Quantastic

We've been down this road before. I'd love to be more creative but there is something about my Quan class that sucks the life out of me. On a related note, I don't have the slightest clue what "Quan" stands for...I assume quantitative. For the Nancy Drew's in the crowd, the title of the class is Designing, Managing, & Improving Operations and it falls under the Management Science heading the the course catalog. Get back to me when you figure it out and I'll pretend to be interested; I'm getting a lot of practice...I'm taking Quan 6610.

What's quantastic about the class, you might ask. Nothing. I'm glad we were able to clear that up.

The course title is worth discussing. The first thing of note is the course prefix...Quan. I don't spend much time with other human beings so I have to base most of my life experiences on the life experiences of imaginary people....I watch a lot of movies. The first thing I thought of when I was told to sign up for Quan was Rod Tidwell saying "Jerry Maguire, my agent. You're my ambassador of kwan." "This class is going to be awesome. Dr. Grayson is going to be my ambassador of kwan" was my immediate next thought. That is how I think. In reality, Dr. Grayson is not my ambassador of kwan. He is, instead, the ambassador of my 8-11pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The second bit of information worth mentioning is the course number: 6610. Alone, it means very little, but when compared to the other Quan class (6600); you won't need the first four seasons of CSI (you Law & Order folks may need at least the first season) to find the pattern. I wish I had picked out this pattern 2 weeks ago. I also wish I had taken Quan I.

It is the Friday before Memorial Day weekend and you're looking for social ideas here? Sad. I'll see what I can do.

Mo Leverett Concert: How good can this be? I mean seriously, he's a white, Presbyterian preacher singing the blues. Sounds like a train wreck to me. "But," says you "Jake, your suggestions are always the cream of the crop." Ye of little faith. This one will be, too. Check out some music samples here and some life changing samples here. Lakemont Presbyterian at 7pm. Free concert but they will be collecting a "love offering" so bring some money or leave your conscience in the car.

Gospel Fest 2007: Yeah, I'm going to skip this one. Not because I'm not interested, because I'm not, but because I've got something else on my plate for Saturday. But you should totally check it out. You need to stop living your life by the things I do. If Gospel is your thing, the Jessye Norman Amphitheater is your place because they are going to have a whole fest of it on Saturday. Concert starts at 5pm. Free, as far as I can tell.

Memorial Day Concert: Love marching bands? Love Memorial Day? Love America? If you answered 'yes' or 'hell yes' to any of the previous questions then you should head down to the Jessye Norman Amphitheater on Monday evening. I can guarantee lots of flag waving, lots of marches and an awesome evening on the river. Concert is free.

Memorial Day: I'm not sure if you've heard, but it's Memorial Day. You shouldn't even be reading this. Go out. Go on vacation. Go somewhere.

Hope everyone has a safe fun (I'm not your mother) Memorial Day weekend.

-Jake

P.S. In a striking show of either irony or humor, someone decided to make Michelle Kwan an U.S. Ambassador. Ladies and Gentlemen, Ambassador Kwan.