tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82409022011-12-14T21:37:29.381-05:00the thoughts and musings of Justin Thorp; the <strong>21</strong> year old college student...son...brother...child of God...friend...boyfriend...and internet geekJustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1120356924699759202005-07-02T22:14:00.000-04:002005-07-02T22:15:24.706-04:00

My blog has moved to JustinThorp.com.Go there to see my thoughts on anything and everything.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119962605665197762005-06-28T08:40:00.000-04:002005-06-28T08:43:25.666-04:00

I am in the process of migrating my Through My Eyes Blog to a different web host. I will also be using WordPress for my blog.I will also be at JustinThorp.com

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119730893833435332005-06-25T16:21:00.000-04:002005-06-25T16:21:33.890-04:00

Apple Store in GR Originally uploaded by thorpus. This morning we woke up early and went to Grand Rapids for the Grand Opening of an Apple Store at the Woodlands Mall.When we got into the mall, we heard a roar of people. You would have thought that it was the opening of a new Star Wars movie or that there was a geek convention in town. When we got there there were 200-300 people in line.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119617156396283402005-06-24T08:41:00.000-04:002005-06-24T08:45:56.403-04:00

Grand Rapids is gearing up for getting it's own Apple Store. The Grand Rapids Press writes about some of the preparations at the Woodlands Mall. They say the Apple Store launch will be their biggest store launch yet.I will be there. I won't be there when the mall opens at 7am. I will try to take some photos of the grand opening and post them.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119401672481915132005-06-21T20:48:00.000-04:002005-06-21T20:55:24.543-04:00

Panera Bread is easily my favorite place to eat.When I was eating there on Sunday with my family, my mom made the observation that at the stations where you put away dishes and throw away trash they should have things of sanitizer. Your hands get sticky when your throwing away the trash and you need something to clean them off with. So Panera Executives, work on that...

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119277522352277462005-06-20T10:22:00.000-04:002005-06-20T10:25:22.360-04:00

Apparently there is a iPod Linux Kernel out there. If you are tired of Apple's iPod OS, you can free yourself.Wow...this is too much, lol.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119241123436732982005-06-20T00:15:00.000-04:002005-06-20T00:34:00.230-04:00

Check out my first podcast of the Justin Thorp Show. (.mp3 3.5mb)You can subscribe to it using my blog's feed.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119154502780892842005-06-19T00:03:00.000-04:002005-06-19T00:15:02.803-04:00

As my friends can tell ya, it takes a lot for me to stay into a movie. I will usually start to get really tired and start to doze off.The movie Batman Begins kept me into it everystep of the way. Christopher Nolan directed this series prequel. Nolan brings a stroke of excellence to what most would consider to be a struggling series. Recently, the last two Batman movies had received bismal

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119137223298185312005-06-18T19:23:00.000-04:002005-06-18T19:27:03.303-04:00

I am working on doing a podcast. It will probably just be ramblings about my life. Episode One should be coming soon.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119136644613078292005-06-18T19:00:00.000-04:002005-06-18T19:23:46.443-04:00

I made dinner last night for the family. It was fun. With going back to Rochester in the fall I need to get better at cooking.I got a little ambitious and found some interesting recipes of the internet and didn't want to just make something simple. I made fetta cheese-stuffed turkey burgers. They are served on a pita with romaine lettuce and peppers.One other plus of being able to cook better

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1119017241995344332005-06-17T09:20:00.000-04:002005-06-17T10:07:22.043-04:00

There is an Apple Store opening in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on June 25th. I'm pumped. Who wants to go that Saturday morning and stand in line to be some of the first people that get in?If your part of the first thousand people in the store, you get a free t-shirt. They are also going to give a bunch of huge prizes away.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118973044311389552005-06-16T20:26:00.000-04:002005-06-16T21:51:22.533-04:00

Recently two cds have come out that have absolutely knocked my socks off.One day I was flipping through Apple iTunes, I must have been a little bored or something, I found Shawn McDonald. He has a very fun acoustic raw kind of sound. He is a very talented guitarist. His lyrics are pretty intense. It sounds like he had a pretty intense up bringing. Shawn McDonald's Live in Seattle album is a must

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118883401146189222005-06-15T20:08:00.000-04:002005-06-15T20:56:41.283-04:00

Sunday - June 12, 2005Sunday morning I woke up around 7:30/8ish. Krista had to be at church around 9am. She is the head of the first impressions ministry at her church. That is the ministry that makes sure everything looks good to people that might not necessarily go to church will feel comfortable. It was pretty cool. It was funny because Krista was the one giving orders. She ran a tight

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118713023443489042005-06-13T21:12:00.000-04:002005-06-15T20:57:34.766-04:00

