Comments on: Thoughts from Outside the Bubble http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble Rants and musings about things political, philosophical, and religious. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:34:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Naiah Earhart http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2536 Naiah Earhart Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:52:25 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2536 Dang, I'm kinda let down. I figured it had to be intentional, and it probably had a great story behind it, and it'd be so cool that, ah, well, you get the idea... :P Dang, I’m kinda let down. I figured it had to be intentional, and it probably had a great story behind it, and it’d be so cool that, ah, well, you get the idea… :P

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2506 Connor Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:32:27 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2506 <em>I think this is the third time I’ve seen you write it with “off.” Do you have a reason for using it this way?</em> Actually, this is the second time, the first being used on my <a href="/blog/invisible-children" rel="nofollow">Invisible Children</a> post. But both times I've used it incorrectly, as you point out. I'm not sure where that originated from, but thanks for pointing out my error. I've fixed it now. :) I think this is the third time I’ve seen you write it with “off.” Do you have a reason for using it this way?

Actually, this is the second time, the first being used on my Invisible Children post. But both times I’ve used it incorrectly, as you point out. I’m not sure where that originated from, but thanks for pointing out my error. I’ve fixed it now. :)

]]> By: Naiah Earhart http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2505 Naiah Earhart Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:05:17 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2505 I haven't been reading your site for very long, and so I don't know if this is in tentional on your part, maybe a regional thing, but you always seem to use this phrase "in getting off his feet" *backwards* from my point of view. In helping someone to get their life together, I have always taken the phrase to be "helping him get <em>on</em> his feet," with the implication being that life has knocked him down figuratively, and in getting on his feet he is figuratively stable and able to function. I think this is the third time I've seen you write it with "off." Do you have a reason for using it this way? I haven’t been reading your site for very long, and so I don’t know if this is in tentional on your part, maybe a regional thing, but you always seem to use this phrase “in getting off his feet” *backwards* from my point of view.

In helping someone to get their life together, I have always taken the phrase to be “helping him get on his feet,” with the implication being that life has knocked him down figuratively, and in getting on his feet he is figuratively stable and able to function.

I think this is the third time I’ve seen you write it with “off.” Do you have a reason for using it this way?

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2486 Connor Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:12:32 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2486 <em>Don’t you work for the state? What is this conference all about anyway?</em> Actually, I don't work for the state, I work <em>for</em> the state... :) I work for a private company that is contracted with the state government to handle their website and online apps. So the state government is our (only) client, and our company exists solely to serve their online needs. The company I work for in Utah is a subsidiary of <a href="http://www.nicusa.com/html/" rel="nofollow">NIC</a> which has "portals" (companies) in 17 other states. The conference is a "technical conference", where the employees and directors can get together, share ideas, pitch new initiatives, help problem solve, and talk about ways to further the company as a whole. Don’t you work for the state? What is this conference all about anyway?

Actually, I don’t work for the state, I work for the state… :) I work for a private company that is contracted with the state government to handle their website and online apps. So the state government is our (only) client, and our company exists solely to serve their online needs.

The company I work for in Utah is a subsidiary of NIC which has “portals” (companies) in 17 other states.

The conference is a “technical conference”, where the employees and directors can get together, share ideas, pitch new initiatives, help problem solve, and talk about ways to further the company as a whole.

]]> By: Dustin Davis http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2485 Dustin Davis Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:06:15 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2485 Ah, that cracks me up you are shacking up with the CEO :) You're story reminds me of when I started working at 3M. They flew us all to Reno for a week. Well, it's not quite the same I guess. It was my first week on the job so I didn't know anyone, I had my own room, but there was lots of drinking with open bars at every dinner. Don't you work for the state? What is this conference all about anyway? Ah, that cracks me up you are shacking up with the CEO :) You’re story reminds me of when I started working at 3M. They flew us all to Reno for a week. Well, it’s not quite the same I guess. It was my first week on the job so I didn’t know anyone, I had my own room, but there was lots of drinking with open bars at every dinner.

Don’t you work for the state? What is this conference all about anyway?

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2478 Connor Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:47:10 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2478 <em>Connor - quick tip - the water glass is a great cover for clear spirits. Gin, rum, vodka. You can avoid the appearance of evil, and yet, woohoo!</em> That's why I use water bottles, when possible. :) <em>Oh, and dude - you can eat at Wendy’s in Utah. There’s lots of them there. Try some authentic low country or southern food!</em> That's the reason we went to Wendys. The provided dinner that night was a "low country boil". Good sweet potatoes and corn, but not enough. Going to Wendys was just to fill our stomachs up a tad more. The melted frosty soup was especially nice. :::barf::: <em>Where are you from, Connor (exactly)?</em> Hint: read the header of my site. Connor – quick tip – the water glass is a great cover for clear spirits. Gin, rum, vodka. You can avoid the appearance of evil, and yet, woohoo!

That’s why I use water bottles, when possible. :)

Oh, and dude – you can eat at Wendy’s in Utah. There’s lots of them there. Try some authentic low country or southern food!

That’s the reason we went to Wendys. The provided dinner that night was a “low country boil”. Good sweet potatoes and corn, but not enough. Going to Wendys was just to fill our stomachs up a tad more. The melted frosty soup was especially nice. :::barf:::

Where are you from, Connor (exactly)?

Hint: read the header of my site.

]]> By: Steve M. http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2477 Steve M. Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:02:10 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2477 <i>he served his mission in the Arcadia, CA mission, north of where I’m from.</i> Where are you from, Connor (exactly)? My grandparents live in Arcadia. I, myself, am from Claremont--out in the inland empire, by Pomona, La Verne, and Upland. he served his mission in the Arcadia, CA mission, north of where I’m from.

Where are you from, Connor (exactly)? My grandparents live in Arcadia. I, myself, am from Claremont–out in the inland empire, by Pomona, La Verne, and Upland.

]]> By: Mahuph http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2476 Mahuph Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:50:43 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2476 Oh, and dude - you can eat at Wendy's in Utah. There's lots of them there. Try some authentic low country or southern food! Oh, and dude – you can eat at Wendy’s in Utah. There’s lots of them there. Try some authentic low country or southern food!

]]> By: Mahuph http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2475 Mahuph Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:48:24 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/thoughts-from-outside-the-bubble#comment-2475 Connor - quick tip - the water glass is a great cover for clear spirits. Gin, rum, vodka. You can avoid the appearance of evil, and yet, woohoo! South Carolina is a great state with nice historic sites. Hope you get a chance to see some while there. Connor – quick tip – the water glass is a great cover for clear spirits. Gin, rum, vodka. You can avoid the appearance of evil, and yet, woohoo!

South Carolina is a great state with nice historic sites. Hope you get a chance to see some while there.

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