I'm sure everybody has seen this by now, the United States of Shame:
I was pretty happy with "Worst Credit Score", as Arkansas is usually the butt of any joke including goats, Billy Bob Thornton or cousin-marrying. Most Arkansans fall back on Mississippi to make fun of, but unfortunately that's where I was born. You learn to be tough at the bottom of the barrel. Ohio is looking even better for us now, since they are worst at "nerds". How is that bad? I think it bodes well with J getting a job there. And Colorado can't be too bad since I don't do cocaine. I have beat the system!
(Also: Delaware is "worst at" abortion? That is a discussion all in itself.)
And the rejoinder, The United States of Awesome:
Beth Ditto and Secretary Hillary Frigging Rodham Awesome Clinton |
What does this have to do with Texas, capital of wind power and low high school graduation rates? This is the next place J is looking at for a postdoc. I think I said, "TEXAS? TEXAS?" in an excited/anxious high-pitched voice a few times before he calmly answered yes. Seriously, I have never heard Texas come out of his mouth. So, it's now France and Texas, though I still think we shouldn't lose hope in Ohio or Colorado until there's an actual rejection letter.
I'm realizing just how little I know about what's going on in my spouse's head, how many places we might go that I can't even imagine. Makes my little searches for library jobs seem futile. Texas. Texas. Seriously, Texas. I know I'm from Arkansas, but Texas seems so weird. And even stranger, I find I am drawn to this idea. Things to think about.
My delicate Midwestern constitution can't handle the thought of how hot it gets in Texas, but everyone I know who lives/has lived there loves it beyond words. And, if we're talking as if I had a vote in where J gets a job, Ohio may be great for nerds, but it's the most boringest to drive across, and I say this having driven across both Dakotas.
ReplyDeleteAlso, bromine production? It's like they forgot to do Arkansas til the end and just grabbed the first thing on the alphabetical fact list.
Thanks for posting, I've never seen these before!
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