Let me tell you a story about the time that I almost became a member of the Syracuse City Council.  I was at work one day, minding my own business, when a friend of mine told me that there was a vacancy on the council due to one of the members stepping down to take a job out of state.  All that I needed to do in order to be considered to fill the vacancy was to submit a letter of intent and a resume.  It was at this moment that I learned...

My mom sent me a link to an article from The Aspen Times. As I read it, I discovered that it almost perfectly describes me. In fact, it was so good that I thought that I’d post it here. There is a great amount of interest in this year’s presidential elections, as everybody seems to recognize that our next president has to be a lot better than George Bush. The Democrats are riding high with two groundbreaking candidates — a woman...

Recently I began noticing commercials that I don’t remember ever seeing in Utah. They are trying to sway my vote in the upcoming Democratic presidential primary election next week. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are telling me that if I vote for them, they are going to change things in Washington. Republicans like John McCain are also saying that they’ll bring change. Change can be good. It can also be bad though.  If I...

Last night I was watching the news and a story came on about a state senator who would like to make it against the law for an adult to smoke in a car if children are present. You can watch the story here. In theory, I agree with the reasoning behind the law that is being proposed. There are millions of smokers in this world and many of them have kids. Those kids are forced to inhale second-hand smoke which has been proven to be very...

I have a lot of things running through my mind right now that I’d like to share. Since school started last night, I’ll start with that. This semester will be my last before I can graduate with an Associates degree. After that, I’ll only have a handful of classes left before I get a Bachelors degree. It’s nice to see the end of the very, very long tunnel that I’ve been cruising through. The ten year plan is...