Give: to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow
As an athiest (well, Church of the FSM anyhow) left-wing vegetarian, I know that a lot of my ideals are compromised in children's songs and activities, but in researching stuff to do for our upcoming "Farm" program, I was pretty appalled at this one...
The Giving Farm
By Vicki Witcher
Hens give eggs.
Pigs give ham.
Cows give milk.
Strawberries give jam.
Bees give honey.
Goats give cheese.
Farms give food,
I'd like some, please.
I am pretty sure pigs do not "give" ham, according to the definition. They would not do that "voluntarily".
I has an education.
Reading about
this college makes me excited about going back to school one day. They have whole workshops in the summer about writing books and printmaking!
Lolcode, a code for the rest of us that found VB to be tedious...
You know, if my Intro to Computer Programming class was done in
lolcode instead of Visual Basic, I might have reconsidered dropping out.
Lolcode was graciously shown to me by George. A new development initiative, its basic commands are humorously based on the lolcat memes, replete with poor grammar, compound words, and the most atrocious spelling of anywhere. Miraculously, all of this crap amounts to actual lined code. A business in LA even teaches a class on lolcode for the bargain price of a 12-pack of beer (not PBR either!)
All this leads up to the awesomeness that is this shirt...
Labels: coding, computers, humor, internet
Playing the memory game
Notes to self:
add How to be a Happy Cat to my LibraryThing- bid on Zombies! game on eBay
- find a good dentist in Volusia county
- buy toothpaste at the store
- buy needles at the store
Project Everlasting review
One of the better perks of working at the library is the Preview cart. The preview cart is this French-onion soup colored cart parked in a little-used corner of our processing area that holds all the books that have been processed that week. Normally, when I peruse the Preview cart, it's full of stuff that holds no interest for me, such as "How to Crochet Doggie Clothes" or "Coin Collectors' Price Manual 2007".
About a week ago, I was jonesing for something new to read and came across this book called
Project Everlasting by Mathew Boggs and Jason Miller. This book aptly describes itself as "...a written form of the
When Harry Met Sally-styled couples". Aside from being one of those cutesy how-we-met type books, it addresses a much more serious point: with all the failed marriages that surround us each day, how do we make love last? And more importantly, do the key ingredients to a successful marriage span from generation to generation?
When I began reading this book, I was just as hopeful as the next person about the longevity of love, but after watching my own marriage collapse, as well as the failed marriages of parents and trusted friends I wanted viable proof that relationships can last; that they can go the distance beyond a simple 5 years of tumultuous craziness before they explode into a fiery blaze of anger. This books fit my need to see relationships succeed without all the foo-foo "soulmate" stuff, but with plenty of commitment, love, and respect that I idealize in my own future marriage.
