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JOKE
A popular bar had a new robotic bartender installed. A fellow came in for a drink and the robot asked him, "What's your IQ?" The man replied, "130." So the robot proceeded to make conversation about physics, astronomy, investments, insurance, and so on. The man listened intently and thought, "This is really cool." Another gent came in for a drink and the robot asked him, "What's your IQ?" The man responded, "100." So the robot started talking about football, baseball, and so on. The man thought to himself, "Wow, this is really cool." A third guy came in to the bar. As with the others, the robot asked him, "What's your IQ?" The man replied, "70." The robot then asked, "So, are you Democrats really going to nominate John Kerry?"
HAHAHAHAHA...
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Bwahahahaha! Good one, Sarah!
Posted by: david at April 21, 2004 11:07 PM (1+76a)
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The robot replied: The UN is a wonderful organization, isn't it?
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April 17, 2004
FRIDAY
The Friday, er early-Saturday, Five
I've never done one of these, but this one at Triticale caught my eye. Any opportunity to rave about my students will be taken.
1. What do you do for a living?
I work as a college registrar for an overseas branch of an American university that offers college classes to overseas-stationed and deployed servicemembers. Currently I am also teaching my first term of ENGL 101 (and just Wednesday got hired to teach it again next term.)
2. What do you like most about your job?
Working with students who want to be there. For the average college student in the US, college is just something you do right after high school, and any excuse to miss class is welcomed. In contrast, my students now are doing everything they can to squeeze in courses. Most of them are on block leave after returning from a year in Iraq, and rather than use that month to go on a vacation or go home to the US, they've chosen to stay and get some courses taken with their free time. The ones who are not on leave hate to miss class for a day at the range or an unexpected CLass A inspection. They're working 40-50 hours per week and still manage to come to class nearly every day (during their lunch hour!), turn in their assignments, and turn in optional re-writes on their papers the very next day. Some of my students used to be in jail or in gangs, and they appreciate the value of getting their education and making a better life for themselves in a way that regular college kids could never understand. (See also here and here for why I love my students.)
3. What do you like least about your job?
I have a master's degree and I make less than $15,000 per year. But pickins are slim on an overseas post, especially when you insist on working in higher education. You take what you can get.
4. When you have a bad day at work it's usually because...
As a registrar, it's when someone barks at me for something I have no control over, like a soldier arguing with me because I can't give him copies of sensitive documents.
5. What other career(s) are you interested in?
19K
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"and just Wednesday got hired to teach it again next term"
Congratulations! I hope the rest of the term is going to be as good - or even better - than what you've experienced so far. You're not going to get students like them at most universities.
Posted by: Amritas at April 17, 2004 04:37 AM (/EuDs)
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19 Kilo? 19 KILO????
I thought I had *explained* the advantages of the superior MOS, 11B.
Posted by: Jason at April 17, 2004 10:57 AM (/LDXv)
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April 16, 2004
THE WAFFLE GAME
When we were registering for wedding gifts, the only thing my husband wanted was a
waffle iron. I thought that was a good idea; my dad made us
waffles often when we were kids, and I thought the idea of making
waffles for our kids in the future sounded charming and traditional. So we got the
waffle iron, and we make
waffles quite often, though I hate cleaning the
waffle iron just as much as I hate
cleaning the George Foreman. Now that my husband is gone, I don't make
waffles just for myself, but I can't wait for the day he comes home next year so I can start making him
waffles again.
(If you don't get the joke, see here.)
MORE TO GROK: Spectra called my husband Mr. Grok the other day. That's kinda cute. Actually, I like LT Grok; maybe I'll start calling him that instead of "the husband" in the future.
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Sarah,
I understand your not wanting to make
waffles while your husband is away.
Waffles are better shared and cleaning the
waffle iron is a lot of work to just make
waffles for one.
You might want to consider frozen
waffles as a temporary substitute. Also, Thomas's makes toaster
waffles that aren't frozen and quite good.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at April 16, 2004 12:55 PM (UquFN)
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Ahh... the WAFFLE game. Ilove waffle games, waffles are the mostest! Blueberry waffle, strawberry waffles, waffles with maple syrup, Belgian waffles, sausage and waffles, waffles, waffles, waffles.
Mmmmm... oh I forgot, John Kerry Waffles.
Posted by: Ruth H at April 16, 2004 04:11 PM (yZgeX)
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I love waffles, but I would never vote for a waffleR. No pancakes either.
Posted by: Amritas at April 16, 2004 09:08 PM (/EuDs)
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LT Grok it is from now on!
Posted by: Blueshift at April 19, 2004 04:02 AM (crTpS)
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I am not a big Kerry fan, but to accuse him of waffling is simplistic. (There's a great 3/25 Economist article about this; sadly, it's not available on-line.)
Politics is the art of the possible. Politicians may support one side, then change their minds--like anyone else. Kerry's been in the Senate for 19 years, and so he has made many votes which, when examined out of context, may look like waffling. For example, Kerry's 2 votes on the bill for funding for troops in Iraq--one for and one against--were principled. He supported funding the troops, but opposed the tax cuts (as I recall) in the final version of the bill.
Speaking of waffling, what would you call someone who vehemently opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and then wholeheartedly supported it? You'd call him George W. Bush.
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HOOKED
I forgot to mention that the other night in German class, while practicing reflexive verbs, my teacher asked me
Kämmen Sie sich vor dem Spiegel? (Do you brush your hair in front of the mirror?) and thought I was joking when I answered
Nein, ich kämme mich vor dem Computer.
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April 14, 2004
HASTINGS
Historical revisionism,
Esotericus-style. Ha.
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What should have happened around this time last year:
Bush (to Iraqi military/militia)
"All your base are belong to us!"
