Sunday, July 03, 2005
Enjoy your 4th of July weekend.
Most of my professors won't.
Well, that's unfair. Perhaps most of them will. But I know of two that won't, since I overheard them complaining in the hall about "jingoistic imperialism day" followed by the usual self-affirming rants about conspiracy theories that have Rove and Bush at the center.
Hey - I'm going to a fairly big BBQ with lots of hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and dip - and friends. It's a party hosted by our church, so since it celebrates both the fact the USA is a great country and it's a conservative church, I know I won't see any of my fellow English colleagues there, even though I have sincerely invited a few.
Well, that's unfair. Perhaps most of them will. But I know of two that won't, since I overheard them complaining in the hall about "jingoistic imperialism day" followed by the usual self-affirming rants about conspiracy theories that have Rove and Bush at the center.
Hey - I'm going to a fairly big BBQ with lots of hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and dip - and friends. It's a party hosted by our church, so since it celebrates both the fact the USA is a great country and it's a conservative church, I know I won't see any of my fellow English colleagues there, even though I have sincerely invited a few.
