SNAKE MAN UPDATE

Next time this guy has a problem with the bank, he'll call customer service and wait on hold like everybody else.

Comments

[Marie in Kourou]

I wish I could help, Bumble, but I'm pretty bad at math as well. I'm sure you'll do fine, though. All Kilties are brilliant!

[sharon share-alike]

Calculus? What is the "calculus" of which you speak?

[TCK]

brilliant people automatically suck at math

take me for example...

[southerngirl]

then apparently I'm another brilliant kiltie.

[sharon share-alike]

Yeah...what TC said.

*sticks a gold star on TC's nose*

There ya go.

[O. the U(manity)]

I'm finally back @ the Kilt thread ... I could explain, if it mattered, why I wuz unable to find it from the desktop @ home ...

and ...

... so, Blue ... whut am I? Chopped liver?

[O. the U(manity)]

JOKE! Relax!

Besides, I know it's merely that y'all here simply figger that mebbe I'll fergit about bein' left off of lists, if someone changes the subject ...

Us old(er) people are forgetful that way ... or did I mention that already?

[TCK]

hell, you ain't old - you're just way, way more experienced

am i right?

[O. the U(manity)]

Yeah, that werks fer me ... AND ... I got a package in the mail before I left home today ... gonna study the past, see if I learnt NEthin' ...

new (to me) book ... 100 Years of COMIC STRIPS ...

Blurb on the back says, "... from The Yellow Kid, to Calvin and Hobbes ..."

Add this to a couple of puzzle mags and a couple more books, and I should be able to fritter away a bunch of time, when I should be writin' an article ...

I'll let y'all know how the Comic Strip book turns out ...

[Bumble]

*sigh*

Wish I could take comfort in the fact that I'm brilliant and drop the class, but I can't. It's required for my major. Why I'm majoring in business (everything about which I hate and find boring and tedious) is beyond me, but it's too late to change my mind now. I'd be in school forever if I did, and I hate school. I like literature and writing, but what can I do with that major? Teach or write professionally. I don't want to do either.

I'm a very positive person, aren't I? :-)

[sharon share-alike]

Bumble--there are LOTS of non-academic jobs you can get with an English major. Feel free to email me if you'd like some resources and info on the subject.

*digs deeeeeeeep into big pile 'o cliches*

Life's too damn short to spend it doing something you hate.

[TCK]

cheer up snugglebug :)

once you make it thru college (which you will, cuz you're brilliant), you can do what everyone else does and get a job completly unrelated to your major

[KDF]

Life's too damn short to spend it doing something you hate.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | 11:25 PM on August 21, 2006

A-freakin'-men.

[southerngirl]

O. the U... Calvin and Hobbes are the coolest. :)

*seconds KDF's A-freakin'-men*

[ASK, the CD]

Why is UO the U insulting chopped liver?

And what do we have against calculus? It's not like its, ya know, grammar or something.

[ASK, the CD]

And yes, Calvin and Hobbes are the coolest.

[Bumble]

Life's too damn short to spend it doing something you hate.

Posted by: sharon share-alike | 11:25 PM on August 21, 2006

In that case, I'll move to Portland and spend the rest of my life reading and doing assorted crafts.

Now, who wants to finance me? Volunteers? Anybody?

Phooey.

*shuffles off with a hanging head to get some sleep so she can call all the places she put in job applications and beg for an interview, plus get a jump start on today's homework and attend two more new classes*

TCK~ That's what they tell me. I'm banking on it.

The original reason I chose business as my major (other than that I was feeling pressured to just chose something) was that in the back of my mind, I'd thought about trying to open a craft/needlework shop someday.

That was before I took intro to business and the first sentence in the chapter about sole proprietorships/small businesses was that something like 99.99% of them fail within a year or so.

I'm not an ambitious go-getter type of person. When it comes down to it, I'm pretty lazy. I don't think I have what it takes to run a business, and I'm not sure I'd want to even if I did. I dunno.

Don't mind me. I always (always as in since last year when I chickened out about transferring) have a negative defeatist attitude when school starts. I'll settle down in a month or so. Hopefully.

[Bumble]

ASK~ Calvin and Hobbes rock. Calculus sucks.

I can quote you multiple Calvin and Hobbes strips (I've got all the books), but I'd rather not even look at anything starting with f(x).

[ASK, the CD]

Hmmm - I am always the other way around - I know some teachers who are negative about school starting too, but I am always glad to start a new school year.

But really, Sharon is right. I could be making a lot more money, if I were willing to do things I don't care about. I love to teach, and so it is what I do.

I'll figure out how the kids will go to college later.

