My first post...

Alright, here it goes - my first post. Read the blog description for the basics on me. In my links you will find:

• the Drudge Report, my favorite site for catching up on the news
• JJ Ryans - Online Store, a cool site to buy electronics and other stuff
• ING Direct, my favorite savings account.

I don't really have anything to talk about today, Joe and I spent the weekend just chillin' out - catching up on old TV shows and such. We did watch a really good movie yesterday, Lord of War with Nicholas Cage. Before that we watched I "Heart" Huckabees which I thought was pretty good, weird but good. Joe and I made ribs (I included some pics), I will use these for my first speech in my Public Speaking class. I'll give this speech on the 27th - hopefully it will be better than my self-intro that I gave when the class first started.



I just started reading this new magazine, The Week. I really enjoy this mag, it summarizes all the news from the week and offers viewpoints from all the major newspapers (domestic and international) as well as highlights from all the editorials and columnists. Even though I just started reading it - I am already behind. I just got done with last week's issue. I can't believe all this mess about the cartoons. I mean, come on! Someone draws some cartoons to "illustrate" the violent tendencies of Muslim fundamentalists and the East responds with more violence. If anything, this whole fiasco just shows the world how fanatical these fundamentalists really are.

Of course, it seems like the media wants to discuss "more important things" - that is, Dick Cheney's screw up. I have to say, I am already sick of this story. Yeah he is secretive, perhaps even more so than Bush himself - but come on! Aren't there more important issues in the nation and the world other than how Cheney went about informing the press?

This week should be interesting. I am going to try to bring live a Wiki at work to initially use for project collaboration. If anyone does end up reading my blog and just happens to know a little about Wikis, feel free to post some advice. I hope to post on here most everyday, sharing what happened, what didn't, and what I thought about the day's news. Everyone's comments and opinions are welcomed.