Update for Everyone III - The Whinge Binge

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Saw Dylan again last night. I thought of TNF when he played Workingman's Blues.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Good evening, Whinge Bingers!

I start the job tomorrow at 08:00, the 24th day of April this year of our lord 2015, officially my 29th year on this Earth.  It's not in the field of political science, and THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.  It's a good job and it'll pay the bills and I'm truly grateful for the fruits levied upon me by my savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.  I called up Mom and we are going to go to Wal-Mart in Willingboro tomorrow to pick out some new khaki slacks.  Tonight, I had pizza for dinner.  (Dad gummit!)  But it's a celebration of the job so it's perfectly fine.  I'll go back to tuna salad tomorrow.  Tonight it's Washington Capitals Hockey Club vs. New York (Long Island) Islanders Icesticks Team on National Broadcasting Company Sports Network at 19:00, followed by Chicago Injuns Savages Red Men Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators Puck Men at 21:00!  I'll go to bed around 23:00 and awake at 06:30 for Work Day #1!  I'm so blessed.  The most important thing for every single person on the face of the Earth is thanking their Jesus before bed. 

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Some friends from out of town are visiting for the weekend, but they sort of just invited themselves and assumed I'd be free. They never asked if I'd be around to entertain them, despite the fact that they're really only coming to see me and another friend.

The thing is, it's actually a pretty busy weekend and I've got a lot of work I should be doing. Except now I feel forced to spend time with them. It's nice to see people I haven't see in a while, but it's also a bit of a bummer. I wish they'd just asked first... because as it stands, their weekend might not be what they had in mind. And I don't want to be blamed for that.

[retromike22]

Some friends from out of town are visiting for the weekend, but they sort of just invited themselves and assumed I'd be free. They never asked if I'd be around to entertain them, despite the fact that they're really only coming to see me and another friend.

The thing is, it's actually a pretty busy weekend and I've got a lot of work I should be doing. Except now I feel forced to spend time with them. It's nice to see people I haven't see in a while, but it's also a bit of a bummer. I wish they'd just asked first... because as it stands, their weekend might not be what they had in mind. And I don't want to be blamed for that.

Just say: "I'll be busy, you should have let me know ahead of time."

That's what I do.

[Torie]

Good evening, Whinge Bingers!

I start the job tomorrow at 08:00, the 24th day of April this year of our lord 2015, officially my 29th year on this Earth.  It's not in the field of political science, and THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.  It's a good job and it'll pay the bills and I'm truly grateful for the fruits levied upon me by my savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.  I called up Mom and we are going to go to Wal-Mart in Willingboro tomorrow to pick out some new khaki slacks.  Tonight, I had pizza for dinner.  (Dad gummit!)  But it's a celebration of the job so it's perfectly fine.  I'll go back to tuna salad tomorrow.  Tonight it's Washington Capitals Hockey Club vs. New York (Long Island) Islanders Icesticks Team on National Broadcasting Company Sports Network at 19:00, followed by Chicago Injuns Savages Red Men Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators Puck Men at 21:00!  I'll go to bed around 23:00 and awake at 06:30 for Work Day #1!  I'm so blessed.  The most important thing for every single person on the face of the Earth is thanking their Jesus before bed. 

Ah Willingboro. You might consider reading Herbert Gans' (Yale sociologist) seminal book on the place -Levittown (the city later changed its name, because "Levittown" seemed too down market). He moved in for a year when the subdivision tracts first opened up, and studied the habits of the natives. It was in the 1950's. Speaking of pizza, one thing he noted was that many who moved in had never lived in a heterogeneous community before, and thus the Italians in the hood introduced the WASPS and Jews to the pizza cuisine. They had never consumed one before. Yes, it was a long, long time ago.

[Simfan34]

I dreamt of eating pizza last night, in the Village, then I walked down a pedestrian road (obviously nonexistent) to another one and ate some more pepperoni pizza.

Now I want pizza.

[traininthedistance]

Good evening, Whinge Bingers!

I start the job tomorrow at 08:00, the 24th day of April this year of our lord 2015, officially my 29th year on this Earth.  It's not in the field of political science, and THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.  It's a good job and it'll pay the bills and I'm truly grateful for the fruits levied upon me by my savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.  I called up Mom and we are going to go to Wal-Mart in Willingboro tomorrow to pick out some new khaki slacks.  Tonight, I had pizza for dinner.  (Dad gummit!)  But it's a celebration of the job so it's perfectly fine.  I'll go back to tuna salad tomorrow.  Tonight it's Washington Capitals Hockey Club vs. New York (Long Island) Islanders Icesticks Team on National Broadcasting Company Sports Network at 19:00, followed by Chicago Injuns Savages Red Men Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators Puck Men at 21:00!  I'll go to bed around 23:00 and awake at 06:30 for Work Day #1!  I'm so blessed.  The most important thing for every single person on the face of the Earth is thanking their Jesus before bed. 

Ah Willingboro. You might consider reading Herbert Gans' (Yale sociologist) seminal book on the place -Levittown (the city later changed its name, because "Levittown" seemed too down market). He moved in for a year when the subdivision tracts first opened up, and studied the habits of the natives. It was in the 1950's. Speaking of pizza, one thing he noted was that many who moved in had never lived in a heterogeneous community before, and thus the Italians in the hood introduced the WASPS and Jews to the pizza cuisine. They had never consumed one before. Yes, it was a long, long time ago.

And when they changed their name, Mr. Levitt had a snit fit and refused to donate any more schools!

