magnolia and cherry blossoms are pretty in the springtime, if you are in the right part of town. Check out upper Mass Ave near AU.
Bill Wheatley writes: > 2 places that are shitholes i wouldn't mind see get nuked, DC & Miami. > We'd be better off without those 2 cities anyway. > Once DC is gone we can build a programmers resort and the MD-VA area would > not have the traffic blight anymore. > > And yes i'm not being serious wouldn't want all my friends to be gone or > anything but they are 2 crappy cities. Even the crappiest places have their > great spots though so they are not all bad. > > > Bill for President > --Blowing up all bad cities for a better tomorrow-- > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:32 AM > Subject: Re: critical thinking > > > illegal in DC. In case that was a serious suggestion :) > > Bill Wheatley writes: > > > UMM after the 2nd or 3rd time you get mugged start packing heat ;) > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 6:48 PM > > Subject: Re: critical thinking > > > > > > I liked Austin. Didn't get a chance to check out the University though and > > I can see that by NY standards it would seem small. I think it depends on > > what you are used to, as I rather like small. DC is definitely a big city > > (not so much geographically as in mentality) and after the second or third > > time you get mugged you get over it quick. Try this for small -- New > Mexico > > Highlands University in Las Vegas New Mexico has a Foreign Languages > > section where they teach only Spanish. Your choices for computer science > > are Java. And did I mention Java? Now that is small in the pejorative > > sense. Beautiful setting but a very small town full of very small minds. > > > > PS if you live in Houston you know about the piney woods. My neighbor had > > wind chimes made of Budweiser bottles. The local idea of high > entertainment > > was catching crawfish in the drainage ditches. Oh and watching mold grow > :) > > > > Dana > > > > Chris Alvarado writes: > > > > > Haha Houston (Swamptown) is where I currently live. > > > > > > I am originally from Dallas, and then moved to Austin. If I had to > choose > > a city in Texas I would say Austin is the place. > > > > > > But, Austin just seemed a bit small. > > > > > > Here is what I mean about a culturally devoid city though. When I lived > in > > Dallas I went with my gf at the time to an art museum showcasing some of > > Picasso's work. It was amazing. Outside while waiting to get in there was > a > > guy (obviously being dragged along by his significant other) who actually > > said "Who is this guy? Some kind of painter?". We are not talking some > > underground French impressionist here. We are talking about the almighty > > Picasso. I'm not saying that this is not a phrase that is impossible to be > > heard anywhere else. It just seemed to me that there are other cities > where > > people at least seem a bit more interested and proud of their home and > what > > culture and things outside of sports and the "normal" run of the mill > > activities their city has to offer. And from what I know NY is the place. > > Not to mention there is something very appealing to me that no matter the > > hour in NY you can always find some place to go where there are people out > > and about. > > > > > > Or hell, maybe all I know is the glamour shown of that city in the > movies. > > But even somewhere like SF or Seattle seems cool to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've stopped 9,091 spam messages. You can too! > > > Get your free, safe spam protection at > > http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnetsig/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 4:35 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: critical thinking > > > > > > > > > Well, some parts of Texas are pretty bad. I hated Houston, and east > Texas > > > was worse. Still, even within Texas, there is Austin and there is San > > > Antonio and there is Hill Country... though none of these places are > > > hotbeds of intellectualism, I grant you. Fairly nice quality of life if > > you > > > are self-nourishing in that respect however. > > > > > > I don't think everywhere is the same. I struggled along for years in DC > > > thinking that and discovered the error of my ways. So far I have stayed > > > away from Seattle, SF and NY because I don't have the income to support > a > > > habit like that, but I really love New Mexico, and Portland was a pretty > > > cool place too. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > Chris Alvarado writes: > > > > > > > No I honestly don't. Im just bored of Texas I guess. And NY or SF, or > > even Seattle have always been kind of my "dream cities" to live in. I > > realize that normally pure geography has nothing to do with the overall > > aptitude of a population. > > > > > > > > -chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've stopped 9,090 spam messages. You can too! > > > > Get your free, safe spam protection at > > http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnetsig/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:58 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: critical thinking > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you think it is really any different any other place in the > country? > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Chris Alvarado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:21 PM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: RE: critical thinking, was Open Question: Is the fighting > in > > > > Iraq > > > > > moral? > > > > > > > > > > I will agree with this. > > > > > > > > > > I remember when I was in High School I had an optional credit course > > > > > actually called critical thinking. It turned out to be one of my > > > > favorite > > > > > classes taught by a nutty coach who ended up being my favorite > > > > teacher. > > > > > The most valuable thing I learned there, is that you will never > become > > > > > more intelligent without any form of curiosity. Knowledge (and thus > > > > power > > > > > as the cliché goes) is not just delivered to you on some golden > > > > platter. > > > > > You have to be CURIOUS and WANT to "know things". Most of the kids I > > > > was > > > > > in school with I look back on and realize how blind they were (hell > me > > > > > too). There was no desire to elevate the level of our mental > > > > abilities. It > > > > > was all about what parties were that weekend and whether you would > get > > > > > puke drunk or not. God im glad I grew out of that fast. And yet, I > > > > still > > > > > feel ive lived a sheltered life. Damn this cultureless state! (Texas > > > > > ...=P). I want to move to NY, or SF someone give me a job there!..=P > > > > hehe > > > > > > > > > > Did I mention I love this list because of topics like this. I never > > > > seem > > > > > to find more intelligent and engaging conversation than what comes > > > > with > > > > > other programmers. Nerds Rule!...=P > > > > > > > > > > -chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
