T-328 : We're #116!

Thanks to "kimscadlock" at PhotoBucket.

The other day I tooted the horn for one of my Alma Maters, USU.  Today I'll toot for BYU-Idaho.  According to Forbes we made the list of "America's Best Colleges".  Woohoo!  Here's a couple of highlights from the story along with the link to the entire press release below:

• BYU-I currently ranks above University of Utah, which placed at 158 and Brigham Young University, which placed at 249.
• According to www.bestcollegerankings.org, Forbes bases their rankings on “seven million student evaluations of courses and instructors, as recorded on the website ratemyprofessors.com. Another 25 percent [depends] upon how many of the school’s alumni, adjusted for enrollment, are listed among the notable people in ‘Who’s Who in America.’”

BYU-Idaho Ranks

T-329 : Truth Time

I hope the title of this entry didn't scare you away.  I have no skeletons in my closet; at least none that I will divulge here.  I only mean to say that -- while I enjoy telling the truth -- I'm learning that there is a time to speak and a time to shut up.  If you know me well enough to agree, now's your time to chime in.  I'm in admitting mode and ready to receive constructive criticism.

T-330 : Ancestral Colors

Are you surprised by the predominant ancestral color of your state/county?  I can't figure out why the county just to the north of us is colored "Mexican". Can anyone who's lived in Rexburg longer help me understand?

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T-331 : We're #8!

In a not-too-scientific survey my old alma mater, USU, has been rated as having the 8th best student section in the nation of college basketball!  When I was a student there I don't think I went to more than a game or two because I thought I was too poor.  If I live life over again, that's one thing I'll change.

mental_floss Blog » The Quick 10: 10 Famous Student Sections in College Basketball

T-332 : Freeky Fridays!

Just don't spend the extra $5 on extra food!

In fact, I've started ordering a take-out box with my meal and putting half of it away for later before I even start.

Stay fit, buddies!

T-333 : (...

It's not an "emoticon" for a frowny face.

It's an unmatched left parenthesis.

Are you able to deal with the tension?

T-334 : Farther Further

I was thinking the other day about the difference between "farther" and "further".  I had to look it up to be sure.  I didn't realize that they actually have different meanings:

• FARTHER denotes physical advancement in distance.
• FURTHER denotes advancement to greater degree, as in time. 

The correct answers to the above examples follow:

• It is farther down the road. (For distance physically traveled.)
• You read further in the book. (To a greater degree than where you are now.)
• You further your education. (To a greater degree than what you have now.) 

 So, did you read this fur?