He's Back

To protect his identity, I took a picture of the man arrested last Thursday, from behind. Yes, he rides a motorcycle. Yes, he loves Hooters. Yes, he actually is quite knowledgeable in most things business related. And yes, he is back in school...but probably without a knife.

Oh, and do you see that water bottle in the foreground? It will bring me 4 cents closer to a rockin' digital camera!

Is Honesty Unjust?

"Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."

-Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter after the return of He Who Must Not Be Named.

Thursday night 2 1/2 hours into my four hour nap time (otherwise known as Strategic Management or Management - Senior Assessment or Mgmt 490) four police officers stuck their heads in the door and two of them strolled almost to the end of the table farthest from me where there was an empty chair that, before break, was home to a young woman who sits with her friend every class. There was much commotion as the Prof. tried to continue to have class until the male officer took him into the hallway.

This left the female officer speaking with the absent girl's friend and those around the empty chair. Finally, trying to figure out what they were saying, I saw what all the commotion was about: the female officer picked up a knife with the blade already unfolded that had been sitting on the table hidden from my view by our course book.

We were stunned. We knew that the blade was over 2 1/2 inches and knew that the girl that it belonged to was out of school for good - her last class? And she gets kicked out of school for violating the weapon policy! Bummer!

Then, as the friend described how the girl found the knife in a chair she chose to swap with her own during the break, and as the officer was leaving the room carrying the weapon with blue rubber gloves in front of her like a dead squirrel, the business savvy motorcyle rider in class piped up:

"I think that that may be mine..."

Doh! All he had to do was keep his mouth shut and buy a new knife! But he was honest and probably saved some girl from misery and toil through the night. Unfortunately, all that stuff up there about the last class before graduation now pertains to him. I know that he violated the weapon policy. I also know that I'll forever remember his moment of honesty. It is too bad that the cops didn't see it that way:

08-16-2007 2000-0800
Case #07-0756 / Possession of Weapon on Campus (626.10 PC)
Description: At approximately 8:55 pm, officers responded to Jack Brown Hall regarding a found knife in a classroom. Upon further investigation the knife was found to belong to a male student, who was subsequently arrested for possessing a knife with a blade more than 2 1/2 inches.
Disposition: Arrest

Forty-Something

Happy Birthday, Moprah! Saturday was Jesica's mother's birthday. And unlike some Mother-In-Laws, mine is actually (yes, I'm going to say it) the bomb-diggity!

Does your Mother-In-Law fight with other swimmers in a game of grab the Toypedo before anyone else does?

Does your Mother-In-Law tell you crazy stories about the incredibly large body parts (parts that you hope don't enlarge on your body) she encounters in her work as a nurse?

Does your Mother-In-Law read Cosmo?

Does your Mother-In-Law really understand your spouse enough to pat you on the back with reassurance?

Does your Mother-In-Law call herself Moprah?

No? Too, bad for you...

Happy Birthday and thank you kindly for being a great influence in my life and for raising an incredibly wonderful woman! I'm glad to be in your family!

Also, for any of you who actually read this Blog, the answer to my last posting, a.k.a. my Hero, is Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

Can You Guess My Hero?

Can you guess who this person is?



Professor of Rhetoric and seminary teacher and president of a college.



Wounded six times in six different battles and had six horses killed while riding them.



Shot through the hips from Right to Left.



Lt. Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Brevet Major General, Govenor.



Recieved a Congressional Medal of Honor through the mail.



Knew the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.



Are you close? At least there is a time frame and a location... Any guesses?




Here is a picture to help:

Core Competencies

This evening during my four hour class I woke up for 2 important concepts: Core Competencies and Distinctive Competencies.

Core Competency - something you are good at.

Distinctive Competency - something only you can do.

So, Mr. Donohoo stated that we are to defend Core Competencies as they may develop into Distinctive Competencies...like something that you've been doing and then patent. Anyway, he stated that his daughter has this great Core Competency that he thinks is so neat! It went like this:

"My daughter has this thing she does with a maraschino cherry. She puts the whole thing in her mouth, stem and all, and then spits out the stem after she has tied it in a knot with her tongue."

We all know people who can do this...everyone in the class knows what it means. I sure do because I can tie a stem with my tongue.

Foolishly, though, I was the only one that was brave enough to blurt out and shame the Profs daughter:

"That means she's a good kisser!"

Apparently, now that he knows my name and will never forget me, he is going home to have a conversation with his daughter.

At least I got a laugh from the class...

Waste of Time

There are many things that have been categorized as a waste of time. My mom made it easy to find things that were a waste of time that I did: TV, computer games, toys, uh...too many dates with girls that I knew wouldn't be my wife. You get the picture!

Anyway, everyone also hates it when other people waste their time. You know like teachers who expect you to come to class, but they don't teach. Or construction workers who ask you to pick up blank checks and then don't even freaking use them to get excavation permits. Ooh, and a waiter who never brings the check when you've finished eating for over an hour.

I haven't Blogged in almost two months. So, those of you who actually check to see if I ever Blog, I'm sorry if I've wasted your time! But it is now Summer Break again and I plan to Blog everyday of summer break...no matter how long it is!!

Walker

You've seen him before. You know who he is and whether you call him Cordell Walker, or that guy that just kills people in MIA and Delta Force, or maybe that guy that sells the Total Gym, you still know that he'd kick your trash in an alley or a rooftop, a closet or a stadium.
Jesica recently found a book with items published from Chuck Norris Facts.com. Amazing and he's from Oklahoma! Here are some of the entries in no particular order:

1. Chuck Norris created the hole in the ozone layer "to get a better look at the sun."
2. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
3. Chuck Norris is suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
4. Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
5. Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
6. Chuck Norris's hand is the only hand that can beat a royal flush.
7. There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
8. Chuck Norris's family crest is a picture of a barracuda eating Neil Armstrong.
9. When Chuck Norris claps, the lights always turn on...even if he doesn't have a clapper.
10. When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.
11. Chuck Norris doesn't actually write books. The words assemble themselves out of fear.
12. Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his rage.
13. Chuck Norris has to use a stunt double for only one kind of scene - a crying scene.
14. Chuck Norris doesn't have blood. He is filled with magma.
15. When Chuck Norris wants an egg, he cracks open a chicken.
16. Chuck Norris once rode a nine-foot grizzly bear through an automatic car wash instead of taking a shower.
17. Chuck Norris never has to wax his skis because they're always slick with blood.
18. Chuck Norris doesn't wear a watch. He decides what time it is.
19. Chuck Norris destroyed the Periodic Table because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise.
20. When Chuck Norris does division there are no remainders.
21. Chuck Norris is the only person in the world who can actually email a roundhouse kick to your face.
22. Chuck Norris played Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun...and won.
23. Chuck Norris has 12 moons. One of them is Earth.
24. Chuck Norris' house has no doors - only walls that he walks through.
25. It is believed dinosaurs are extinct because of a giant meteor. This is true if you want to call Chuck Norris a giant meteor.
By the way, if you stare at this picture of Chuck for extended periods of time without proper eye protection it will cause blindness and possibly foot-size bruises on your face, though you can click it for his personal website that he personally welcomes you to.