W.H. Stark House- SP

For my next trip to Texas, I’m going to make sure to check out the W.H. Stark House. This looks like the most gorgeous historic site that I have ever seen pictures of. This is a fifteen room house that is still furnished with the original items and art collections of the Stark family. This house is located in the city of Orange, Texas and has regular tours available. If you check out the website and click the link to tours, you will be able to see some photos of rooms that are not available on the real life tour of the house and also learn some facts that you may miss while you’re there visiting. You can even take a virtual tour.
This house was built in 1894 and occupied until the deaths of the owners in 1936. The house was untouched until 1971 when it was restored for 10 years and then opened to the public for you to view.
While you are either on the site or at the tour, you won’t be able to miss the wonderful art collections that William Henry Stark and Miriam Melissa Lutcher Stark had amassed. The collection includes the death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte, a Steinway Grand Piano, different figurines, different portraits, the Hupmobile Roadster in mint condition, and different vases. The Stark Family house is included in the National Register of Historic Places, and is named by the Texas Historical Commission as a historic landmark.

Back after a break from blogging

I'm back for a little now and after Tuesday I'm here for good. Tax day is coming up, and once it's over, I'm out of a day time job for a couple weeks. So.. now I'll be posting daily, if not more.

Kettering University!

What's better than learning through hands on experience? I can't tell you enough how little college prepared me for the work world. If I was shoved into an office the day after I graduated in the field that I majored in, I'd probably just sit at a desk and wait for someone to come lecture me. I was good at that, because that's what I learned to do while I was in school.
I came across Kettering University's website and really wished that I had been offered an opportunity like they offer their students. They focus on hands on experiences through their co-op programs. From continuing education classes, to undergraduate degrees, to master’s degrees, they offer it all and all through co-ops. These majors include industrial engineering and engineering co-op programs.
After looking around more on their site, I learned that they were rated #1 by US News for the Best Colleges for eight years in a row now. It is also rated the best Midwestern college by the Princeton Review.
I really wish I had known about options like this when I was applying. I know for a fact that this would be a better preparer for the real world than just listening to lectures only for 4 years.

Reporting my blahness!

Just wanted to report on my ongoingons :)
Just realized I'm really far from where I want to be, as well as not even on the starting track to getting where I want to be. Just hope I'm not 'one of those,' because out of a lot of people, I'm one that deserves to be where I was to be. (I do have a not modest sense of entitlement.)
If you have no idea what I'm talking about... that's the point. Farewell.

Be Oyster Aware!

If I could have oysters offer anything other than pearls, I would ask for them to offer endless love, but since oysters are already an aphrodisiac ;) then I think it'd be nice if oysters offered up quarters, so that you never get a parking ticket at a meter and have the quarters handy. jk. I don’t mind the pearls that they offer, but I do prefer the black pearls rather than the white.
When eatingGulf oysters or any seafood, it's important to be an informed consumer and do everything in your capacity to avoid being at risk. This website provides a lot of information of what to look for, what you should worry about and which bacteria may endanger you. This site provides you with ways to feel and be safe about eating oysters.
If you believe that you have come in contact with oysters containing these bacteria, this website provides you with the symptoms and different forms of treatment. You can feel pretty safe using the recipes on the site as well. There are so many delicious recipes to choose from.