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November 18, 2013 at 10:10 PM in reply to: OT: The “Radical” Gay Agenda in California Public Schools #768145
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Participant(the onion sells a tshirt that says that)
November 18, 2013 at 10:10 PM in reply to: OT: The “Radical” Gay Agenda in California Public Schools #768144Participantmarriage is totally gay.
Participantsounds nuts. but no nuttier than the us dollar.
Participanti thought it was gonna link to george zimmerman..
Participant[quote=CA renter][quote=Blogstar]This is really cool,
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~gongsu/desiderata_textonly.htmlI always liked it…talks about career….I never got it….i guess it’t too easy to dismiss mariachi player as a viable career path.[/quote]
Awesome poem, Rustico. Ehrmann’s experience ties in nicely with this thread, too.
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Into this industrious, affectionate family stepped Max, idealist, philosopher and “word technician.”
During college days at DePauw University and then at Harvard University, Ehrmann resolved not to become rich – everyone’s “conventional goal” – but to “write beautiful books.”
Unable to eke out a living despite publishing six books in the first 10 years, Ehrmann studied law and was admitted to the bar. For two years, he was a Vigo County deputy prosecutor but that life did not enthrall him.
So he became the credit manager for his brothers’ factory, writing poems and essays after each 10-hour working day. Meanwhile, he forged strong intellectual bonds with Eugene V. Debs, James Whitcomb Riley and several Indiana State professors.
http://specials.tribstar.com/Columns/Historical/2002/September8.html
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BTW, do you play the trumpet? Why not play in a Mariachi band just for fun? Sounds like a lot of fun! :)[/quote]
i recently actually hired a small mariachi band. it was $500 for 2 hours, 4 guys, one seemed to be an apprentice, I don’t think he got a full cut. they had another gig to get to and were difficult to book. A mariachi band sounds really loud when its in your house. there was one heavy musician who was sweating like he was in a sauna. I doubt its super lucrative but i think these guys can make a living…
Participanti did try to talk him out of going for a while, or at least to take a few years off. Didn’t work.
i thought it would be cool to get some p/t jobs, spend half the year at joshua tree climbing.
no, hewants to get in the machine. or on the machine. on the good side, the machine will probably embrace him.
and it’s way cheaper than if we had had to spend 50k a year on one of those private reform camps for wayward juvenile delinquents. it’s almosta bargain when you look at it that way.
i must admit i am slightly proud, both that we are sending him there, and that he is functioning.
Participanti have alwasy been dying to get in the machine.
my college kid is totally functional. SDSU is just right. He can get high grades in science and math classes, where his nontotallydriven self might not have gotten them in a UC school. i think there’s something to be said for less competition…
he likes it!
the people, the hanging out, everything…doesn’t want to come home, doesn’t promptly return calls, seems like he’s establishing boundaries….
Participantyes. im running out of time…
Participantare you in the machine?
November 17, 2013 at 1:10 PM in reply to: OT: The “Radical” Gay Agenda in California Public Schools #768076Participanti am way too lazy to cheat on my wife. I think it wouldn’t take that much energy to be a homophobe, but maybe I underestimate the calorie drain expended in a slow, smoldering hate…
could hatred be part of an effective weightloss program?
cheating. ach. another woman to deal with. if i were going to cheat I’d want something way different, say, like a homosexual relationship. or maybe a space alien. but I don’t want to sleep with men, …aliens, I’d have to check them out…….I was just looking for variety….cheating with another woman seems kind of unimaginative…
November 17, 2013 at 9:17 AM in reply to: OT: The “Radical” Gay Agenda in California Public Schools #768070Participant[quote=SK in CV][quote=6packscaredy]age of consent varies by culture too.
we evolve.
or devolve.
maybe it’s not part of an “agenda”, but just a somewhat feeble attempt to be “relevant”. Catch kids attention? Like any topic du jour, global warming, honey badgers, etc.
that’s possible, right?[/quote]
No, it’s not possible. Is it possible that the battle for civil rights was just an attempt by minorities to be relevant, and there really was no discrimination occurring?[/quote]
i meant including a topic ina reading assignment as an attempt by the writer to be “hip” or “relevant”…like talking about “facebook”, or “justin bieber”…in a kids textbook…
Participantyeeesh. i think it might be better to be dead.
here’s no. 2 on my bucket list…
November 17, 2013 at 7:47 AM in reply to: OT: The “Radical” Gay Agenda in California Public Schools #768060Participantage of consent varies by culture too.
we evolve.
or devolve.
maybe it’s not part of an “agenda”, but just a somewhat feeble attempt to be “relevant”. Catch kids attention? Like any topic du jour, global warming, honey badgers, etc.
that’s possible, right?
November 16, 2013 at 10:34 PM in reply to: OT: The “Radical” Gay Agenda in California Public Schools #768047Participantthe Torah appears to discourage homosexuality. on the other hand, it does alert its readers to its existence. and i doubt anyone ever argues the Torah is unsuitable for children.
of course, interpreting Torah is a tricky business.
have I recommended THE TALMUD AND THE INTERNET a very selnder but deep volume. about the talmudic tradition and the internet.
man thatw as interesting.
that was an interesting book.
spongebob squarepants is a bsolutely 100% inappropriate for children. i wish my kids hadn’t memorized every epidsode of that plus able to quote simpsons chapter and verse. it’s kind of colored their worldview 1000 times more than nowing of th eexistence of hmosexuality.
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