Taking Stock...

I am an introspective geek at times.  I constantly "take stock" of where I am, what I am doing, and how well I feel about the whole process.

I look closely at my life and times as a teacher, as a husband, as a boyfriend, and as a person. In most areas I could only give myself a grade of "adequate" -- if grades were the thing that determined success or failure. I know I should have done better -- but for many, many reasons -- I just didn't.

Heather, the new Boss

I would like to take a moment and publicly (if this is "publicly") acknowledge the skill and leadership skills demonstrated by my colleague --and replacement as Head of Social and Behavioral Sciences -- Ms. Heather Ramsey.  First, she is a terrific person.  Second, she is a practiced and thoughtful teacher. Third, she is just a "real" Mom, Wife, Colleague, Friend.

I know she will give her "best" to Savannah Technical College -- without straining against the leashes of a bureaucratic environment that has strangled more than its fair share.

She is the "best."

Twitter, the NEW FOREPLAY

Twitter, Instagram, Vine, etc. are multiple excuses for refusing to be a grownup. Men have accounts so they "trash" women and try to exert verbal superiority (which they don't have); women have accounts so that they can practice their anti-f___boys tirades, while secretly looking for some kind of relationship. It is a very sad testament to our times that "social media" are so in vogue.

Social media, as currently used by the youngish people of today, the media-savvy darlings, the past-it-but-don't-know-it kids out there "livin' da life" -- is a hodge-podge of meaningless gibberish. Worth a play about strange "ethos-cultures" --- but little else. I loathe to think about people hanging around these social media for any more than a year or two of "high school" posing. Life, love, and reality are all far greater than the pale reflection of same in social media.

Exams Mean Nothing in War Torn Countries

If you have lost all your property in the "disputed (read stolen) area of Ukraine;" if your children have been stolen from their Christian school by Boko Haram; if your family and friends are constantly harassed by white police officers wherever and whenever they gather in Baltimore --- then "exams" mean nothing to you.  As I watch my students take my final exam in Speech 1101 I realize that the world has given them so many gifts. They are so lucky; they are so blessed. 

They are not harassed; they are not threatened; they are not in danger of being killed. They are in America, which, for all its faults is still the best place to be in the world at this time. They are "free" to get an education, even if it costs them "real" money. They are alive; they have a future. Would that it could be thus for all the troubled people in the world    

House Saga

Once again I have a "low ball" offer on my house --- just a little tickler to see if I am disgusted enough to sell.  Perhaps, but not for an offer 45 % under value. 

No way. 

I'll die a pauper first. 

Trump is an ASS

The very thought that Donald Trump could/would be representing anyone besides his huge fat-a___d
ego is repulsive to me, and should be repulsive to any American citizen.

Donald Trump is a fool, an egomaniac, an "ad hominem" fallacy as a speaker, a jerk, a misogynist all the time, and too many more names to recall.  He would represent the US as President in America's worst possible light -- the ultimate Capitalist braggadocio!

All About Women

Women have always been a mystery to me.  They surprise me with their "coarseness" at times (see any Twitter page); they shock me with the depth of their anger often; they bedevil me with their uncanny ability to upset me with a mere word (or even a look askance). 

I have made it my life's mission to try and understand them. And so far, I give myself about a "D" in any ability to comprehend the feminine. Is it because I am exceptionally stupid? No. More like I am just exceptionally, and pitifully, male. What males don't get about females is... nearly everything.

Hence, never listen to what any male has to say about the feminine. It will always be a partial answer: incomplete and askew. And so it is. And maybe that is how it was meant to be.