Saturday - June 11, 2005Friday nite was mega hot out so I slept in the basement. I woke up to my dad telling me that I had a package that had arrived. Alex, my beautiful girl friend who is currently in Rochester, had sent my b-day present in the mail and it had just came. So I open it and she got me a copy of the Complete Hitchhikers Guide the Galaxy (all the books.) Our first date was seeing

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118711486197685292005-06-13T21:04:00.000-04:002005-06-15T20:58:31.573-04:00

Friday - June 10, 2005So Friday was my birthday, I had to work. Work was fun. I had my W3C WAI EOWG conference call first thing in the morning. We are talking more about the redesign of the WAI web site. It should be launching in the near future. I'm excited. Later, the guys at work bought me lunch which was fun. We we went to Crunchies which is our favorite, whole in the wall bar/restaurant

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118402721986323162005-06-10T07:24:00.000-04:002005-06-10T07:25:21.993-04:00

I turn 21 today! Beer and Cake at my house tonite.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118337744680273382005-06-09T13:19:00.000-04:002005-06-09T13:22:24.686-04:00

It has been really hot here in Michigan the last few days. It has gotten up into the high 80s & low 90s the last few days.Well to beat the heat you should go to Seven Eleven (7-11) and get a big Slurpee. According to iPodLounge, there is a huge promotion starting where on specially marked Slurpees you can get a free iTunes Music Song. They are giving away eight million songs...wow.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118336611239768912005-06-09T13:03:00.000-04:002005-06-09T13:14:41.966-04:00

One thing that has been the top of the news lately is that the jury in the Michael Jackson Child Molestation trial is in deliberations over the charges. I turn on Sean Hannity yesterday, expecting some good liberal bashing, what do I get? They are doing analysis of the different members of the jury.My questions is..WHO CARES? (Apparently not too many people.)I think we should pray for Michael

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1118068929388926342005-06-06T10:42:00.000-04:002005-06-06T10:42:57.226-04:00

Longhorn: You'll find it in Tiger Originally uploaded by jmissig. One of the fun things about being an Apple user is their just blatant arrogance about their superiority over their competitors.The photo was taken at Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference which is taking place in San Francisco this week. Steve Job's keynote is in a couple hours. We will be able to find out if there is

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117913720020623262005-06-04T15:30:00.000-04:002005-06-04T15:35:20.026-04:00

A cool story coming out of Iraq. Credit and Debit Cards are starting to be distributed in Iraq. Getting people to use "plastic" in a very cash oriented culture will help to revive the economy in Iraq.USA Today - For first time, shoppers will have creditSome business owners say they are excited about the cards. The cards are "very useful for not only businessmen but for common people as you do

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117899778649698992005-06-04T11:24:00.000-04:002005-06-04T11:42:58.716-04:00

Yesterday I saw the movie Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti and directed by Ron Howard.This movie is about James J. Braddock, who is a depression era boxer. He is a man who was a great boxer but ran out of steam and lost all of his credibility. But during the depression, when everyone thought that all hope was lost, James Braddock was able to make a comeback

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117764635130874272005-06-02T21:58:00.000-04:002005-06-02T22:10:35.136-04:00

I have been really busy lately. After my little trip to MIT, I have spent the last two days getting back into the swing of things at Michigan State. We have a couple of big projects on the table with them right now. One of them I'm in the process of wrapping up. I am kind of excited about it. I think their new web site is going to help them a lot.I am also excited about doing more of my work

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117634833600108322005-06-01T09:56:00.000-04:002005-06-01T10:07:13.606-04:00

Last night I got back in from Boston around 11:15pm.It was a really good couple of days. It was fun walking around the MIT campus and being able to see a little bit of Cambridge. I met with some people about work they want me to do for W3C WAI. One of the highlights of the trip was that I got to meet Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. I sat next to him at lunch yesterday

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117452977873178202005-05-30T07:36:00.000-04:002005-05-30T07:36:17.940-04:00

my hotel room Originally uploaded by thorpus. I got into Boston probably about 10:00pm last night and hopped into a taxi. After about a 20 minute taxi ride, I was in Cambridge at my hotel.The Kendall Hotel is pretty nice. I guess its restored from an old fire house that was built back in 1894. My room is pretty cute. It looks like something out of the 1890s but it has internet access,

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117249100739277172005-05-27T22:50:00.000-04:002005-05-27T22:58:20.743-04:00

I found out today that I am going to Boston on Sunday. I am going to be meeting with some W3C Web Accessibility Initiative staff on Monday and Tuesday at MIT. It is a short trip but it should be a fun little break from my normal routine. It will be a great oppurtunity to meet and get to know some people better.Let me know if you want me to send you a postcard from Boston.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117151804136631802005-05-26T19:49:00.000-04:002005-05-26T19:56:44.140-04:00

David Limbaugh wrote a really good critique recently about the Left's desire for judges that support judicial activism. I think its pretty well written. He talks about how Democrat's recent opposition to qualified originalist judges is just plain stupid. "Democrats have done a good job snowing people into believing this judicial fight is purely one of partisan political rancor, but it is much

