I just wrote a rather insightful post on my myspace blog. Since it is intended for a myspace audience, I'll just direct you over there rather than copying it here.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Data Entry Specialist
Yesterday I got "fitted" for my cap and gown. I put "fitted" in quotation marks because the only question they ask you is how tall you are. Comforting. Gowns are now one-size-fits-all pieces of silky fabric. Graduation gowns are like higher-class ponchos that are only useful for one day. I think that schools should lessen the pomp in graduation ceremonies and give graduating students authentic, colorful ponchos that might actually be of some use after commencement. Imagine a ceremony where the esteemed scholars look a little less like esteemed scholers and a little more like a crowd of vacant-minded wanderers at a flea market.
They didn't even bother to take my cap size, so I guess they're taking advantage of the magic of elastic bands. This means that 50% of the graduates will be comfortable during the ceremony, and 50% will feel their heart beating at their temples for 45 minutes. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, maybe I have the ideal collegiate head.
Etamology of the word "Tidal." Al was the god of keeping the water at a particular point. When Jupiter tied Al up for attempted theft of Mercury's winged sandles, they began to change. Thus, tidal patterns.
They didn't even bother to take my cap size, so I guess they're taking advantage of the magic of elastic bands. This means that 50% of the graduates will be comfortable during the ceremony, and 50% will feel their heart beating at their temples for 45 minutes. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, maybe I have the ideal collegiate head.
Etamology of the word "Tidal." Al was the god of keeping the water at a particular point. When Jupiter tied Al up for attempted theft of Mercury's winged sandles, they began to change. Thus, tidal patterns.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Sobriety Test for School
When in the seat of a nation...
So, I was on my way to D.C. a few days ago (awesome trip, btw) and I get a call from my friend Matt while I'm still on the train.
"Dude, I've got to tell you what happened to me this afternoon because its too funny," he said.
"Ok," I said, "go for it."
"Ok, I went to McDonalds at work today to pick some food for Boone and the funny thing about the McDonald's drive through in Benson is that if you tune it to 101.5, you can hear the conversations between the person taking the order and the customer."
"Wait," I said, "So you can just tune in a listen to what they're saying?"
"Yeah"
"How did you figure this out?" I asked.
"Oh, I've known about it for years," he said, "sometimes it comes through so clear you can hear what other people are saying inside the McDonalds.
"Wow, that's special."
"Yeah," he continued, "so I was in line and I hear this black dude come on to place his order and he does it just like this: (yelling) I want a double cheeseburger, no pickles, no onions - this is how it's goin' down!"
I laughed
"Yeah, man," he said, "he did NOT want his order wrong."
...
I don't think print does this story justice, but trust me, it was funny.
Silk worms are the most glamorous of all the worms.
So, I was on my way to D.C. a few days ago (awesome trip, btw) and I get a call from my friend Matt while I'm still on the train.
"Dude, I've got to tell you what happened to me this afternoon because its too funny," he said.
"Ok," I said, "go for it."
"Ok, I went to McDonalds at work today to pick some food for Boone and the funny thing about the McDonald's drive through in Benson is that if you tune it to 101.5, you can hear the conversations between the person taking the order and the customer."
"Wait," I said, "So you can just tune in a listen to what they're saying?"
"Yeah"
"How did you figure this out?" I asked.
"Oh, I've known about it for years," he said, "sometimes it comes through so clear you can hear what other people are saying inside the McDonalds.
"Wow, that's special."
"Yeah," he continued, "so I was in line and I hear this black dude come on to place his order and he does it just like this: (yelling) I want a double cheeseburger, no pickles, no onions - this is how it's goin' down!"
I laughed
"Yeah, man," he said, "he did NOT want his order wrong."
...
I don't think print does this story justice, but trust me, it was funny.
Silk worms are the most glamorous of all the worms.
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