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I think my favorite-ever such example was getting hired by Saint Mary's College in Moraga, run by Christian Brothers, and still a very "religious" school. They showed me the office I'd be using, one vacated by a professor on sabbatical.
As I opened the desk to put things away, I found a half-empty fifth of Jim Beam in the lower right drawer.
It just made me laugh.
(Even better was that our Christmas gift was a bottle of Christian Brothers brandy.)
I went to a Christian Brothers high school. I could totally see that happening.
When I worked at a bank, I heard a great story from an estate lawyer who had come for the contents of somebody's safe deposit box:
There was an old man who came into the bank every day and asked to access his safe deposit box and use the privacy room. No one ever knew what was in it. When he died, they opened it and found only a half empty bottle of bourbon and a glass. It was how he could get his drink without his wife finding out.
Christian brothers sounds like a nutty place. And not in the good way.
Unlike my nudity, which is always good. Almost.
Wait a minute. Do Freehold DM and Celestial Healer both live around my parts?Wrong coast. :)
definitely.
i finally got the book i ordered through interlibraryloan but now my adhd wants me to focus on magic the gathering things.
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Unlike my nudity, which is always good. Almost.
i approve.
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What the devil did I just watch? I got back to my apartment, and three fire trucks come whipping into the street with lights and sirens. Firefighters rush into the apartment building across the street with masks, air bottles, crowbars, and axes. Then two fire department command SUVs show up and people with authority start talking into radios. Then the cops show up with at least two cruisers (might have been a third), all with lights and sirens. Cops go into the building. Then a couple firefighters lug a ten foot ladder into the building. In all of this activity, there is no smoke, and no yelling or any sort of unisual activity other than the cops and firefighters. After about fifteen minutes, everybody packs up and leaves. Firefighters didn't remove anybody from the building, cops didn't arrest anybody, no ambulances were ever summoned.
either a false alarm or someone stuck in something.
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LOL. I can't tell you how ticked off my friends get that I'm not on Facebook.
"How can you not know I'm pregnant! It's been on Facebook for like, two months!"
"I don't do Facebook."
<Knowing, "Oh.">One of these days I'm going to get a kind pat on the head and a, "That's OK, Grandpa. I know technology is hard for you elderly people..."
Yeah I have to keep reminding my parents that I don't have a Facebook whenever they're on about this or that latest discussion.
Most of it's involving people at church who I'm not particularly close to otherwise, so I kind of get the impression I'm not missing a lot.
But yeah, about once a month or so there's a familiar "how did you not know about X" "was it on Facebook?" "Yes, that's... oh right you don't have Facebook" conversation.
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LOL. I can't tell you how ticked off my friends get that I'm not on Facebook.
"How can you not know I'm pregnant! It's been on Facebook for like, two months!"
"I don't do Facebook."
<Knowing, "Oh.">One of these days I'm going to get a kind pat on the head and a, "That's OK, Grandpa. I know technology is hard for you elderly people..."
Yeah I have to keep reminding my parents that I don't have a Facebook whenever they're on about this or that latest discussion.
Most of it's involving people at church who I'm not particularly close to otherwise, so I kind of get the impression I'm not missing a lot.
But yeah, about once a month or so there's a familiar "how did you not know about X" "was it on Facebook?" "Yes, that's... oh right you don't have Facebook" conversation.
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LOL. I can't tell you how ticked off my friends get that I'm not on Facebook.
"How can you not know I'm pregnant! It's been on Facebook for like, two months!"
"I don't do Facebook."
<Knowing, "Oh.">One of these days I'm going to get a kind pat on the head and a, "That's OK, Grandpa. I know technology is hard for you elderly people..."
Yeah I have to keep reminding my parents that I don't have a Facebook whenever they're on about this or that latest discussion.
Most of it's involving people at church who I'm not particularly close to otherwise, so I kind of get the impression I'm not missing a lot.
But yeah, about once a month or so there's a familiar "how did you not know about X" "was it on Facebook?" "Yes, that's... oh right you don't have Facebook" conversation.
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Good seeing you again, Orthis! Been a while!
Just for information, it actually looks like tonight and tomorrow my gut be "the worst part" - at least for pain and side-effects. (Also, insurance. Dang it, guys, the kid totaled a man's car: 8k isnt going to get one that nice. )
Regardless, it's nice being "here" again. And it does sound like a cool year.
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Rosita: Left is right, right is wrong
Lies and slander. Dogs and cats living together. MASS HYSTERIA.
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Rosita: Left is right, right is wrongLies and slander. Dogs and cats living together. MASS HYSTERIA.
THAT explains so much! ~looks at the 7 cats and three dogs living peacefully together in the same house~
Most recent theme songI like it!
The Menzingers and Tigers Jaw are literally the only two good things to ever come out of Scranton, PA.
