Decided to read the book Into the Wild after watching the movie for a second time. I wanted to know what else there was to the story. If you've seen it, you may understand what I'm about to write. Ronald Franz (not his real name; at his request, the author gave him a pseudonym) was one of the people who came in contact with McCandless. He asked ( Read more... )

Decided to read the book Into the Wild after watching the movie for a second time. I wanted to know what else there was to the story. If you've seen it, you may understand what I'm about to write. Ronald Franz (not his real name; at his request, the author gave him a pseudonym) was one of the people who came in contact with McCandless. He asked ( Read more... )

Well now, my mind is going a mile a minute with different things I want to write about. Not really sure why I want to write about them, but I do. So, here I go ( Read more... )

I despise Obama. I didn't vote for him. However, he's turning out to be like the rest of the politicians....liars! What happened to the "I'll review the bills for five days before I act?" Yeah. Bastard. I work for what I've got and I refuse to support those who lack what they can put forth an effort to work for.

I found out today that a Wake Forest University Alum and former co-worker's body was found in a park (Pelligro???) in Redmond, Washington. It appears he'd taken his own life with a self inflicted gunshot wound ( Read more... )

I haven't written in a long time. I have ideas to write and tell myself I'm going to, then I never do. Had thoughts this morning on writing stuff and now I've forgotten. I'm not really even sure if anyone reads this and if they do, how far they get before they lose interest. Sometimes I write just to do it and with the hopes that maybe someone ( Read more... )

Went to Boston for a Sakai (open source Learning Management System that ROCKS). Learned TONS of things and headed back to Charlotte with my sails full of wind. So many ideas. Get back to Charlotte, boss lets the wind out of my sails by basically telling me we're not adopting Sakai. Frustrated. Discouraging. I fear I'm going to be "stuck" ( Read more... )

Okay, last week I started swimming and playing tennis and just being outdoors and doing different things other than being in the gym. Well, I started looking up articles today online about swimming for weight loss. Apparently, while swimming can help your cardio system and muscle tone and posture, it is not recommended for weight loss. There ( Read more... )

First Saturday of the summer semester. Totally high maintenance day. Students and faculty were demanding first thing. Seems to be the norm for first Saturdays. What doesn't seem to be the norm is how much this day is DRAGGING! I'm so ready for my bed ( Read more... )

I love sitting out on the balcony ( Read more... )