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21492. arkymalarky - 4/7/2007 5:58:34 PM

Why don't they get rid of the idiot? Does she own the company?

Great jobs and cheap living to be had in AR, No! Nice college town, establish your residential status for cheap in-state tuition (or likely get it waived), alternative certification programs for getting creds while you work at teaching, so you could start teaching right away.

And now is a great time to try it out. Mose just got a 2-story, 3BR, 1 and 3/4 bath house in a great neighborhood: $550 a month.

Just a little food for thought, there!

21493. arkymalarky - 4/7/2007 5:59:05 PM

That's with CH/A, btw, and a huge fenced in backyard with lots of trees for her two dogs.

21494. Ms. No - 4/7/2007 11:02:53 PM

Ah, Arky, it sounds divine! Who knows where I'll end up? I'm established here in Sacramento for the time being and glad to be in a town I love with dear friends around me. Besides, if I moved to Arkansas I'd probably end up driving a getaway car for Todd. ;->

And yes, the woman DOES own the company. She and her husband do. It's been a family business since his father started it some 65 years ago. She seems perfectly loving with her family and her grandchildren seem to like her fine, but I do wonder if her husband married her simply so she'd run the one side of the company with ruthless efficiency and leave the rest of them the hell alone. He spends his days on the other side of the warehouse in the congenial office....although he's not much of a conversationalist.

21495. arkymalarky - 4/8/2007 12:42:02 AM

Sounds like it should be a family business exclusively.

The same that holds here holds for a lot of college towns in the South, I'm sure, and possibly some (dunno about costs-wise) in more rural CA. If you want to fast-track the degree and certification to get into teaching more quickly in any state, those with alternative certification plans (CA probably has one) and a nearby university to finish up qualifications to end up where you want to be are a good option. Now that teachers are in such demand, there are more options for people who want to change careers than there have been in the 26 years I've been teaching.

And the skills you already have will get you a good job pretty much anywhere, I would think, but especially in the South, and with people willing to adjust for your school schedule and other needs.

21496. arkymalarky - 4/8/2007 12:45:34 AM

Smaller communities and universities work perfectly for this because there are so many places to work and live within commuting distance of the town hub and small university (almost all of which have education programs), in addition to less competition for jobs and housing--IFIFIF you go at the right time. By August the opportunity is generally gone because students take up all the good housing by then. That's why Mose slid into such a great deal now, but couldn't get the right place before then--she was needing and apartment when all the good ones and most of the bad ones were gone.

21497. Ronski - 4/8/2007 1:42:18 AM

Happy Easter



21498. Ulgine Barrows - 4/8/2007 11:36:33 AM

Oh, Ronski, that is gorgeous!

Thanks. It is .....stellar!

21499. arkymalarky - 4/8/2007 3:56:50 PM

OOOhhh, lovely!!

HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!

21500. jexster - 4/8/2007 5:43:14 PM

Psalm 118
1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; *
his mercy endures for ever.
2
Let Israel now proclaim, *
"His mercy endures for ever."
15
There is a sound of exultation and victory *
in the tents of the righteous:
16
"The right hand of the LORD has triumphed! *
the right hand of the LORD is exalted!
the right hand of the LORD has triumphed!"

22
The same stone which the builders rejected *
has become the chief cornerstone.
23
This is the LORD'S doing, *
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24
On this day the LORD has acted; *
we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Happy Easter!










21501. arkymalarky - 4/8/2007 5:52:19 PM

Very nice, Jex. Thank you!

21502. judithathome - 4/8/2007 7:02:24 PM

Happy Peeps Day!

21503. jexster - 4/8/2007 9:13:11 PM

One of the first things I do when I go to the primary Sunday mass is check for new meat, esp at Easter and Xmas.

Today, I saw a tall comely curly hair blond boy. RATS - a woman on each side! As God would have it, we wound up next to each other in line at the altar rail for communion....One of his bitches was already there back to us in a lovely new floral print!

My what big feet you have!

My what hairy arms you have!

My what a handsome beard you have!

My what a lovely easter bonnet U have

21504. Magoseph - 4/9/2007 12:49:27 PM

Jex, I know you--you wouldn't DARE having such thoughts on such a day.

Imus is apologizing this morning--he spent the whole weekend getting advice and help from lots of people--serves him right. He and Bernie are sometimes too much, but I often can't help laughing at their insane jokes. I didn't laugh at the Rutgers' girls joke and that was because I didn't get the humor--Flexy had to explain to me what the connotation meant.

21505. thoughtful - 4/9/2007 3:46:31 PM

Yes I heard imus' apology this a.m.

I don't understand it...he and bernie say lots of nasty things about everybody and no one takes it seriously. I really think this thing is a total coup for sharpton who really knows how to promote himself...after all, he's getting imus to appear on his radio station. there's no way that'd ever happen before without his hyping this remark.

I mean after all the remark was made on wed and no one said anything about it until a couple of days later. Then it became a brouhaha.

21506. wonkers2 - 4/9/2007 4:51:24 PM

Imus is a jerk, almost as bad as Howard Stern. Racist comments don't belong on television.

21507. Magoseph - 4/9/2007 5:16:59 PM

The first mention of Imus' faux pas is in this article published on Thursday (the day after the incident) by MediaMatters on Thurd.

21508. Magoseph - 4/9/2007 5:18:06 PM

Tim Russert was sheduled for this morning--I guess he was too scared to show up.

21509. jexster - 4/9/2007 5:18:20 PM

21510. jexster - 4/9/2007 5:23:33 PM

Screw IMUS...I only watch for Cardinal Egan, Bill Clinton, Dr. Phil and Gen Patton

21511. wonkers2 - 4/9/2007 5:26:42 PM

McGuirk should be fired. Imus should be suspended for an appropriate period. I just heard his apology. It sounded sincere, whether it was or not.

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