Milo is very excited, he keeps trying to lick my hands and he is interfering with my writing.
Waste, not trash, but another kind of waste. I see so many people using their food stamp benefits at the local convenience stores. I know it is there personal business, but I watch people on SNAP, that is what food stamps is now called. I have no problem if someone who is struggling to feed their family gets government assistance. I get the reality that people can have personal difficulties and it is nice that our government helps to feed the families that need a little assistance.
I am not happy when I see young or older people using their food stamps at a convenience store to buy expensive junk. The other day I saw these young adults using their food stamp benefits to buy over thirty dollars worth of candy and soda. Think about how much more food you could buy at a grocery store verses a convenience store. I cook for my family and I know the value of cooking your own meals. The cost per person is much less than eating at a restaurant. I know that the people on assistance can get much more value for their money by shopping at a grocery store. By using the food stamps to buy food in an efficient manner you can get more out of the assistance money you receive. On the other hand I see so many people using their food stamps to buy expensive junk at a convenience store. This make no sense. To me this is waste.
Thank you, Scott Hasemeier
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Fluency blog post 1 Are you enjoying Wes Moore's book; "The other Wes Moore one name two fates."
Back in the chair with Milo. I think it is funny when he dreams. His paws flop all around.
I have just started reading a book called; " The other Wes Moore one name two fates ". this is a wonderful book. At the beginning, the author, Wes Moore, gives an overview of the true life story of two men named Wes Moore. The two men lived in the same city as youngsters not far from each other. Their mothers had similar lives along with the boys. They lost their fathers/husbands early on in the story. Both boys faced hardship without having their fathers in there lives. Both mothers had similar ambitions. College seemed to play a common role in the mothers lives.
I have been blessed with the fact that I lived in a house that had both parents. My mom and dad were well educated. They had very good jobs. Me and my sister along with my two brothers never knew what it was like to be poor or do without. My parents were not rich. We were upper middle class. My mom and dad did a lot of cool things for me and my siblings growing up. We went camping, went hiking all over the Grand Canyon and I spent a lot of time in northern Arizona as a child getting to do lots of cool stuff.
The two Wes Moore's probably didn't know that life was any different because they had always been without a dad.
I have just started reading a book called; " The other Wes Moore one name two fates ". this is a wonderful book. At the beginning, the author, Wes Moore, gives an overview of the true life story of two men named Wes Moore. The two men lived in the same city as youngsters not far from each other. Their mothers had similar lives along with the boys. They lost their fathers/husbands early on in the story. Both boys faced hardship without having their fathers in there lives. Both mothers had similar ambitions. College seemed to play a common role in the mothers lives.
I have been blessed with the fact that I lived in a house that had both parents. My mom and dad were well educated. They had very good jobs. Me and my sister along with my two brothers never knew what it was like to be poor or do without. My parents were not rich. We were upper middle class. My mom and dad did a lot of cool things for me and my siblings growing up. We went camping, went hiking all over the Grand Canyon and I spent a lot of time in northern Arizona as a child getting to do lots of cool stuff.
The two Wes Moore's probably didn't know that life was any different because they had always been without a dad.
Fluency blog 2 " Why can't people drive ?".
Hello from me and Milo. Why do dogs sleep so much? Do they need extra energy to hear things to bark at?
I am surprised at the amount of bad drivers there are in the Ozarks. I am not invisible. Every day someone will pull out in front of me. When I ride with my wife, who is a very good and safe driver, people act like the car has a cloaking device. We will be safely rolling along, see a car or truck waiting to turn and with no traffic around whatsoever just before we get to that car or truck , here they come, they will pull right out, in front of THE INVISIBLE CAR!!!!!, my wife hits the brakes and works hard to miss the super intelligent nice wonderful, { and many other assorted adjectives } person. I don't get it. Why do they have to pull out at the exact second we are approaching. No other cars are around, its nuts!.. We joke about the incidents when they happen. I will say things like : Turn off the cloaking device dear and they will see you " The other thing we say is, " wow , they made it just in time. Look at all the traffic." That is a smart ass comment because there is NO TRAFFIC!