Bush (to S.H.)
"You are on the way to destruction. You have no chance to survive make your time."
Posted by: James Sloan at April 14, 2004 07:51 PM (S2iYc)
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April 10, 2004
FIVE
Five things I really hate:
1. when orange juice turns sour
2. cleaning the George Foreman
3. when people leave their porchlight on during the day
4. the sound of a fork scraping on a dish
5. the expression "anywhoo"
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I'm with you on the George Forman. I stopped using it long ago for exactly that reason. My #1 is people in the left lane on the highway doing
less than the posted speed limit.
Posted by: Larry at April 10, 2004 08:16 PM (6TcYT)
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My #1 is people in online forums who say "hon" or "hun." Such as "hang in there hun." Especially when it's not a 60 year old person, but a 19 year old someone who hasn't a darn clue about the subject in which they are telling you to hang on through. Just pounds on my very last nerve.
Posted by: Shannon at April 10, 2004 10:14 PM (6EP7S)
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Pour or run really hot water on the grill (hang it over the edge of the sink), and most of the crud wipes right off.
Posted by: LCB at April 11, 2004 01:05 AM (WN/nF)
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Grrr...that "anyhoo" really ticks me off, too...I don't understand what it is supposed to mean, or how it is humourous, chummy, or otherwise clever.
Posted by: david at April 11, 2004 03:14 AM (s7Ho8)
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Something I always wondered... how do you know when sour cream goes bad? :-D
Posted by: CavalierX at April 11, 2004 10:51 AM (sA6XT)
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As for cleaning the Foreman grill - I have only one comment - warm grill (do just after it has cools a bit, or plug in 1 minute), wooden popsicle stick to clean out the cracks, and a paper towel. Works like a champ.
Posted by: Ron at April 11, 2004 02:15 PM (CwrQg)
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George Foreman grill.
As soon as you finish cooking, take a few paper towels, wet them, then lay them on the grill. Close the lid and enjoy your dinner. As soon as you are finished eating, take out the paper towels, and wipe down the grill.
Makes life a lot easier.
Posted by: NightHawk at April 11, 2004 06:58 PM (VYFGK)
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Clean the foreman while it is warm to hot, use wet paper towels. The gunk wipes right off.
Posted by: Blueshift at April 11, 2004 09:44 PM (crTpS)
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My technique is similar; I have a spray bottle of water which I use to augment the above techniques.
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April 09, 2004
PARODY
As I watched
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut the other night, a parody formed in my mind:
Men, when youÂ’re out there, in the battlefield, and youÂ’re looking into the beady eyes of an insurgent as he charges you with his bootleg DVD (or whatever he has), and people are dying all around you, just remember what the Left says: "Horrific, deplorable Iraqi civilian deaths are OK, as long as Saddam caused them and not the USA." That is what this war is all about!
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I haven't watched the South Park movie since it first came out (and I was one of perhaps ten people in an otherwise empty theatre - I guess Hawaii didn't grok it!). So I don't know what lines you're parodying.
I think that "Horrific, deplorable Iraqi civilian deaths are OK, as long as Saddam caused them and not the USA" is a bit much, because the Leftist view, as I understand it, is that Saddamocide is bad, but Americide is WORSE. How many Leftists have ever said that death-by-Saddam is "OK"? Few people want Iraqi civilian deaths. One issue among many in this war was how to prevent as many deaths as possible. Was armed force necessary, or could the staggering might of diplomats do the trick? You know my answer.
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April 08, 2004
SPIDER
When my friend from high school told me about spiders in Afghanistan as big as your head, I thought he was exaggerating.
Dang.
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Eeek! That's disgusting. It can't be real!
Posted by: annika at April 08, 2004 02:19 PM (zAOEU)
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I suspect that it IS real, but the perspective somehow makes it appear much larger...to my knowledge, those ugly mofos only grow to about (!) six inches or so...but the one in this picture looks more like two feet.
Posted by: david at April 08, 2004 02:35 PM (s7Ho8)
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Awww, look at the cute widdle spiders!
They wouldn't last ten minutes in Oz.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 09, 2004 08:35 AM (+S1Ft)
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Gives me shivers lookin at the thang!
Posted by: Toni at April 09, 2004 09:14 AM (SHqVu)
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That's two of 'em. Somehow that's not a comfort.
Posted by: Ted at April 09, 2004 10:56 AM (blNMI)
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Ew! Those guys don't like to eat people, do they?? /shudder
Posted by: Princess Jami at April 09, 2004 01:41 PM (0gPLe)
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It is real, its called a camel spider. They're huge and run really fast. That's a picture of 2 of them, btw.
Posted by: Jared at April 10, 2004 06:05 PM (Llzi/)
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Snopes.com did a thing about the picture, here:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp#photo
Posted by: annika at April 15, 2004 02:33 AM (4p8Tr)
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Ew! that's nasty. I hope they some how won't end up here in the US.
Posted by: Alicia at April 26, 2004 11:17 AM (bar40)
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O dont worry they will probably crawl into someones sleeping bag then get shipped to the US then probably breed over here then they will latch on to you and bite ur neck and wont let go then you will fall to the ground, having a seizure from its poison it has in it....it will all be fine
Posted by: w00t! at May 03, 2004 11:24 AM (TFabU)
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Yeah them things are nasty, but they are real, cuz my brother whose in Afganistan told me all about them and showed me a pic.
Posted by: Erica at June 08, 2004 08:59 PM (C3uUa)
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That thing is awsome if anyone has any more like these send them Scottlefeber@msn.com
Posted by: scott at July 22, 2004 11:01 PM (kWPnb)
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Ooohhh My goodness that is the scariest thing I've ever seen!! Wow
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