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8 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Fuck all this math shit.  Math and numbers are why this UT business major became a history major.  I can't count past 10 unless I take my shoes off. 

 

My wife has a bachelors in meteorology, a masters in meteorology and was 3 hours from having a double major in math.  That's all I have. She helps the kids with their math homework.   

I stay in my lane.

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12 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

My wife has a bachelors in meteorology, a masters in meteorology and was 3 hours from having a double major in math.  That's all I have. She helps the kids with their math homework.   

I stay in my lane.

I was always good in algebra, geometry, trig, whatever...but calculus ended my college career.  Maybe I should have met that movie character who taught the L.A. ghetto kids to be calculus experts.

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Hey, you're talking to a fellow English major, and one who barely passed his pass/fail Accounting for Non-Accounting Majors course my last semester of undergrad. 
In all fairness, I got early-admitted to UT Law the prior December, and by the time my Spring semester senior year rolled around, I was in full fuck-off mode.  Still, to this day I can't really tell you what a balance sheet is, or why, for some reason, it always balances.  

Unscientific survey -
How many lawyers here were also English majors?

[raises hand - English/Spanish]
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Co-sign.  and if you told me to pass calculus or my sons would die I would just kiss them and say “goodbye. Daddy loves you.”

I started at a math and science school. I promptly realized those around me were all gifted in such a way that all the studying in the world would never close the gap between my struggles and their natural mathematical abilities. I also realized there was like one woman in the room and I was clearly too dumb for her, never mind what my standards at the time may have been.
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No shit. He's devolved into a candidate telling whatever his audience wants to hear at that particular time and then promising the exact opposite to the next group.

Thus it has always been.

Thus it shall ever be.
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37 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Fuck all this math shit.  Math and numbers are why this UT business major became a history major.  I can't count past 10 unless I take my shoes off. 

Is that you Jason Pierre-Paul? 

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12 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:


Unscientific survey -
How many lawyers here were also English majors?

[raises hand - English/Spanish]

Major in poli-sci and a minor in Environmental Studies.  No math was involved in the latter. 

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Just finished The Situation Room book by George Stephanopoulos. The differences between the chapters on Obama and Biden vs. Trump are frightening. It really illustrates how much of a reactionary moron Trump is. I wish every undecided voter could read just that chapter and then decide which choice is better. The man is nothing but chaos.

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16 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Just finished The Situation Room book by George Stephanopoulos. The differences between the chapters on Obama and Biden vs. Trump are frightening. It really illustrates how much of a reactionary moron Trump is. I wish every undecided voter could read just that chapter and then decide which choice is better. The man is nothing but chaos.

Thanks.  Just ordered this.

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4 hours ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Fuck all this math shit.  Math and numbers are why this UT business major became a history major.  I can't count past 10 unless I take my shoes off. 

My son's roommate is transferring from McComb's to Liberal Arts next semester to major in history.  But not because of calculus.

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3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


Unscientific survey -
How many lawyers here were also English majors?

[raises hand - English/Spanish]

English Major, here.  BA 96, JD 99

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2 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

BA 95, JD 00

We probably had classes together. 

Most memorable I had were taught by Bump, Graham, and, the GOAT, Adams.

 

But I feel like I would have remembered having a Mr. Fuck in my class.  Then again . . .

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40 minutes ago, dcbc said:

My son's roommate is transferring from McComb's to Liberal Arts next semester to major in history.  But not because of calculus.

That's what I did (Pre-McCombs though).  Went from Business to History and then spent my entire career in... Business.

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Most memorable I had were taught by Bump, Graham, and, the GOAT, Adams.
 
But I feel like I would have remembered having a Mr. Fuck in my class.  Then again . . .

Had Graham for Life and Literature of the Southwest and WWII in Literature and Film. Talked my way into the second as I was not a Normandy Scholar. Looking around the class that was a huge fail on my part because it was full of hotties who gave zero fucks about WWII and were just looking for someone else to pay for their junket to France.
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34 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:


Had Graham for Life and Literature of the Southwest and WWII in Literature and Film. Talked my way into the second as I was not a Normandy Scholar. Looking around the class that was a huge fail on my part because it was full of hotties who gave zero fucks about WWII and were just looking for someone else to pay for their junket to France.

Is that so?

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5 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


Unscientific survey -
How many lawyers here were also English majors?

[raises hand - English/Spanish]

No English major, but I took E316K in '96 and somehow made an A. The professor was old as fuck. 

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15 minutes ago, Bookman said:

No English major, but I took E316K in '96 and somehow made an A. The professor was old as fuck. 

