CNN.com has an article about a study conducted of high school students in America. I believe I participated in this study (or else one very similar to it). The results are quite astounding. I had the inclination that my generation has no regards for basic freedoms, but this, unfortunately, just proves it. The study showed, in summary, that most high school students don’t have a clue about First Ammendment rights.
My brother finally got his Jeep back yesterday. He still can’t start it because there is ice in the engine block, but that’s not the best part. When he opened up his hood he found that a muskrat had built a nest in his engine while it was still in the water. The muskrat chewed through a good portion of his wiring and various other parts of his engine that need to be replaced. He also had a nest loged between the tire and the body of the Jeep. That one didn’t have any lasting damage though. He’s got some work ahead of him, but I think he learned his lesson.
I am a Christian. I have been for five years, but I try not to flaunt it. I will discuss it if the oportunity arises, but otherwise I generally don’t force it on anybody. This means that this blog will be a clean blog, but not all the blogs on my blogroll are. I don’t think that any of them share identical beliefs, but some are closer than others. This is just a general warning to ensure that nobody gets offended. Thank you for your time.
I have exactly six Gmail invites. They are free to anybody who reads my blog. Leave your email in a comment and you get one.
I forgot that we only have half days of school today and tomorrow, so I won’t get to talk to my History teacher ’till monday.
I added Novitiate’s Noodles. Check her site out if you get a chance.
Slashdot has a story about how you can run Windows viruses on Linux. I have one question. Why? I can see emulating Windows, but I don’t think I want the viruses to be emulated too.
Today for US History my teacher had us go to the computer lab to use the internet to look up info about the Civil War and slavery. She said that if it worked out she would have us do this once a week. The idea was pretty good, but poorly executed. My history teacher is a very ordered person, which doesn’t work to good when trying to use the internet for teaching. She can do alot better with some work, and I don’t blame her for not doing too good on her first try. I’m going to talk to her tomorrow about it and see if I can give her a few pointers (she already said she wanted us to tell her any ways we think she can improve it).
I heard on the Slashdot Review podcast that somebody predicted that the worst day of 2005 would be yesterday. If that was the worst day of the year then I should have it pretty easy for the rest of the year.
Added JErm to my blogroll. Check him out if you get the chance.
The plumber fixed our pipes today. I guess that means no more indoor snowball fights, but at least I can get a shower and do some laundry.
I turned in my essay today. My teacher probably won’t give us back or grades for another day or two. I’m still planning on writting a varition of the P2P manifesto but I haven’t gotten around to it because I’m lazy.
I really need to clean my room. It’s getting to the point where I can’t see the floor.
I’m listening to a stream of Tipola’s album “Pictures of Science” from magnatune.com. He’s in the “Other” section. His music is very slow and mellow. It tends to make you feel very calm. I’d buy this album if I weren’t broke.
