An article in the New York Times shows the shocking truth about what life after Saddam is really like and it certainly doesn’t look pretty. Less than 140 of the 2,300 planned construction projects are currently being worked on and less than 20,000 local workers are employed at these construction sites. There also seems to be [...]
I just finished “I, Robot” by Isaac Asimov. The new movie inspired me to go read the book, originally written as 1950, but, as far as I can tell, the movie doesn’t follow any of the short stories at all. It has all the characters and the company, but I don’t remember anybody being thrown [...]
It seems that cellphones are now used to create an alibi for people. The story shows of people doing naughty things, like cheat on their girlfriends, with their cellphones, but it doesn’t say much about the moral issues this could bring up. In fact, it seems to almost encourage use of these groups by giving [...]
New regulations on travel to Cuba make it even harder for people to travel to the country. The new regulations, pushed by Cuban-American Republicans as well as the President were set in place to hasten the downfall of Fidel Castro. Under these new rules, that go into effect next Wednesday, limit Cuban-Americans to one trip, to [...]
A new school, a new season, a new direction. Recently, my weblog has lost its focus and started wondering off into the direction of more of a diary, not my original intent. So, I come to you with a newly designed, recently refocused weblog. I also moved it and added a lot of new categories. Everything [...]
Two more days of school. No work, for another three months. Well actually, that’s only partially true. There is no more school work, but my entire summer is filled with volunteer work. The really sad part about it is that I have to leave all my friends. I’m leaving the school in my area to go [...]
I just finished Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. I had never read Bradbury before and found his writing a little dificult at first, but as the story progressed, I grew to enjoy how he works in emotion with his writing. It’s actually a very cool style of writing that I don’t think I have ever [...]