Video EP- Alex Day

It’s amazing
A word of preface about this post: relativity. I was reading one of my favorite sites earlier, and as I was looking at the photos that she’s posted, I realized that things have changed, technologically speaking at least. For example, for example check this out: That’s the top of my dad’s CPU. Those slots up at the top are where you can plug in a came

New Canaan Public Schools and MSNBC
From the Superintendent of New Canaan Public Schools to parents. Personally, the whole “OK, kids, let’s talk about how you can help the President” has a slightly creepy feeling. (NB: Point 5 in Mr. Abbey’s letter is worth noting. Dr. Bob 2, take note!)   Parent Letter Regarding President’s Speech   Friday, September 4, 2009   Dear Parents,   I am writing to clarify our plans regarding President Obama’s speech, scheduled to be broadcast from 15-20 minutes, on Tuesday, September 8 at 12:00 noon. In developing their plans our principals have considered issues such as developmental appropri

Letter to the editor
A few days ago, my dad showed me a letter that was sent to the editor of one of our local newspapers about Glenn Beck and how hate speech has crept into nationally syndicated programs such as Beck’s. Here’s what this person wrote:        I have become increasingly concerned about the extreme rhetoric regarding President Obama that is difficult to mis in the national media.      For whatever reasons, President Obama and the policies of the Democratic party seem to elicit passionate discourse from all sides. I think this national debate is healthy and vital for the democratic process.      What alarms me is the hate speech tha

it’s got me thinking
so, on thursday night i got a call from a friend of mine who said that he’s heading out of state due to the fact that he got a new job out there, and asked if i wanted to take the job that he was leaving. i said yes, and so i ispent friday (and saturday) morning with him learning how to feed horses and clean up their stalls. it was fun. i’m starting on my own tomorrow morning. also, i’m planning on doing NaNoWriMo this november. don’t really know what i’m going to write about, but this year i’m actually going to put effort into doing it. i also recently found out about