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117044496962029032005-05-25T14:02:00.000-04:002005-05-25T14:08:16.966-04:00

My Dad and business partner in MyCapitalWeb.com LLC was featured on SpartanPodcast.com, a podcast about communications and media with Michigan State University graduates fo the College of Communications Arts & Sciences. They talked about corporate blogs and how they are affecting communications.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1117031995915586452005-05-25T10:35:00.000-04:002005-05-25T10:39:55.920-04:00

This morning my final spring quarter was posted. I got A's in all of my classes, 4.0 gpa for the quarter. I'm pumped. I worked so hard. In my server-side scripting class (mostly php) I thought for sure that I was going to get a B.On my way to work this morning I got a celebratory latte from the Beaners, our local coffee bar chain. I got a grande skim Caramel Marvel with no whip. It is my

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116995101942360062005-05-25T00:22:00.000-04:002005-05-25T00:25:01.950-04:00

The National Security Agency (NSA) has unclassified their guide to how secure a computer that has Apple Mac OS 10.3.X. It's pretty cool. I would grab the pdf before they pull it off their web site.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116891307645557312005-05-23T19:15:00.000-04:002005-05-23T19:38:54.866-04:00

I was flipping through the TV channels after dinner and I stopped at C-SPAN. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada was giving a press conference on the Democrat's response to the Republican's wanting to change the number of votes required for a cloture motion to stop a filibuster.This last quarter at RIT I took Constitutional Law. What Harry Reid was saying didn't make a lot of sense.Statement - http://

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116888670766544732005-05-23T18:38:00.000-04:002005-05-23T18:51:10.800-04:00

I am a kind of excited about Steve Jobs announcing the support for podcasting in iTunes 4.9. He made this announcement to the Wall Street Journal D conference.Podcasting is something I haven't used in a while but when I did I really liked it. It is a great way to distribute radio content to lots of people in a very user friendly way. There were a couple of shows that I really got into.This

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116882801261178112005-05-23T17:13:00.000-04:002005-05-23T17:13:21.320-04:00

At the Home Office Originally uploaded by thorpus. Today and tomorrow I am taking off from work at MSU. I figured that I deserved a little time off before getting back into the thick of at it at Michigan State. I go back to the office on Wednseday.Today I caught up on some sleep. I caught up on some of my blog and news reading. I went into Our Savior Lutheran Church (OSL) to help some

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116764053662146362005-05-22T08:11:00.000-04:002005-05-22T08:14:13.690-04:00

MyCapitalWeb.com LLC, the blogging consulting company that my dad and I own, was mentioned in a column by Rick Haglund. It is a pretty good article.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116726264550195542005-05-21T21:44:00.000-04:002005-05-21T21:44:24.610-04:00

Blue Water Bridge Originally uploaded by thorpus. After about 8 hours of driving, a substantial amount of caffiene, and a host of angels protecting my car, I made it home safe at around 6:30pm tonight. I am back in Michigan.So much stuff to unpack...im so tired...

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116676833721692152005-05-21T07:54:00.000-04:002005-05-21T08:00:35.026-04:00

I am just getting everything together so that I can start putting stuff in my car. In a few hours I'll be on the road heading towards Michigan.Last night i hung out with Alex for a while. I had fun. Her little brother Stuart and her ganged up and tried tickling me. I won the tickle fight because i am bigger than both of them combined. :-) I am going to miss Alex a lot. I have a feeling

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116441905670325632005-05-18T14:26:00.000-04:002005-05-18T14:59:34.963-04:00

Im sitting in Java Wallys, the on-campus coffee bar, waiting for Alex to get out of her art critique. I thought I would write about some of the plans that I have for the summer.I will be working at Michigan State University - Academic Computing & Network Services. The last almost year that I have been there has really been an awesome experience. I have gotten to know a lot of great people.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116373759191149482005-05-17T19:40:00.000-04:002005-05-17T19:49:19.196-04:00

I haven't posted lately because things have been so busy. Between finals, work, summer project ideas, a special girl in my life, and going home on Saturday, things have been intense. I had one final yesterday, I have two major projects due tomorrow, and I have a final on Friday. I got my Constitutional Law exam back and I got an A. I got a 98% in the class. Woohoo! I really learned a lot in

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1116006182310142762005-05-13T13:34:00.000-04:002005-05-13T13:43:02.316-04:00

I recently purchased the new Mac OS 10.4 Tiger. I have had a good time getting to know all of the different and exciting features. One of the features that I am the most excited about is VoiceOver. The screen reader that is built right into the operating system.I do a lot of work with web accessibility, making the web accesssible to people with disabilities. People often don't understand what

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115951913960049072005-05-12T22:23:00.000-04:002005-05-12T22:38:33.980-04:00

