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I just found my mortal enemy on FB. He is a friend of a friend of mine - no surprise, we had a number of small seminar classes together in college. He's a fan of Sarah Palin. He's one of those homeschool kids that give perfectly wonderful homeschooled kids and their families a bad name. His mother objected to my being in one of our honors courses, because I was older, married, and possibly a corrupting influence as we were talking about some risque subjects - secular art. Did I mention that this was a Senior Honors Philosophy and Religion seminar? He wasn't the least bit chagrined that his mommy called, but he was a bit pissed that the professor practically hung up on her to call me and laugh.

OK, I feel better. I will likely never see this slug again, but seeing his smarmy face on my computer screen set me off. And I'm trying to talk to my cat less, lest I turn into a crazy cat lady.

ETA - I forgot to mention that I lived across the street from this guy for a year. If I had a drink, I had to make sure that he couldn't see me through my windows, or he'd turn me in for violating the university's morality policies. It was Baptist, but dancing was peachy.

And he has 6 consonants in his last name, with only 2 vowels. I'm more Germanic than most, but at least I have the decency to have better vowel distribution. Now I'm really done. It can't get more petty than that. :)

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Comment by Herasmus B. Dragon on January 7, 2010 at 9:04am: That felt good, didn't it?

Comment by G to the G on January 7, 2010 at 9:10am: snortle
you can almost hear the AAHHH after MW posted that... MW I must say I'm sort surprised...we finally know what reeeaalllyyy chaps your who.

Comment by Floor Pie on January 7, 2010 at 9:20am: Block!

Comment by Mamawho on January 7, 2010 at 9:29am: FP, he wouldn't dare friend me. It would expose him to too many pro-choicers and liberals. His hair might spontaneously catch on fire or something. Which isn't a bad thing, since I don't live close enough to him to smell it. Hmm.

Comment by kommishoner on January 7, 2010 at 9:31am: Well in that case, MW, you oughta friend *him*. Kerplooie!

Comment by Daddy Geek Boy on January 7, 2010 at 9:37am: I finally decided to unfriend an old college friend after one too many public fights about gay marriage.

Comment by kanachick on January 7, 2010 at 11:16am: His mom called his university professor? That's the funniest thing I've ever heard.

Comment by Kiwi on January 7, 2010 at 11:59am: I find that cats are pretty good listeners.

That story is utterly wild. My friend went to ETBU before transferring to U of H and I was shocked by the rules that place.

Comment by Mamawho on January 7, 2010 at 12:26pm: kana - it's not that uncommon at this school. Most of the professors hide behind FERPA. It's frowned upon by the administration to chide the parents - after all, they're paying customers. At budget and curriculum meetings, students were referred to as customers. And the president's daughter was the registrar. It's all very Old Testament there.

Kiwi - Comedy Central and Cartoon Network were blocked in campus housing. But the rules there weren't as strict as they are at say, OBU or ORU. Probably because so many folks from Ft Hood go there. If they were more isolated, they'd have rules out the wazoo.

For all my bitching, I actually loved my time there. My department was fantastic - still are. Most of my old profs are still good friends of mine. But beyond academics, they can kiss the fattest part of my sinful ass.

Comment by Boring User Name on January 7, 2010 at 12:48pm: I've hidden so many people on FB that I can't even keep track of them all. Most of them are the crazy religious types.

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