8/7: Degrees Of Stupidity, Creepiness
• So the better half dragged me along to some dinner that her soon-to-be boss had set up. In case I haven’t talked about this before, Mrs. kkk quit her job in June because she couldn’t take all the petty office bullshit that occurs in white-collar world. From June through this month she is baby-sitting her niece and nephew during the day and working at a local pizza shop, which I have mentioned before, at night. The reason she decided to quit was that another person she met through her now-former job was starting up a new study (Mrs. kkk has a Masters in Clinical Psychology) and said she would love to have her join the team. With the experiences I have had in regards to people telling me that a job offer is forthcoming (see yesterday’s entry as an example), pardon me if I’m a bit skeptical about promises like these. Well it looks all but certain the better half will be starting this job September 1. Yesterday her boss wanted to get her and the other staff member to get together and talk about the upcoming project. I was brought along, too, for what reason I don’t know. Her future boss seems OK. Mrs. kkk has told me for months that even though this lady has a Ph.D. she’s not as flighty as most people that accumulate multiple academic degrees tend to be. For the most part I have to agree with the better half, although once you get those fancy-sounding pieces of paper you will always have that with you, especially when you pour sugar on your penne, thinking the jar is filled with Parmesan cheese.
My theory on people who spend more time trying to stay in academia instead of trying to get a job in the real world is that the more knowledge you acquire via textbooks written by people who can’t make a living outside of State U the more common sense you have to sacrifice. When I was in college, it was always amusing to see professors with BA’s, BS’s, MBA’s, Ph.D.’s, and everything else in-between stand there in silence when trying to figure out how to operate the classroom VCR. Most of the time the channel just needed to be switched over to “3” and you had to turn the “power” and “vcr/tv” buttons, but I guess you don’t learn these sort of things when you’re reading up on the cultural lifestyles of transsexual Asian-Americans during the 1950s, or some other equally obscure nice field of study.
• I heard about this earlier today. Spooky.
Brothers die same night in separate accidents
Two Butler County brothers died Saturday night in separate motorcycle accidents within two hours and 100 yards apart.
Steven Kerr, 37, and Jeremy Kerr, 29, died in crashes along Route 38 in Center Township, state police said.
Family members said the brothers had a close relationship and had gone riding together on their motorcycles earlier in the evening.
They were unsure why the two were riding separately after being together earlier.
State police said Steven Kerr, of West Sunbury, was traveling north on Route 38 when his 2000 Kawasaki left the road and struck a speed limit sign just before 9 p.m. He died as a result of the crash.
Then, shortly before 11 p.m., Jeremy Kerr, of Hilliards, died in a two-vehicle accident a short distance from where his brother was killed, authorities said...
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