I think he is/was a quintessential American.

I think he's a kick in the pants. I love going to his presentations!

They need to hire a new marketing person as well; someone who can come up with something more clever than "DANGERMAN"