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Did I mention that not being able to log in with the phone makes even lurking hard. :(
I've found Lynora's favourite historian on Twitter. ;)
[Luke Skywalker]Who is she? She's beautiful! [/Luke Skywalker]
Rosita: Left is right, right is wrongLies and slander. Dogs and cats living together. MASS HYSTERIA.
I always heard it as East is Least, West is Best
I always heard it as East is Least, West is BestRosita: Left is right, right is wrongLies and slander. Dogs and cats living together. MASS HYSTERIA.
All my friends back east keep asking, "What have you done with your life?"
Well my niece is mad, she is in cheerleading but a richer girl's family cut a deal to guarantee her a varsity spot, that means my niece is stuck on junior varsity this year. It's so much drama since the varsity girls want my niece on the team, but there is only one slot left...
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Boo!! >=(
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Well my niece is mad, she is in cheerleading but a richer girl's family cut a deal to guarantee her a varsity spot, that means my niece is stuck on junior varsity this year. It's so much drama since the varsity girls want my niece on the team, but there is only one slot left...
I see a house...covered in toilet paper...and eggs.
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Save Aranna's niece, save the world
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I went to a Christian Brothers high school. I could totally see that happening.One of my favorite (if offensive) quotes of all time came from a Christian Brother.
My high school Latin teacher was one of the brothers. He was a soft-spoken, incredibly sweet old man, who harbored an intense devotion to the music of Def Leppard. He also had a spontaneously violent temper, which once resulted in him throwing a desk out a second story window. They couldn't fire him, so they just relocated his classroom to the basement,
One of my favorite teachers. I miss that guy.
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I've never heard anyone refer to it as an art before, or anything other than a science. Other than casual terms like "hobby" or "field".if you major in anthropology at uconn it's a bachelor of arts.
so it is considered an art in that sense.
Social science fields all grant BAs. History, economics, philosophy, religion... I'm not sure the origin of the Bachelor of Arts terminology, but I know it does not relate to arts as we usually define them.
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I had to go into work today, same as I did last Sunday, as well as having to stay late for most of this week, all of which does suck like a champ, but at the same time, overtime means overtime pay, and overtime means MONEY FOR SWORDS! AND BOOKS!
Strongly considering a sidesword, since I've been looking into Renaissance sword & buckler a lot recently, but don't know whether to get a steel one or a nylon one that I can actually belt my friends with. Choices, choices.
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Social science fields all grant BAs. History, economics, philosophy, religion... I'm not sure the origin of the Bachelor of Arts terminology, but I know it does not relate to arts as we usually define them.I've never heard anyone refer to it as an art before, or anything other than a science. Other than casual terms like "hobby" or "field".if you major in anthropology at uconn it's a bachelor of arts.
so it is considered an art in that sense.
I have a "Bachelor of Arts" in Physics from U.C. Berkeley.
Darned artsy-fartsy schools!
(The point being that it's really pretty random what each school chooses to call its degrees. A "Bachelor of Science" usually indicates a bit more long-spanning work, such as a thesis paper or some field work, but my wife has a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology without doing anything more than I did in Physics at Berkeley, so there you go...)
I went to college, once.
Got busted for smoking pot with my future wife and some friends, it wasn't mine but I took the fall anyway, I was told never to come back.
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"Shields only protect you from the front, so make sure your shield is facing the enemy."
Thanks, Dragon Age: Inquisition. I never would have known that, otherwise.
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Well, I won't get all dark and depressing again, but today was one of those moments where you are proud to be a father.
My kids came across like champs, comforting their grandpa, telling him how much they loved him, and not batting an eye at the shape he was in.
They saw the man, not the body, and sat there holding his hand, hugging him, crying openly, and just making him know how much they loved him and how much they'd miss him. But in a way that he knew they were going to be OK even after he was gone.
I am so frickin' over-the-top proud of my boys I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs.
Terribly sad day, turned into a great day, by two incredible kids.
And they happen to be mine!
Wooooot!
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I remember when I first got financial aid independence. It was kinda weird how that and residency worked out. I was born and raised in California, but after high school my parents moved to Colorado and I went with them. After I few years, I went to a Job Corps center in Montana. While I was there, I tried to apply to universities in California, but didn't meet the admissions criteria. I didn't meet the criteria in Montana, either, but the University of Montana gave me a chance on the back of high ACT scores and my time at Job Corps. Problem is I couldn't get in state tuition, because my parents lived in Colorado and I lived on federal property. Colorado wasn't going to give me in state tuition because I had Montana ID and voter registration. In California, though, there is a law stating that people who go to a California high school three or more years and get a high school diploma or GED in California are qualified to pay in state tuition and receive state financial aid regardless of residency status. This is meant to allow undocumented immigrants to go to school, but there is nothing excluding US citizens such as myself from using the law. Since I spent all of high school in California and graduated, I was able to move in with my grandmother (who lives within three miles of the best community college in the state), enroll in said community college, and get in state tuition and state financial aid. They also ruled me independent for the purposes of state financial aid, because my parents lived in Colorado and weren't supporting me financially. I was still dependent for federal financial aid until I turned 24, though. Best part? State financial aid paid off tuition, then federal financial aid took care of everything else handily and got me an on campus job on top of that. I didn't pay a cent for two years of community college and an associate's degree, and I transferred to that California State University that refused to let my apply when I lived in Montana because I didn't meet the admissions criteria.