Well I made it. Today I had my last class of the spring quarter.This has been one of the most intense quarters academically that i have had yet. I have taken 4 tough classes but they have also been 4 of the best classes that I have had yet. In Constitutional Law, this afternoon, Dr. Sutton looked really sad that he wasn't going to see us next Tuesday for class. It's fun when you have a class

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115926014146204092005-05-12T15:20:00.000-04:002005-05-12T15:26:54.153-04:00

One thing that really bugs me is when people are late to things. I have a group project that I am in where two of the members are always late. I can't understand people that are like that. If I walk into something late, I always feel bad and apologize. These guys just don't care. They work hard once they get there but they never get their on time. Good thing I have a really cool professor

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115825189534241492005-05-11T11:20:00.000-04:002005-05-11T11:27:00.200-04:00

Yeah I enjoy the occasional reality tv show. I think one of my favorites is the tv show is Amazing Race. It is a bunch of teams of 2 people racing around the world to a variety of places doing different tasks or challenges that relate to where in the world you are.I think my dad and I got hooked with the show around the 4th or 5th season. It just seems like it would be just an out of this

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115824524653816592005-05-11T11:09:00.000-04:002005-05-11T11:15:24.660-04:00

For those of you that know me, I am quite the fan of Dave Matthews Band.The band just released a new album, Stand Up. It is their sixth album. I think it will very quickly become my favorite album of theirs. I have read a lot of bad reviews on fan message boards of the album. I like its lighter kind of funk, rock, jam type sound. I can't wait till June 12 when I get to see them live in

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115665280631426592005-05-09T14:59:00.000-04:002005-05-09T15:01:20.636-04:00

Apparently right next to the candy bar and soda vending machines, iPod vending machines are popping up all over America. I wonder how many people actually buy a $300 iPod out of a vending machine.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115640494686966352005-05-09T08:02:00.000-04:002005-05-09T15:02:27.676-04:00

My dad and I own a company, MyCapitalWeb.com LLC (MCW). We specialize helping companies start blogs as communications tools. We got contacted about about a story for the Lansing State Journal. My dad was quoted and I was mentioned. I guess my picture was even in the paper copy. It is a really good article.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115605203599638872005-05-08T22:20:00.000-04:002005-05-08T22:20:03.756-04:00

All of Glenn's Hotels Originally uploaded by thorpus. On Saturday, I played Monopoly with my friends Dave, Lindsay and Glenn. It was really fun. I haven't played Monopoly in forever. Glenn beat us all pretty quickly. I was very impressed. He swept everything in like two hours. Its fun playing cards or board games with those guys. We just act silly. It's fun to "let your hair down"

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115300436979350362005-05-05T09:37:00.000-04:002005-05-05T13:27:05.883-04:00

In my Constitutional Law class a couple weeks ago my professor Dr. Sean Sutton, who is one of the better professors that I have ever had, told us an interesting fact:There are 37 Elvis movies, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, and Plato had 37 dialogues. Hmm.... Coincidence?

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115299834511303582005-05-05T09:27:00.000-04:002005-05-05T13:28:48.020-04:00

Yesterday was Hug a PC-User Day. Today I am proclaiming as Hug a Tired College Student Day. I know a lot of friends that have finals this week and are studying around the clock. I have a week and a half of classes left but projects (individual and group), tests, exams, and presentations are all starting to culminate to this week and the next. It is really getting intense. I am staring to

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115247135966075242005-05-04T18:47:00.000-04:002005-05-04T18:53:29.713-04:00

Ever since rejoining the good side as a Mac Geek and enthusiast, I have been reading the Unofficial Apple Web Log.Today one of their writers declared it, "Hug a PC-user day!" I thought it was funny....I thought I would declare today Hug a PC-user Day in the Mac community. Go forth and find someone you care about who sticks to the PC platform despite his / her ownership of an iPod. Hate the sin,

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115082304980358402005-05-02T20:52:00.000-04:002005-05-02T21:05:04.980-04:00

I read the little Everyday Blessings that Max Lucado puts on his web site. Today's was very cool. He quotes PSALM 19:7, "The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."Max Lucado talks about how some of the awesome and more complex aspects of our lives are amazing witnesses or testaments to how great and loving God is.I think that this is one of the reasons that I have to play golf,

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1115075656750018772005-05-02T19:08:00.000-04:002005-05-02T19:14:16.750-04:00

I was kind of worried because I just installed Mac OS 10.4 Tiger on Saturday. It had substantially slowed down my computer. I guess because I never restart my computer that after I had installed tiger that I hadn't actually restarted my computer. So today I restarted my computer and now it is substantially faster. This makes me quite happy...YAY!

