tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5549149202716892394..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Some Good Ol' SmackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39944039248065093792012-07-25T22:18:05.905-04:002012-07-25T22:18:05.905-04:00Stratification, and zoning laws.
Have you ever bee...Stratification, and zoning laws.<br />Have you ever been in a big city swanky business district after dark? It's deserted except for the homeless people who descend on all those unused doorways for the evening. People with money now shop and work miles from where they live, and nobody wants to live next to a mall, upscale or not.Irritated Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415532947857584043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40215649857197832542012-07-24T16:33:51.414-04:002012-07-24T16:33:51.414-04:00Methinks that "upscale," like "luxu...Methinks that "upscale," like "luxury," has lost some meaning somewhere along the way. Then again, I'm not sure "upscale" had much meaning outside marketing-world to begin with, so I'm not exactly in mourning. <br /><br />Or maybe the upscale mall & casino/bad neighborhood combination is one more sign of increasing economic stratification. That I mightContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46198706127797389562012-07-24T12:17:15.587-04:002012-07-24T12:17:15.587-04:00Agreed!Agreed!Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53825404426675821042012-07-23T23:49:06.109-04:002012-07-23T23:49:06.109-04:00Wow. I hadn't even done that kind of research....Wow. I hadn't even done that kind of research. The implication was that the casino was local. I wonder if this is also an excuse from the time he went to Vegas during the school year? FOREHEAD SMACKAcademic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5181070510407883062012-07-23T19:16:30.704-04:002012-07-23T19:16:30.704-04:00Oh, I see there's one in the Forum Shops at Ca...Oh, I see there's one in the Forum Shops at Caesar's. Not quite what I was envisioning... shoot.<br /><br />I wonder how many times this student has recycled this excuse. I'd have saved it for the final exam, if anything...The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33453133574274268112012-07-23T19:07:19.973-04:002012-07-23T19:07:19.973-04:00There's an Apple store inside an upscale casin...There's an Apple store inside an upscale casino? My kind of heaven!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29553790401084477342012-07-23T18:41:52.636-04:002012-07-23T18:41:52.636-04:00OMG, POW. POW I say. Bravo.OMG, POW. POW I say. Bravo.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24074346516001972972012-07-23T18:28:30.295-04:002012-07-23T18:28:30.295-04:00Yes! Plenty of smartphones embed the GPS data, and...Yes! Plenty of smartphones embed the GPS data, and the link I gave, above, will actually include a map of where the picture was taken.Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18745003472002937392012-07-23T18:18:05.848-04:002012-07-23T18:18:05.848-04:00I second Dr. J above. The image should be fixed up...I second Dr. J above. The image should be fixed up CM/RYS style and made part of the regular stable of images.The Mad Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104841422695591759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9923082254534261992012-07-23T17:38:10.952-04:002012-07-23T17:38:10.952-04:00If you're REALLY lucky, the photo might also b...If you're REALLY lucky, the photo might also be embedded with GPS locator data ... just to add to the fun.<br /><br />From the "you think you're in pain?" file, last year I endured my first experience with kidney stones. <br /><br />Two weeks from diagnosis to resolution: 4 emergency room visits, 3 procedures (day surgery, lithotripsy, in-office), 2 diagnostic tests, about a Aware and Scaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700345349806280657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72192682085198693032012-07-23T17:16:24.063-04:002012-07-23T17:16:24.063-04:00While you're undoubtedly correct that this pho...While you're undoubtedly correct that this photo was taken some time ago, it's possible that you can actually check your suspicion by looking at the photo's EXIF data. Most devices that take digital images embed a whole bunch of information in the image, including the date and time that it was taken. If the student didn't go to the trouble of stripping this data out, it might Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82230830944526830402012-07-23T17:16:20.570-04:002012-07-23T17:16:20.570-04:00Good Lord. When I was in college I would have bee...Good Lord. When I was in college I would have been mortified to offer excuses that lame to my professors! Hell, I DID break a bone in my hand, got a cast, and missed a grad total of one day's classes. I've heard more excuse sin 1 semester from a dozen students than I probably gave in 4 years of undergrad and 6 years of grad school!!!!Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33755147864933103942012-07-23T16:29:27.823-04:002012-07-23T16:29:27.823-04:00--insert slow clap of appreciation-- Well played, ...--insert slow clap of appreciation-- Well played, sir. Can the cast picture be turned into a CM graphic somehow? I'm dying to see that sweater.Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187820711962025818noreply@blogger.com