Hair it Izz !

Have you stop to really pay attention to the prints in some ads or on signs? I have been noticing that the people who put ads or signs out to public places do not check their spelling! It is so annoying . I understand when they are using PUN but what about when they are not? Is it that difficult to check spelling before posting these ads?
Like my title Hair It Izz, I know these folks are using pun and it is smart. This is the name of a barber shop. I have seen even posts on my university campus with incorrect spelling! Yes!
Here are a few examples of some of the stuff I have seen in ads, on posters and business places permanent signs. Recently, while reading an ad on campus I saw this sentence: It will be anD enticing evening! People come on. The word AND should have been AN. Next in an ad I saw on my mailbox : Come out and meAt new people! Are you kidding me? This seemed to me that whomever attended were cannibalized! As far as my memory serves me, the correct word should have been meEt. One of the most common ones I have seen is this one: toMMorrow... Could we just take a moment to spell check before posting? The word spelt with one letter M and two letter Rs. So it would be tomoRRow.
Can you imagine eating at a restaurant where they have bad spelling? The same errors they make in their spellings may have spilled over in their recipes and their incorrect proportions in their recipes! This is serious. On a popular restaurant here in Georgia which has been around for over 15 years, they have this beautiful painted sign on their glass : CaRRibean Restaurant...Caribbean has One letter R and two letter Bs. I hope these people who painted this sign were not from the CariBBean!
Sometimes I get or take the opportunity to let the folks responsible about these errors but at times you have no contact for some. Shame, shame, shame! We should start putting a ticketing system in place where persons guilty of these incorrect spellings in ads and on public readings be charged.What do you think?

MEN...

I am so curious about certain things in life. I always take note of words. Have you noticed how certain words with particular meanings are questionable while others are not. For example MENtal illness, MENopause,MENsturation, MENdacious, MENingitis and the list could go on. Do you see what I am getting at?
From all my readings and experience I have noticed that all these mean something that either affect women in some negative light or affect the brain in some serious ways! MEN, what do you think? What is your take? Often I would hear some women say that everything that give women pain has MEN in it. Is it true? Maybe, could be, possibly.
Well MEN, you may say that women also can cause problems but I guess that is because again the word ends with MEN! Agree? I knew you would.Well I invite you all to go research any interesting words which could have particular connections to humans to certain way. Also check out the names of certain roads and restaurants. Some sound rude to me, some appear to be questionable but who knows? For example, I saw this restaurant in Tennessee over the weekend with the name...Buddy...I was turned off because in my hometown (Jamaica) that word means the male genital so that place would not survive because we would not eat there!
Go have fun observing some of these roads, streets, restaurants, diseseases... I leave you to do futher research on this one too.Hysterectomy! Do you know the story behind this? Well, so far the statment says...If SHE gets hysterical ...CUT it OUT! Think about it.

Sources on Divorce

Visiting the library to research on my topic about divorce in America proved to be tedious. Reasons being, my time was limited and there was a host of sources to review. I tried to look at books, articles and magazines; both online and print copies. I will contune as time progressives to research further on my topic.
Some of the topics I saw connected to my topic were adultery, divorce in different traditions, divorce among different ethnic groups, different types of marriages, Bible on marriage and divorce, history of marriage and gay divorces. Some of these topics are too far off from my topic, so I will limit my research and continue to condense until I find the appropriate materials I need.
Also, some information I read from some of the resources highlighted the different issues with divorce; such as the reasons, the effects, the impact divorce can have on children, stress relating to divorce and how to prevent divorce.
Divorce topics can be as painful as the act itself. I will continue my reseach so I can compose a great , rewarding paper on my topic chosen.

Oppression...at University! (In PRESENT Day)

We learned that in colonial times and the Great Depression the education system were painfully unequal. Certain classes of people were also very oppressed. These oppressed students were not allowed unless told, they had to listen to the teacher talk talk talk then regurgitate whatever they were taught. There is a whole lot more to their oppressive past but I would like to talk about our situation here and now at a particular class at GSU.
There is a particular course I am currently enduring (not by choice) in which our professor is on the verge of robotizing us! Each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon, we reluctantly await some kind of oppressive drama or better put kindergarten charade. We are all adults in this class. There are about twenty two of us and so far it appears to me that we are a well-behaved group. However, we are treated like kids by our professor. Here is a compact list of some of what occurs in our room.
1.Student wishes to leave room for short period-professor stops to see who and at times asks where?!
2.Someones phone vibrates -professor stops to see to whose it is and make a comment or a request
3. Student wears blue tooth to class (not in use), asked to remove it
4.Student talking on phone at least 15 minutes before class, asked to take conversation outside or stop. We are told we can talk to each other before class starts but not on the phone.
5.During midterm students not allowed to use their own blue lined paper. They must use the ones he provide. We are not allowed to have any on our desk either ...unless they were given to us by him.
6.We are not allowed to attend school functions if its during his time, even if its for 15-20 minutes. Once 3 of us attended this recently held function on campus and he stopped the class after we entered to discuss and complain... laying out more new oppressive rules. These functions are held on schools days and during class periods , so in order for us to participate we must attend in one way or another.
7. It is hard for us to take notes, because he uses only slides and he moves them so swiftly. If we try to get notes from our classmates he complains or queries. (Is that for class?)
8. If we whisper occasionally to ask out classmate for anything, he wants to know whats its about!
Most, if not all discussions are done by him and mainly him alone. This professor is annoying us. It seems everything bothers him. He sees everything and hears everything. (Worst part ...he is NOT old!) What would you call this kind of situation, if not oppression?