Sounds like Kaulbach (sp)? If it was I might have been in that same class and the grading was 1/3 attendance, 1/3 a paper you could re-write until you were satisfied with the grade and 1/3 a test. He told the whole class the first day that if you didn't get an A on the test you were a fucking moron.

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Did anyone have a professor named Hopper at UT?  


anyway, he was my cousin, I never got to know him because he died in ‘98 but seemed like an awesome dude.  RIP.

CSB 

 

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1 minute ago, strangulation! said:

Sounds like Kaulbach (sp)? If it was I might have been in that same class and the grading was 1/3 attendance, 1/3 a paper you could re-write until you were satisfied with the grade and 1/3 a test. He told the whole class the first day that if you didn't get an A on the test you were a fucking moron.

I think there were a couple 316Ks. This was British Lit. He specifically said we had to read Chaucer in Middle English only and I gave up on that shit after a couple hours. I felt sufficiently bad about it at the time. 

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2 minutes ago, Bookman said:

I think there were a couple 316Ks. This was British Lit. He specifically said we had to read Chaucer in Middle English only and I gave up on that shit after a couple hours. I felt sufficiently bad about it at the time. 

I'm sure there were multiple 316Ks. Kaulbach was awesome, albeit incredibly politically incorrect, even at that time.

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1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:


Had Graham for Life and Literature of the Southwest and WWII in Literature and Film. Talked my way into the second as I was not a Normandy Scholar. Looking around the class that was a huge fail on my part because it was full of hotties who gave zero fucks about WWII and were just looking for someone else to pay for their junket to France.

I took his SW Lit class.  Lots of fantastic reading in that one.

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14 minutes ago, Bookman said:

I think there were a couple 316Ks. This was British Lit. He specifically said we had to read Chaucer in Middle English only and I gave up on that shit after a couple hours. I felt sufficiently bad about it at the time. 

In History of the English Language, we had to recite 40 lines or so of Canterbury Tales in Middle English.  That was, by far, the worst English class I took.  I should have taken grammar instead.

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1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

That was posted 36 hours ago and I still haven't heard anyone in the media raise a question about his fitness for office.  Hmmm

Oh, c'mon. They're just being balance and fair. 

Trump is a constant and malign liar who declares Kamala lied about a job she had as a youth.

Which is the bigger story? Of course, it's did Kamala really work the fry machine? It's a presidential election and we can't have dishonest people running for that high office. Waddaya know, Kamala did work where she said she did (what an odd thing to lie about that would be! Turns out Trump was lying making unsubstantiated claims or mistatements of fact.

There are likely a dozen repeated quotes from Trump about setting aside the Constitution, jailing the press, imprisoning persons who speak against a (MAGA) Supreme Court judge, denying election results, laying down 100% tarriffs on targeted companies, befriending and admiring dictators, oh and generated a treasonous mob attack on the Capitol while Kamala hasn't included enough details from her 80 page policy stance into her speeches to satisfy the baseless charge that she's too vague.

Which is the bigger story. You get the picture.

Now that the Dems have come to life, the other bastion against abuse of power and purely wicked intent remains lazy and narrow-minded. At least the news media are proving something I've said for a long time: most news outlets are not politically prejudiced. They're just shitty at their jobs.

It's okay to report what you actually see and hear. There is no doubt whatsoever that Trump wants to turn a republic into a fiefdom. That's not a campaign issue. It doesn't require "balance" if it is obviously true to begin with. This and likely climate catastrophe are the biggest stories since WW2. Give reporting about them a shot. Please.

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11 minutes ago, dcbc said:

I took his SW Lit class.  Lots of fantastic reading in that one.

He was probably my favorite professor of all times.  After I'd graduated, at least once a year I'd stop by the coop and peruse the shelves just to see what he had on the syllabus.  I'd usually wind up buying a bunch of books.  So I'm sure there were several times when he thought he'd actually ordered the right number, but he hadn't because he didn't know I was buying them and some students came up short.  Oh well? 

That all ended when it all went electronic. Sad Chad.

[Shakes fist and shouts at clouds]

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I think there were a couple 316Ks. This was British Lit. He specifically said we had to read Chaucer in Middle English only and I gave up on that shit after a couple hours. I felt sufficiently bad about it at the time. 

Given your username, ye shouldst feel bad.
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54 minutes ago, dcbc said:

I took his SW Lit class.  Lots of fantastic reading in that one.

yeah, i believe that's where i was introduced to the grand Cormac McCarthy via Blood Meridian and i've never been the same since lol

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1 hour ago, dcbc said:

I took his SW Lit class.  Lots of fantastic reading in that one.

Any suggestions from said reading list for us STEM guys who like to pretend we are learned?