And people wonder why I want to stay in California for my career.
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I remember when I first got financial aid independence. It was kinda weird how that and residency worked out. I was born and raised in California, but after high school my parents moved to Colorado and I went with them. After I few years, I went to a Job Corps center in Montana. While I was there, I tried to apply to universities in California, but didn't meet the admissions criteria. I didn't meet the criteria in Montana, either, but the University of Montana gave me a chance on the back of high ACT scores and my time at Job Corps. Problem is I couldn't get in state tuition, because my parents lived in Colorado and I lived on federal property. Colorado wasn't going to give me in state tuition because I had Montana ID and voter registration. In California, though, there is a law stating that people who go to a California high school three or more years and get a high school diploma or GED in California are qualified to pay in state tuition and receive state financial aid regardless of residency status. This is meant to allow undocumented immigrants to go to school, but there is nothing excluding US citizens such as myself from using the law. Since I spent all of high school in California and graduated, I was able to move in with my grandmother (who lives within three miles of the best community college in the state), enroll in said community college, and get in state tuition and state financial aid. They also ruled me independent for the purposes of state financial aid, because my parents lived in Colorado and weren't supporting me financially. I was still dependent for federal financial aid until I turned 24, though. Best part? State financial aid paid off tuition, then federal financial aid took care of everything else handily and got me an on campus job on top of that. I didn't pay a cent for two years of community college and an associate's degree, and I transferred to that California State...
wow
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Well, I won't get all dark and depressing again, but today was one of those moments where you are proud to be a father.
My kids came across like champs, comforting their grandpa, telling him how much they loved him, and not batting an eye at the shape he was in.
They saw the man, not the body, and sat there holding his hand, hugging him, crying openly, and just making him know how much they loved him and how much they'd miss him. But in a way that he knew they were going to be OK even after he was gone.
I am so frickin' over-the-top proud of my boys I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs.
Terribly sad day, turned into a great day, by two incredible kids.
And they happen to be mine!
Wooooot!
good to hear.
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Social science fields all grant BAs. History, economics, philosophy, religion... I'm not sure the origin of the Bachelor of Arts terminology, but I know it does not relate to arts as we usually define them.I've never heard anyone refer to it as an art before, or anything other than a science. Other than casual terms like "hobby" or "field".if you major in anthropology at uconn it's a bachelor of arts.
so it is considered an art in that sense.
You got master of arts for mastering the seven liberal arts. Liberal as in suitable for a free man, not liberal in sense of opposition to conservative.
Back from a BBQ with friends.
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There was also another group of friends going for a bonfire, but I decided that comfort of one friend's house and a transport back by another is better than sitting near a local forest in dirt and without toilet.
Also, I was the oldest person present (by some 5 years) and yet it was the others that were complaining on their health the most (complaining on health issues of various sorts is a traditional topic for small talk here in Poland), with a multiple person point at one time or another that we are falling into the stereotype of Polish social meeting.
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Never ask a Pole "how are you?"
Not unless you are ready to hear about health, economic, family, or other issues.
We treat that question seriously.
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Never ask a Pole "how are you?"
Not unless you are ready to hear about health, economic, family, or other issues.
We treat that question seriously.
i thought I waas the only one.
I remember when I first got financial aid independence. It was kinda weird how that and residency worked out. I was born and raised in California, but after high school my parents moved to Colorado and I went with them. After I few years, I went to a Job Corps center in Montana. While I was there, I tried to apply to universities in California, but didn't meet the admissions criteria. I didn't meet the criteria in Montana, either, but the University of Montana gave me a chance on the back of high ACT scores and my time at Job Corps. Problem is I couldn't get in state tuition, because my parents lived in Colorado and I lived on federal property. Colorado wasn't going to give me in state tuition because I had Montana ID and voter registration. In California, though, there is a law stating that people who go to a California high school three or more years and get a high school diploma or GED in California are qualified to pay in state tuition and receive state financial aid regardless of residency status. This is meant to allow undocumented immigrants to go to school, but there is nothing excluding US citizens such as myself from using the law. Since I spent all of high school in California and graduated, I was able to move in with my grandmother (who lives within three miles of the best community college in the state), enroll in said community college, and get in state tuition and state financial aid. They also ruled me independent for the purposes of state financial aid, because my parents lived in Colorado and weren't supporting me financially. I was still dependent for federal financial aid until I turned 24, though. Best part? State financial aid paid off tuition, then federal financial aid took care of everything else handily and got me an on campus job on top of that. I didn't pay a cent for two years of community college and an associate's degree, and I transferred to that California State University that refused to let my apply when I lived in Montana because I didn't meet the admissions criteria.
o: wow!