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114925745456054822005-05-01T01:33:00.000-04:002005-05-01T09:39:36.430-04:00

Friday NightThe last probably day and half I really haven't accomplished anything. That means that tomorrow things are going to be pretty nuts with trying to get things done.Friday night I hung out with my friends Lindsey, Dave, Alex, and Russell and we saw the movie Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Well Lindsey thought that there was going to be a bunch of people waiting in line to see the

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114846929745408702005-04-29T19:33:00.000-04:002005-04-30T03:42:09.746-04:00

Today I was really excited because I thought I was going to get Mac OS 10.4 Tiger. Well apparently CompUSA doesn't sell MacOS 10.4 at student prices. So the choice was waiting till tomorrow and paying $70 or getting it today and paying $130. So I obviously decided to wait and get it tomorrow. I am going out tonite so I wouldn't have that much time to play with it anyhow. But while I was at

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114790631338871312005-04-29T11:56:00.000-04:002005-04-29T12:03:51.340-04:00

I am getting excited about the release of Apple Mac OS 10.4 Tiger which comes out at 6pm tonite. I have been reading a lot of the stories and the hype revolving the release. I have a thing from 6 to 7 pm tonite but will probably pop over to CompUSA once that is all done. I am going to see Hitchhikers Guide tonite at 9 so I don't know how much time I will have to install Tiger tonite. I will

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114707476055522272005-04-28T12:50:00.000-04:002005-04-28T12:57:56.056-04:00

Recently television networks have been taken a closer look at the their morning and primtime news programs. In USA Today's life section they have a story about NBC's the Today Show. They have been winning the ratings game for a long time now but have been slowly slipping to Good Morning America. I was really surpised by what Katie Couric said: What Today needs is to "get back to its hard-news

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114646268146070442005-04-27T19:57:00.000-04:002005-04-28T12:59:06.436-04:00

Yahoo! Search's New Look Originally uploaded by thorpus. I think Yahoo has really been trying to ramp up their competition with Google. Yahoo has been releasing all types of new and really excellent beta services. This is the new look for Yahoo Search. Could it possibly look like Google? hmmm....

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114634954849837592005-04-27T16:45:00.000-04:002005-04-27T16:49:14.850-04:00

My geekyness has been questioned becuase I have never read the book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Apparently reading the book is some kind of primal right of geek passage. It comes out as a movie in theatres this weekend. My friends and I are going to go see the movie opening night.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114570361178465382005-04-26T22:39:00.000-04:002005-04-26T22:52:41.180-04:00

I had 6 hrs of classes today. I also spent a good amount of time in the lab working on a database lab write up that is due tomorrow. Several times I listened to the song Mediction by Derek Webb on my iPod.There are some songs that are truly amazing if you just take time to listen to the lyrics. All too often the music i have on is just background noise and I am not paying attention to what

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114476997190481772005-04-25T20:49:00.000-04:002005-04-25T20:56:37.190-04:00

As a web developer, one of the biggest stresses in my life is getting the web sites I develop to look okay in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Because Microsoft controls everything, they have been able to get away with being as non-standards compliant as they want to be. Microsoft is currently working on Internet Explorer 7. I have been reading the blog that is written by the IE Developers. They

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114461389711474112005-04-25T16:24:00.000-04:002005-04-25T16:36:29.713-04:00

Dave Matthews Band is by far one of my favorite bands to listen to, especially to see in concert. They have a certain amount of natural, untampered with energy that you don't see in most bands.Dave Matthews Band (DMB) recently announced that they are going to start selling their music on Apple iTunes. YAY! This is awesome news. Up until now they had been selling music on their web site and

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114366299423294282005-04-24T13:58:00.000-04:002005-04-24T14:11:39.426-04:00

After a week of long classes studying things such as, data definitioin language in sql, Gibbons v. Ogden, and Hierarchical Task Analysis, I took some time to relax and watch some movies this weekend. If you know me, you know how much I love watching movies. After a long day or week, I find them as an easy way of escaping.I saw three really good movies this weekend.I had rented the movies Final

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114215112083876672005-04-22T20:02:00.000-04:002005-04-22T20:11:52.086-04:00

Pretty soon I have register for classes for the fall. Here is what I was looking at for a schedule: 4002-536-01 Web Client Side Programming4002-455-01 Needs Assessment4004-745-70 Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction0621-501-02 Wines Of The World0505-215-01 Fine Arts: Film Arts

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114132268771594472005-04-21T21:10:00.000-04:002005-04-22T20:15:51.963-04:00

Note: This is a live blog of Dr. Leon Kass's lecture at Rochester Institute of Technology on April 21, 2005. These are my notes. It is not an actual transcript.We are at the start of the golden age of biotechnology. We have been reaping the rewards in the curing of disease and extending of human life.There is much to make us concerned. Bio-technical powers could be used for bio-terror.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114104075556633432005-04-21T13:15:00.000-04:002005-04-21T16:04:11.586-04:00