Combine that with his policy of not selling to blacks, and you have a real charmer.

[Torie]

Good evening, Whinge Bingers!

I start the job tomorrow at 08:00, the 24th day of April this year of our lord 2015, officially my 29th year on this Earth.  It's not in the field of political science, and THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.  It's a good job and it'll pay the bills and I'm truly grateful for the fruits levied upon me by my savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.  I called up Mom and we are going to go to Wal-Mart in Willingboro tomorrow to pick out some new khaki slacks.  Tonight, I had pizza for dinner.  (Dad gummit!)  But it's a celebration of the job so it's perfectly fine.  I'll go back to tuna salad tomorrow.  Tonight it's Washington Capitals Hockey Club vs. New York (Long Island) Islanders Icesticks Team on National Broadcasting Company Sports Network at 19:00, followed by Chicago Injuns Savages Red Men Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators Puck Men at 21:00!  I'll go to bed around 23:00 and awake at 06:30 for Work Day #1!  I'm so blessed.  The most important thing for every single person on the face of the Earth is thanking their Jesus before bed. 

Ah Willingboro. You might consider reading Herbert Gans' (Yale sociologist) seminal book on the place -Levittown (the city later changed its name, because "Levittown" seemed too down market). He moved in for a year when the subdivision tracts first opened up, and studied the habits of the natives. It was in the 1950's. Speaking of pizza, one thing he noted was that many who moved in had never lived in a heterogeneous community before, and thus the Italians in the hood introduced the WASPS and Jews to the pizza cuisine. They had never consumed one before. Yes, it was a long, long time ago.

And when they changed their name, Mr. Levitt had a snit fit and refused to donate any more schools!

Combine that with his policy of not selling to blacks, and you have a real charmer.

Gans didn't mention the racial policy, which presumably was in place when he was there.
Maybe it was kept camouflaged at the time.  Interesting.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I wrote a brutally sarcastic essay for my English class for the Sister Cities Essay Contest that I was forced to participate in, and sure enough I won . Now I get a check for $150 and have to attend a function with my teacher. Ugh.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I wrote a brutally sarcastic essay for my English class for the Sister Cities Essay Contest that I was forced to participate in, and sure enough I won . Now I get a check for $150 and have to attend a function with my teacher. Ugh.

  congrats!

[free my dawg]

I might have to skip class because people are being creepy.

[Lief 🗽]

got a 96 on the MPRE, which is 11 more points that I needed to pass!

guess who is officially a National Council of Bar Examiners certified master of ethical lawyering <<<this guy

[windjammer]

got a 96 on the MPRE, which is 11 more points that I needed to pass!

guess who is officially a National Council of Bar Examiners certified master of ethical lawyering <<<this guy

Congratulations . This doesn't surprise at all though, you have always seemed to be really intelligent.

[King]

got a 96 on the MPRE, which is 11 more points that I needed to pass!

guess who is officially a National Council of Bar Examiners certified master of ethical lawyering <<<this guy

Do you plan on introducing an Atlas-inspired FF/HP rubric to the world of ethics?

[Torie]

got a 96 on the MPRE, which is 11 more points that I needed to pass!

guess who is officially a National Council of Bar Examiners certified master of ethical lawyering <<<this guy

I got about the same score for the test I took last November, for the same NY Bar. Both our ethics understanding level is well - mediocre.

[retromike22]

I'm giving a presentation tonight in my ethics class on government secrecy. Yay?

[retromike22]

I'm giving a presentation tonight in my ethics class on government secrecy. Yay?

Disregarding even the inclusion of "secrecy", aren't those two words in bold contradictory by nature?

Government is inherently unethical?

[retromike22]

I'm giving a presentation tonight in my ethics class on government secrecy. Yay?

Disregarding even the inclusion of "secrecy", aren't those two words in bold contradictory by nature?

Government is inherently unethical?

I was being partially facetious, but, sure, in concept, it's fine, but the second it hits humanity, it would seem only natural that things spiral into the darkness.

lol oh I see what you're saying. The class is basically: "When you're a government worker or leader, this is how to prevent things from spiraling into the darkness." But we're also learning about the three-way relationship between morality, legality, and ethics. For my specific presentation, I used the Pentagon Papers, the PRISM program, and Operation Neptune Spear as contrasting case studies. Afterward I led a class discussion on the morality of keeping secrets, the legality of whistle-blowing, and a few other things. It was pretty fun. The professor said I did a good job, so I'm relieved since it's my second to last presentation of my college career

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

One of the questions on my nonsense class final today was What Does CAD(D) stand for. This was not covered in said class. Thank you Update.

[tik 🪀✨]

72 hours is peak, and it gradually subsides. Once you go through with it, though, I'd never touch the stuff again, not even a little. Withdrawal is annoying enough once.

[AndrewTX]

So, I went for another run, like usual. I clocked in on the scale today, and was pretty happy to see with where I am at. I still have a few pounds left to lose, but I'm getting close.  Life is good.

[tik 🪀✨]

Running people: what sort of shoes do you recommend? I want to be less..  people. And the stationary bike is taking too long.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

So, I went for another run, like usual. I clocked in on the scale today, and was pretty happy to see with where I am at. I still have a few pounds left to lose, but I'm getting close.  Life is good.

Does this mean I can't call you BIG Daddy anymore? 

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

So I just finished High School.

[retromike22]

So I just finished High School.

It's all uphill from now on! Unless you get into drugs or have children.