Ham

for once I was right.. any other then present option, and I'd be jobless.. and unemployable. even if I don't complete the requirements for the degree this summer.. I will be only one credit away. I am gambling, heavily. That this country wants to rebuild.. we have how many veterans coming back from war.. they will need math proficiency..

so, what "power" does their certificate imbue one with? I have one degree and almost another that implies that I have a significant understanding of mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and computer science.. what does theirs imply? believe me, I'm thankful for what I have. I have.. the promise of a *real* job this fall.. Well. I just have to somehow be able to live through the summer. anybody here want, or need to adopt a 54 year college student?

so the "successor" is a surgeon, i.e. a "healer". I hope he doesn't forget the oath he took.. i.e., "do no harm"..

my friend here would say.. it is (was) a problem that seventy five cents wouldn't solve.. I'm sorry. Despite American ingenuity and resolve, I could not rejoice in the death of a soul. I'm glad it went off as quiet as it did..

Now that I've had a couple of days to think about this.. Who is the "worst" element of the prison? Not the inmates, in my opinion. I'm not minimizing their offences or anything, oh no. We have a governor (with a small g) here, that (un-gender slap in face implied) seems to think the budget is well more served with funding for prisons than education.. so he is insuring a steady flow of uneducated and unskilled "clients" for his "big business".. I'm not indicting any particular party here, lest this discussion be moved to soap opera. what are they going to do with the thousands of veterans returning from the war in Afghanistan? The "worst element" are the keepers. And no, I don't mean hired security guards.. I can't say capital punishment is inappropriate. But why is it used as a tool to raise the cheers (or jeers) of the populace.. "whoo hoo. we *Got* him.." So the western world has spent what. How many hundreds of millions of dollars to dispense justice in the case of one man? Victory? Another "victim" stepped up to the same plate.. who is his brutish successor? Can't remember the name..

Then there was Prometheus. Chained to a rock, to have his liver eaten out by ravens, only to have it grow back every day. His crime.. he gave fire back to man..

I dunno. Doesn't capital punishment render judgement that one's existence here, for whatever reason, is useless? depending on your particular belief.. what if "this" was a death sentence, one lifetime, after another.. maybe that would be a more merciful sentence.. One gigantic shot of Demerol and God knows what..

Just curious. Before Opera Buff rebuffs me for the scientific inaccuracy of on-line poles.. maybe I'm just trying to figure out how uneducated the average wayfer really was.. current innies. You may want to look around and ask the same question.. The instructions for the pole. It is (or was) you level of education during your twi experience.

Silly? my name is what I am, a Ham.. why do the demographics show the majority are going to grad school. Maybe that is just where the path is leading.. try doing mathematics at 54 years old.. well, I won't "retire".. I wish I had a few more friends..

why couldn't he just stick at what he is good at.. no, the students he helps will never with devoted subservience call him "da mog".. it's a weird life. one takes what one is given.. I taught four semesters of intermediate algebra. The first semester, you are plain awful. Horrible. none of the other teaching assistants ever admitted it. But all of them, were as horrible, as I was.. The last semester.. the students started calling me "professor".. the title is earned. in da way, it was assumed.. probably the same today.

even if one gauges the age by their self-proclaimed beginning of what.. 1942. they are just entering puberty.. in the big scheme of things, anyway..

Or one which has not yet learned diplomacy..

Maybe I've out done myself here but I am humbled by the more relevant and historic saying:

That is less than four, or five hundred years old. Preferably older. They have.. already demoralized, assaulted, denigrated and done worse to their very own followers.. robbed.. etc. Well then, you know exactly what to expect, don't you?

I dunno. Everything is a scam.. just some more self-serving than others.. we just chose badly..

not bad for a math Squirrel. One of the questions was flawed. He could not appoint *additional* justices who agreed with him, until some retired, or died.. I couldn't find a right answer in any of the choices.

Cosmic voodo is the best..

fair question, isn't it, rozilla.. maybe that's why a whole state got it's greasespot "foot" kicked..

there are all kinds of guesses.. what about. what about the agreement you made, to enjoy this existence.. surely you can remember.. ha! about the only part of the agreement for me.. I would not be able to "attend" Woodstock.. I had the privilege of asking a dear, dear friend.. what the hell are we.. well, that is the big question, isn't it..

don't speak for all of us. :) the last lifetime.. maybe I shouldn't say. the last lifetime.. I was an opportunist.. now I seek to rebuild. Will it happen? There is at least one human soul which agrees with me..

would you cite your sources? I would really be interested to check this out.. human animals in captivity get all kinds of s*it..

I wonder if "leadership" held him up as some kind of example of the "more than abundant life.."

I wonder how he is going to spin pa's death.. no, I don't wish that on anybody. But it will happen someday. If he follows suit from the doctrines of the old organization.. it will be because of some sin, or weakness, or lack, of the program participants..