Ice Storm 2009

Small Monkey Businesses?

An unidentified primate ushered in Halloween spirity to several University of Kentucky students Friday afternoon.

No one knows where the beast came from, but he was sporting a Wildcat Textbooks shopping basket and dispensing candy in the middle of Limestone Street, which intersects campus.

Most students were receptive to the ground-dwelling herbivore's offers. His generosity lasted about 15 minutes, then he was gone, never to be seen again.

Is It Me, Or Is This Creepy For Even The Student Newspaper?

What the hell is the matter with me? I used to be the kind of guy that would get over-served on adult beverages once every five years and then think it was a good idea to roll into a 'Gentlemen's Club' giggling like a 'Tickle Me Elmo' doll whilst drinking six dollar beers and ogling boobies. Now, I see an article in U.K.'s student newspaper and I go all Second Wave Feminist. (CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS ENTRY FOR FULL ARTICLE)

You see, I thought stripping was viewed by many as the objectification of women. Especially viewed this way by young, progressive women. You know, the kind you find at a university. Like the University of Kentucky, for instance. However, I am not sure of that anymore.

If you click on the link above, you'll find a story that was on the front page of the Kentucky Kernel October 30, written by a young college woman. In a nutshell she says that if you are a young college woman and need money for college, you should, like, definitely give stripping a go.

The newspaper interviewed a college student/stripper and found that -"She could go to work in the evening, attend classes during the day, use a fun fake name, play dress up and dance on a stage."

Shit, that sounds like something my daughter would like to do.

What? You have to take your clothes off too?

Er, nevermind.

Look, I don't think strip clubs are the bane of society. But to publish an article so pro-stripping makes me wonder why Deja Vu doesn't have a table set up at U.K.'s career day.

Maybe they're afraid company representatives will start dancing on it. Ba dum dum.

But seriously folks, there is nary a negative point made by the author, which surprises me because its fairly common knowledge that Strip Club clientele often include a few creeps here and there, while there's enough cocaine around to make Antonio Montana nervous.

I guess what I'm saying is, don't girls go to college so they can find a job with a better professional environment than stripping? Should college women find this article offensive?

Oh, and before I sign off, I should point out that this wonderful article does not just dole out money making tips to college women. Guys can make some quick cash too, as long as they're willing to donate sperm. My favorite part is when they describe the sperm donation process as "painless". Seriously, it says that, you should read it.

UPDATE- Now with a better picture!

Just a better picture, but the message is still clear - Vol fans = nutjobs!

What A Volunteer!

What the hell kind of person would make a false claim about being attacked by a minority supporter of the Democratic Presidential candidate?

Why, a Tennessee fan, that's who!

Out in the distance, a Wildcat did growl.

Fans have begun camping out for Saturday's Big Blue Madness ticket distribution. The tent city is enveloping Memorial. Last night several players visited the campers, including Kevin Galloway and Darius Miller. Today, Coach Gillispie stopped by to say hello.

Sales Tax on Complaining, Not on Textbooks

As Americans, it is our god-given right to complain about things we don't like. When Benjamin Franklin wrote the Second Amendment, he knew good and well that people would complain about others walking around with bear arms. First of all, people just look stupid in bear arms, even if it is your Halloween costume. Beyond that, anyone that would wear bear arms is probably a communist.

I like to complain about things too. When George Bush leaves office, I'm going to be a little bit bummed. Complaining about W's nescient presidency has been a staple of my adult political chatter.

Everyone has something they like to complain about. For college students, it's the price of textbooks. As a college bookstore manager, I absolutely agree with students; textbooks are ridiculously expensive. If the price of textbooks was the end-all, cure-all, however, Wildcat Textbooks would be the biggest store on campus, not the smallest. There are books used this semester that Wildcat Textbooks was over $100.00 cheaper than UK Bookstore, but UK Bookstore probably sold more.

However, most innocent complaints often have very complex answers. For example, high gas prices. We don't care why; we just want the price to go back down. As often is the case, the person complaining really has no interest in the reason why or who is really to blame. A recent USA Today Gallup Poll found that 98 percent of the people who complain about anything don't really care as to the cause of their beef. That's why mad cow disease was so devastating in Europe.

UK's Student Government President wanted to prompt state legislators to remove sales tax from textbooks. Why? Because they are too expensive. That's true. It's also true that there is no sales tax on textbooks, but maybe there should be on mindless complaining.

If you really want to know why textbooks are expensive, I would be happy to tell you. If you have four hours to discuss it, let me know. When your eyes start glazing after fifteen minutes, there is only one thing I can say -- George Bush is a stupid-head.