Ex,Y (Why?), Z (Zee!)

My intention is to try as best as I can to tell you about the worst thing I have ever done. I had a difficult time choosing only one! (Just kidding) Some worst things can be serious, some hilarious, some justifiable, some naughty, and some can be qualifiable for criminal actions. I will explain mine which I believe is justifiable.
In my teenage years I fell in love with the best boyfriend ever! (or so I thought.) We dated for few years and it appeared as if we were heading to what is known as long and lasting love. Hah! Not so, this dude decided to start doing stupid things! Playing around and imitating some playboy kind of crap. I was no where near this kind of lifestyle. His idea was that having more than one of us was the way to go.
To send him my final message of disagreeing with this secret decision; I packed all the stuffs he had given me during our relationship in a backpack along with most of his stuffs. This package included clothes, shoes, books, discs, pictures of us, diaries, caps (many;his) and some other valuables. I lit the backpack and discretely put it on the bed while he was in deep sleep. Yes, he was on that same bed! Luckily, he awoke (from smelling the smoke; I guess) and put out the fire. I did not think this was hilarious but I know it was justifiable for his behavior.
Of course, he is still an ex to me and sometimes I asked myself why but then I reminisce and say zee (Thank God)! I am glad we are no longer together and happy that I have learnt and have matured so if and whenever next I should have to deal with an ex I shall find more modern ways to express myself. What about you?

Presidential Debate

I am not very interested in politics but will attempt to analyze the presidential debate in a truncated way. Firstly, the debate was a little boring and had a lot of repetitions both in the questions asked by Jim and the answers given by McCain and Obama. For most of the debate I felt like the candidates had difficulty answering the questions directly.
Both candidates lacked specifics in all their answers. The debate focused on national and foreign policies.

Obama accused his opponent of intending to carry on the Bush administration. On the question of international affairs McCain showed mastery of facts and names and history.I was so appalled by this as I wondered what the heck knowing these folks names will do? Obama was confident and commanding in his responses. I think McCain used mainly emotions.McCain went on to make' memoirs' about his time when he held captive....I did not see this argument relevant and the question was about the war in Iraq presently. Obama suggested that American leaders move swiftly to save the drowning economy. He also suggested that accountability be valued for the money they plan to use for the bailout. He was also very concerned about the middle class people of America. I was very happy with Obama's responses as he tried more to stay on target and he was more concerned about citizens and also concerned about preventitive measures.
Obama was the only one out of the two candidates to mention plans for education. This was a plus in my opinion. He questioned the financial situation now asking how did America get in this mess in the first place. He thinks that plans must be put in place to prevent these occurrences.Kudos for Obama to be caring about education. Without an educated nation we have nowhere going.
McCain proposed that spending needs to be under control in order to help the failing economy. Well this could suffice. He plans to veto some of the spending bills if he should become president. He wants to keep taxes low.
Obama spoke about health care and his concerns. He wanted to help the elderly and others to have better access to reasonable health plans. He also stressed the point of America needing to use alternate energy. I think Obama was being more realistic and consistent in his arguments than his opponent . McCain was being more emotional and using the past to relish about how many foreign personnels he has met. How can this be of valid use to the country?
The next step is to listen to the vp debates and see if there will be much difference to the presidential debate. Maybe these debates may help to shape our decision come November 4!

Gummy, Sticky Habit!

Have you ever been in an office and tried to speak to a reception who is chewing gum? I eat chewing gum and I really like many and various flavors. My issue with chewing gum is the inappropriate timing some of us choose to enjoy it.
I have noticed that many people (women) especially, who work in the front of an office have been chewing gum in a high fashioned kind of way. They will pop it while greeting guests, make loud noises with the gum, and just be so annoying to others while eating their gum! Why? Some 'chewers' have this incessant smacking with the gum with absolutely no consideration for the person they are talking to.
At a particular children's clinic that I have to visit often, the ladies who work at the reception area are ALWAYS chewing gum! They do it in such a disgusting way I want to scream. Oftentimes I have to ask them to repeat what they say to me because I think the gum gave him speech impediment. Also at the dentist (where I go), one of the receptionists would eat gum all the times as if her life depended on it. Today I went to one of the Financial Aid offices at the university I attend and I was so turned off by the person speaking to me. She kept chewing the gum with no discretion and reacted as if she was having a serious battle with the chewing gum because he chewed it with what appeared to be vengeance!
Come on. This is annoying and seems to be obnoxious. Could you please just eat the gum with a little courtesy or try to be a little discrete, especially when working in the front of an office, where you are expected to meet and greet people. Also people working in the front of offices are expected to represent their companies; so... Think about it. By the way, Is there a chewing gum etiquette? If there is, it would worthwhile to post these up in all office area plus distribute to workers.