Surprisingly Interesting
I began working on my presentation for my English Composition II class yesterday (when I have to present today, yeah pretty hardcore procrastination). I expected the article I chose to be very dull and boring, as I didn’t know the author and most of the other recent ones have been pretty dull. I am surprised.
The passage “Encounter on the Tundra” by Barry Lopez is actually very good. It really got me thinking about different things that he mentioned. One question he posed that I really liked, and am still pondering, is do animals have intentions like humans do? What about courage?
In my presentation I have to ask two discussion questions. This will definitely be one of them. I am interested in what my class has to say about it, especially because many of them seem to be the philosophical type.
I would like to pose this same question to you, my readers (though there is only like, one of you right now), what do YOU think. DO animals have intentions, intentions like humans do? Do they have courage?
Kleptomaniacs piss me off
Yes they do. Today in my Computer Technology class I getting ready to leave class. Most everybody had already stood up and walked towards the door, but there was a few stragglers (myself included). During this prepare to leave exercise, I had to stand up and go put away a “Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows XP” book. During this time I left a pencil on the table where I was sitting. I was gone for less than 30 seconds.
I return, and my pencil is gone. After briefly looking around my work area, I came to the conclusion that someone picked it up. Now, this wasn’t a particularly nice pencil or anything, just your normal run-of-the-mill mechanical pencil. Why would someone steal it?
I come now to the conclusion of kleptomania. My school is full of kleptomaniacs, in fact probably most high schools are. People that just HAVE to take things.
What is the point? I mean, it is not like these people NEED these things. They just want them. But why do they want them? They have their own pencils and pens, and some of the ones that take iPods and cell phones, have their own of those too! There is absolutely NO purpose in taking other people’s belongings. Other than, this is the only thing I can come up with, a minor adrenaline rush.
What drives these kleptomaniacs?
Although kleptomaniac is the wrong term for them, because most of them don’t feel a compulsory need to steal EVERYTHING they see, rather they do it just because they don’t have that thing.
So I modify my question to be: What drives these people to steal things that they see, and want, but don’t necessarily need?
#Kilo-Tango
The #kilo-tango website has been launched!
http://www.kilo-tango.net/
The forums are up, though still under construction, but registrations are open and you can begin posting.
Greenpeace – Education needed
Doing some research for an analysis project I have in my English Composition II class, I came across this article:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/nuclear
I had to laugh… Apparently Greenpeace didn’t do their homework:
The Chernobyl incident occurred because of under-trained staff, and a reactor that was built under a failing Soviet economy (crappy economy=no money to put awesome safety precautions into place). Currently, all of the companies that operate Nuclear Power Plants (either because of their own strict rules, or the laws in their country of operation) have properly trained staff, and redundant safety system. No need to worry about a meltdown anymore.
Oh! And Nuclear Power will be renewable soon!
I’ll find some sources and post them for proof.
Thanks for making my day Greenpeace!
Spam Fail
I had to edit the way comments are posted again. New rules are:
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I am enacting these guidelines due to a spam bot registering, and posting comments.