Random Thoughts: Eye Vee

by **mickbayne** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 21:26:34

all airports should have free wireless internet.

by **Bucky** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 23:24:58

"Anal Fissures" would have been a GREAT name for a punk band.

by **Drugs Delaney** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 01:22:55

I really hope this grad school thing works out for the good.

I also really hope the cable guy doesn't keep me waiting all day tomorrow.

by **LongDrive** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 07:11:26

Bill McNeal wrote:Bonefish Grill is amazing. I had a networking diner at the one in Willow Grove last night and it was the best seafood I've had in a long time. Hard to believe it's a chain.

The wife and I ate at the one in Willow Grove a couple years back and I was not that impressed. It may have been just one of those nights. I will try again though.

by **VoxOrion** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 08:42:02

You know statistics show that the majority of graduate degrees aren't worth the financial investment.

That's not the only reason to go, but its worth considering.

by **Trent Steele** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 08:49:33

Won $7500 at the blackjack table last night.

by **Drugs Delaney** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:46:56

VoxOrion wrote:You know statistics show that the majority of graduate degrees aren't worth the financial investment.

That's not the only reason to go, but its worth considering.

What if my employer is footing the bill?

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:01:20

Trent Steele wrote:Won $7500 at the blackjack table last night.

Now that's the tits!

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:02:35

I got the phone number of a girl named Missy last night. I think I get some points in the book of life for that.

"I'm wearing black tonight!"
"What do you usually wear?"
"Ummmm...... pink! Or purple!" (true story)

by **Rev_Beezer** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:26:37

Do I wait today to visit the Brouses or do it on Monday? If I do it Monday, I'll have more Wii time today...

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:39:04

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I got the phone number of a girl named Missy last night. I think I get some points in the book of life for that.

"I'm wearing black tonight!"
"What do you usually wear?"
"Ummmm...... pink! Or purple!" (true story)

Missy usually wears pink or purple, or are you talking about two separate women?

And, more to the point, are you going to call her? She sounds like she could be fun.

by **The Dude** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:41:18

I wonder if it's my friend missy

by **EndlessSummer** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 14:45:23

Are hockey players born with a monotone voice or do they develop that over time?

by **CFP** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 15:12:39

How the hell did McDonalds not have Shamrock Shakes available on St. Patrick's Day?

by **VoxOrion** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 15:18:21

Drugs Delaney wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:You know statistics show that the majority of graduate degrees aren't worth the financial investment.

That's not the only reason to go, but its worth considering.

What if my employer is footing the bill?

Then that's their problem. I just thought the stat was interesting.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 15:18:23

CFP wrote:How the hell did McDonalds not have Shamrock Shakes available on St. Patrick's Day?

I must have been about 10 (so it was more than 30 years ago) when I puked up one of those things. All over the porch. Truly impressive vomit.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 15:24:13

VoxOrion wrote:
Drugs Delaney wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:You know statistics show that the majority of graduate degrees aren't worth the financial investment.

That's not the only reason to go, but its worth considering.

What if my employer is footing the bill?

Then that's their problem. I just thought the stat was interesting.

I think you'd have to control for subject area--I mean, getting a PhD in some academic subject, or an MLS or MSW are not degrees one pursues because those are lucrative fields.

Law degrees and MBA degrees, by contrast, should enhance one's earning potential.

Though lately, I've been hearing more noise about how for many law school grads, the amount of debt they've accrued and the fact that lots of lawyers have starting salaries in the 40k range makes it a poor choice.

by **Pedro Rosa** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 15:39:46

My experience has been that all females named Missy, which is usually not the birth name, but an adopted nickname, tend to be pretentious, shallow, and materialistic bitches w/ great bodies.

by **Pedro Rosa** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 15:42:03

VoxOrion wrote:You know statistics show that the majority of graduate degrees aren't worth the financial investment.

That's not the only reason to go, but its worth considering.

This makes me feel better..as I decided to take a year or 2 off before heading to graduate school, but in that time my desire passed me by.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 15:51:40

Pedro Rosa wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:You know statistics show that the majority of graduate degrees aren't worth the financial investment.

That's not the only reason to go, but its worth considering.

This makes me feel better..as I decided to take a year or 2 off before heading to graduate school, but in that time my desire passed me by.

I think taking at least a year off between undergrad and any grad school is a good idea. Grad schools are filled with people who are there because they don't know what else to do. It's an awfully expensive way to "find yourself".

While I believe a college degree shouldn't be vocational, grad school is vocational. You go to grad school only because it fits into your career plans.

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