tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post9079791824627846715..comments2024-03-23T13:25:40.836-05:00Comments on Simple - Green - Frugal: A time to celebrate!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-53787910097730074692008-11-30T16:37:00.000-06:002008-11-30T16:37:00.000-06:00going crunchy - thanks!going crunchy - thanks!hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-7212528719745529072008-11-30T09:02:00.000-06:002008-11-30T09:02:00.000-06:00Looks like so much fun, and loving the sandwich po...Looks like so much fun, and loving the sandwich post you are running.Going Crunchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885445987575778289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-66691074968130663022008-11-28T15:16:00.000-06:002008-11-28T15:16:00.000-06:00Tammy - Oh, I agree. We all share so much in commo...Tammy - Oh, I agree. We all share so much in common as humans that it's silly to let our small cultural differences come between us. We all just want to be happy, right? But despite the number of international students that come to TAMU, there is very much a culture on intolerance. How many times have we heard about foreign students being beaten up in Northgate just because they are foreign. Very few gays are openly so for the same reason. Students may come, but they rarely stay. <BR/><BR/>I've heard reports that companies complain our graduates can't be sent outside of the state for business because they don't play well with others. <BR/><BR/>I dated a greek man, still a wonderful friend of mine, and during our 5-1/2 years together I couldn't tell you how many times we were told that if you didn't like the way things are to just "get out." It was awful and I experienced it first hand.<BR/><BR/>Now it's much better than it used to be. I remember in elementary school kids would get beat up if they wore a University of Texas shirt. We've definitely been progressing, but we also have a VERY long way to go.hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-21432130791932668872008-11-28T04:13:00.000-06:002008-11-28T04:13:00.000-06:00I should think that such a large university like T...I should think that such a large university like Texas A&M would draw so many kinds of people that there would be plenty of diversity, no matter what sort of people it is that you are looking for...ethnic, political, religious, young, old, or any other way you could divide people up into divisions of difference. The thing I like is that we don't have to be different. As humans we share so much common ground.<BR/>As for Bryan, it was host to College Station essentially, named for the university-College and the old train station-Station. The Bryans, Boatwrights and three other families founded Bryan. There were boys in the Bryan family, thus the name. My grandmother is a Boatwright. The Bryans are still active in government(and the community) as conservatives, but many older families hold more conservative, traditional, moral views. I think that the old town, strict rules keep daddies sending their daughters to school in College Station because it feels a bit more "safe" than larger cities where anything goes and there are places you dare not go after dark.<BR/>All that said, I like our area because it isn't so big and scary. There are already so many cities that could boast big and scary. This area hovers on it, but the city council refuses to let it get out of control. This is bad when a factory(jobs) could come to the area and growth is refused, but the underlying reason is to keep us below the point of explosive growth. We will see what the future brings but after living in big cities where red and blue lights came to your neighborhood every night, where people smoked crack or weed on their front porch, where you could see three accidents on your way to work everyday(at least one with fatalities). I kindda like smaller towns.ttammylynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951289120280057547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-31455113773473532812008-11-26T07:54:00.000-06:002008-11-26T07:54:00.000-06:00Theresa - Thanks!Di - The closest thing we have to...Theresa - Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Di - The closest thing we have to that is our Earth Day celebration. This was more a celebration of cultures different from our own. This area has a history of being very intolerant to anything different from the accepted norm, so this is a major step for this community. We're definitely on the right track though!<BR/><BR/>I would have loved some veggie booths like at your Worldfest. Most of the food was ethnic so there may have been something somewhere. The one thing I did notice (food wise) was a humongo sign for "Texas sized funnel cakes." Right. 'Cause no other state can quite make the big enough, right? Gee wiz! :)hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-59308839593351239062008-11-25T23:32:00.000-06:002008-11-25T23:32:00.000-06:00Hmm worldfest sounds different to our Worldfest he...Hmm worldfest sounds different to our Worldfest here in Los Angeles. Here it's a green festival, full of sustainable companies, eco-speakers and veggie foods (some meat too). Great for the eco mindedSpot-Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15798035189811731749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-32695027604161801532008-11-25T22:38:00.000-06:002008-11-25T22:38:00.000-06:00What a lovely day! How great that your health has...What a lovely day! How great that your health has improved and you can enjoy such things to their fullest. May your healing and wellness continue, and Happy Thanksgiving!Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908227916944431265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-61443049392252764922008-11-25T19:31:00.000-06:002008-11-25T19:31:00.000-06:00jennifer - Happy Thanksgiving to you too!jennifer - Happy Thanksgiving to you too!hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862121314003712764.post-89459952834648857082008-11-25T18:44:00.000-06:002008-11-25T18:44:00.000-06:00I'm so happy that you have been feeling well enoug...I'm so happy that you have been feeling well enough to enjoy yourself as you have been.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like you had a busy, but very fun day! I don't live too far from my family either, but rarely see them outside of holidays. I always use the "I don't have a car" excuse, but that is all that it is. If we wanted to go down there we could. Eh, but you are right, time has a way of just running away from you.<BR/><BR/>The festival in your town sounds like it was a really good time. It is nice to see things like this in conservative towns too, it shows progress, at least in my humble opinion.<BR/><BR/>I am lucky to live in one of the most liberal places in Missouri, Columbia, but I am from the suburbs of St. Louis where it is a lot more conservative so I understand the difference and how much that means to a lone progressive. :-)<BR/><BR/>Happy Thanksgiving Heather!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760009169211682230noreply@blogger.com