Thankful

I am thankful for those clossest to me, But I am most thankful for those people who have recently come into my life. College has been rough an those people who have stepped up when they had no reason for doing so, they mean the most.

Thanksgiving thoughts

I think the idea of Thanksgiving is the epitome of all family holidays. One night when a whole family sits down to eat and enjoy each others company is one of the rarest events current history has to offer. I don't know if the story will live on but I think the idea is immortal.

quantum of solace

I recently went to see the new James bond film, In it Bond continues where he left off, questioning a man about the death of a woman he loved. The movie goes on to lead bond through a series of twists and turns which eventually leads him to the true killer of his girlfriend and the retribution he feels he deserves. The movie itself is not the best bond film but all in all the movie out does the previous film ten fold. The movie is "Powerful". The film has many good qualities but my personal favorite is the depiction of current espionage. Overall I say the movie is a must see.

post-peer review realization

After reading the peer review I realize many of my thoughts about my papers strengths and weaknesses were dead on, however the reviewer pointed out that there was some stuff mentioned in my essay he/she did not know about and in my final draft my main priority is I plan to include explanations because for me to get my point across to my readers they need to understand what I am talking about. My other priority is to incluede more feeling so my essay isnt so robotic sounding.

Pre-peer review strengths and weaknesses

Before I turned in my paper for review today II thought my papers biggest strength is that it is chuck full of information and gives a very compelling argument on why alternative energies are an amazing investment! The biggest weakness I saw in it was the fact that I think my essay sounds to robotic and seems to show little real feeling, but its hard to show feeling about a research paper totally based on science.

intro. Paragraph

Ralph Nader once said "The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun." and he is right, but not just about solar energy; every alternative energy source that can be explored is only just now being touched not because we havent known about them but because we as a nation have never felt the need to look into them. I say now is the time, in fact I probably would have said the same thing 20 years ago and all the fuss over foriegn oil would have become a much lesser concern then it is now. The point I am trying to make is that political figures going as far back as Pres. Jimmy Carter have been giving us the option to look into alternative energy sources, but now we no longer have that option in fact I believe that in order to salvage our economy and push forward into the future we should take serious research interest in alternate fuel sources including but not limited to solar, Hydrogen, and bio fuels.

Flying Blind(Litrally)

Jim O'Neill, a 65-year old pilot, suffered a stroke a 5, 500 ft in the air and ended up (with lots of help) landing his plane Blind. The 65 year old pilot was flying in a Cessna plane on Friday when suddenly he was blind. The pilot scared and feeling helpless called for help over the radio. A nearby Royal Air Force pilot finishing up a practice run nearby answered the call and helped guide the pilot to safety by talking him through it. The author seems simply amazed by this story and frankly so am I. Being an Air Force ROTC cadet I have seen how complicated flying can be first hand and as far as I am concerned it is an incredible feat to land a plane blind (no matter how long you have been flying). The story gives us details but I want to know How landing this pilot really landed a plane Blind? the whole idea is just mind boggling.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27600521/