Friday, August 20, 2010
August 20, 2010
My Uncle Greg and Aunt Janice visit the new Bobby residence. (My sister Jennifer also visited, but she was the photographer.)
August 19, 2010
If you've ever wondered what the classroom looks like just before the kids arrive...(this is Kate's, not mine).
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
August 17, 2010
Meet who I like to call "Catman!" I see this guy walking around Somerset all the time and definitely felt he deserved a place in this album. It turns out it's an extremely small world, he actually graduated from the same high school as me (Northern Cambria).
August 16, 2010
Today we went for a walk on the one-mile trail at Allegheny College of Maryland. Lennon loves feeding the fish at the pond.
August 15, 2010
It's been a long time since Kate and I played games together. Today we played Boggle...I got whooped! Do you see any words?
August 14, 2010
Currently reading Working on a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen by David Masciotra. Some of my favorite quotations from the book include:
-"America has applied social Darwinism to its societal management. A consumer culture, fed by $150 billion spent per year on advertising, reinforces this meaningless and purposeless lifestyle. The message delivered is that one must maximize profit and accumulate obscene amounts of commodities to achieve happiness. Empathetic connections and sympathetic concerns for other people are discouraged and disabled.
-"While the Internet has allowed people to more easily maintain long-distance relationships, it has also provided a means for people to stay inside all day, only communicating via the pixels on an electric screen, and has increased the superficiality of social interaction with 'social networking' websites."
-"People no longer have the time or energy to learn for the sake of learning..."
-"They [Americans] have taken vows of martyrdom and allowed themselves to be crucified on a cross constructed of one board marked 'wealth' and another 'efficiency'."
-"America has applied social Darwinism to its societal management. A consumer culture, fed by $150 billion spent per year on advertising, reinforces this meaningless and purposeless lifestyle. The message delivered is that one must maximize profit and accumulate obscene amounts of commodities to achieve happiness. Empathetic connections and sympathetic concerns for other people are discouraged and disabled.
-"While the Internet has allowed people to more easily maintain long-distance relationships, it has also provided a means for people to stay inside all day, only communicating via the pixels on an electric screen, and has increased the superficiality of social interaction with 'social networking' websites."
-"People no longer have the time or energy to learn for the sake of learning..."
-"They [Americans] have taken vows of martyrdom and allowed themselves to be crucified on a cross constructed of one board marked 'wealth' and another 'efficiency'."
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