Month: August 2016

First of all, what is the ASVAB?

ATA : The ASVAB is shorthand for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Basically it is a test administered to all candidates for enlistment into the United States Armed Services.

Do all candidates for enlistment need to take this test regardless of the branch of the United States Armed Services they are trying to enlist in?

ATA : Yes, candidates for the Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines Corps, Coast Guard and National Guard all must sit for the ASVAB.

What is the ASVAB used for?

ATA : The ASVAB is administered both to determine the candidate’s qualification for enlistment and also to determine what jobs within the United States Armed Services best suit the candidate’s skill set.

How do most people prepare to take the ASVAB.

ATA : Typically candidates for enlistment study for the ASVAB by taking an ASVAB practice test.

What subjects are tested in the ASVAB?

ATA : The ASVAB covers ten distinct subject areas in both a written section and a standardized computerized section. The ten subject areas include General Science, Arithmetic Reasoning, Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Mathematics Knowledge, Electronics Information, Automotive and Shop Information, Mechanical Comprehension, Assembling Objects and finally Verbal Expression.

Does the ASVAB practice test cover all of these subjects?

ATA : Yes. The ASVAB practice test is simply a prior version of the ASVAB administered in a prior year.

Are there any other benefits associated with taking a practice version of the ASVAB?

ATA : Yes. Taking a practice version of an ASVAB will introduce the candidate to the format of the test in addition to making the candidate familiar with the various subject areas.

Is the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery a difficult test?

ATA : The ASVAB can be challenging for some people. However, anyone with a high school education has a pretty good chance of passing the test if they prepare properly.

What does it actually mean to smell something?

SS : That is an odd question. What do you mean?

You have made the decision to join Scentsy. Therefore you work with scents on a daily basis. Scents are very much your stock and trade. You must have had some thoughts on the subject of taking in scents through the nose.

SS : Not really.

How can you say that? When a person has made the decision to join Scentsy he has decided to be a purveyor of fragrance. To make this decision necessarily means that person has decided to devote his life to scents. Surely such a decision carries with it certain philosophical curiosities. Surely the greater meaning of the olfactory experience is something you must ponder on a daily basis!

SS : I’ve never thought about it actually.

How can that be?

SS : I am not a philosophical person by nature. To me Scentsy is just a pay check. I did not join Scentsy because I had some existentially calling to become a purveyor of fragrance as you say. I joined Scentsy because I needed a job and Scentsy was hiring. Now don’t get me wrong. I am grateful to Scentsy for giving me the opportunity to earn an income and to be able to do so in such a flexible manner that I can make my own hours and earn as many commissions as I can sell. I like all that. But to say that I do all this because I have a calling to sell Scents is a true misrepresentation of reality. Moreover, it is also a misrepresentation of reality to say that because I sell Scents that I therefore also possess a philosophical curiosity about the nature of the sense of smell.

Well I’m just flabbergasted.

The Republican National Convention has been an interesting spectacle to watch during this 2016 presidential election season. It goes without saying that no ordinary maid service Salt Lake City was employed to clean the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio in which the convention was held. One aspect of this unique convention that has defied convention (no pun intended if indeed that is a pun) has been the presence of Donald Trump throughout the entire convention. Usually the nominee does not make an appearance until the final night of the convention. It seems that the purpose of keeping the nominee from appearing until the end is to build a dramatic suspense that rises into a crescendo when the candidate finally appears.

Another unique aspect to this convention has been the absence of traditional Republican Party bigwigs. The Bush family has been noticeably absent as have the last two Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney former governor of Massachusetts and John McCain the esteemed Senator from Arizona. The wacko ex governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has also been absent but not because she does not support the candidacy of Donald Trump. Her son was recently charged with domestic violence which probably accounts for her non appearance.

Perhaps no assessment of the Republican National Convention would be complete without the acknowledgment that Scott Baio tv’s Chachi from the famous sitcoms Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi made an impactful appearance. It has never been confirmed whether Mr. Baio employs a house keeping service Salt Lake City. Whether or not that fact is germane to a discussion of the Republican National Convention is a question that will be left to the web crawlers reading this article. What is germane to the discussion is that the esteemed Mr. Biao reaffirmed the truism that being an American does not equate to getting free stuff.