Category: Personal Blog

  • A Week without Social Media (via Chimaera)

    Very interesting read about the true usefulness of social media. I have to admit that the idea of walking away from Facebook is a very interesting idea. Hmm… I’m behind on everything because I’ve been moving, but I can’t possibly let Harrisburg University’s week-long social media blackout pass without a comment. I don’t know about…

  • How Much Does It Cost to Become an American? « The Washington Independent

    TWI gets the crux of the story again with an independent view. I really enjoy reading their posts. (Side note: They cross post on the Daily Kos and the Huffington Post) How Much Does It Cost to Become an American? via The Washington Independent. The cost of a naturalization application is still $595, U.S. Citizenship…

  • True Life: The Downfall of a Former Grammar Nazi (via Jenn in Japan)

    I love to read commentaries about grammar but this one is particularly interesting. Jenn in Japan has been converted to possibly the most difficult language to master by others, Japanese. But I must applaud her, with her mastery of English in hand I imagine that she should conqueror the complexities of the Kanji. I am…

  • Book Review: Hiroshima

    Hiroshima by John Hersey My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I first read Hiroshima, as a junior in high school, my thoughts traveled to images of war torn towns. The violence of Saving Private Ryan had not yet been unleashed, but we knew violence as a concept not a whole. I am a child…

  • Review: Celebrating 70 Years of Curious George | GeekDad | Wired.com

    Image via Wikipedia Review: Celebrating 70 Years of Curious George | GeekDad | Wired.com. I remember reading about a funny little adventurous monkey. What a wonderful 70 years.

  • The ONE Campus Challenge

    The ONE Campus Challenge. The OCC Blog is a daily log of the ONE Campus Challenge, a friendly competition to determine which university‘s student body has the most effective global poverty-fighting campaign. The site is operated by ONE staff, Campus Outreach Ambassadors (COAs), and Campus Leaders. The content of each post represents the views of…