We needed tough lessons as children. An occasional playground fight was expected as the norm, and if we complained to our mother that we were being teased, we were treated to this glorious aphorism: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” My mom used to say that all the time, one of the seemingly endless adages she had at her disposal to deal with any of life’s problems. To this day I think long and hard about the practical application that dogma had on my life.
The idea that you could actually choose whether or not to be hurt by words: that was huge for me. Even though it has been repeated ad nauseam for generations, “sticks and stones” really is a powerful bit of philosophy to a kid. That’s one of the great things about being a parent: you can spout nothing but clichés, and yet, to your child, you come off as one of the great thinkers in Western culture.
–from MEAN DADS FOR A BETTER AMERICA, by Tom Shillue
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
Commie Fightin' Gram Gram analyzes Europe's reaction to recent conservative landslide vote in German's Saxony-Anhalt region.
Europe's economic malaise generally linked to extremely stupid job killing &
green syndrome leadership as outlined in this broadcast~
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MESMERIZES AUDIENCES AND THOUGHTFUL BLOGGERS ALIKE
“Good Job Fred”, said Thomas Austin Mark, a Blogging Coach at a Local Seaside College.
“We’ve basically stopped teaching Everyday Job Skills until the numbers rise, and are focused on helping Joe Average Citizen make his Non-Workday Activities more enjoyable. Blogging is the perfect mindless and “Non-Remunerative Activity” that helps everyday folks relax while they wait for the final transition to a ‘Womb To Tomb’ provider economy aka ‘The Mommy State’."
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enable freshman bloggers to "easily stay within the impaired, shattered and disillusioned mental state of the long term and generally hidden chronic unemployed that are so ignored by the media and statistics in general!”
[Editors Note] Blogging While Unemployed is t.h.e. Third in my Three Part Trilogy about the new Permanently Unemployed Lifestyles first pioneered in Bay Area Campuses in the Halcyon Nineteen Sixties (whew!).
The dedicated educator...
