Category Archives: For Your Education

An Opportunity (Part V Of My OWS Analysis)

If you think the student loans you voluntarily accepted are a the worst of all possible tragedies, life has been very kind to you. Be thankful. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Hobby Protest / Serious Protest (Part I Of My OWS Analysis)

Hobby Protest – noun: A form of protest where participants engage in theatric activities for the joy of the experience itself and not necessarily for the advancement of their goals (if they have any). Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Green Jobs II: Response

Misanthrope: Noun – A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. Harsh! But perhaps I had it coming. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Welfare Hours

Welfare Hours – noun: The hours of the week which were historically associated with work. Generally between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Grandma Test

Grandma Test – noun: The evaluation of prepared food before it is eaten in the light of what someone’s grandma in 1880 would think of it. Continue reading

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COGs: Citizens Who Were Originally Generic

Citizens who were Originally Generic (COG) – Noun; A member of the formerly populous but now increasingly rare demographic remarkable in their ability to keep civilization going merely by behaving themselves. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Green Jobs

Here’s the deal. There are jobs and there is bullshit. Adding an adjective in front is irrelevant. Continue reading

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The 30 Truest Words Ever Written About Sports

It is not now, nor has it ever been, the legitimate business of the United States Government to build sports arenas for the benefit of private owners. Continue reading

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part II

When my tractor died it expired with a desperate gasp and final shudder. It had been suffering and I had kept using it knowing that it’s mortality loomed.  It had committed the very last molecule of it’s aged being to … Continue reading

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part I

Part of being Adaptive is learning new things. So when my 1944 Ford Tractor died I decided to call it an “opportunity”. (Which is no less obfuscatory than a politician calling a new tax “revenue enhancement” so just let it go eh?) Continue reading

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