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Gomey
Love the hot summer bit. You can keep the -20 degrees!
posted by
ariel70
on June 4, 2006 at 9:39 AM
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ariel70 - Okay, I was close, I was working on the memory I have imprinted
in my mind of a time zone map.
A fairly important consideration when involved in international trade. I'm in balmy Southern Ontario, Canada where Winters hardly ever go below -20 degrees and summer lasts a full 16 weeks.
posted by
gomedome
on June 4, 2006 at 9:37 AM
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Gomedome
It is now 6.22 pm, and I am in La Axarquia, Andalucia, Spain.
Where are you?
Who are you? LOL
posted by
ariel70
on June 4, 2006 at 9:26 AM
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ariel70 - Is it about 7:00PM where you are now?
posted by
gomedome
on June 4, 2006 at 9:25 AM
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Straightforward
Yes, indeed! Straightforward, polite ... and literate!!!
posted by
ariel70
on June 4, 2006 at 9:21 AM
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Straightforward - no, apparently not
posted by
gomedome
on June 4, 2006 at 9:06 AM
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Gosh, can't we all be civil in our disagreements?
posted by
Straightforward
on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 PM
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NOPEACE - am I going to have to block you again?
You can claim to have any academic achievements that you want. Don't let the fact that no one believes you stand in your way. It is your convoluted attempts at logic and your adherance to irrational nonsense that give you away as someone without much education. This is compounded by your insistence that you only attempt to be meticulous about your writing when it is important. Sorry buckeroo but it doesn't work like that, proper grammar and diction are habits that are not easily turned on and off. If you have not developed these habits, you sure as hell didn't go to college because these habits would have been forced upon you. You are incapable of reasonable dialogue unless it supports your nonsensical view of the world, such as when you stated that Satan is a real being who makes people homosexuals. This type of statement is gibberish, I only have so much pateince with retards. One last time, I have no intent of proving to anyone that God is not real. Get it through your little pointy head that I have the same rights as you do in regards to belief. My beliefs are based on my own perspectives of the world and I have every right to express them as I choose. If you do not like my perspective, that's just too bad, you can always do us both a favour and get lost.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 10:28 PM
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Again, I could care less who believe what I've accomplished, I know. Blogit is a hobby a release. I can understand if your post has to be the absolute best thing you've ever written but mine does not have to be, its a blog not an academic paper. And for the person who was wondering how old I am, I'm 29, I skipped the 6th grade and graduated in high school in 94 ahead of schedule. And again, I don't care if you all believe what type of job I have what type of degree I have I dont even care whether you all respect me as a person. I have more self confidence than to worry about whether some bloggers who have nothing better to do than question someones academic qualification and grammer. You all can talk about my grammer but no on here is perfect and I take that into account when I read your post which is more than what I can say for what you all have done for me. Again, I could care less. It's amazing how Gome and the rest of you atheist have completely moved away from the real topic of the existence of God. I guess you ran out of BS logic to refute his existence and resorted to other means. You guys are pathetic. Most of you probably never set foot on a college campus but want to lecture me about the schools I attended and my grammatical abilities. I'll laugh myself to sleep knowing that since you all don't believe Jesus died on the cross for your sins that you will spend eternity burning in hell. Thank You God for making my enemies my foot stool.
posted by
NOPEACE
on June 3, 2006 at 9:55 PM
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Blogit offers both positive and negative examples which are great
To read what other write, to see how they present themselves, whether it's seems, in my opinion, to be positive or negative teaches and reinforces. This is a great place and I am thankful for everyone here whether I like their style or not.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on June 3, 2006 at 12:38 PM
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SuccessWarrior - I have to agree with that
Through most of my life and especially when I was still in school, I always thought of taking the trouble to use proper grammar and sentence construction as much ado about nothing. Whether not making this effort was part of youthful rebellion or not, after a couple of decades of not being in an academic environment, I am sorry that I did not pay more attention to this important aspect of simple communication. Truth be known, relearning these skills is one of the main reasons that I still hang around Blogit.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 12:31 PM
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Xeno-x - with no intention of insulting you
if you handed in a college paper constructed as you tend to write your posts and comments, it would not be acceptable by any college that I know of. But you know this already and have not made claims of having attended any of these colleges.
There may well be people in this world that bely their higher educations by how they act or how they present themselves but a number of common traits can be found in anyone that has graduated from a reputable college. The individual invariably knows how to perservere. A college education of any type is universally an exercise in perserverance. No one can go through the college education experience without learning at least something, both in the classroom and inter-socially outside of the classroom. Not speaking of anyone specifically here, but when an individual demonstrates a lack of all of the skills that would be necessary to obtain any form of higher education diploma, then at the same time claims to have done so, they are only demonstrating one thing. That would be their ignorance of all that is involved and necessary in graduating from college.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 12:13 PM
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yeah
efficiency of motion
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 3, 2006 at 12:08 PM
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You are being graded though
How you write is part of your message and says something about you. If you are doing it on purpose, that's fine. If you're doing it to save all of the energy that it would take for you to move your pinky an inch, that says something also.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on June 3, 2006 at 12:05 PM
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Me too. My first paper last semester was given back poorly graded.
The style that I used for the paper was not well received by the instructor. People reading it that weren't interested in giving it a grade loved it.