I am sitting at the coffee bar that we have here on campus, Java Wally's, doing some reading for my constitutional law class. When i was putting cream in my coffee, I was thinking when does coffee no longer become coffee but a milk and sugar mix? Some people were just putting heaps and heaps of sugar and lots of creams in. It was pretty nuts. There is probably more sugar in their coffees

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1114006270916250272005-04-20T10:05:00.000-04:002005-04-20T10:11:10.916-04:00

It is not everyday that you see students at the Rochester Institute of Technology really excited about something.We have a Ben & Jerry's in our Student Alumni Union. They had a Free Cone Day yesterday. From noon till 8pm, there was always at least a line of 30 people at the ice cream stand at all times. Because of the ice cream and nice weather, everyone that was coming out of the SAU had a

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113971824891290002005-04-20T00:29:00.000-04:002005-04-20T00:37:04.893-04:00

Dr. Leon Kass, Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, is coming to RIT on Thursday, to give a lecture about the dangers of biotechnology. This is a part of a lecture series on bioethics/biotechnology that my Constitutional Law professor is helping to put together. The last lecture was from a Dr. Earhardt. He talked about how the Bible was a bad place to make a foundation of your

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113971371443604332005-04-20T00:21:00.000-04:002005-04-20T00:29:31.443-04:00

Today the papal conclave selected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to be the next pope of the catholic church. I look forward to reading about him in the next few weeks and months. From what I have briefly read about him, he seems to hold more of a conservative theology. I know that a lot of people would like the new pope to move to the left on certain issues. In a recent homily he talkd about some

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113964448194282312005-04-19T22:32:00.000-04:002005-04-19T22:34:08.196-04:00

I am flattered that people comment on the blog entries that I write. If I may ask, if your someone I know sign your name to what you write. Then I at least will know who I am talking to.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113878321212958022005-04-18T22:32:00.000-04:002005-04-18T22:38:41.213-04:00

Has anyone else noticed that you don't hear as much on the news about what is happening in Iraq? All that I have heard on the news lately is about Martha Stewart and the Pope.Could it be that now that the Iraqi government is becoming a little more established and that the things are settling back to normal, there is no more real sexy topic for the reporters to cover?In my Constitutional Law

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113828072193714982005-04-18T08:38:00.000-04:002005-04-19T08:21:53.113-04:00

In a bold move, Adobe announced that they are going to be buying Macromedia. This is huge. Adobe has all of the best known design software. Macromedia has all of the best known web development software. This will create a software giant. It will be interesting to see what comes of this, how it will affect web developers like me.UPDATED: I still have a hard time seeing how the merging of two

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113827362701822582005-04-18T08:23:00.000-04:002005-04-18T08:29:22.703-04:00

As I get up this morning we are officially starting week 7 of spring quarter. woohooo, we made it this far.Weather has officially turned nice all the time. I don't think there is the chance of it snowing anytime soon.This week shouldn't be too bad. End of quarter projects are just starting to get assigned. I just need to start working on those now as much as possible, so that I am not screwed

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113778674205078162005-04-17T18:55:00.000-04:002005-04-17T18:57:54.206-04:00

I think I have talked more about the weather in the last 3 or 4 days then ever in my life. Having been in Rochester for a substantial amount of time now, I have gotten used to the crappy, cold, snowy winters. In the last 3 days we have had day after day of sunshine and warmth. It has been magnificent. Everyone I talk to I think is in shock. It's like Praise the Lord its so nice out.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113598408300136202005-04-15T16:47:00.000-04:002005-04-15T16:53:28.300-04:00

I have a 12 inch Apple Powerbook. Its so light when I was walking around campus with only it in my bag, I couldn't tell if the laptop was actually in there.I love having a small laptop.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113578019788258462005-04-15T11:05:00.000-04:002005-04-15T11:13:39.790-04:00

I got quoted in a Rochester Democrat & Chronicle story about Dr. Daniel Pipes coming to give a lecture at RIT.Dr. Daniel Pipes is a middle east expert. He is founder of the Middle East Forum.I want to write an actual commentary about what Daniel Pipes had to say and what I thought but I am not awake enough to compose anything good.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113495872395972512005-04-14T12:16:00.000-04:002005-04-14T12:24:32.396-04:00

Well midterms I are officially all done. Praise the Lord.These last few days have been a lil slower academically for me, which is great. Last week was intense. I had like 6 exams/projects all due at the same time. It was pretty nuts. For my constitutional law class we had a series of essays that we had to do. My total length of the final deliverable was about 3000 words or 6 pages single

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113360955048925152005-04-12T22:50:00.000-04:002005-04-12T22:55:55.050-04:00

With the recent events of the Pope's death, I have had an increased interest of what was happening with the Catholic church and the Vatican.The other day I went to the Vatican Web Site and was incredibly dissappointed.I understand that Pope John Paul II made great strides with using newer technologies as a means to communicate. Right now it looks like their web site was just slapped together

