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Wish me luck in Berkeley
May 12, 2017, 05:11 PM
honestlouWish me luck in Berkeley
My number two son is graduating with a Masters in Chem E from Berkeley this weekend, and we're flying out there for the occasion. I did leave my "Make America Great Again" hat at home, but I may find it hard to hold my tongue if I encounter nonsense.
For example, my son told me that last week some of those folks were protesting for a higher minimum wage. He said he thought, but did not say out loud, "if the minimum wage of $15/hour isn't good enough for you, you might rethink your decision to major in folklore". He literally overhead people talking and one was a folklore major. I don't know if I could hold my tongue.
May 12, 2017, 05:15 PM
ZSMICHAELI think you can still get a Bernie for President T shirt online for your trip. Might be safer.
May 12, 2017, 05:21 PM
lkdr1989Camouflage baby, camouflage
Congrats to your son!
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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
I think you can still get a Bernie for President T shirt online for your trip. Might be safer.
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV May 12, 2017, 05:36 PM
stoic-oneYou can get a degree in folklore?
May 12, 2017, 05:37 PM
83v45magnaCongratulations to your son!
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -Ecclesiastes 9:11 May 12, 2017, 05:53 PM
Skins2881quote:
Originally posted by stoic-one:
You can get a degree in folklore?
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Congratulate you son on his accomplishment from a bunch of your invisible friends. Hopefully he promptly leaves the state after tossing his cap.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis May 12, 2017, 05:53 PM
CliffCongratulations to your son, you and the rest of your family. But folklore!!?? He, she, it, must be a proud SJW.
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May 12, 2017, 05:59 PM
bald1Congrats to your son too but traveling to Bezerkly demands more than just luck. I wish you more than you may need!
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May 12, 2017, 06:01 PM
ontmarkCongratulations. Another great Chemistry Grad.
There is a nice Range close by Richmond Rod and Gun Club.
If Berkeley gets to you look me up and I will bring some guns we can shoot.
PS: at the range. Not at Berkeley.
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May 12, 2017, 06:03 PM
braillediverYeah camouflage in a bernie shirt with a peace drum.
Congratulations to your Son and Family.
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May 12, 2017, 06:11 PM
mbinkyquote:
You can get a degree in folklore?
I bet that's an old wives tale
Congrats!
May 12, 2017, 06:11 PM
honestlouquote:
Originally posted by ontmark:
Congratulations. Another great Chemistry Grad.
There is a nice Range close by Richmond Rod and Gun Club.
If Berkeley gets to you look me up and I will bring some guns we can shoot.
PS: at the range. Not at Berkeley.
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Thanks! I'm not sure if I/we can get away, but I appreciate the offer and will keep it in mind.
I wonder if that is the club that has skeet fields overlooking the water that he found. He told me about a place that was close, but didn't rent guns. I posted a while back about trying to ship his shotgun to him. We finally decided it was too much trouble.
May 12, 2017, 06:17 PM
honestlouquote:
Originally posted by mbinky:
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You can get a degree in folklore?
I bet that's an old wives tale
Congrats!
I see what you did there! But seriously,
http://folklore.berkeley.edu/May 12, 2017, 06:19 PM
cjevans... congrats - chemistry done, now for History?
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin.
"If anyone in this country doesn't minimise their tax, they want their head read, because as a government, you are not spending it that well, that we should be donating extra...:
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SIGForum: the island of reality in an ocean of diarrhoea. May 12, 2017, 06:26 PM
jbcummingsOkay here's the one that did it for me...
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Folklore Roundtable with Jeana Jorgensen |
HOW TO GET LAID IN FAIRY TALES: Patterns of Gendered Sexuality in European Tales of Magiclocation : 221 Kroeber Hall
With Reception in the Folklore Archive
date : Fri, 03/17/2017 - 00:00
News
Visiting lecturer in Folklore Dr Jeana Jorgensen contributes chapter to New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales.
The book, edited by Christa C. Jones and Claudia Schwabe and published through Utah State University Press, "introduces scholarly perspectives on how to teach fairy tales in a variety of courses and academic disciplines...Challenging the fairy-tale canon as represented by the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, and Walt Disney, contributors reveal an astonishingly diverse fairy-tale landscape."
Former student of the late Alan Dundes, Dr Jeana Jorgensen, returns to UC Berkeley as a lecturer in the folklore program for Spring 2017.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup.
May 12, 2017, 06:38 PM
Rey HRHhow to get laid... No one could have made this shit up.
But apparently, someone did!
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
May 12, 2017, 07:36 PM
synthplayerquote:
Originally posted by honestlou:
Thanks! I'm not sure if I/we can get away, but I appreciate the offer and will keep it in mind.
I wonder if that is the club that has skeet fields overlooking the water that he found.
Yes - that's the Richmond Rod & Gun. If you go there, be sure to bring a jacket. You might need one in Berkeley, too. It's 54 degrees with cold winds off the Bay as I write this.
I found what you said riveting.
May 12, 2017, 07:50 PM
Il CattivoYup. Hats and sunglasses, too, and it wouldn't be bad to cache away light rain gear.
May 12, 2017, 08:05 PM
cmr076Congrats to your son. I've actually talked to a buddY about taking a trip to Berkeley when they have their protests, it looks like a blast to be in the thick of it.
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May 12, 2017, 09:58 PM
bertoWelcome to town! Speak your mind if you feel the need. The violent leftists come out to play only for their scheduled temper tantrums. The run of the mill dipshits might give you a dirty look before they stomp off in a fit but that's it. Have fun out here.