Reply: What’s the Matter With Eastern Kentucky?

What’s the Matter With Eastern Kentucky? Whats the Matter With You? Frankly I don't see a thing wrong with Eastern Kentucky, unless you're speaking of the druggie problem... 

Sure, parts are a little remote and inaccessible, but does that mean it's a problem? Maybe we enjoy our rolling factory free hills, maybe we don't need to make $150,000.00 a year to be happy or have a better life, maybe we don't need a formal education to have a love for a simple life. Maybe us Kentuckians can see a little something besides bank accounts and social status. 

Maybe us Kentuckians are satisfied with a farm pond full of bass, a whippoorwill calling to it's mate somewhere down a holler (you do know what a holler is don't you?), a rocks glass with fine Kentucky bourbon kissing your lips, or maybe just laying in a hammock petting our dog... It doesn't have to be down town before it's a good place to live.

Personally I'm poor as the day is long, but I can go to sleep at night with a stress/guilt free mind. When will people learn it's not always about the amount of cash in a persons pocket, it's more about the person the pocket belongs to. As Abraham Lincoln once said "in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years." (might I add is a fellow Kentuckian). 

As A Kentuckian I could come to your home town and say "well, these people live in a bunch of bricks and mortar, don't have time for a sun rise, the air smells of automobile emissions, and the poor souls have never eaten a home grown ear of corn. What a miserable existence they must live... Maybe if we gave them a few thousand bushels it might give them the kick start to live better..." But I don't, because we believe in letter our neighbors be, unless they started it.

Don't you worry about Kentucky, let Kentucky worry about Kentucky...

Kentucky For Kentucky

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/magazine/whats-the-matter-with-eastern-kentucky.html?emc=eta1&_r=1

"Quirky", And It's Use As A Word

"Quirky --Unconventional, surprising, odd. A word often used by narcissistic scenesters when they describe their oh-so-unique selves in their LiveJournal user info pages in attempts to sound like interesting people."

 (Source: Urban Dictionary)

If there is a word that I hate more than "quirky" I haven't heard it yet... Every women I've met since birth describes herself as "unique and quirky". I've got news for you... you're neither of those words. you're not weird in a good way, you're not one of a kind out of 6-7 billion, you're just like every other girl that thought of a word with a damn Q in it, and thought you would use it to sound fun/interesting. I cringe every time I hear a girl use it, I'm also cringing my way though this blog post about it...

I'm going out with the next girl that's never used the word "quirky", hopefully she can't even pronounce her Q's, I'm sure she for a fact might be indeed... "Quirky". It's pretty obvious to me that none of us are really that "quirky", philosophy and psychology wouldn't even be topics if we were.

A personality disorder is not "quirky", it's a fact of life you have to deal with. A girl that plays video games is not "quirky", she just indulges in a waste of time. A girl who knits is not "quirky", she has a hobby. A girl who has a fake dick in her purse is not "quirky", she's a... well maybe it works here...

Accepted Uses Of The Word "Quirky":
If you carry a fake cock around in your purse, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you eat a live cockroach off of your floor, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever said "Well I'm just a quirky little cunt booger aren't I?", you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've eaten cheese wiz in the shower, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever drank a beer in a volcano, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you're missing a limb/eye, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you're dog chewed your toe off, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you have stitch scars, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever ate a fresh yak's eye, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever been in a side show, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you have a tattoo of a puddin pop, you might be a "quirky" girl
If Bill Cosby visits you in your sleep, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you found waldo on your underpants, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you started your own cult, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you stick fight behind the dumpster, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever eaten a whole turkey leg in one bite, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever fought off a homeless man, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever made love to Bear Grylls in the woods, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever cut your nipple off on a fan blade, you might be a "quirky" girl
If all your piercings are connected to all your other piercings, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've bit the ear off a rabid coyote, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever got snake bit while taking a piss, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever driven a cocaine fueled funny car, you might be a "quirky" girl
If you've ever given Gary Busey a lap dance/titty twister, you might be a "quirky" girl

ETC...

If you're not truly "quirky" then don't use the damn word...