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9 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Any suggestions from said reading list for us STEM guys who like to pretend we are learned?

 

Strange Peaches (Shrake)

Horseman Pass By (McMurtry)

All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy)

 

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3 hours ago, dcbc said:

Most memorable I had were taught by Bump, Graham, and, the GOAT, Adams.

 

But I feel like I would have remembered having a Mr. Fuck in my class.  Then again . . .

 

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


Had Graham for Life and Literature of the Southwest and WWII in Literature and Film. Talked my way into the second as I was not a Normandy Scholar. Looking around the class that was a huge fail on my part because it was full of hotties who gave zero fucks about WWII and were just looking for someone else to pay for their junket to France.

Graham was easily my favorite or second favorite professor at UT. I took Texas Lit twice because the reading list was different the second time and it had a different course number. There were some common titles so I had half the reading already done before the first class of the second go-round. I never missed a Graham class and trust me, I missed a LOT of classes. I had a couple of Journalism profs that were pretty awesome but Graham was a stud. Y'all are probably aware but he passed a couple of years ago.

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3 minutes ago, dcbc said:

 

Strange Peaches (Shrake)

Horseman Pass By (McMurtry)

All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy)

 

All great books. I liked The Last Picture Show better than All the Pretty Horses.

To this list, I'd add The Gay Place by Billy Lee Bramer. Strange Peaches is simply fantastic. I got a chance to meet Bud Shrake and Gary Cartwright at a cocktail hour while at UT. Bud signed my copy of Peaches.

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9 minutes ago, C-Man said:

 

Graham was easily my favorite or second favorite professor at UT. I took Texas Lit twice because the reading list was different the second time and it had a different course number. There were some common titles so I had half the reading already done before the first class of the second go-round. I never missed a Graham class and trust me, I missed a LOT of classes. I had a couple of Journalism profs that were pretty awesome but Graham was a stud. Y'all are probably aware but he passed a couple of years ago.

Graham was amazing and yes, you didn't miss that class.  But Michael Adams was my favorite.  His Modern Short Story class changed me as a reader and a writer, and he wrote the most amazing law school rec. for me.  The guy was simply an incredible teacher.  I'm now sad to report that he passed in November 2022.  Damn.  Was hoping my kid could take a class from him.  I also heard about Graham's passing a few years back.  That was a huge loss.

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5 minutes ago, C-Man said:

All great books. I liked The Last Picture Show better than All the Pretty Horses.

To this list, I'd add The Gay Place by Billy Lee Bramer. Strange Peaches is simply fantastic. I got a chance to meet Bud Shrake and Gary Cartwright at a cocktail hour while at UT. Bud signed my copy of Peaches.

Strange Peaches was my favorite by a mile, and was out of print at the time.  I still have the Gay Place and need to reread it.  I remember its being good, but it was a competitive list that semester.  Bud Shrake was really something.

 

I remember Graham saying how much McMurtry hated All the Pretty Horses.

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2 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Thought about posting this in the watch thread  . . . 

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That watch would be better if it was of the Micky Mouse variety with Trumps tiny hands as the watch hands.

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2 hours ago, Bookman said:

I think there were a couple 316Ks. This was British Lit. He specifically said we had to read Chaucer in Middle English only and I gave up on that shit after a couple hours. I felt sufficiently bad about it at the time. 

 

1 hour ago, ohchaucer said:


Given your username, ye shouldst feel bad.

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25 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

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I don’t need to read fiction about my lived experience

i have a raging case of PTSD when it comes to this.

post traumatic shart disorder is no laughing matter

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4 hours ago, dcbc said:

Most memorable I had were taught by Bump, Graham, and, the GOAT, Adams.

I had Adams for American Lit since 1910 (subtitle was "God is dead").  Unfortunately I got on his bad side taking another student's graded paper and my own to point out the inconsistency in his grading (admittedly hers was better but not THAT much better).  Plus he gave me a B+ on an essay on mechanism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a B on another paper I wrote on Jesus' Son.  I spent 15 hours on the former and maybe two on the latter and I would've given myself an A+ on the former and no better than a C on the latter. 

This was in 2001, mind you.  Clearly I'm over it. 

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1 hour ago, C-Man said:

All great books. I liked The Last Picture Show better than All the Pretty Horses.

To this list, I'd add The Gay Place by Billy Lee Bramer. Strange Peaches is simply fantastic. I got a chance to meet Bud Shrake and Gary Cartwright at a cocktail hour while at UT. Bud signed my copy of Peaches.

Great recs. Read Gay Place in undergrad (American Studies). Billy Lee has an interesting stories for sure.  His LBJ character is a riot and spot on.

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