I have driven in the largest cities. Los Angeles, Phoenix ,Dallas, Houston, St Louis and most people there know proper driving etiquette. I used to drive commercial trucks, big rigs, as they are known. I have been in some of the worst traffic you can imagine. The amazing thing is that people in the big cities know what to do. You would think they the average driver in a big city would be a bad, hot headed jerk of a driver. I have seen more of the bad behavior here. I get the middle finger from nice old men and sweet looking older ladies. I get yelled at for passing some guy who was doing 22 in a 55 and he didn't like it so he crowded me almost off the road as I passed, yelling and screaming, throwing fingers with both hands. I didn't really know what was wrong so I stopped my car in the middle of the road and went to assist the old guy. I thought he was in trouble. I didn't know, he could have been having a heart attack. When I got to his truck he was yelling and screaming at me, I asked " Sir are you okay, do you need help ". He was stunned. He just sat there with a look of dismay on his face. I was sure something bad was going on. No, he just didn't like the fact that because he was going 22mph on a double yellow line road and I was behind him, waiting to pass when it was safe. I was not tail gating. I was keeping safe distance, he just didn't like being passed, that was it. He told me to just leave, I apologized for any inconvenience and he said "FU", nice old timer. I am not a perfect driver. I make mistakes, do dumb things. The difference between me and the bad drivers is that my mistakes are just that, mistakes. I do not pull out in front of other drivers because I am in a hurry or on the phone or texting or makeup or, well you get the picture. My main goal in writing this is to let people know : Be nice behind the wheel.
Thanks, Scott Hasemeier
I am surprised at the amount of bad drivers there are in the Ozarks. I am not invisible. Every day someone will pull out in front of me. When I ride with my wife, who is a very good and safe driver, people act like the car has a cloaking device. We will be safely rolling along, see a car or truck waiting to turn and with no traffic around whatsoever just before we get to that car or truck , here they come, they will pull right out, in front of THE INVISIBLE CAR!!!!!, my wife hits the brakes and works hard to miss the super intelligent nice wonderful, { and many other assorted adjectives } person. I don't get it. Why do they have to pull out at the exact second we are approaching. No other cars are around, its nuts!.. We joke about the incidents when they happen. I will say things like : Turn off the cloaking device dear and they will see you " The other thing we say is, " wow , they made it just in time. Look at all the traffic." That is a smart ass comment because there is NO TRAFFIC!
I have driven in the largest cities. Los Angeles, Phoenix ,Dallas, Houston, St Louis and most people there know proper driving etiquette. I used to drive commercial trucks, big rigs, as they are known. I have been in some of the worst traffic you can imagine. The amazing thing is that people in the big cities know what to do. You would think they the average driver in a big city would be a bad, hot headed jerk of a driver. I have seen more of the bad behavior here. I get the middle finger from nice old men and sweet looking older ladies. I get yelled at for passing some guy who was doing 22 in a 55 and he didn't like it so he crowded me almost off the road as I passed, yelling and screaming, throwing fingers with both hands. I didn't really know what was wrong so I stopped my car in the middle of the road and went to assist the old guy. I thought he was in trouble. I didn't know, he could have been having a heart attack. When I got to his truck he was yelling and screaming at me, I asked " Sir are you okay, do you need help ". He was stunned. He just sat there with a look of dismay on his face. I was sure something bad was going on. No, he just didn't like the fact that because he was going 22mph on a double yellow line road and I was behind him, waiting to pass when it was safe. I was not tail gating. I was keeping safe distance, he just didn't like being passed, that was it. He told me to just leave, I apologized for any inconvenience and he said "FU", nice old timer. I am not a perfect driver. I make mistakes, do dumb things. The difference between me and the bad drivers is that my mistakes are just that, mistakes. I do not pull out in front of other drivers because I am in a hurry or on the phone or texting or makeup or, well you get the picture. My main goal in writing this is to let people know : Be nice behind the wheel.
Thanks, Scott Hasemeier
fluency blog 3
Milo is just looking at me. He is such a wonderful little dog.
Have you ever thought about what special or strange things might have happened on your birthday? We all probably know a family member or friend that has a birthday that falls on a special day. Like my mom. Her birthday is valentines day. My wife has an uncle who's birthday is the 4th of July.
I checked to see what, if any special things happened on my birthday. My birthday is Oct. 14th. I was surprised to see that many different and special things happened on my birthday. The one thing I found out happened on my birthday was a new high altitude flight record had been broken by The X-15 experimental jet. John and Yoko appeared on the Dick Cavet show. In 1066 the battle of Hastings took place and in 1964 on my birthday Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Thank you.
From Milo and Me.
Have you ever thought about what special or strange things might have happened on your birthday? We all probably know a family member or friend that has a birthday that falls on a special day. Like my mom. Her birthday is valentines day. My wife has an uncle who's birthday is the 4th of July.
