Get In, Hang On, and Get Out!

Prompted by some feedback about this blog (e.g., "what the heck is this thing about?", "it doesn't make any sense") I figured I would try to explain its purpose a bit more. I thought about writing something clever to explain it, but I stumbled across this picture. What a beautiful juxtaposition. God loves you, but this particular piece of land, well, it's mine. And I don't love you, so stay out. Why you may ask? Because you lie.

This is a place for me to explore contradictions in life - whatever that turns out to be. It's a good way for me to process things. And a way to keep track of interesting things I read.
This weekend should be a good one. Erica is taking me to a Dwight Yoakam concert. Should be an evening of some great hick-a-billa rock and the all too common "out-of-place" concert experience that I regularly find myself in. Usually, about 1% of the population at concerts I attend are within 2 years of my age. I suspect that Bingo-Rama of Dayton may experience a dip in the megapot coverall this Saturday due to Dwight's concert.

Stuff I read:

• I was reading a summarative report on the future of state universities by the Kellogg Commission today and stumbled upon something that struck a cord with me. The topic was the fundamental mission of colleges/universities. Many past presidents had carefully selected declarations about higher education's mission ripe with buzzwords. These were all pretty interesting, but none of this was what struck me. They interviewed a group of students (imagine that?!?!) about what the mission of their institutions should be. One student responded, "The mindset should be about getting in, hanging on, and getting out." I love it.
  

• Eleven years after their high school graduation, only about 55% of those who ever entered a two-or four-year institution had obtained an education credential of any kind (i.e., certificate, degree).