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113360329932267162005-04-12T22:12:00.000-04:002005-04-12T22:45:29.933-04:00

Apple announced today that Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) is going to be shipped on April 29th. This is very exciting. I have been reading about a lot of the exciting features that are going to be present in the new operating sytem. Dashboard and Spotlight are the two features that I am looking forward to the most.Using Widgets in Dashboard, as a way to quickly get access to information, seems really

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113253188899209222005-04-11T16:55:00.000-04:002005-04-11T17:02:07.326-04:00

This quarter there has definitely been a lot more reading than that I have had to do for other classes. I have had to do a lot of reading for my Constitutional law class.One thing that has helped me tremendously, when I'm reading, is to underline passages that I think are key or to rewrite things in the margin. This is probably not a new idea. Its my way of actively reading a text. I feel

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113181687589144842005-04-10T21:00:00.000-04:002005-04-10T21:08:07.590-04:00

Tiger Woods gave an exciting finish to this years Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta Golf Club. He picked up his fourth green jacket when he won the tournament in a playoff hole.I don't know. There is something about Tiger Woods that makes me want to play golf. He makes the game exciting again. It was so nice outside today. I wanted to play some golf.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113087951828276262005-04-09T18:56:00.000-04:002005-04-09T19:05:51.830-04:00

As probably most of you know, I have lost a substantial amount of weight in the last year.Today I went to Old Navy because I wanted to get some sandels and see how much a pair of cargo shorts were. Where usually the idea of trying on pants is on par with a root canal because it would remind how unfit I was.This time I didn't get overly depressed when looking at the sizes on the shorts. It was a

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1113065181260115672005-04-09T12:42:00.000-04:002005-04-09T13:26:00.696-04:00

On the cover of the Life section of yesterday's USA Today they show pictures of souvenirs for the Royal Wedding for Prince Charles and Camilla.Who the heck would want to get a British flag with the faces of Charles and Camilla on it?

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112849486617603822005-04-07T00:43:00.000-04:002005-04-07T08:11:43.076-04:00

I knew that when I signed up to attend the Rochester Institute of Technology that I wasn't looking for a school that was going to be a cake walk (i wonder where the origin of the phrase cake walk came from). This has been an academically, emotionally, mentally, and physically challenging week, and this is only week 5. I am taking lots of excellent and challenging classes but it seems like their

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112797310525534892005-04-06T10:19:00.000-04:002005-04-06T10:21:50.526-04:00

Apparently we have an Apple Store that is coming to Rochester, NY, according the Democrat and Chronicle. This is SWEET news. I will be on of those crazy people that will be camped out the night before. At the grand opening of an Apple Store, they give all kind's of sweet grab bags and prizes.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112670122810292532005-04-04T22:56:00.000-04:002005-04-04T23:03:51.353-04:00

At RIT we have very bad male-female ratio. It's like 3 or 4 males for every one female. It's horrible. If there wasn't the college of art, it would be a boys school.I found this great t-shirt being sold online that makes fun of RIT's lack of females.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112570313875463732005-04-03T19:10:00.000-04:002005-04-03T19:18:33.876-04:00

A little screw popped out of the bottom left corner of the monitor portion of my 12 inch Apple Powerbook G4. I have the Apple Care Extended Protection plan thing.So I need to call the Apple Care Tech Support people to see how I get this screw replaced. I don't have my warranty sheet handy. I look on the Apple web site for the phone number. It took me ten minutes of looking before I actually

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112562599761375332005-04-03T17:02:00.000-04:002005-04-03T17:09:59.763-04:00

A professor forwarded me this really excellent article out of the Assistive Technology journal about how some movies now have a secondary audio source that can be turned on that will, using audio, describe or narrate visual scenes. For example, this was used on the movie Ray. Which seems incredibly appropriate because Ray Charles was blind. This is descriptive video, or DVS, and it has

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112512184262764492005-04-03T03:00:00.000-04:002005-04-03T03:09:44.263-04:00

Today off and on, as I was doing my homework, I had Fox News on. Pretty much all day they were covering the death of Pope John Paul II. Being not Catholic, actully Lutheran, I don't have an appreciation for the office of the Pope. As a Lutheran, we believe that Jesus Christ is the head of the church.Yet I still find all of this interesting and have done lots of reading online. Wikipedia has a

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112462685945733352005-04-02T12:29:00.000-05:002005-04-02T12:24:45.946-05:00

Statesmanship is right political action, political deliberation, and judgement for the right of the community. It is always situated in certain circumstances. The circumstances don't answer the question. You need good judgement and prudence. There are specific moral and theological virtues that need for statesmanship. The idea of statesmanship comes from ancient times, from the modern moral

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112407075407438252005-04-01T20:09:00.000-05:002005-04-01T20:57:55.410-05:00