[TCK]

what'd i say?

she's brilliant

[ASK, the CD]

Well, relatively speaking, I agree.

[O. the U(manity)]

I never really liked liver much ...

HOWever, I'm reminded (again) of the W.C. Fields line ...

I'd rather BE a good liver ... than HAVE one ...

[sharon share-alike]

Yep, same here, though I put myself in double jeopardy. I gave up a VERY lucrative career as a speech-language pathologist to become an English teacher and...of all things...a writer.

I'm poor...but I'm MUCH happier.

[ASK, the CD]

Hiya SSA - welcome back! (as if I'd been here while you were gone).

[Bumble]

*snickers @ TCK & ASK*

*tackles and hugs all kilties*

*hops into bed*

Goodnight!

[southerngirl]

hey ASK!!

I agree with Bumble, but I'll be more general...math sucks.

ok, I suck at math...same difference, right?

[sharon share-alike]

*smooooch!* Thanks, ASK!

[Bumble]

Algebra was fine. Finite was fine once I got through my initial tears and temper bouts over linear programming; I was scared I couldn't hack it, so I worked harder than I ever had at math (I'd never had to until then) and aced it. I hope it'll be the same with calculus, but I have my doubts. We'll see.

Let's make a bargain; shall we? If I get an A or a B in calculus, I'll throw a kiltie Christmas party, and you will all be required to come. Deal?

[TCK]

algebra was fine?

i think not

algebra has never been fine - algebra has never been more than a hurdle - somethin to surpass on the road to some greater goal - a necessary evil, imposed upon poor students by the powers that be

psssst - ASK - you don't teach math, do ya?

[Bumble]

TCK, I agree. When I said it was fine, I meant I could do it without difficulty. I never said I enjoyed it.

[TCK]

hey there snugglebug - thought you were goin to bed

are ya in bed right now? can i crawl in with ya?

i promise i'll stay on my side, and not hog the blankets :)

[sharon share-alike]

pssst...Bumble...I'll bet you he totally hogs the blankets...

[ASK, the CD]

No, math is just a tool to do the real stuff - I teach physics.

But since math is a tool, the difference between algebra and calculus is like the difference between a sledgehammer and a master craftsman's instruments.

[southerngirl]

algebra sucks, too.

but I can do geometry!

ok, I used to be able to...don't know about now...

[southerngirl]

oooh...a simul with ASK!

and ASK, algebra and calculus are the same to me, in that I can do neither. ;)

[TCK]

OK, there are many, many, many situations where a sledge hammer is the perfect tool for the job

like tearin down walls, splittin logs, leavin a really, really big dent in the hood of a car...

[Bumble]

TCK~ Climb on in. I've got extra blankets, and I could use a cuddle tonight.

*hands halo to southerngirl for safekeeping*

Okay, I'm really going to bed now. Goodnight everybody!

[TCK]

and i would not either hog the blankets!

i promised i wouldn't didn't I?

[ASK, the CD]

night, all

[southerngirl]

nite', ASK

*takes bumble's halo...again*

*resolves to hide it better this time*

[neophyte]

I'm just popping in for a second; I'm not caught up. (Already swamped with homework - eek!) But I need help; I can't come up with a word. Does anybody know of a backward dictionary? I give a definition, and it provides me with a word?

I know there is a fairly common word, but it is eluding me! To take information and own it, to incorporate it into yourself and possess it so that it becomes part of you...

(and no, it isn't quite as simple as "learn")

Anybody? Please? (I'm on my knees here...)

[neophyte]

Oh, and I'm not necessarily begging, either. ;)

[Alfred]

aknowledge

[Alfred]

hello anyone

[O. the U(manity)]

neo' --

assimilate? absorb?

Sorry - I know there's "reverse dictionaries" out there in the real world, and prolly on the 'net ... but I'm operatin' (and very slowly, at that) on my own power here, and it's early ... and no coffee yet ...

[southerngirl]

mornin' O! does this help any?

[CoastRaven]

*climbs wearily abord the Algebra sucks bandwagon*

Leave it to scholars to find SOMETHING with a bra that I hate!

Mornin KILTies!!!

*trudges off to find coffee*

[Meanie the Blue]

Hi, all. I'll take a bit of that, S-Girl (or a bit of that S-Girl), if you don't mind.

Hmmmm. Bumble, my wife has a degree in microbiology, yet her current field of endeavor is training/coaching for non-profits in managing and using their computer technology. My point is this: 1) everyone who has ever been to school wonders about the utility of what they are being taught; for some it's the abstract world of math, for others it's the mechanics of grammar, for a few it's the minutia of history; 2) very few people are fortunate enough to be able to plot out exactly where they want to go and actually end up there, so knowing what is most useful to your future is tricky, if not impossible; consequently, some of what you learn is bound to go unused, but most will come into play somewhere along the line (not necessarily in your career).

