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   margueritem said, over 3 years ago

   I love this guy….
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   Hugh B. Hayve said, over 3 years ago

   Heavy metal and mullets, Is how we were raised, Maiden and Priest, Were the gods that we praised,
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   Alabama_Al said, over 3 years ago

   Dr. Shiply: … How do we know this, Leo? Leo: Makes ears bleed. Dr. Shiply: Correct… .

   They’re kidding around, I know, but it also shows the “Pavlov’s Dog” method of teaching: ask a stock question, get the expected stock answer, and you get a pat on the head by the instructor. Heck, a voice recorder playing back the answers could be the valedictorian at most high schools. (And if it was at my high school, the voice recorder would not have had any less personality.)
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   DBjorn said, over 3 years ago

   He’s the type of prof I try to be – with all my students, but especially my vets!

   To all the service members and vets from yesterday’s conversation – Thank you for your service.

   And Brad – if you see this – I knew you were kidding about the Marines being illiterate. I saw your ” :) ” and raised you a “heh”. Heh.
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   babka said, over 3 years ago

   anybody notice that on anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, and cusp of trial of guy who shot abortion doctor, Sarah Palin and daughter and their babies are covergirls with the caption “We’re glad we chose life”?

   And Leo is mesmerized by her out-takes…..
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   thepeoplesmushroom said, over 3 years ago

   babka, you mean the Domestic terrorist at Operation rescue.

   Metalica? more like the Mecrapica
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   WaitingMan said, over 3 years ago

   Bleeding ears? Melting faces? That’s nothing. As a reviewer in the 80’s described them, King Crimson live could peel wallpaper 5 miles away. Crimson makes the “popular” metal bands sound like a bunch of folksingers.
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   Potrzebie said, over 3 years ago

   Metallica? the “kill napster because it cuts into my profits” group?

   I notice that Toggle is walking with his bad side towards the prof. That’s illogical.
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   MisngNOLA said, over 3 years ago

   Potz, it kind of makes sense to me. He has someone covering the side of him that is vulnerable, leaving his good side open to be cognizant of the situation. Maybe that’s just my interpretation of it though.
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    MisngNOLA said, over 3 years ago

    And Metallica, GnR, and Slayer are fine, but ears bleeding face melting music to me is more like Drowning Pool, Dope, Disturbed, or Mudvayne..
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    BigDog00 said, over 3 years ago

    I believe Duke once used the reference, “would sterilize frogs from a 100 yards.”

    Like he said. Scholars differ.
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, over 3 years ago

    Sorry, Dr. Shipley, but your music isn’t for me. I love classical music–makes me feel rich, even though I’m not. I also love the works of such great show-biz composers as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Rogers & Hammerstein, and Lerner & Leowe. Today’s “composers” can’t hold a candle to them!
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    Radish said, over 3 years ago

    Dr Shiply has a lightweight job teaching modern culture.
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    Jimdotz said, over 3 years ago

    @Radish: Dr Shipley doesn’t teach modern culture; Dr Shipley teaches students!

    And it sure seems to this community college math teacher that he’s doing a brilliant job of reaching Leo in a way that will last forever and make a real difference in his life!

    BTW @Susan001, I like a Gershwin tune, too ;)
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    brewwitch said, over 3 years ago

    Never studied Metallica as an undergrad. The closest we got to making ‘ears bleed’ we ever got was The Beatles.

    There is some contemporary orchestral stuff that will do that, though.
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