I've posted it here if you're interested.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on June 3, 2006 at 12:03 PM
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looiking at how many people graduate from high school
with inferior education
and wondering at how so many got to be doctors and lawyers and such
and then if you have to use a doctor or lawyer you find that they are not all that bright -- makes yo wonder what means they really used to get their degree.
well, Bush did get through college, didn't he?
thing is -- regarding constructing a premise -- you said he couldn't without aid of a bible ?
he's just like a lot of people who construct premises when the bible doesn't support them.
and as far as capitalisation is concerned -- it gets in the way sometimes -- like here, for instance -- i don't need it - you can see and know what i say -- nobody is grading me or no job is dependant upon how i construct sentences or capitalize
part os this debate i am outside of anyway.
there's more pertinent stuff
right now i'm contemplating how my cat can jump to the top of a door or window -- or to my shoulders from the floor., leaving a few scratches along the way.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 3, 2006 at 11:58 AM
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SuccessWarrior - I can only speak from my own experience
Having never attended a college in the USA. But at the school I went to there was a minimum standard. Entrance criteria to the college pretty well eliminated all those of marginal acumen in the English language. The professors did the rest. If a person was so foolsih as to hand in a paper that had a litany of grammatical errors, it was in most cases handed right back to the offending student or worse, given a failing grade. These types of considerations become ingrained. Mind you, I'm a fine one to talk, I know how poor authorship was handled in college because I was an offending party on more than one occassion. I still am.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 11:51 AM
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I'm pretty sure that any university in America
would still teach the capitalization of the word, "I". I certainly hope so, at least. Unless your e.e. or a ninth grader text messaging, there really isn't any excuse.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on June 3, 2006 at 11:40 AM
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kooka_lives - I simply looked at the complete inability to reason
or construct a premise without aid of the bible. There is a really scary thought here, what if someone who thinks this way actually did graduate from college? . . and was granted a diploma without basic English skills? Post secondary school education in general could not have deteriorated this far could it?
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 11:36 AM
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gomedome
One thing that has been bothering me about this is I swear that at some point in the past he made comments about his job and how he was not well educated and such. I wish I could find those comments.
posted by
kooka_lives
on June 3, 2006 at 11:20 AM
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So NOPEACE
You are 29 or 30 now? You got your master degree in 1999.
By your age you were the class of what 94', 95'.
Since you would need a BA before you could go for a MA, you would have had to start you graduate studies in 98', or 99'. Something just does not seem to add up there.
posted by
kooka_lives
on June 3, 2006 at 10:55 AM
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Bullshit - who wrote this comment?
Aside from a few typos, you now magically can construct paragraphs, punctuate and construct a thought. Now that you are claiming to be working in financial services, I'm even more suspicious of your claims. When you arrived here on Blogit just 7 or so months ago, your lack of computer literacy was evident, your lack of English language skills even more evident. Financial services, no matter what area of this field, is highly dependant on both. Do yourself a favour, don't dig the hole that you are burying yourself in any deeper.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 10:55 AM
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Gome
In the interest of putting all this to bed here goes.
In high school I played football and wrestled. My junior year I hurt my back wrestling and couldn't play football my senior year because the muscle in my back never healed correctly. Long story short, I wanted to coach college football as a profession and eventually become a College Athletic Director. There are only a handful of colleges in the country that offers both an undergrad and graduate Sport Management program. Georgia Southern is one of those universities. I attended Georgia Southern because it was close to home because I'm from Georgia. Also, it was big enough to have the feel of a major university but not to big.
I wanted to go to graduate school but after speaking with professors, I learned that the undergraduate and graduate course work for Sport Management was pretty much similar and the best route to take was to get an MBA or a masters in Finance. I looked at several universities and I was offered graduate assistanships to most of them Harvard included. I went to Harvard because heck it was HARVARD. As an assistant, i adminstered a few test, worked in the department office and got a free ride to one of the most prestigous universities in the country. I graduated in 99, moved back to Georgia and started life.
And it's 3 schools not 2. I am currently working on my PH.D in Business Management so that one day I could go back and teach at the college level. I never got into the field of college athletics, I put my Harvard MBA to work, made a few dollars and got into the financial services field last year where I'm still making a few dollars.
I had more fun at Georgia Southern than anywhere in my life. It was undergrad, most people list their undergrad as the school they attended. I'm active in the GSU alumni association, I havent been back to Harvard since I graduated. On the other hand I'll be back in Statesboro next weekend visiting GSU.
posted by
NOPEACE
on June 3, 2006 at 10:40 AM
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NOPEACE - then just tell us why you have made claims that have you
attending 2 different colleges. This should be good.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 10:22 AM
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Gome
I dont need to defend myself here I posted my achievements on my blog for you and anyone else who is curious. By the way, I was being sarcastic about you catching me. You haven't caught me in anything because I have not lied about anything. I'll never ever meet you in life so why would I care whether you believe me or not?
posted by
NOPEACE
on June 3, 2006 at 10:18 AM
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SuccessWarrior -- That cracked me up
Lying can be an art form. As a former sales manager I had to spin the truth more often than I care to admit. The most important rule of lying is to make sure that your lies survive the laugh test.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 10:16 AM
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NOPEACE - I did catch you
You have also noticed that I unblocked you. That was done in the spirit of fair cricket to give you a chance to defend yourself, even though I am not much interested in hearing what you have to say.
posted by
gomedome
on June 3, 2006 at 10:10 AM
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Reminds me of the saying about memory and lying
If you're going to lie, you should probably pick one story and go with it and not change randomly. Or, one could always try the truth...
Nahhhhh.
Gome, would you believe me if I told you I was part of Asnem? It's a group of super-intellectual dyslexics.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on June 3, 2006 at 10:06 AM
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WOW
OH wow, I REALLY think you caught me.
.
posted by
NOPEACE
on June 3, 2006 at 9:49 AM
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People Often Believe What They Want to Believe..
Then get angry when one refuses to believe the same and are unable to see the rights of anyone other than self! There is no formula to externally change belief systems that developed in distorted manners. Thanks for commenting on my post. Your intelligence is evident!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on June 3, 2006 at 2:16 AM
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