By Jacob on September 24, 2009
We [Mississippians] are first in everything negative: high school dropouts, teen pregnancy, obesity, etc. Hell, why not football? I watched, or endured, the Ole Miss @ South Carolina game tonight and it was just embarrassing. After all the hype surrounding this team I was hoping for something to cheer for from our great state, but [...]
Posted in Mississippi | Tagged Mississippi, ole miss, South Carolina
By Jacob on September 21, 2009
I really do not understand the big controversy over alcohol sales on Sunday. I live in a dry county, so I’m used to it. I just figured a town that sells alcohol all week long wouldn’t mind selling alcohol on Sunday.
My poll question is not about religious or moral aspects, but about the economic impact [...]
Posted in Opinions | Tagged alcohol, Mississippi, ms, sundays, tupelo
By Jacob on August 3, 2009
With more and more furniture manufacturers shipping jobs overseas, one would think Itawamba Community College would rethink their “programming degree.” What’s wrong with their programming degree? The degree is geared toward Mississippi’s furniture industry.
The wrong direction
When people lose their jobs in the furniture factories, they automatically turn to education. ICC then produces a “computer programmer” [...]
Posted in Opinions, Technology | Tagged itawamba communit college, Mississippi, programming degree, tupelo
By Jacob on July 15, 2009
I received a text message on my cell phone tonight about an AMBER Alert.
It read:
Amber alert 3 yer old girl taken by a man in water valley driving a new silver truck plate 72B381 KEEP IT GOing
I googled it, and turns out there is a massive amount of these fake AMBER alerts going around. It’s [...]
Posted in My Life | Tagged fake amber alert, Mississippi
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