If Lincoln is our greatest President, then the Emancipation Proclamation is his greatest document and the greatest example of prudence. Not prudence but passion is found important today. Today in politics we want drama and confrontation. Prudence has lost its luster as a virtue. Thus the Emancipation Proclamation has lost its importance.Many people were dissastified with the the proclamation.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112404140382381272005-04-01T19:24:00.000-05:002005-04-01T20:09:00.383-05:00

There is a famous painting of Lincoln's first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. This photo was originally shown in an exibition in the East Wing of the White House. It was very well received. This has served as a print that reminds us of one the greatest events in the history of liberty.Prints of this photo and others could provide as historical milestones of the great

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112401439481903482005-04-01T18:48:00.000-05:002005-04-01T19:23:59.483-05:00

RIT Prez Al Simone opened up talking about how Lincoln, American Political Thought, and how it ties into who we are at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Lincoln's lessons were on equality or diversity and on ethics. These are lessons that are applied to the way things that are done at RIT.Fornieri then took the stage and asked the question what the relevance of Lincoln's statesmanship was

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112386713165156122005-04-01T15:15:00.000-05:002005-04-01T20:59:02.506-05:00

Tonite RIT is going to be hosting an event called Lincoln’s Statesmanship. The event is part of the 175th Anniversary of RIT. Well it's actually tonite and tomorrow. There is an interesting line up of lecturers.I am going to the event.I am going to try doing some live blogging, while the lectures are taking place.

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112162088606583632005-03-30T00:47:00.000-05:002005-03-30T00:54:48.606-05:00

I have decided to give Blockbuster Online a shot. At RIT we have a HUGE online piracy network and I'm kind of a movie junkie. I figured instead of downloading a movie, I could give the Blockbuster Online a whirl. Paying $14.95 a month for movie rentals is a whole lot better then paying $50,000 to the Motion Picture Association of American for getting suided for downloading movies.It actually

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112161624073695142005-03-30T00:42:00.000-05:002005-03-30T00:47:04.076-05:00

Tonite on The Daily Show is Jon Stewart his guess was noted author Harry G. Frankfurt. He was highlighting the book that he had just written called, "On Bullshit."Apparently the book is a really a philosophical essay on what bullshit is and how it has affected our culture. It looked like it should be a fun read.Amazon.com Description"One of the most salient features of our culture is that there

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112075334201234902005-03-29T00:36:00.000-05:002005-03-29T00:48:54.213-05:00

I use one of these freebie hit trackers to see who is checking out my blog and where they are coming from. It is pretty fun. When Paris Hilton's Phonebook on her T-Mobile Sidekick got hacked, I did an entry about it.Over the last six months I have written almost 200 blog entries, totalling almost 20,000 words. (I have found that I enjoy flexing my writing muscle a little bit.)Of those almost 200

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112074512019606652005-03-29T00:24:00.000-05:002005-03-29T00:35:12.023-05:00

When people ask me what I want to do when I grow up, I ask them do you ever get frustrated when you use a remote control? People can usually tell me of a story where the needed to record something but were unsuccessful. They just happened to miss the sixth keystroke needed to set up the recording of a television show.Hopefully, with the help of future usability advocates like myself, someone

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1112072862529344632005-03-28T23:59:00.000-05:002005-03-29T00:07:42.536-05:00

I think Peggy Noonan is by far one of the most eloquent and thoughtful writers that I have ever read. Peggy Noonan also speaks like she writes, which makes her quite the engaging speaker. I had the priviledge of seeing her at a Lincoln Day Dinner put on by Michigan's Ingham County Republican Party.This week Peggy Noonan wrote about the Terry Schiavo case. The pull-the-tube people say, "She

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MSU is in the final four. YAY! This was probably one of the most exciting basketball games I have ever watched. MSU beat Kentucky in double over time, 94-88.

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Happy Easter All! He is risen! He is risen indeed.Today has been a good day. I woke up this morning at it was actually moderately warm out. Yay, 2 days of straight sunshine in Rochester. wohooo.I went to church with my friend Emily at New Song. It was really good. Pastor Don's sermon was about grace. The story he used was about an army chaplain who was sent to Nuremberg, Germany to minister

Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09026314099156326299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240902.post-1111876857026332072005-03-26T17:03:00.000-05:002005-03-26T17:40:57.026-05:00

I went to the gym this morning. That was kind of fun. I hadn't been to the gym in a long time. I hadn't been to the RIT gym since they remodeled the field house. It was funny because a lot of the same people that were there at the gym this morning where the ones that were at the gym last spring.I want to get back to going to the gym on a regular basis. I just need to find a time when it fits

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Tonite Michigan State University took on the mighty Duke University and we conquered. It was an excellent game. Duke had the lead for the entire first half but it was always close. Then in the second half Michigan State University came and their speed and dominance took over the game. It was very fun to watch.I was very proud to say I was a MSU employee.I watched the game with my friend Derek.

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