Jeremy Herndon Blog

When I was a kid, just getting out of high school and looking to go to college, I had to apply for college scholarships to help me pay for my college education.  I was also lucky enough to get some grants and student loans to help me with tuition costs.  It took a long time to pay off the student loans, so I recommend to any and everyone that they should try to get as many free college scholarships and grants that they can scrape up to help them with their college expenses.

Many scholarships are based on prior academic achievement, but some can be won by entering competitions, or signing up for free scholarships offers that involve earning points and redeeming them.  However you can get a scholarship, today’s student really should check out all of the different options.

One of my nephews was really fortunate to be given full scholarship to the college of his choice, but he earned that through a lot of hard work in high school.  He never got a grade lower than an “A” his entire scholastic life!   And he took as many advanced placement classes as he possibly could take, and participated in community service organizations and played on several sports teams.  His scholarships have been hard won, but his work paid off – he is getting his college education for free!  Scholarships are a great thing!

Well, the winter weather we have been having recently certainly makes for dangerous driving conditions!  This area does not get this kind of weather frequently enough for the government(s) to invest a lot of money in snow plows and sanding machines, and the employment of the driver/operators needed to run them.

What’s sad is that so many businesses still expect their employees to come to work, even in extreme weather!  I don’t think that speaks well of those businesses.  I think that if the local schools are closed, it is because their experts have determinedthat it is not safe driving for the school buses to get the children safely to school.  And I feel that if the roads are not safe enough for the school buses to be out there, then all businesses (except the essential hospitals and emergency services) should be closed, too.  Simply out of concern for the safety of the workers.

This past weekend I went to a home show and walked around the different exhibits.  I enjoy doing things like that; I like to see what new innovative things are on the market.  I was most impressed with an exhibit that was extolling the virtues of a walkin tub.  With the baby boomer generation aging, I think it is a good idea to put walk in tubs in every new bathroom, or remodeled bathroom.  These great tubs can come equipped with jets for a great massage, or just be soaker tubs.  I know that I’d sure like to have one in my bathroom!

My cousin Ted sent me an email that he is planning to take a vacation holiday to Brittany.  He has a lady friend who is from the Finistere region of Brittany and she has talked him into going with her to meet the family and experience some of the great festivals that they have there.  She told him it is in the northwest corner of France, and has beautiful seashores and picturesque villages.  She says that Finistere Holidays are the most enjoyable when you have a native there to show you around the place, and to get a real feel of the local culture.

He spent some time researching the area on the Internet, and said that it sounds like a great place for a vacation, so they are going to take a couple of weeks and take a holiday villa in Brittany and spend some time with her friends and family, soaking up the sun, and taking in some festivals.  Sounds like a great time!

I find it very amusing that the style for men’s clothing has changed from the baggy-fall-off-your-behind look to the so-tight-you-can’t-breathe look. I understand that now guys are expected to wear pants that are so tight that if you have a pimple on your butt it will show! Come on guys, can’t we have a “happy medium” here? I think this is a ruse by the fashion industry to get us to spend more money on clothes at a time when money is really tight!

I never liked (or wore) the “plumber butt” pants, and I certainly won’t wear the “anorexic look.” I’m not sure which is more absurd! I do find it interesting, however, that when the baggy look was “in” for men, the women were wearing tight fitting clothes, and now that the “skinny” look is “in” the women are wearing looser fitting clothes. It’s as if there is some kind of fashion rule that when a guy and a gal are standing together, they have to form the number 10 – one skinny, one round! Crazy!