Amusing
Where every body knows your name
Ya, this is the guy with the bottle a week habit
Even more amusing when its a gun store.
Where every body knows your name
Ya, this is the guy with the bottle a week habit
Even more amusing when its a gun store.
Some folks just don't believe the conversations I get drawn into.
LW - "Apparently there is such a thing as an easy DNA extraction kit. It's like an ez bake oven for geeks!"
ME - "No, I'm going to just go out on a limb now and tell you no"
LW - "Awww thats not fair."
PH - "No house AI for me, No gene lab for you."
LW - "You have no appreciation for science"
PH - "Do you really want the house AI to have access to a gene lab?"
LW - "LOL Touche"
Bold the ones that are true for you.
The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home - Library for all the others
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18. (at a time? no)
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18 - My aunt was a teacher
Family vacations involved staying at hotels - What few we took
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them (instead of paying for college at all)
There was original art in your house when you were a child.
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
You had your own room as a child - Easy when your an only
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
Excerpt from a IM conversation, we were discussing a group of folks in NYC who pretend to be Jedi and practice Light Saber dueling.
Me: i mean ok i admit if someone had a class on light saber dueling I would take it but still
DS: If I had a light saber that'd mean I'd have force powers....and that'd mean really wouldn't be here at work
DS: ...otherwise I'd have to force choke a professor.
DS: "I find your lack of technology....disturbing".
DS: Damnit...I want force powers now.
Got this just a bit ago in a text message. Its so philosophical in its own way.
"A piece of my soul dies each philosophy class" - LW