A shoe. Thus, why it's sticking out, implying the nail didn't fail at it's job. The shoe did.

If there is no hammer, how did the nail get there in the first place?

I will be in Canada until Saturday morning, and then on planes back until the afternoon, so if you don't reach me on the first time, try, try again.

esSO - I have a meeting in Moon Township on the 15th so maybe we can carpool to/from IN. I will probably figure out what I am going to do next week Saturday morning so expect a call to let you know when I may be in the area.

IF there is no hammer, the nail sticking out is simply a hazard.

IF there is no grease, the squeaky wheel is just annoying.

AT 5 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS AFTER 4 A.M., ON THE 8TH OF JULY, THIS YEAR, THE TIME AND DATE WILL BE: 04:05:06 07-08-09



THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL THE YEAR 3009!!!

Sorry about the shouts I copied this from a friend.

Eddi didn't pay his bills.

What happened with the foto at relho.com automatic posting feature (for schmitz.cl)?
Gracias

Have you heard the expression 'Only a hillbilly sits around figuring out the best way to catch flies'? - The Great Sir Lord Bill of McNeal

So anyways, I'm in the middle of an eight hour meeting in San Mateo... two more scheduled for the next two days, and an evening meet to boot.

One of my co-workers just moved down here and claimed he saw a whale from inside his house yesterday. I told him there were cows thirty feet from my front door, but we was not impressed.

Basic understanding of how a nail and hammer work explains why the nail sticks out, and it is this information that is necessary for the analogy to hold.

Not all things that stick out are hammered in (eg, "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" implies that sticking out provides benefits). Thus the content of why they stick out is relevant within the analogy.

The implication with the hammer and nail analogy is that the student that excels would be knocked down to the level of a student that does not excel. Is that at all true? Has the student been reduced to conforming with the other students, or has the student been separated even more so from the others?


“Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers”

That quote doesn't have anything to do with anything other than similar words.

The nail and hammer quote provides no explanation as to why the nail sticks out: failure of goal, non-conformity, holding up a picture.

“If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.” - Bill Vaughn

The student sticks out above the others because they have excelled at their goals.

The nail sticks out above the others because it failed to achieve its goal.

"The nail that sticks out is hammered down."

I don't see Michele. Did she fall off the raft again?

She's clearly not very smart if she hasn't learned that all hard work gets you is more work.

Yea, Daniela got a 150 on her IQ test, so she gets to go to "Challenge" next year! Hooray for extra homework!

If I don't have a job by then I would come out and help you move back.

This is from the laptop I just repaired with a new hard drive and loaded with the operating system Ubuntu. It was very easy. Merel got the wireless working and loaded Skype while I was playing video games. That made it even easier.

Actually, I was just going to make a post to see if anyone wanted to road-trip with me on my trip back to Illinois. Of course, I don't know when that is yet. End of July perhaps?

Happy new year everyone.
Fiscal, that is.
What does the new year bring?
I'm glad you asked.
5 more vacation days this year.
That's enough to visit Montana again.
Finally.

GO TOPPERS!

You'll have to fill me in on the rest of that joke.

In the mean time... xkcd

Oh, is Merel still working that scavenger hunt list? Tell her it's over.

Gave blood today. Going to San Mateo next week.

Thanks!...I have to say that she has been taken care of me since 1999...

I think it's congratulations Edgardo, now Sarah has to take care of you here.

Welcome to America Edgardo!

Edgardo got approval for his green card...should be about 5 days for it to arrive. The interviewer was rather loopy...something about lack of caffeine.

turkey and ketchup at the hort farm

Frankie has a cell phone now. info in the contacts (if I can get there)

Daniela won a bicycle helmet today at school. Cool!

What is this thing you call "lunch"? Is that anything like the 10 coffee breaks I take?

ham and colby on wheat, made in Racine. Eaten in Chicago in
the world's tallest building with less than 40 floors.

Homemade sloppy joes.

Dammit, I knew I forgot to do something.

Oh, I got the turkey breast.

Tuna Salad from Subway for lunch today

So did you get circled?