I'm gonna guess that calculus will not become a lifelong passion of yours, but you will do completely fine.

OtliverU - sorry, you were just beyond scrolling range. No offense intended.

*Can't believe a fountain of innuendo like tools and hammers, etc., was discussed and not exploited to its fullest*

[Meanie the Blue]

Hi, all. I'll take a bit of that, S-Girl (or a bit of that S-Girl), if you don't mind.

Hmmmm. Bumble, my wife has a degree in microbiology, yet her current field of endeavor is training/coaching for non-profits in managing and using their computer technology. My point is this: 1) everyone who has ever been to school wonders about the utility of what they are being taught; for some it's the abstract world of math, for others it's the mechanics of grammar, for a few it's the minutia of history; 2) very few people are fortunate enough to be able to plot out exactly where they want to go and actually end up there, so knowing what is most useful to your future is tricky, if not impossible; consequently, some of what you learn is bound to go unused, but most will come into play somewhere along the line (not necessarily in your career).

I'm gonna guess that calculus will not become a lifelong passion of yours, but you will do completely fine.

OtliverU - sorry, you were just beyond scrolling range. No offense intended.

*Can't believe a fountain of innuendo like tools and hammers, etc., was discussed and not exploited to its fullest*

[Meanie the Blue]

There's a formula in calculus that explains why that double posted. Darned if I can remember it, though.....

[slyeyes]

Algebra, geometry, calculus, that thing with logs that have rhythm -- never understood any of them, greek to me. Yet my ex and I managed to bring forth into the world a math genius.

Something about 2 negatives making a positive? I dunno.

[Bumble]

Blue~ f(x)=bloggit(click^2)

I notice nobody agreed to come to my celebration party if I managed to ace the class.

*pouts*

[sharon share-alike]

That would be DBarry's Law, Blue, otherwise known as the Kiltimatic Derivative of Multidimensionality and Parallel-Postism:

vy=Vy0(Kilt-)-gt

x=x0+(Post)x2-vx0t

yr=y0+(sinθ/cosθ)(booger)(x-x0)-(g(x-x0)2/(2v02cos2θ)

[sharon share-alike]

*snork*

Non-mathematical minds think alike, eh, Bumble?

[CoastRaven]

I'll attend Bumble... long as there is a bra involved.

[Meanie the Blue]

Integrate? Internalize?

*Wonders if Neo is still not necessarily begging*

[Bumble]

CR~ Umm... okay.

Now, how to incorporate the theme of bras tastefully into my party? Like this?

[CoastRaven]

PERFECT!!! Just no algebra - ick!

[neophyte]

thanks for the word help

[KDF]

Bumble, if you throw it, we will come. :)

[southerngirl]

that's quite a bit of me you're tryin' to get, Blue.

NTTAWWT. ;)

Bumble, I'll come to your party! am i supposed to bring a bra, or not bring a bra?

[Meanie the Blue]

I know, S-Girl. I know.

*Grins, sighs*

[Bumble]

southerngirl~ Whether you want to wear one or not is up to you, and that's the only way in which I'll expect you to bring one. :-)

Now give me back my halo; I need to polish it for my job interview!

I called a bunch of the places where I applied this morning. Most said they weren't hiring but would keep my application on file. Blockbuster (which is a block from my house) said they only needed someone to work about a six hour shift on Fridays and Saturdays, and she hadn't called me because she thought I wanted more hours than that. I told her that what I'd put down was amount I was available to work, not necessarily the amount I was willing to work, and that it'd be fine if she could just give me a few hours on the weekends.

It's not much, but I need to start putting a little money back in my account, and every little bit helps. And if one of the other places I've applied calls me back about an interview closer to the holidays, I can still consider it, but at least I've got something to start with for now. Yay!

[Eleanor]

*zips in*

Congrats Bumble! It's a place to start, right? And not enough hours to interfere with studying, right?

I hate math too. That's why I became a CDA - no math in lawyering! YAY!

[southerngirl]

*nictitates at Blue*

*grins back*

Yay! Bumble!

but about the halo...that depends. did TC stay on his side of the bed last nite? ;)

[sharon share-alike]

Bumble, I'll come to your party! I'll bring bran muffins, bratwurst, a brass brazier, and a brand-new Brahms CD. And I'm not one to brag, but we'll be brazen and brassy, while admiring the men's brawniness!

And, of course, BRAVA on the job interview.

[Bumble]

Yay! Kiltie party! Now all I have to do for my dream to come true is ace calculus. Bwahaha!

