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Category Archives: Education
what education?
sitting in an overstuffed chair, pontificating about one’s preferred view of reality, suggesting that we are all philosophers, strikes me as an odd way to claim that you know what you are doing, let alone know who you are. yet, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life
Tagged character, college, compassion, debt, high school, Life, philosophy, student loans
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An Exhaustive Treatise On The Mating Habits Of The Ruby-Nosed Fricative
Piffle! The End.
Posted in Education, humor, Language, Life
Tagged dissertations, essays, humor, Language, Life, university
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the society for the prevention of hostility toward unabridged dictionaries
where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone long time a passin where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone long time ago where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone gone to dumpsters every one when will they ever learn? when will … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Dreams/Goals, Education, Fiction, High School, humor, Language, Life, Poetry, Scotland, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged bad poetry, book burnings, books, Language, librarians, libraries, Life, secrets, unabridged dictionaries, words
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An epidemic of maladjustment
The news makes me tired. Really. I read from line to line, looking for something positive, but no, it’s like a whirlwind of despair has struck the heart of America, and Europe, for that matter. Maybe it is different in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Dreams/Goals, Education, Health, Life, Men, Politics, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged America, culture, dangerous drugs, dangerous medicines, depression, doctors, epidemic, Europe, health, Life, meaning of life, men, mental health, purpose, suicide, women
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Polymers are our friends, polymers make us happy
I know nothing about polymers. Nothing. If I drove by a polymer on my way to work, I’d fail to recognize whether it existed in a solid, a liquid, or a gas. I wouldn’t even recognize its personality. To say … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Education, Food, humor, Language, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged America, black holes, drones, education, humor, Language, Life, math, McDoanlds, polymers, propaganda, psychology, science, Soviet Union
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My dog can read…why can’t yours?
I love government, sometimes they show us just how intelligent our pets are. I was minding my own business one day, bound for one of the most challenging hiking experiences in northeastern West Virginia, when I came upon this sign … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Education, Health, Hiking, humor, Language, Life, Politics, Teaching
Tagged dogs, education, government, health, literacy, psychology, reading, research, trail signs, trails
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another day
colored lights….must be Christmas…movie spotlight…a church band singing “Here I am to Worship”…”Go Tell It On The Mountain”…and an angel on stage…backpacks hugging corners and edges of the common corridors…a circle of children smiling and praying…jackets hanging on command post … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Education, Food, High School, Hobbits, Life, Morality, Poetry, Weather
Tagged America, Christianity, culture, food, God, high school, Life, music, poetry, relationships, West Virginia, worship
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Wanna you like?
Warning: A sense of humor may be dangerous to your health. may cause hiccups, nasal drainage, outbursts of socially unacceptable humor, barking farts, drooling, and other humor-induced secretions. Please use caution while laughing…. Spamland is a place where intriguing inboxes, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Dreams/Goals, Education, humor, Ireland, Language, Life, Scotland, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged computers, culture, email, humor, knowledge, Life, meaning of life, misplaced mail, purpose, relationships, Scotland, spam, women
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The holy cat
This is a story about a cat who sinned at Catholic school and remained unrepentant until he traveled home with my father. ‘Tis only after my grandmother poured holy water on his head that he so changed, that the cat … Continue reading
Baptizing the masses…in a clawfoot tub
When you’re in college, you do crazy things. You may ingest a half dozen donuts in half an hour, stay up 48 hours drinking motor-oil-flavored soda pop, or….baptize people in your bathtub. The latter occurred one night while I was … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Education, Food, humor, Life, Pentecostalism, Relationships
Tagged baptism, bathtubs, Christianity, college, culture, humor, meaning of life, men, Pentecostal, relationships
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