tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post2161943611382107594..comments2023-12-27T16:41:07.438-05:00Comments on Suldog: Commencement AddressSuldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-79866161656163482112012-06-21T09:36:31.657-04:002012-06-21T09:36:31.657-04:00I was waiting for someone to ask that question! Th...I was waiting for someone to ask that question! Thanks, Tim!<br /><br />"Welly cheese" is cheap American cheese, usually handed out in blocks the approximate size of a square loaf of bread at the local food pantries or (thus the name...) welfare office. It was a staple for many poor kids in Boston, at one time.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-21379155406901338332012-06-21T08:26:04.618-04:002012-06-21T08:26:04.618-04:00I like your commencement address way better than t...I like your commencement address way better than the "you're not special" guy's.<br /><br />I do have one question, however. What is "welly cheese"? (We've finally found a question Google doesn't know the answer to.)<br /><br />-TimKAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01317561917487132989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-75913496526550464532012-06-19T12:58:31.042-04:002012-06-19T12:58:31.042-04:00Sully, this is brilliant! And to think you were co...Sully, this is brilliant! And to think you were coming down with a miserable cold/flu while you wrote it -- well done!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-33421509303325220492012-06-19T08:59:51.252-04:002012-06-19T08:59:51.252-04:00I'm over here from Jenny Woolf, An English Tra...I'm over here from Jenny Woolf, An English Travel Writer. This is fantastic stuff! I wish someone would give this speech. Or I could give it. Don't think anyone would pay me, though. Hell, I'd do it for free. Even at a Community College. Or Hamburger University. Or Connecticut School of Broadcasting. You know what I mean.<br />I loved this.<br />Well, not physically.<br />You know what I mean.Al Penwasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052950809151897315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-30767648985554838302012-06-19T04:32:30.442-04:002012-06-19T04:32:30.442-04:00Thanks to Jenny Woolf I popped over to have a look...Thanks to Jenny Woolf I popped over to have a look at this name <i>Suldog</i> that seems to crop up all over my Blogland however much I try to ignore it. Why, in heavens name, I haven't visited before I have no idea. I shall be visiting again. After all, anyone who has so many followers who write comments as interesting and witty as the original post must be good QED.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-44821717840295687842012-06-18T16:45:55.568-04:002012-06-18T16:45:55.568-04:00This cracked me up! I'd hire you like a shot,...This cracked me up! I'd hire you like a shot, except that no university would have me. Of course you're welcome to come and give the speech on my street corner in London, (I'm such a damn looser I don't even have any friends so no point in asking you to give the speech in my living room.)Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-79159492965279708112012-06-17T07:51:06.667-04:002012-06-17T07:51:06.667-04:00Oh I wish, wish, wish that commencement speeches w...Oh I wish, wish, wish that commencement speeches were really like that. I love the advice at the end... especially about the horn beeping. So pointless. I hope you get a chance to use that speech. Bloomin' great.Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-91483772299188261542012-06-16T04:44:14.703-04:002012-06-16T04:44:14.703-04:00What a commencement speech that I don't have t...What a commencement speech that I don't have to grit my teeth to endure? Good stuffs Suldog!<br /><br />All of it is so true. The loan issue has really gotten out of hand. The expense to educate someone is so not worth how long it takes to pay it back anymore. You get a BA and they want a Masters, deeper in debt you go to hear that they then want a Doctorate. That bank account is looking like a very sound investment.silly rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313221194740196751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-80019461990579078142012-06-15T23:35:34.884-04:002012-06-15T23:35:34.884-04:00Wouldn't it be great if you were invited to gi...Wouldn't it be great if you were invited to give the speech-- It would actually be USEFUl information for the grads! And you crack me up.<br /><br />Thank you.<br />jjJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-71678537766551548022012-06-15T20:58:39.770-04:002012-06-15T20:58:39.770-04:00I love it! As usual, you nailed it simply and conc...I love it! As usual, you nailed it simply and concisely, and had fun doing it. I still have one in college... I'll see what I can do about getting you a gig. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-90554618635568065592012-06-15T12:10:42.321-04:002012-06-15T12:10:42.321-04:00Four & Seven - yes. A resounding yes with bel...Four & Seven - yes. A resounding yes with bells and fanfare. Guess you've got at least one person won over because I laughed my ass off the entire way through this piece. Not to mention I pretty much spent the whole time while reading this thinking "Did we have a commencement speaker? If not, why didn't we get Jim, and if so...who in the world was it?"Jenn Flynn-Shonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441834864191292424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-69443377284104334362012-06-15T11:40:50.944-04:002012-06-15T11:40:50.944-04:00You're having way too much fun up there in Wat...You're having way too much fun up there in Watertown!colleenhttp://looseleafnotes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-78652056557071902152012-06-15T09:31:20.159-04:002012-06-15T09:31:20.159-04:00I'd like a cookie. Please, and Thank You.I'd like a cookie. Please, and Thank You.Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097214923216967086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-38704731306787167762012-06-15T08:11:47.148-04:002012-06-15T08:11:47.148-04:00I cant imagine why no one has called to invite you...I cant imagine why no one has called to invite you to speak .. my god daughter graduated Syracuse Law School in May and they invited Dan Quayle .. seriosly...Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-65617919584435571922012-06-15T02:16:29.872-04:002012-06-15T02:16:29.872-04:00Loved your speech. Two sides to everything!
