Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
John C. Calhoun on Public Officials
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party. — John C. Calhoun
3 Comments » - Posted in governance, quotations by ME
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Search ME
I just realized that March is the only month that is also a verb.
As in “During the month of March, 43,000 people marched up to their computers found my blog using these search terms”:
Smurfs teach communism
harding university faculty qualifications
lesson plan for the tail of peter rabbit
lame harding cartoons
knights for kids who love them
waking up with [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in search ME by ME
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Happy Monday
Monday morning musings…
The Chicago Cubs open their seasons against Milwaukee today at Wrigley Field today at 1:20 pm. The Cubs are projected by many baseball analysts to win the NL Central, the NL Pennant and possibly the World Series this year. Naturally, as a Cubs fan, this depresses ME.
Barack Obama is slated to pick up [...]
24 Comments » - Posted in Wal-Mart, baseball, politics by ME
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Dave Barry on Priorities
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there are men on base. — Dave Barry
4 Comments » - Posted in baseball, quotations by ME
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Lame-o March Madness Update
Full entries and results are here.
Clearly, Mr. Commodore is making his move. Last weekend, he wasn’t even on the first page.
1. Kittinger 1 (B. Kittinger) 1010 points (UCLA)
2. MVPryor (M. Pryor) 970 points (Memphis)
3. Edwards 1 (J. Edwards) 970 points (Memphis)
4. ESPNgirl (J. Mosley) 940 points (UNC)
5. Mr. Commodore (M. Elrod) 930 points (UNC)
5. [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in NCAA, basketball by ME
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Harry Chapman on Committees
Having served on various committees, I have drawn up a list of rules: Never arrive on time; this stamps you as a beginner. Don’t say anything until the meeting is half over; this stamps you as being wise. Be as vague as possible; this avoids irritating the others. When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in quotations by ME
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
This Week’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse (#125)
A new religous war appears to be breaking out in Europe: Darth Vader has attacked the founder of the Jedi church.
Barney Jones, 36, known in the Jedi church as Jedi Master “Jonba Hehol” was filming a TV interview in his backyard when a man dressed as Darth Vader jumped his fence and assaulted him.
The [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in religion, the Apocalypse by ME
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Hannah Arendt on Revolution
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
No Comments » - Posted in quotations by ME
Friday, March 28th, 2008
The Shame of the Ozarks
I have been hesitating until today about writing a post about Debbie Shank and Wal-Mart because I know there are two sides to every story.
I’m probably not the best person in the world be commenting on this because I’m not a big fan of Wal-Mart for a number of reasons. My default position to [...]
38 Comments » - Posted in Wal-Mart by ME
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Facebook Milestones
I reached two milestones on Facebook this week.
1,000 friends - #1,000 is Alex Cone a former student who is currently studying European Policy Studies in Florence, Italy.
666 friends at Harding University - #666 is B. L. Zebub, a freshman professional sales major from Hell, Michigan.
