One would have to be mighty thankful to spend $75-$170 on a turkey (plus $10 shipping). I’d be ashamed to celebrate my bounty by spending that much on a day I should be mindful of how little others have.
How can anyone build a business model around pecuniary gluttony? (An affliction in which a person can’t enjoy their food without spending too much for it. I just made that up, but I think it’s real.)
I realize too there are scales of bounty and I probably fall right in the middle. I have no concept of what it’s like to be hungry on Thanksgiving Day. As someone who has plenty, I work at understanding want.
[2013-10-31]
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RIP Bill Vande Kopple
Yesterday I found out that a former professor of mine died recently. Professor Vande Kopple introduced me to linguistics, which interests me still, but which I could not turn into a career.
Had I stayed in the classroom and with language, I think things would have been much different, though I would have been, alas, an unremarkable linguist.
Prof Vande Koppel had an imposing frame but gentle presence. I looked forward to every moment I had in his classroom.
Calvin College page remembering Prof Vande Kopple >
[2013-10-23]
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