*goes back to reading section 1.1 and hating functions and mathematical models*

s-girl~ I'm not sure. I sleep very soundly, and he was gone when I woke up this morning. I'll ask the giant bumblebee pillow on my bed (appropriately named "Bumble") whether he did or not, but he's not very talkative, what with having a seam for a mouth.

[Bumble]

*sigh*

Two of my classes are going to revolve around giant group projects. I hate group projects.

*whimpers and goes back to trying to decipher calculus*

[Eleanor]

I hate group projects too, Bumble. Too many people want to be bossy!!!

My advice: Take Control Immediately!

[Alfred]

Sharon- I was trying to wrap my head around your equation. But I couldn't figure out how velocity and posting had to be in the same equation.

I have to take Calculas this year as well. I am not bad at math. But being away from it means I forgot a lot. And I don't want another teacher informing me that I have "No abilities in the mathamatical art at all."

[Bumble]

El~ Either that, or nobody wants to do the work. But we do peer evaluations of our group at the end, so I think everybody'll pull their weight. At least I hope so.

Alfred~ Did a teacher actually say that to you? That's awful! People who act like that shouldn't be allowed to teach.

[O. the U(manity)]

Bumble -

Mebbe I missed somethin' ... or misunderstood somethin' ... but I gotta ask (not ASK) ... whut's a business major need calculus for?

... and ... been my experience, "teachers" who have that attitude ... don't ... (teach) ... (they merely parade their own perception of their ownself's genius, and assume the class will manage to stay with them ... no "teaching" involved ... mostly an ego trip ...) (Doesn't hafta be math, either ... most any discipline will have some of this type in the classrooms ...)

[Bumble]

O. the U~ Don't ask me. It's a required course for my major; that's all I know.

[O. the U(manity)]

Hmmmmmm ... curiouser and curiouser, said Alice ...

[Alfred]

My College Algebra teacher. Can't say that my history with Math class has been fun.

At one point during highschool I looked up the equation of something, even though my teacher had just told me. I am failry certain she was a bit insulted. I do feel bad about it. But really I have had that bad of luck with math. I end up up just doing my assignments and finishing the book on my own.
I tried doing that last year. But ended up being over worked. Not fun stuff.

Really though, math can be a lot of fun. Trying to figure out your change, how much longer till you need to refill the car with gas. How quickly a 747 can go, by detailing the distance between clouds. and the time it took to get to each one.

It can be fun. But it is very difficult to make it fun in class. If there are any good idea out there. I am listening.

[Alfred]

Alfred nduced lull once again.

[Meanie the Blue]

Greetin's, All.

El (and Bumble), I have one observation to make about your 5:40 am post - this blog is one big group project. A unique one, but still.....

You're both right, though, people chemistry can make or break an activity like that, which makes it a little too random for comfort. But, Bumble, I suggest you go in assuming the best, not the worst. Good luck.

Alfred, what you supposedly lack in math abilities, if that were true, would be far less of a flaw than your algebra lowlife's teacher's incredible callousness and stupidity. But he's in the past, forget about him, and move ahead. Don't let some fool's wretched sensibilities drive how you feel about the subject.

You may now resume lulling.

[southerngirl]

mornin' kilties!

here's somethin' for the rebels

and for the yanks!

[Meanie the Blue]

*Lunges for S-Girl's .... breakfast.*

[CoastRaven]

Being from MD - I am never sure to qualify myself as a Yank or a Reb - Officially we were part of the Union, but thats only because the Feds arrested Rebel sympathizers on their way to the State House and we never had the vote to secede. That kinda tilted the vote in favor of the Union.

[Bumble]

Quiz to determine your Yankee or Rebel status:

1. Do you like grits?

a) Yes; delicious.
b) Not so much.
c) What the heck are grits?

2. Do you like fried okra?

a) It's very tasty
b) Disgusting.
c) Okra? What language are you speaking?

3. Have you ever referred to gravy as "doodle-sop?"

a) I wouldn't admit it if I had.
b) Only your grandfather would say something like that, Bumble.
c) Y'all are crazy.

4. Does Chili belong

a) In a bowl
b) On pasta
c) On hot dogs or hamburgers with coleslaw, ketchup, mustard and onions
d) All of the above

5. A water tower labeled, "Florence Y'all" is

a) Funny
b) Clever
c) Weird
d) Stupid

CR~ Get back to me with your answers, and I'll let you know. :-)

[CoastRaven]

1-A
2-B
3-A
4-D
5-a qualified C - "Florence Y'all is weird, but it was hysterical when they put up the sign on the south side of Bawlmer that says "Welcome to Baltimore" and someone spraypainted "Hon" underneath it. "Welcome to Baltimore Hon" just sez it all!

