Fuzzy- Wife does the little things for me to make my day go easier.

When my kids call me out of the blue to say hi..(but hasnt happened in a while)

Having a party for a kid that is about to receive their MAKE-A-WISH

"longtimefan" wrote:

Warm fuzzies:
My dog.
Good music.
Good food.
Good conversation.
Beauty.
People with the courage to innovate to tell the world to fuck off.

Pet peeves:
Power-seekers.
Credentialism.
Legalism.
"Student-centered" education.
People who think I'm a goddamned encyclopedia.
"Any question is a good question."
Thinking a human being is definable by his/her group membership.
Democrats and Republicans.
People who know what's good/bad for me.
Thinking that the role of government is to do things for us.
"Don't take it personal."
People who think "being interdisciplinary" can be reduced to taking classes in different subjects or putting professors from different departments together in one room.
Calling a doctorate a "terminal degree."
Cold weather.
Grading.
Committee meetings.

Man, I'm a grumpy old bastard, ain't I? And the only reason I've stopped is I have to go to class. Ahem.

"Wade" wrote:

But Wade, you're not an encyclopedia? I'll be damned.

Scary thing is I have a lot of the same warm fuzzies as Wade - good music, good conversation, dogs, good food, good drinks, beauty. I'll add a few more - guns (give mine hugs often), when the Packers win, when Favre does well (as long as he's not playing us of course), when my fantasy team wins (this is bad, I'm starting to take this stupid thing way too seriously), a book that is so good I abandon everything else because it's just so good, chillin' with my wife, long walks in Bidwell Park (in Chico). My father loves Montana the same way I love Chico and we got to spend some time over the summer in Montana. I see why he loves the area so much. I could see myself there except for the winters. The outdoors. Photography. I miss the old days being in a dark room but I'm slowly warming up to digital photography.

Pet peeves: Democrats and Republicans, people who want to control your life because they think they know what is best for you, laws banning my shit, reckless drivers, too many people, the outdoors being converted to urban sprawl, bumper to bumper traffic, political correctness, the existence of cops, the existence of the Cows.

"zombieslayer" wrote: