What I Taught Myself...January 28, 2011

I saw on the news this morning that a woman graduated with a Masters Degree....in THE BEATLES!!!

Seriously, this woman holds the first ever Masters Degree in a college program that is set around the history of the Beatles.  So what would she be able to do with this college degree?  Well, probably nothing much but open up her own Beatles museum.

Honestly, I've never been that big of a fan of the Beatles.  I feel that they, as well as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and in the North Iowa area, Buddy Holly, are all overrated.  Sure they have some great songs.  And I like rock and roll and a few pop songs, but seriously, no group is worth making a college program in which you can't do anything with the degree.  If you want a degree you can't do anything with, just get an Associate's.  Trust me, I looked and couldn't find any jobs.

But should our schools make degree programs that are useless?  Wouldn't it be better to spend money in other areas?  The school stated that the reason they designed the program in the first place was that "there were a lot of books about the Beatles, but there weren't any education programs".  Hey, guess what!  There are a lot of books about Sesame Street, but no college or university has a degree program.  If there were, I wouldn't be an HR major!

That's it for me!
Bobby P.

What I Taught Myself...January 19, 2011

Today's post we're gonna start with a quiz.  So get your pencils sharpened and a piece of paper out. Here's the question:

What do these three items have in common?

A. A running car

B. Talking on a cell phone

C. Topping off

Answer: What are three things you SHOULDN'T do while pumping gas.

Now, I'm not Mr. Safety, but I do tend to follow the rules.  Also, I'm not one to "tell" people what to do.

But today it seemed that lots of people didn't mind telling ME how to do things.  For example it snowed this morning.  I'm a pretty cautious driver so I took my time not sure whether or not I would slide on the new fallen snow.  My neighbor, who was following me, was riding my ass (not literally) and wouldn't back off.  Then when I came up to an intersection, a car was stopped across the street and had the right of way.  So I waited patiently for the car to take their turn, meanwhile my neighbor honked at me.

Once I got to work, I pulled into MY parking spot that is located at the back of the parking lot.  Once I got out and was walking into work a plowman came up and told me to move my car since it was in his way.  I wanted to tell him that he should be skilled to drive around it since that is where I'm SUPPOSED to park.

After a day of people telling me what to do I went to the gas station to refuel my car.  Then I saw a lady do three acts that aren't to be done at a fuel pump.  Should I have told the lady to not do the acts since she was risking lives?   The items that I did earlier that day weren't endangering anyone.  But people had the right of mind to tell me what I was doing wrong.   So what should I have done?

Tell me what you would do.

That's it for me!

Bobby P.

What I Taught Myself...January 11, 2011

Today is January 11, 2011 or 1-11-11.  Big deal? Nope.  Not to me any way.  I remember back in 1999 when it was 9-9-99.  Oh, and how about those days that the experts call consecutive days.  You know, when at 12:34 5-6-78.  People actually flip out about this stuff.  And really its sad.

Well people are really gonna piss themselves when November comes around, especially Armistice Day, or as you unpatriotic folks call it "Veteran's Day" or November 11. But, anyway, at 11:11 11-11-11, think about how many people are going to freak out! And then there are those real crazies that make it more technical 11:11:11 11-11-11.  I like that one since its a palindrome (i.e. bob, race car, etc (not etc, because reading etc backwards you get cte and thats not a real word.))

Now you're probably wondering where I'm going with this whole rambling. People believe that the end of the world will happen on days such as today.  Or something even bigger yet. Well, its a big year this year, especially in May.

I read in the paper the other day that people believe that Jesus is coming back in May.  Thats right, our Lord and Savior is coming back in May folks.  And I just read about it yesterday.  WHY ARE WE JUST FINDING OUT NOW!!!!  Shouldn't we be putting on some sort of benefit or potluck for Jesus?  Seriously, and it was on page 6 of the newspaper.  THIS SHOULD BE ON PAGE ONE!!!  I was so upset that I called the Editor of the newspaper and complained.  And I urge you to call your local new stations, newspapers, radio stations, and put on your Facebook that Jesus is coming!!!  Get your suits dry cleaned, your hairs cut, your pits shaved (LADIES!), and your beards trimmed (also ladies).  And lets get this dinner organized.

That's it for me!
Bobby P.