Posted on November 22 at 5:36 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I don't think this indicates a higher level of rudeness than is standard or an end to, what up to now, has been such a brilliant culture. Right now I'm eating a sandwich between two pieces of fried chicken. Anyhow, people who don't know how to handle a four-way stop are annoying and deserve to be treated as such at any time any day of the week.
On Word Count
Posted on September 17 at 10:47 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I give a book at least a chapter. There are a few books I've put down because I was not impressed, only to come back later and enjoy them. Adam Sanger's writing style annoyed me to begin with when I first started reading "The Washington Story." It is about Chicago in the 1980's and Harold Washington's historic election as mayor, told from the perspective of a white Jewish high school student. After living in the city for more time, I began to understand the references he was making and had a better understanding of the neighborhoods he was talking about, which helped make the story come alive. In a sense, because I put the book down, I was reading it for about three years because it kind of stuck with me as I did things in the city, which added to my context, and inspired me to pick it up again.
Posted on August 23 at 3:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I recommend "Jesus Land" by Julia Scheeres. It is a little tough to read at times, but it is a good story about a child living in a family whose belief in God has lead to unconscionable neglect. I think stories of these kinds of desperate situations often offer extremely interesting views on our society and culture. We strive to be the greatest country in the world yet we tend to fail the weakest among us more often than not because it would be wrong to say something.
On For-profit college accused of operating illegally in Wisconsin
Posted on August 20 at 7:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I once went on a job interview for an "academic advisor" position for a business like this. I call it a business, because they're for profit and only care about taking yours or the government's money. At a traditional college, academic advisors have your best interests in mind as far what you want to do with your life, how the classes fit into your schedule, or how you are doing on a personal level. At this place, they wanted to know if I would be able to make 200 calls a day and keep up a quota of signing new students. They made it quite clear the job was more about getting people to sign the dotted line by any means possible not truly about helping anyone with their education goals. About twenty minutes into the interview I stood up and walked out. Having gone to a real college, I knew this wasn't what it was about. I would have felt terrible using my actual college degree to defraud people who just want to change their position in life. I don't necessarily feel that bad for the people profiled in this article because anyone knows you don't want to get a degree from a school that is not accredited. It would be like buying an autograph with no authentication card. It has no value to people in the field you are interested in entering.
On Seriously, you had to park on the sidewalk to return that video???
Posted on August 4 at 7:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
You've not realized that some people's minutes are more important than other people's minutes yet?
Posted on July 29 at 9:50 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
They laid off the cheery, happy to be here person first at my old work place.
Posted on July 28 at 2:49 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Yes, it did really happen. Life is stranger than fiction.
Posted on July 28 at 9:48 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I was at the Science and Industry Museum in Chicago and I asked the ticket clerk where their Tyme machine was, she gave me this blank stare. After a moment of thought she said "I don't think we have one of those here."
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On I Hear You, Mr. Knox
Posted on October 24 at 2:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The issue here isn't technology, it is that people are mindless and rude. The technology didn't cause the subject in your anecdote to be a bad parent, it just gave him another way to be a bad parent. If you want to update your status on Facebook once an hour, that doesn't mean you're not living a life experience that is not enjoyable. You could be in a forest looking at trees, and you just want to say, "Man, those trees are awesome." I don't know who that is hurting. Now, if you're in the middle of a crowded bus, yelling at your boyfriend over a phone, causing everyone else to turn up their IPOD to help pretend you don't exist, the people trying to avoid you are not rude. They are trying to make their life experience better, with technology. People, in general, are jerks. Technology often assists them in making sure the rest of the world knows too.