http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog This Country Boy.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Bill Cosby does a great stand-up routine about Noah, placing him as a modern day man - and hilarity ensues.  Cosby's Noah responds with typical sarcasm - "It's the Lord Noah!"  To which Cosby's Noah responds with a hearty "RIIIIIIGHT!" By the last bit, Cosby's Noah absolutely loses it with a typical ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/reflection/you-lord-you-and-me-right.html  Usually, there were two catastrophes that would take place when cleaning barn, that daily chore that involved moving out the many pounds of....organic waste deposed of by the cows sheltered in the warm embrace of the barn.  Neither was good, each had its share of challenges and tribulations. The first was ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/wisdom/crap-happens.html  I really shouldn't have been in the office.  Fresh off a long weekend.  Fresh off a little rest and relaxation.  I shouldn't have been in the office working through emails, voice mails, and overall issues. But it is part of the job...implied or not. But something seemed strange walking away from the ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/abroad/technology-and-chinese-new-year.html  January is a stark month on the northern plains.  The coldest month of the year, and while not the darkest, the extended nights of the far reaches of the Northern Hemisphere of January don't have the twinkling lights and breezy air of December and Christmas.  It is just a cold, ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/wisdom/cleaning-barn.html  Happy New Year!  For those that haven't been paying attention, about 25% of the world's population has been out celebrating for the last week or so - the Chinese New Year.  And not just any New Year, this is the year of the Dragon.  The Dragon - in western mythology, the ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/abroad/enter-the-dragon.html  I didn't understand them at first, little comments on Facebook, some emails, a few text messages, a few dropped hints on phone calls with family and friends.... So yes, I've got a confession to make...I've fallen behind...a two week vacation has now stretched into over a month of limited posting. But, like ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/wisdom/confessions.html  The majority of people are extroverts.  They get their energy from being around other people.  About twenty-five percent of us are introverts, while we might love and enjoy being around people, they sap our strength, and we need some good quiet downtime to revive us. As an introvert, I presume that ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/reflection/right-makes-might.html  Old Doc LaDue didn't mince any words, he shot it straight. "Jesus, you really screwed your back over."  He said as he watched me writhe around in pain and agony as he poked and prodded.  "This is pretty incredible." Mom watched with her purse handles clutched between her hands, years of being ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/wisdom/a-bad-backand-a-lesson-well-learned.html  It is amazing what an expiration date can do.  If you have milk in the refrigerator or mayonnaise, you always check the date on the package...or at best get a mouth full of something chunky, at worst...food poisoning.  That said, it is amazing how much people will work on those ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/reflection/expiraton-dates.html  He was a bit of a legend on campus, for contradictory reasons.  He was a fantastic guy, but an ornery old curmudgeon.  A good professor and teacher, and a crank.  A fantastic man, but a bit of an ass. And I'd agree with all of them. In fairness, when I met Thor, ... http://www.thiscountryboy.com/blog/wisdom/thor.html