I checked to see what, if any special things happened on my birthday. My birthday is Oct. 14th. I was surprised to see that many different and special things happened on my birthday. The one thing I found out happened on my birthday was a new high altitude flight record had been broken by The X-15 experimental jet. John and Yoko appeared on the Dick Cavet show. In 1066 the battle of Hastings took place and in 1964 on my birthday Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Thank you.
From Milo and Me.
Fluency blog 4 Toilets!!!!!
Milo can't use a toilet. I have never seen a dog use a toilet, maybe they can, I just have never seen a dog do such a thing. I have seen cats use the toilet. That is a little weird, but very cool for the homeowner.
I was thinking while I was cleaning the bathroom this weekend about how nice it is to have such a wonderful device in our homes. Go back just over a hundred years or so and no one had a toilet in their home. If a person had to use the restroom they would have to go to the out house. Have you ever used an outhouse? The experience is not that nice. Most out houses are dark, cold and stink. Not convenient to use and If the weather is bad you would get wet, that sucks. I am not a fan of out houses. I know that an out house is much better than nothing, but I am so happy that today we have nice indoor plumbing and toilets.
There is some interesting history that comes with out houses. Many years ago the toilet was a common meeting place. In the days of the Roman empire, the out door type of toilet that was used had many seats. The act of "Going to the restroom" was a social event. The restroom was an outdoor area that had little benches that stuck out of a wall. Water would flow down the middle of the out door toilet to help get rid of the waste. Many people would sit on one of the many benches and socialize while doing there business. In more modern times the out house evolved to have two, three, four or more seats, or holes as they were known. An outhouse with four seats would be called a "Four holer" Just think about that experience."Crappin with Grandma", what fun.
I was thinking while I was cleaning the bathroom this weekend about how nice it is to have such a wonderful device in our homes. Go back just over a hundred years or so and no one had a toilet in their home. If a person had to use the restroom they would have to go to the out house. Have you ever used an outhouse? The experience is not that nice. Most out houses are dark, cold and stink. Not convenient to use and If the weather is bad you would get wet, that sucks. I am not a fan of out houses. I know that an out house is much better than nothing, but I am so happy that today we have nice indoor plumbing and toilets.
There is some interesting history that comes with out houses. Many years ago the toilet was a common meeting place. In the days of the Roman empire, the out door type of toilet that was used had many seats. The act of "Going to the restroom" was a social event. The restroom was an outdoor area that had little benches that stuck out of a wall. Water would flow down the middle of the out door toilet to help get rid of the waste. Many people would sit on one of the many benches and socialize while doing there business. In more modern times the out house evolved to have two, three, four or more seats, or holes as they were known. An outhouse with four seats would be called a "Four holer" Just think about that experience."Crappin with Grandma", what fun.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Do I know my audiance?
Hello again, yes Milo is here on my lap as always. Do you think my doing college assignments with him so close will make him a smart dog? Doubtful .
I have read a number of my fellow classmates discussion's and I am starting to get a sense of who they are. The really cool thing is that there are a number of high school students in this class. I love to see young go getter's. I wish I had that ambition when I was 17. My advice to all young people in or out of high school, keep getting more education. I don't care if it's college or trade school, do some higher form of education. I say this because I did not get an college education right out of high school. I attended the local community college , I was more interested in my girlfriends. At the end of that first year I passed one class with a" C " and failed the rest. My parents said " Get a job and get out ". I was is shock and adulthood hit me right in the face.. I struggled long and hard as a young man. I got married at 20 and had a son at 22. I had no education and no direction. Money was hard to come by and the jobs were crap. I did start college again part time when I was 27 and ended up going to a trade school to become a truck driver. The reasons for my going to trade school are for another discussion. But listen to me, GET EDUCATED !!!!!!
Okay, end of that rant. My fellow classmates seem so much smarter than I. I know we all have intelligence, but after reading the discussions and posts of the other students, I am blown away by the level of maturity that they have. In reading my fellow class mates posts, I have found my fellow the knowledge they put down on paper I am becoming a better writer and responder to writings.
students have a wonderful way of writing. I enjoy their perspective. It is interesting to see the different writing styles and techniques. I enjoy looking at what time the writing has been posted. There are so many different ways and times people write. I see 8:00am, 10:30 pm, some of my classmates post at 2am in the morning! It is cool to see all the different styles. I get little tips from reading the discussions. I look at how someone might paraphrase a certain line. Others will use quotation marks in ways I never have. I also see stuff like slanted words to distinguish a phrase or name. I am very interested in these differing ways of writing and it helps me gain different perspective on writing and learn more each day.
