jejune

jejune adjective [ji-joon]

1. without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
2. juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
3. lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.

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That pretty much describes me OR this blog.

Oct. 14, 2015 EDIT TO ADD:  I was watching the latest The Blacklist last night and Reddington used the word in a sentence.  Cool.

Future Hall of Famer

THE man: Jason Witten

parvenu

parvenu noun [pahr-vuh-noo, pahr-vuh-noo,-nyoo]

a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.

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I wanna be a parvenu; that's why I play the lottery.

Future Teamster

Learning the union way at an early age.

Davis Family Wheat Farm

Great Texas Country Reporter segment about a family and their farm near Perryton, Texas. The kids say "Sir" and seem to have a good work ethic instilled in them.  The adults speak of honor and being caretakers of the land, but....

I did a quick search at the EWG Farm Subsidy Database and found out Davis Farms received payments totaling $2,103,526 from 1995 through 2012. 

Super Fast Butcher

It wouldn't do to be all-thumbs in this job, because if you were, you wouldn't have thumbs for long. (or at the least, very long thumbs)

One thing I'm wondering about, however;  why is he cutting up the meat into such tiny pieces?