I would like to extend a big hearty thanks to Arts&Sciences for ruining my spring break. On my desk in front of me I have roughly 2000 pages of information that I need to read through. Its about Tenure and Promotion cases that I am reviewing. I’m quite sure that a number of the documents are superfluous and unnecessary. All that they really need to forward to the committee was the Form A, the minutes and any documents that were vital to the case. A&S decided to forward the ENTIRE SET OF FUCKING binders to us.
On a different note I found out that one of my best friends is moving to Williamstown Massachusetts. I can’t be happier for you. Expect me to drop by whenever im driving to and from Syracuse J
Serious topic now. The whole Gay marriage debate is beginning to worry me; not because I have serious feelings one way or the other, but because of the serious divide that it is causing in society. It might be an incredibly utopian view where every lives together in one big happy America (or world) and respects each other and where everyone has the same rights and privileges as everyone else. But we are moving so far away from my ideal world that were I to be offered a job overseas I would take it in a heart beat (provided it was in either France, UK, Germany, or Austria). All of this hatred that is being stirred up is just sitting on the proverbial stove waiting to boil over. This is what really worries me. At some point some religious, bible thumping fanatic is going to decide to put on a suit of dynamite in the morning or accessorize with a Ruger and then cause some serious damage. It’s the bystanders I’m worried about. There will probably be children killed if the above scenario takes place. Slaughtering innocents or bystanders is now way to have a discussion (see the current Israeli/Palestinian conflict for validation of that). If only people could get together and have a discussion without bringing in false or misleading information and arrive at a result that is amicable for all.
Failing that I think we should put everyone with strong feelings either way into a giant arena, give them knives, forks, farm implements and clubs and then have a grand mêlée. Last person standing gets to say what America’s position on the subject is (Note this would have been a good way to settle the uncertainty over the last election. “Gore vs. Bush: A Battle to the Death”…now carried live on PayPerView)
final thing. It looks like its going to be blue...now to pick out the shade :-)