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April 16, 2006
Man....I'm boring....
It was pointed out to me by someone that I've been very lax, as of late, with the blog. I'm going to cop out and say that it's due to work, which is pretty valid, but, then again, it takes all of ~5 minutes to post something :/ Dunno. Here's a few random things that make me smile/happy/wonder/etc. :
- Dave's paint in his house is awesome, make a point to stand in awe of it next time you're there.
- What makes a town a "town" ( as opposed to a shire, hamlet, unincorporated area, etc. )? I had thought it was a postal office, brooke contends it's a police and fire department ( but I know of a "town" that has no police, they're served by the county ). Please shed some light on this in the comments if you have knowledge on it. My currenty working theory is that to become a town merely consists of filing paperwork with the .gov, but that towns are required to have a postoffice? Not sure, discuss among yourselves.
- Josh found a link to a thingy that says the #1 job in the US is being a software engineer is the best job. These are probably the same people that, if asked to pick the superhero they would be, would pick Superman :/
And here are two qoutes that make me happy for no explicable reason, feel free to disseminate as you see fit:
- What? She killed them with
mathematics, what else could it have
been.
-Jayne in the episode "Objects in Space"
- "My owns plans are made. While I can, I sail east in the Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I paddle east in my coracle. When she sinks, I shall swim east with my four paws. And when I can swim no longer, if I have not reached Aslan’s country, or shot over the edge of the world in some vast cataract, I shall sink with my nose to the sunrise and Peepiceek will be head of the talking mice in Narnia.” -Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Well, "the man" is starting to uncase the "I mean business" whip so I best get back to work. I'm working on Easter Sunday, can we talk about how many shades of wrong that is?
Posted by bucjos at April 16, 2006 08:26 PM
Comments
On the town thing, I'd vote for incorporation being the major deciding factor.
Posted by: Jeremy at April 16, 2006 09:38 PM
i'm disappointed that there is no mention of awesome*...and, i'll do some internets research in an effort to figure out what makes a town a "town"...
Posted by: brooke at April 17, 2006 10:51 AM
Well, are we talking about town vs a city? In old school english a city was a town with a cathedral. Now days it is incorporation based for the most part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town#United_States
Posted by: jeff at April 17, 2006 10:53 AM
Yes, the incorporation is the big thing, and generally, at least in most states, it's actually then a city, not a town. There are/were other types too, like village (brooklyn park was a village at one point) that all have different requirements for incorporation.
Posted by: schdav at April 17, 2006 10:53 AM
the discussion was town/city vs. unincorporated area...for the record. :)
Posted by: brooke at April 18, 2006 10:45 AM