Maggie...Loved your speech. Two sides to everything!<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-38812598208401370942012-06-14T23:21:44.879-04:002012-06-14T23:21:44.879-04:00I never had a college commencement. My high school...I never had a college commencement. My high school commencement was the culmination of 13 years of wasted time.<br /><br />I think I participated in a couple conceptions (well, two that I know of) but don't consider those a waste.<br /><br />I loved your speech. If I ever find an opportunity for you to use it, I'll call ya. Meanwhile, I shall link for tomorrow's post because I think it should be required reading for just about everyone.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353667980806676067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-15252928215464157562012-06-14T21:17:21.361-04:002012-06-14T21:17:21.361-04:00Have another cookie. After that speech, you deser...Have another cookie. After that speech, you deserve it.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-60885239464484800422012-06-14T20:56:13.451-04:002012-06-14T20:56:13.451-04:00"It's" wonderful to read your work. ..."It's" wonderful to read your work. "Its" "effect" on "your" readers is a sign that "you're" a genius. You "affect" a lot of folks in a positive way.<br />Just lettin' loose,<br />J.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214796594702277709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-17229583850597716402012-06-14T18:43:40.096-04:002012-06-14T18:43:40.096-04:00i think cookies should also be had when celebratin...i think cookies should also be had when celebrating something good. i wish you had given the address at my college graduation. they decided to go without and just read the 1000 names of graduates. yes one thousand. and they mispronounced mine. and i sat in the drizzling rain, while pregnant and suffering morning sickness. no, i am not whining. i am just trying to emphasize how much you would have been appreciated then.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-50025447100658746162012-06-14T17:55:06.379-04:002012-06-14T17:55:06.379-04:00So you have every girl in that back row crying now...So you have every girl in that back row crying now. I hope you are happy with yourself.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-24549694828725386132012-06-14T13:58:23.488-04:002012-06-14T13:58:23.488-04:00Actually there was a lot of good advice in there, ...Actually there was a lot of good advice in there, but you left out "Always wear clean underwear, because you never know."notactuallygodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012309932420090710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-28981190980292891332012-06-14T12:57:35.228-04:002012-06-14T12:57:35.228-04:00Hmm. So now I'm wondering. Is hosers really sp...Hmm. So now I'm wondering. Is hosers really spelled hoosers?<br /><br />Yes, you definitely got me thinking with this GREAT post.<br /><br />*smile*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-69997414271342956392012-06-14T12:30:28.474-04:002012-06-14T12:30:28.474-04:00I hope you get some offers... this is one great sp...I hope you get some offers... this is one great speech and the grads would be hanging on every word!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505134228454833619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-84158032641823097642012-06-14T12:24:58.891-04:002012-06-14T12:24:58.891-04:00This all started when folks made graduation from k...This all started when folks made graduation from kindergarten a big deal ...or maybe it was sooner?<br /><br />In any event, all of those earlier commencement celebrations have cheapened the high school graduation, which IMHO is achievable by a large majority of this country's populace. It might even mean something if administrators and teachers held students accountable. <br />College isn't for everyone and there's no reason why someone without a degree should be dismissed for that reason alone.IT (aka Ivan Toblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07484236901066944983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-42473986463062875092012-06-14T12:09:47.445-04:002012-06-14T12:09:47.445-04:00BTW... I met several specialists in international ...BTW... I met several specialists in international relations who were quite possibly graduates (or mebbe <b>under</b>grads) of Bangkok U while I was there. Great school, that.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com