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| While doing some searching not associated with Texas (I was looking up American flag etiquette), I found the following information:
Is Texas's the only state flag allowed to fly at the same height as the US flag?
No, this is an urban legend. All state flags may fly at the same height as the U.S. flag. The U.S. flag must be on its right (the viewer's left), however. Texas's laws are consistent with those of the other states. See Texas flag code.
I've never travelled to another state to see its flag flying at the same height as the American flag.
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| "I like Baylor. Don't pick on it."
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| Here's my update for March. Offa my case!
So my favorite professor here at Baylor's being fired. Apparently
she's not a baptist and so the administration doesn't like that, so
they voted her off the island. She's been here for 8 years or so,
and after this semester she will be out of a job. She teaches my
British Literature class and was my professor for my American Lit class
last semester.
She's been my favorite professor at Baylor and has given me the only
classes I've thoroughly enjoyed here. I first had her last
semester, and it upsets me that it was a year before I found a class
that I really enjoyed and a professor that I really respect, and then I
find out she's being fired. I say bullshit to that. All of
the other classes I've had, I've never had such a caring and insightful
and provocative professor. She encourages you to make connections
perhaps you hadn't thought of before, and emphasizes the use of words
and their power.
So that's been pretty upsetting, as I know people enjoy her class, I
totally feel they're pulling a "Dead Poets Society" move on her.
Apparently she's a Christian Scientist, but her application of
Christianity in our classes has been more than any other professor I've
encountered. This makes me extremely frustrated with Baylor and
the direction they're headed in. 'Baylor 2012.' They should
add the Imperative to make all their professors baptist and instructed
to not reach their students and make them think. I don't have
anything against baptists but stop being so damn narrow-minded and
realize that there are other faiths out there, and some that are
possibly more provocative or influential than baptists. It's that
blind loyalty thing that pisses me off...some of these people follow
their beliefs blindly without a second look at the world around them.
In other news, Shawn's sucked me into yet another TV show. The
Apprentice is definitely interesting. It takes people and gives 2
groups projects to do, and whichever group excels or turns the most
profit wins...the loser goes into the boardroom with Donald Trump and
the team leader selects 3 people to go in with him/her knowing that one
will get fired. Then the show ends with the the infamous line
"You're fired." I pulled this funny tidbit from an article off
the net:
"Trump's tough talk doesn't thrill everyone. Cathy Gurny of Scarsdale,
N.Y., watches the show with her 9-year-old son, Harris, but she's
worried Trump is corrupting him. For one thing, Harris now wants to be
a real-estate mogul just like Trump. 'I tell him you don't have to be
tough and aggressive like that,' says Gurny. She's also had to stop
Harris from shouting 'You're fired!' at the nanny. 'He was scaring
her,' she says."
All I have to say is this:
Sloan: you're fired.
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| So it's been raining and cloudy weather here for like 5 days in a
row. Normally I really enjoy rain, but maybe that's because I
hardly ever see it. What I wouldn't do for a day of sunshine.
Have you ever gone out and bought a movie without seeing it because you
know you'd like it? I've done this about 4 times, and all but one
time I've been right. I bought "Once upon a time in America" this
summer starring a young Robert DeNiro. The film, if you didn't
know, is about 4 hours long (took me about 3 sittings to watch all of
it) and is about the foundation of New York and its gangs that are
within. If you liked "The Gangs of New York" you would probably
like this one too, but no promises.
Anyway, I bought "Lost in Translation" last week and have already
watched it twice. It was a movie that I really wanted to see when
it came out in theaters but it didn't come to Waco, and I couldn't find
anyone brave enough to endure the 100 mile car ride to go see it in
Austin or Dallas.
The more I think about the movie and after watching it a 2nd time I
really realized that I enjoy it. It's not the typical movie and
more realistic than most films that come out of Hollywood today.
The thing that I really love about these movies are that they're down
to earth, realistic, and they don't cost a ton of money to make.
I saw "Citizen Kane" for the first time today. That's an interesting movie.
The sun needs to come back.
UPDATE: Okay, so I was confused about "Lost in Translation" and Ryan
set me straight. I remember mentioning it when it came out but it
didn't seem like anyone else was interested, and it wasn't playing in
Waco, so perhaps that's why I felt there wasn't anyone "brave" enough
to endure the 100 mile trip. Apologies for my confusion,
ignorance, etc.
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