The boy was sharing his thoughts on art and what’s art and what’s not. The conversation eventually led to discussing communication. He was talking about a friend of his that’s now in college and has a professor that would always use really big words in class. I’m not sure if these words were considered part of the knowledge and learning they were supposed to be getting, but the kid didn’t appreciate the professor using all these words that the other students didn’t know.

Yeah, I’d hate for your intelligence to actually be challenged and stretched while you’re in college. I guess what our educationally challenged society needs is for all teachers and professors to not speak or expect any higher level of thought than the students they’re teaching in their classrooms.

I’m sure that will be the thing that really helps us all.

Can anyone tell me the relationship between the image and my post?

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Tonight I just realized that my personal blog has been nominated as one of Indiana’s Top 50 Blogs.

A number of my friends have had their blogs nominated for the list as well and it’s an honor to be among them in the list.

If you read my blog, I’d love to get your vote of support.

If you’re looking for some more great blogs to add to your reading list, you should check out my friends’ sites too.

• Douglas Karr – The Marketing Tech Blog: all things related to technology and the use of it in marketing
• Casey Mullins – mooshinindy: perhaps the best female blogger I’ve ever read
• Erik Deckers – Laughing Stalk: if you’re looking for a funny look at the world around us, this guy is it. He should be writing for sit-coms or something.
• Cherie Lowe – The Queen of Free: everyone loves free, find lots of the stuff here
• Bob Burchie – Around Indy: bored? then you haven’t checked out this site to see what’s happening around the city
• Lorraine Ball – Roundpeg: small-business information and insight
• Patric Welch – Mr. Noobie What’s Noo: whether its your DVR, an iPhone or a new camera, Patric shares loads of information here

Now, hopefully you’ll go vote for me and then read everyone else too!

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High school was easy for me. I hardly ever studied, but still made good grades. I considered myself a "bridge friend". I was friends with a variety of different people across the various cliques. I stayed busy with drama, band, yearbook and student government stuff.

If you knew me in high school and are reading this, what do you think? Would you like to go back to our days at Butler County High School? Or all the hours we spent together marching in the Blue Regiment?

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A few weeks ago I made a comment about them needing a smaller version that would serve as more of a personal space heater. Something that you could fit under your desk easily and get your legs and toes nice and toasty.

They didn’t really have anything at the time, but now they do and they sent one to me to see what I thought.

The VH101 Personal Heater from Vornado delivers exactly what I’ve come to expect from all of their devices. It runs nearly silently, produces a very effective stream of air into the entire room. The VH101 Personal Heater is small enough to fit nicely under your desk at the office. The housing barely even gets warm to the touch and it’s got a tip-over safety switch that automatically shuts off the device if it’s not sitting nice and level on its bottom surface.

We had the iControl in our bathroom as there’s nothing quite like getting out of the shower on a chilly morning and having the nice, warm air from our Vornado to help warm the air and dry off. Since I’m usually working onsite with clients, I’m rarely at the office to keep this under my desk. We replaced the larger iControl unit with the VH101 Personal Heater in our bathroom. Its size makes it great for sitting on the counter, even in our small bathroom.

Now we have the iControl sitting in the living room. The remote control for the device sits on our side table with the other TV remotes and we can heat up the room a bit or just circulate unheated air if we prefer.

Either way, if you’re looking for a personal space heater or something to help circulate the air in your house, you’re probably not going to find anything better than something from Vornado.

Now I’m just waiting for them to develop an oscillating tower fan, then I’ll have all my other fans in the house replaced with a Vornado.

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This is what the family brought home to me today. Let me start off by saying I am not a dog person. I’m not sure at what point I decided dogs weren’t my preferred pet. We had a poodle, sheep dog, and a German shepherd that had puppies when I was growing up.

I like cats and enjoy having our two rag dolls around the house. My preferred pets are aquarium fish. My wife hates fish and doesn’t want an aquarium in the house. If I decide to let the family keep the dog, I believe I’ll be setting up a 55-gallon aquarium in my office the dining room.

The dog, Moxie, is a tiny little shih-tzu. It’s a cute dog. Hasn’t barked yet. Tiny in our house is a key feature. We had a weimaraner puppy when we first moved in for awhile. That didn’t work out well, but Sage was a great dog.

My deal with the kids is that I would not be the one responsible for feeding, watering, walking or cleaning up poop on the carpet if necessary. Since I wasn’t a dog person and don’t foresee getting too attached to Moxie if we keep her, I would have no problems getting rid of her if they didn’t uphold their end of the bargain.

We’re keeping her for the weekend to see how it goes. How she mixes with the two cats and five hermit crabs. What do you think? Should I say yes or no?

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