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Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
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t’s no secret what goes on in college campuses today… who gets hired… who is tenured and promoted… and whether or not you can speak freely on campus is always a question. Evan Maloney has put together a film that discusses what is really going happening today… it’s called “Indoctrinate U.” After you watch their trailer… check out their site… then think carefully before you write that check or donate to the university of your choice.Roger Freberg
Once apon a time there was a mother, who was saddened by all the death happening in Vietnam, so with the help of her friends she formed a group to show her displeasure.
When the war ended, with nothing to do, she decided to focus her energy combating something she clearly did not understand and feared… science and technology. Nuclear power is soo bad, all the mullahs tell us. Today, we are dependent on the great oil satans from the middle east… thanks to folks like these… in my humble opinion. Also, I do wonder about groups that don’t have their pictures on their web site.
So , this brings up the question in my mind: ‘was mother always right?’
I am not saying that men… or fathers … are always right, but I am saying that it takes two committed people to raise children. Each parent brings a different perspective, often as a product of our biology rather than just our environment. Men make a difference.
For example, in an article entitled “Your Mom was wrong — Horse play is an important part of development”, they site a study:
“In an article published in the April issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, Sergio and Vivian Pellis of the University of Lethbridge reviewed multiple studies involving animals, and found a link between rough and tumble play and social competence.”
Interestingly enough, this brings into question some of the current practices in our schools that label the normal rough and tumble play of boys as deviant , when it is really ‘normal.’ I guess when women look at girls sitting with their hands folded as ‘acceptable’ then anything resembling ‘boyish’ behavior would be shocking and in need of medication. Schools are dominated and run largely by women in K-12. It’s no surprise that folks are looking for alternatives to public schools.
So, Moms, Mothers, Muthas and Mullahs can be wrong… but then, we all really knew that anyway.
Roger Freberg
PS… yep… MFP is a 1″ Weenie Award Winner
Okay, Laura made me stop and take a picture of my ‘modified’ Jenny Craig dinner…
Part of the fun is taking the prepared meal from Jenny Craig and doing something with it that makes it special… and… good!
Well, recently a new meal was introduced by Jenny Craig … Salmon with a bed of rice and thinly sliced carrots.
Karen and I have missed having sushi on this diet and we have tried to modify everything to make sushi. However, the salmon and rice was a perfect addition. I add stringbeans and baby onions (sprinkled with Susie Q) for a little extra ( they are ‘free foods’).
Thanks Karen… dinner tonight… was delicious!
Roger Freberg
I have been on Jenny Craig since December 6th and I have lost over 49 lbs… and although I now fit comfortably in a size 38 pair of pants… my BMI (body mass index) says I am ‘very over weight’. Interestingly enough, when I reach my goal weight of ‘229’ — which I haven’t been at since my wrestling days in high school– I will simply be ‘overweight’ and wearing a size 34 pair of pants.
The BMI is a good guideline… but athletes , anyone who works out regularly or genetically has heavy bone density ( you can be tested for this) won’t fit the standard chart. If I were to reach high normal of 205 lbs… well… I’d start recieving food packages from friends.
However, progress is measured in many ways… the scale, how clothes fit, new smaller sizes and compliments. I have tried a lot of diets over the years… including my own very Spartan one… but Jenny Craig’s has been the easiest. In addition, Karen (-53 lbs) and Laura (-48 lbs) have been great diet partners!
Roger Freberg
Today, the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Professors are voting on whether or not they will take a two day strike.
First, let me say that I am a very pro-union kinda guy… However, there’s a big difference between public and private unions. Private unions have to be ‘market driven’ while public unions — like Cal Poly’s faculty — have little if any restraint on their ability to tap into our money.
Cal Poly administrators like to portray themselves as being really no different from their fellow CEO’s in ‘business’ around the country; however, outside of the Brooks Brothers Suits or Prada that they wear… there is very little in common. They are not responsible for making a ‘bottom line.’ Administrators in such bureaucracies merely judge their ‘power’ by their ever expanding staffs and budgets… I think Cal Poly has a ‘Provost’ ( a useless highly paid administrative zombie) for almost everything. Don’t believe me? Last I heard the Cal Poly president recieved another big raise and his car allowance alone figures out to around $60,000.
It will never end as the ‘right’ folks are in positions to approve all raises.
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seem to remember reading something about one CSU former president taking his staff on a cruise in the Mediterranean. Rough life.
So although I don’t have much sympathy for professors whose full time load is around 12 hours a week for 32 weeks or so… (they have more than what could be called a ‘liveable wage’)… I have even less for the bloated staffs carried by CSU Administrations, that weigh heavily on us taxpayers.
By the way, the biggest part of the California Budget is education … and so little trickles down to the classroom that one doesn’t have to wonder where it goes…. and into whose pocket? It’s certainly time for a change … starting at the top.
Here is what others are saying:
10% raise in Student Fees & Presidential Perks
State’s largest Strike… potentially
CSU Strike — Bullfight Blog
PICTURES on flicker — CSU strike vote
CSU- Sacramento
CSU’s POSITION & “spin…spin… spin”
Student’s support Faculty demands
Roger Freberg
Oh yeah, the ‘Big Weenie Awards’ goes to the CSU administration, aging Cal Poly SLO President and the rest of his esteemed collegues