I have always enjoyed writing. I can remember back in elementary school learning proper paragraph form and sentence structure. English class is where I knew I could do well. If I got a bad grade on a assignment, I would feel great disappointment because I really put my all into my writing. I have been out of school for so long, it feels good to get back to writing. As I write more everyday, the rules and teachings of the past are coming back. I am becoming a better writer.
This semester is barley into it's forth week and I have learned so much from my fellow classmates. I believe in the power of many to make one stronger. I can put that idea to use in this on line class. When I read and respond to my fellow students, I gain knowledge from their ideas and from their writing styles. I have learned by reading their posts. I look at the class as a pool of knowledge to gather strength from. I know that all of my fellow class mates are not perfect writers, but by absorbing
Thank you,
Scott Hasemeier
I have read a number of my fellow classmates discussion's and I am starting to get a sense of who they are. The really cool thing is that there are a number of high school students in this class. I love to see young go getter's. I wish I had that ambition when I was 17. My advice to all young people in or out of high school, keep getting more education. I don't care if it's college or trade school, do some higher form of education. I say this because I did not get an college education right out of high school. I attended the local community college , I was more interested in my girlfriends. At the end of that first year I passed one class with a" C " and failed the rest. My parents said " Get a job and get out ". I was is shock and adulthood hit me right in the face.. I struggled long and hard as a young man. I got married at 20 and had a son at 22. I had no education and no direction. Money was hard to come by and the jobs were crap. I did start college again part time when I was 27 and ended up going to a trade school to become a truck driver. The reasons for my going to trade school are for another discussion. But listen to me, GET EDUCATED !!!!!!
Okay, end of that rant. My fellow classmates seem so much smarter than I. I know we all have intelligence, but after reading the discussions and posts of the other students, I am blown away by the level of maturity that they have. In reading my fellow class mates posts, I have found my fellow the knowledge they put down on paper I am becoming a better writer and responder to writings.
students have a wonderful way of writing. I enjoy their perspective. It is interesting to see the different writing styles and techniques. I enjoy looking at what time the writing has been posted. There are so many different ways and times people write. I see 8:00am, 10:30 pm, some of my classmates post at 2am in the morning! It is cool to see all the different styles. I get little tips from reading the discussions. I look at how someone might paraphrase a certain line. Others will use quotation marks in ways I never have. I also see stuff like slanted words to distinguish a phrase or name. I am very interested in these differing ways of writing and it helps me gain different perspective on writing and learn more each day.
I have always enjoyed writing. I can remember back in elementary school learning proper paragraph form and sentence structure. English class is where I knew I could do well. If I got a bad grade on a assignment, I would feel great disappointment because I really put my all into my writing. I have been out of school for so long, it feels good to get back to writing. As I write more everyday, the rules and teachings of the past are coming back. I am becoming a better writer.
This semester is barley into it's forth week and I have learned so much from my fellow classmates. I believe in the power of many to make one stronger. I can put that idea to use in this on line class. When I read and respond to my fellow students, I gain knowledge from their ideas and from their writing styles. I have learned by reading their posts. I look at the class as a pool of knowledge to gather strength from. I know that all of my fellow class mates are not perfect writers, but by absorbing
Thank you,
Scott Hasemeier
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
This I believe. dogs and cats are different
home made food tastes best
music can stir emotion
1962 Ferrari 250 should not cost 120 million dollars
my wife is beautiful
my kids are smarter than me
I love the desert
the smartest smart people are quiet
2 percent of bad of anything can give that same thing a bad name
my dogs give me comfort
people in rural Mo do not know how to drive
mint chocolate ice cream is best
I love to hold my wife's hand
isn't fishing really catching
is there any purpose for algebra
Love can heal all
home made food tastes best
music can stir emotion
1962 Ferrari 250 should not cost 120 million dollars
my wife is beautiful
my kids are smarter than me
I love the desert
the smartest smart people are quiet
2 percent of bad of anything can give that same thing a bad name
my dogs give me comfort
people in rural Mo do not know how to drive
mint chocolate ice cream is best
I love to hold my wife's hand
isn't fishing really catching
is there any purpose for algebra
Love can heal all
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