I woke up this morning, took my meds and took a shower. I got ready for work, wasn’t rushed or hurried. Got to work, and students were lined up in their cars in the entranceway to the parking lot, waiting on a space to open up, none of them willing to budge. I begrudgingly went…
If You’re Hispanic and You Know It Say ‘Olé!’
The country as a whole is becoming more and more friendly to the many cultures that live within it. I mean racism is still alive and well, in many different forms. But the hardships once faced by Spanish-speaking Americans is not the same as it used to be. For one thing, learning English is highly…
NY Times Thinks You Could Do Less to do Better
The New York Times has an article that states, according to some university research, if you’re depressed it could be because you’re a perfectionist. Not necessarily OCD, everything has to be perfect type of perfectionist, but under pressure from peers or family or even self-criticism to be perfect or expect others to be perfect. The…
Friends For Sale: Like a Fraternity on Facebook!
Sorry for the cheap stab at the student greek community. Wait, no I’m not. That’s a lie. I totally meant it. So, there’s an application on Facebook, the popular online social site that lets people from different universities, work places, and all of oblivion connect with one another, whether you like it or not –…
Online Classes
I’ve been thinking about going back to school and getting my master’s in Project Management, or maybe another bachelor’s in something cool. I just don’t know what I’d like to do yet. There are a lot of options. The school I work at has an entirely online Project Management degree. There are also plenty of…
I Should Be Sleeping
But instead I’m up late watching Friends, blogging, and surfing the internet. I was chatting online, but since I closed my g-mail window it’s no longer open and I’m only signed in on my recently upgraded Mac. Why do we digress and do other things instead of going to bed and going to sleep, which…
AIM in G-mail
Many of you may already be aware of the feature to chat instantly with any of your friends who are online through Google Talk or the G-mail website. Today, along with colored labels, Google added the ability to sign into AOL Instant Messenger through the G-mail chat sidebar in the G-mail web interface. To login…
Drugs are Bad, mmKay?
Seriously, how many more people have to get hurt before we increase the standard on foods, drugs, and equipment approval for public safety? Remember that ab belt that shocked you repeatedly to help you lose weight? People got sued over that. Remember phen-phen? People got sued over that. Remember McDonald’s Hot Coffee? That woman was…
Paid Blog Posts
So lately, you might notice I’ve been blogging like a mad fiend dog. I’ve already posted somewhere around 9 blogs in the last 24 hours, when it used to take me a month at a time to update this thing. Anyone who used to read my blog last year might remember how I would include…
Writer’s Strike
You know what really grinds my gears? This screen writer’s union going on strike thing. I know they’re lobbying for more money and to get royalties off all these shows that are being played over and over again in syndication. But it’s seriously cramping my tv-viewing style. I hope the networks and studios realize they…