[Bumble]

Okay CR, you get to be a rebel.

The Florence Y'all story: They were building a mall in Florence, KY, and they built the water tower first and painted Florence Mall across it in huge letters. People started trying to come and shop at the mall even though it wasn't open yet because of the water tower, so they painted out the M and put in a Y' instead. That's the way I heard it.

[KDF]

1-An enthusiastic, lifelong A
2-B
3-B, and I think I love him
4-D
5-A,B,C

Morning, all!

[Bumble]

KDF~ 3: I think I would have loved him too. He was quite a character by all accounts, but unfortunately he died of a heart attack before I was born, so I never got to know him.

[KDF]

I have a grits story.

A few weeks ago, one of my brothers brought some friends here to Mom and Dad's lake house for the weekend. I've told you all of my parents' OCD tendencies to overstock everything, and the food supply here is often overabundant to the point that things get lost for weeks, behind other things. As in, "Oooooh, pie! Hey wait, we've been here for a week and I don't remember making any pie. Should we eat this?"

One of Mike's friends went through the cereal cabinet one morning, and came across a still sealed container of grits and decided to make some for her family. She cooked, they ate, all enjoyed the salty, creamy, buttery deliciousness.

Friend number two appears in the kitchen, hears about the grits, and decides that she'll make some for her family, too. Opens the box and starts to measure some out, then comments that, hm, these look kind of funny. They look -- sort of -- moldy? Those who have already eaten from the first batch reassure her that they tasted fine, but she is unconvinced and investigates further.

Expiration date on the just opened grits box: April, 1998.

When my sister in law told my mom the story about why the grits were in the garbage, her reaction was, and I quote: "Did you replace them?"

[Bumble]

Sounds like my mother.

"There's mold on that cheese? Well, we'll cut that part off and eat the rest."

"Just because it's past the date doesn't mean it's gone bad."

[southerngirl]

I wanna play!

1. B (only cuz there wasn't D - I hate grits)
2. A
3. B (I already saw the right answer)
4. A & C
5. A,B,C (and I did not cheat off of KDF)

[Bumble]

Aww, I love all my little rebels. Gimme some hugs. :-)

*dashes off to hit the vending machine before German*

[sharon share-alike]

Hmmm...lessee....

1. B (ewwwwwwww!)
2. B (an even bigger ewwwwwwwwww!)
3. B ('cause there wasn't a "laughed until I broke a rib at the words 'doodle-sop', which I've never heard before" choice)
4. D (yum!!)
5. I'm-a gonna go with C on that one...that would be weird.

And a warm greeting to all rebs and yanks from Missouri, which also has an identity complex on the issue.

[southerngirl]

*hugs Bumble*

so...why do you want to hit a vending machine? what did it do to you? and who's German? and why does German want to hit a vending machine?

*confused look*

[southerngirl]

*nictitates at Sharon*

hey there sistah! ;)

[sharon share-alike]

*nictitates back at s-girl*

Was it good for you, too?

Oh, and.....*snork!*

[CoastRaven]

In defense of our beloved Federal Govt - it much behooved them to make sure that MD stayed securely a Union State... it wouldnt have been a very comfy thing to have your nations capital a full days ride (at the time) inside enemy territory. Missouri was born with (and because of) an identity complex... Ours just sort of evolved.

[sharon share-alike]

Oh, and I forgot to...

{{{BUMBLE-HUG!!}}}

There. I feel better. And, if anyone has any spare hugs lying around, could you throw them my way, please? I'm once again experiencing "adventures in medical care" and am honestly about to blow a gasket.

Okay...that sounded nice and pervie. I must not be in toobad shape if I can pull off (hee hee, I said "pull") an innuendo like that.

[sharon share-alike]

*tosses a space up to previous post*

*winks at Coast*

Anyone ever tell you that you're sexy when you're knowledgable about political history?

[southerngirl]

{{{sharon!!}}} - and yes, it was good for me, too.

but whaddya mean Coast is sexy when he's knowledgable about political history? Coast is always sexy! ;)

[sharon share-alike]

Never said he wasn't, s-girl. The "knowledgeable about political history" part just adds a little extra....sumpfin.

*winks and grins*

[sharon share-alike]

Okey-doke, peoples, I actually have to go and be productive now. Time to teach my classes.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends!

*waits hopefully to see if anyone jumps unto her breaches*

[Meanie the Blue]

Hold on... there's something coming through .... I sense a post from the long-lost Betsy ..... stay tuned ......

(YAYY!!! in advance)