Dr. Cox: Yeah, I make it a point to never enter a shrink's office unless I'm planning on grossly overpaying somebody for telling me something that I already know.
You’ll have to excuse the slow start to the blog here while I’m getting through the past few weeks of the semester. Some interesting statistics for the end of this semester:
4 all nighters for work
39 pages of documentation created on my own (including code)
27 pages of documentation created as a group (all from scratch)
3 ten minute presentations (all 3 in a suit, 1 in front of the CEO and several staff from an NPO)
1 web site with complete accessibility for the blind and visually impaired
2 nasty blisters on my feet from the shoes I have to wear with my suit
And all that without including the exams I have to study for next week, or the other homework mixed in.
But basically, I’ll be writing more when life is a little more sane.
Not only did Conan not need writers in order to be funny, I’ll go as far as to say his show was funnier without them.
Edit: Well darn, that didn’t last long… already taken down for copyright. Basically it was a bunch of clips from Conan during the writers strike that were high quality humor. Now it’s nothing.
My buddy Nate found this online and had it in his away message, and I couldn’t not post it. CBS has put the full first season of MacGyver on their web site for free. Definitely worth watching in case you find yourself in a shady situation with piece of gum and a belt buckle.
Just so anyone who’s starting to wander around knows how commenting is set up here, I’m gonna lay it out for you:
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After the first comment you’ll be able to comment as much as you want and it will show up right away!
I hope that registering won’t be a problem for anyone, but really I think that even if nothing else this is a good way to keep things organized. So, that said, go comment!
Article linked right there above, but I’ve got to tell you, this guy really impresses me. I’m not sure why, but it tugged at my emotions that someone would be this generous and understanding of someone who tried to rob them. Course, could’ve also been Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be” playing in iTunes, but whatcha gonna do?
It makes me happy to see that there’s people this selfless still out there. I mean honestly, if someone mugs you and steals your wallet, your first reaction will be what? Fear? Of course. Then probably anger. But to take the kid out to dinner and give him some life lessons that, while they may not change his life, well could, is pretty amazing. Gives a new meaning to the idea of criminal corrections.
I’ve always just assumed, or used what I thought was common sense in the belief that as a whole, liberals are more giving people then conservatives. This is from my perspective as someone who came into college as a right wing conservative who has become a moderate in college, though I would by no means call myself a liberal. That said it has always been somewhat of a sad admission that liberals, the tree-hugging, ‘love wins’ (sorry Mars Hill attendees), bleeding hearts that they are, are also more giving of their time and money to the causes they support. It makes sense right?
Although liberal families’ incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).
Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.
Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.
Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.
In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.
People who reject the idea that “government has a responsibility to reduce income inequality” give an average of four times more than people who accept that proposition.
That’s pretty clear evidence that my perception of what types of people give more to charity was completely incorrect. If you look at the full article it goes more into detail about why this is the case, but the reason that stood out more to me is that the majority of Christians are conservatives, and this is the single most charitable people group when religion and political stance are considered. The article also states that the least charitable group is secular conservatives, which makes it fairly apparant that political leaning isn’t the greatest determining factor.
So I decided to give blogging another shot after a year (or has it been longer) off. I figure that since I’m getting close to graduating (either 1 month or 3, depending on how well I finish the semester) it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have this up for those of my friends who are curious about what I’m doing after college. It’ll probably be a little less personal then it was before, but that comes with the territory of growing up and trying to find a ‘career’ job.
So yeah, ironically I guess I dont have much to say right at the moment. But I will be around now posting up both what’s going on in my life and I’m sure random soapboxing, since I’m usually annoyed about some bit of stupidity.