I remember when I first got financial aid independence. It was kinda weird how that and residency worked out. I was born and raised in California, but after high school my parents moved to Colorado and I went with them. After I few years, I went to a Job Corps center in Montana. While I was there, I tried to apply to universities in California, but didn't meet the admissions criteria. I didn't meet the criteria in Montana, either, but the University of Montana gave me a chance on the back of high ACT scores and my time at Job Corps. Problem is I couldn't get in state tuition, because my parents lived in Colorado and I lived on federal property. Colorado wasn't going to give me in state tuition because I had Montana ID and voter registration. In California, though, there is a law stating that people who go to a California high school three or more years and get a high school diploma or GED in California are qualified to pay in state tuition and receive state financial aid regardless of residency status. This is meant to allow undocumented immigrants to go to school, but there is nothing excluding US citizens such as myself from using the law. Since I spent all of high school in California and graduated, I was able to move in with my grandmother (who lives within three miles of the best community college in the state), enroll in said community college, and get in state tuition and state financial aid. They also ruled me independent for the purposes of state financial aid, because my parents lived in Colorado and weren't supporting me financially. I was still dependent for federal financial aid until I turned 24, though. Best part? State financial aid paid off tuition, then federal financial aid took care of everything else handily and got me an on campus job on top of that. I didn't pay a cent for two years of community college and an associate's degree, and I transferred to that California State...
Sweet!!!
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reasons to spend "more than 5 minutes on wikipedia": finding ways to add depth to your story world and characters, even if your story isn't intended to be authentic to a particular historical period or culture and you don't intend on actively using all your research. I have never heard of a case where genuine research made a story worse.
tying my hair in an elastic band was a terrible idea.
I remember when I first got financial aid independence. It was kinda weird how that and residency worked out. I was born and raised in California, but after high school my parents moved to Colorado and I went with them. After I few years, I went to a Job Corps center in Montana. While I was there, I tried to apply to universities in California, but didn't meet the admissions criteria. I didn't meet the criteria in Montana, either, but the University of Montana gave me a chance on the back of high ACT scores and my time at Job Corps. Problem is I couldn't get in state tuition, because my parents lived in Colorado and I lived on federal property. Colorado wasn't going to give me in state tuition because I had Montana ID and voter registration. In California, though, there is a law stating that people who go to a California high school three or more years and get a high school diploma or GED in California are qualified to pay in state tuition and receive state financial aid regardless of residency status. This is meant to allow undocumented immigrants to go to school, but there is nothing excluding US citizens such as myself from using the law. Since I spent all of high school in California and graduated, I was able to move in with my grandmother (who lives within three miles of the best community college in the state), enroll in said community college, and get in state tuition and state financial aid. They also ruled me independent for the purposes of state financial aid, because my parents lived in Colorado and weren't supporting me financially. I was still dependent for federal financial aid until I turned 24, though. Best part? State financial aid paid off tuition, then federal financial aid took care of everything else handily and got me an on campus job on top of that. I didn't pay a cent for two years of community college and an associate's degree, and I transferred to that California State...
Wait... It's already two years since you left Job Corps?! How that time flies...
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tying my hair in an elastic band was a terrible idea.
Non covered elastic band? Because that's always a bad idea. Almost always ends in pain. Covered elastic bands aren't usually so bad.
Liberal as in suitable for a free man, not liberal in sense of opposition to conservative.
about to share political fun fact but remembers that fawtl is a politics-free zone
tying my hair in an elastic band was a terrible idea.Non covered elastic band? Because that's always a bad idea. Almost always ends in pain. Covered elastic bands aren't usually so bad.
it was an uncovered elastic band and yes, removing it was a slow and painful process.
but at least it kept my hair tied.
my hair is a feral beast that refuses to be tamed, preferring to fly free in the wind.
discovered the best way to style my hair
1. swing my head forward, letting my hair fly forward in an arc, in one mass.
2. swing my head back, letting my hair fly back in one mass.
that's it. that's how you do it. done properly I look majestic.
(btw this best works with long hair that likes to hang downward in a loose fashion.)
Watching first episode of Fargo
Kudos to whoever cast the show, they really nailed it!
Seriously f%+~ed up show!
Yeah I'm done with that show! Man is it gruesome!