“Universities are here to teach us how to think, not what to think. American Heritage blatantly tell us what to think, with any effort made to challenge such dogma (especially the mindless stuff spouted by the TAs), being shot down immediately. I think all of this just goes to show then when religion and education […]
Filed under: English 150, Rhetorical Analysis on January 30th, 2007 | No Comments »
I will updating the wordpress engine of my blog, which may mean that it will unavaliable for a bit. But no worries, no data will be lost (except maybe some spam).
[Update] The update is complete - The downtime was only about an hour, which was less than I expected.
Filed under: Announcements on January 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
This week for a rhetorical analysis, I went to Gold’s Gym to look at the tactics they employ to convince people to join. The first thing that happens when entering, is an associate asks you to “share some information”, such as your name, phone number, address, etc. While you are in the process of filling […]
Filed under: English 150, Rhetorical Analysis on January 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
As of recent, I have purchased a multi-use tool which has the appearance of a key. This ‘key’ then unfolds revealing several useful tools, such as flat and phillips screwdrivers, bottle opener, and a semi-serrated blade. The scary thing is, the whole thing appears as a convincing enough key when in the folded position. This […]
Filed under: English 150, Free Write on January 25th, 2007 | No Comments »
Do you ever get tired of having too much facial hair. Does your beard get in the way of plowing and milking cows? Well, Gillette has a revolutionary new razor which is perfect for you. The new Gillette M3 Power Nitro razor will help with that and more with its revolutionary battery powered shaving system. […]
Filed under: English 150, Writing Technique on January 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Today when attempting to authenticate via a unified samba server though OSX, after entering my credentials and entering the desktop, I brought up a console only to have the OS report to me that such an action was not prohibited due to the fact that my shell was set to /bin/false (it was disabled). Yet […]
Filed under: Linux on January 17th, 2007 | No Comments »