Random Thoughts 14: I can see clearly now 2020 edition

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So, in today's "I just want to stay here forever" early moments:
1. One of our profs asked me to look over a rubric he's putting together, and we had a great time talking through teaching. It was like a professional belonging thing.
2. Exams are printed. All of us involved smiled. No command voices. No rage. Just happy, simple work.

And someone floated an idea about floating an idea. It probably wouldn't amount to anything, but it's worth examining the course proposal process and see if we can concoct something. (OK, I have a plan mostly ready.....)
 
So, in today's "I just want to stay here forever" early moments:
1. One of our profs asked me to look over a rubric he's putting together, and we had a great time talking through teaching. It was like a professional belonging thing.
2. Exams are printed. All of us involved smiled. No command voices. No rage. Just happy, simple work.

And someone floated an idea about floating an idea. It probably wouldn't amount to anything, but it's worth examining the course proposal process and see if we can concoct something. (OK, I have a plan mostly ready.....)

Rubric...is that one of those cubes you're supposed to line up all the colors?
 
Yes, and also a reading rainbow. Reading good.
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Instant collector item.

Maybe the dumbest advertising/product move by them since their parent company, Dayton's, published a womens lingerie catalogue about 30 years ago. Lot's of racy see-through stuff that they neglected to airbrush out the bits beneath for a large midwest constituency. Not sure how that went all the way through design to publication to mailing out without someone saying "Ah, this is ain't Europe". I mean , I liked it and all but immediately thought "Oh, this is gonna create an uproar", and it did.
 
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A question that my common sense side wanted to lay the hammer to yesterday. Was talking about college credits earned while in HS. My daughter should be somewhere from 12-28 depending on what she does. So a light discussion in the small group came up about transfer classes. This one potential ISU student asks, I will be taking this class here at ISU next year, will that count for that class?

I’m thinking, are you kidding? You seriously wonder if a class you take at ISU will count for that class at ISU?


Instant collector item.

Maybe the dumbest advertising/product move by them since their parent company, Dayton's, published a womens lingerie catalogue about 30 years ago. Lot's of racy see-through stuff that they neglected to airbrush out the bits beneath for a large midwest constituency. Not sure how that went all the way through design to publication to mailing out without someone saying "Ah, this is ain't Europe". I mean , I liked it and all but immediately thought "Oh, this is gonna create an uproar", and it did.

You still have that? ;)
 
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House inspector still at moms. Anybody have any experience with them. Anything I’ve ever heard is they will find something no matter what to “justify” themselves. If there is an issue, no problem, but they seem to do things like saying they think the sump pump doesn’t work because no water is coming into it. Without stating, the ground is froze so I don’t know if it works.

Apparently one guy tags EVERY house for radon. People will bring others in and nothing pops up, but that one test means you have to get him to do mitigation on it for roughly $1500. Another guy will claim furnaces aren’t efficient as they could be. Well yes, a 13 year old furnace won’t be as efficient as a new one.
 
House inspector still at moms. Anybody have any experience with them. Anything I’ve ever heard is they will find something no matter what to “justify” themselves. If there is an issue, no problem, but they seem to do things like saying they think the sump pump doesn’t work because no water is coming into it. Without stating, the ground is froze so I don’t know if it works.

Apparently one guy tags EVERY house for radon. People will bring others in and nothing pops up, but that one test means you have to get him to do mitigation on it for roughly $1500. Another guy will claim furnaces aren’t efficient as they could be. Well yes, a 13 year old furnace won’t be as efficient as a new one.

Is this your inspector or the buyer's?
 
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