Final Blog

I'd be lying if I said I liked this course. Before you get all up in arms professor, you did make it bearable for me and you are definitely a master of the course matter and as an instructor. I just can't really get into writing and it always takes me so long to get started and then to actually finish. I think my problem is at the conceptual stage, I spend too much time thinking of exactly what words to choose to convey my meaning. My disdain for writing aside, this course has definitely helped me speed up this process. I can see the merits of blogging now, it is a good informal medium to express ones opinions and practice forming ideas. With that being said I probably will not be keeping up this blog, though I won't delete it because maybe, who knows, I might update it on a whim.

Ugh Papers

This semester was a whirlwind of assignments, projects and papers. Between my final project for this course and my 7 page, 10 pt font, dual column, 3000 word case study for operating systems I'll be glad to be done with writing of any kind. It's kind of strange when you start to prefer doing a presentation over writing a paper but I suppose that is college for you.

I found my quick write.

This is a quick write from early December, describe the fallacies that are associated with this statement: "I don't believe these statistics showing that economic opportunity for most Americans has declined since the 1970's. my parents worked their way out of poverty into the middle class, so anybody can"

You can see a generalization when it is said that the author's parents worked their way out of poverty, so the statistics are wrong. Obviously somebody has to be on the good side of this statistic and people have to be on the other side. Unless you come up with another empirical study for these statistics you can't make a statement like that based off of one case.

Second Restaurant (Bar) Review

A week ago my high school, PCEP, class of '06 held an ad-hoc bar crawl in downtown Plymouth. Most of the communication was set up through Facebook and without an official organizer we still managed to pull in at least 200 from my graduating class. Downtown Plymouth (DTP) has quite a few bars, and the ones I visited were: The Ironwood Grill, 1999 Tavern, The Penn Grille, Hermans, and Sean O'Callaghan's. This is a disclaimer of sorts but the following reviews are very informal and are based on a short time spent at each during a tour. With that in mind I will review on three categories (selection, price and atmosphere; each out of 5) and give a short synopsis of how I felt about the establishments.

Hermans - Hermans is the furthest away from the center of DTP and may not be found by anyone but the more adventurous of people, however it is a gem for those who do. The prices here are of the best in DTP and the selection is nothing to scoff at. They also have a wide variety of fried pub food, and they know how to cook a burger. It has a very lively atmosphere much like a pub. Hermans is more of a place where you would spend a night out with the guys or go out to grab a burger and a beer, rather than a dress up date.

Price: $$

Atmosphere:****

Selection:***

The Ironwood Grill - The Ironwood Grill would be a great place to start off a tour, as they are more of a restaurant than a bar. They have a menu of savory items fresh from the grill, though this isn't to say they can't mix a mean cocktail. The Ironwood is really just one giant room with a divider between the booth area and the bar area. I kind of like the openness of it, and it seems a bit more fancy than just a regular bar or restaurant.

Price: $$$

Atmosphere:****

Selection:****

1999 Tavern - Much like Hermans in that it is a bit away from the central area. It is noticeably smaller than the other bar and doesn't really have a unique atmosphere. What it does have is drink specials, so this is also one of the cheaper places in DTP.

Price: $$

Atmosphere:***

Selection:**

Sean O'Callaghan's - It is easy to see why Sean O'Callaghan's is one of the more popular bars of Plymouth, there is a large area to accommodate many people, a very large drink selection, and they even have a live band! I didn't get to spend as much time here as I would have liked but it did seem like a rockin' place while I was there. They have a good supply of Irish beers and whiskey as well as the usual bar stock, and they can whip up some bar food favorites.

Price: $$$

Atmosphere:*****

Selection:***

The Penn - As the night waned on and many had gone home, I spent the rest of my evening at the Penn. I probably can't comment on the atmosphere as there were a high concentration of people from the bar crawl there. It is a rather small place for so many people to be in, so I can imagine the atmosphere to be lively instead of chaotic.

Price:$$

Atmosphere:***

Selection:**

I know many of the people who would find this blog (through our writing class) are under 21, but these are some places to keep in mind when you are of age and don't know where to go.