Screwed up layout

So the layout of this blog is totally screwed up.  There should be a grey column that goes down the entire length of the blog so that it creates contrast.  It is not doing that right now, but I AM working on it.  I'm exploring my options including but not limited to changing the layout of the blog.  I really don't want to do that because I really like the blue layout.  I know that this is probably really boring that I'm actually bothering you, the reader, with my ramblings about  the blog's look and feel.  I have tried to turn my blog into a functional homepage for myself over the years, and frankly, I'm still working on it.  I'll continue to work on it.  Later guys.  Read the archives!

Crazy events during Phil-2200

Hey guys.  Well the weirdest thing happened today.  First there was a guy that was asking a bunch of questions about the material.  Apparently it was too much because when we went to a ten minute break, a woman came up to him and just started bitching him out.  It was really crazy.  She just came up to him and started chattering about how he was asking too many questions and how no one else could get a word in edgewise because he was asking too many questions.  The reality as I see it was that he was the only person that was calling the teacher on the fact that my teacher doesn’t seem to know ANYTHING about what he’s trying to ‘teach’ us.  He spent half an hour arguing a point and then just changes his mind immediately when he reads the book and finds out that the author disagrees with his point of view.  Then after explaining why he was wrong, he changes his mind and says that he was right after all and that the book was wrong.  It’s getting so silly.  I became so uncomfortable with her chattering away at this poor guy that I just walked out of the room.  Before I did, everyone went silent because everyone was listening to what this woman was saying.   A friend of mine that was in the class was out getting something from the vending machine.  Before she walked into the room, I pulled her aside and explained to her what was going on and why I was uncomfortable with what was going on.  She decided that she agreed with what the woman was saying and so she wanted to go in the room and bitch him out with her.  I was like do what you want to do, but I’m not involved in this and I’m not going to get involved in this.  I have a feeling that when the class ends, she’s going to bitch him out again, and my friend said that she’ll be right there next to the woman.  :(  This is totally awkward, and there is no way that I’m going to get involved.  I’m typing this in between typing up my notes.  It’s pretty crazy.

Amazon Associates

Hey guys.  I wanted to talk a little about a new feature on my site.  It's called Amazon Associates.  I have an Amazon.com box on the top right hand of my site.  If you search for a product you want and then go and buy it at Amazon, I get four percent of the purchase price.  It helps me to pay for certain features that could be added to the site to make it more functional for users like yourself, assuming that anyone actually reads this!  You can also just click on the Amazon logo below the search bar to go straight to Amazon.com  So the next time you think to go to Amazon, go through Billhonlinejournal.  Thanks!  And when you get to Amazon from your computer, go ahead and bookmark the affiliate site.  It will do exactly the same thing as Amazon.com because it is still amazon.com, but it just allows me to make a small commission.

The other cool thing about Amazon.com's affiliate feature is that I can add products to the site and link them back to Amazon for people to purchase.  Just like this Motorama book that I'd love to have, but can't afford until I make enough money from the affiliate network to purchase it.

First Busy Week

Hey guys.  Well this is really the first busy week for me of this year, nay, this decade.  Classes are starting for winter semester.  I've got accounting, math, speech and intro to logic.  I have math and accounting back to back on Mondays and Wednesdays and then Intro to Logic on Fridays.  Starting in February I will add a third class on Mondays, Intro to speech.  Wish me luck.

First Post of the New Year

Well happy new year to everyone! I hope everyone had a great holiday.  It was my first Christmas and New Year in the apartment.  I was apart from my family, which was pretty strange.  I suppose I had a good time.  I'll be going back to school on Friday, but more on that later.

English Class

English class is officially over.  I enjoyed the class and the people in the class.  It proved to be very interesting.

Julie and Julia Movie Review

It's been a while since I've done a movie review, but here goes... Julie and Julia is about two women.  Julia Child who writes a cookbook called Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her protege, Julie Powell a woman from Queens Borough, New York City, New York.  Julie decides early on in her story that she will make every recipe in Julia's book in one year and will blog about her adventure.  Her blog was posted on Salon.com  I'm not sure if it's still there.  She turned it into a best-selling book.  Why would she or for that matter, her publisher, want people to be able to access the material for free when they should be paying for it?

December 11 party

Well, my dad hasn't really been in a good mood recently.  I'm not sure why.  I've noticed it for about a week now.  There is a December 11th swim team party that my parents are hosting for the holidays, but at this point I'm really not sure if I want to go to it.  I'm not sure that my dad is capable of behaving civilized right now.  I have a feeling that he's going to blow up about something at the party, and I'm afraid that if I go, he'll expect me to be the one cleaning dishes while he socializes and talks about how much time he spent preparing for the party.  I only say that because it's what happened last year.  And when I tell him that I am a guest not the host, he say yes you are not the host.  I'll then point out that it is the host's responsibility to clean up after the guests in a situation like this and he'll get angry.  I know that he's going to blow up about something, so to avoid the stress of the pending affair, I'm hereby choosing to avoid it entirely.

My Aunt Bonnie

I just learned that my Aunt Bonnie has died of cancer.  Wait for it... 6 MONTHS AGO!!!!  My question to my parents: Why the hell didn't you tell me sooner?

Lost Keys

Well I lost my keys.  I had them when I got home on Friday so logically, they should be in the apartment.  I have no idea where they could have gone.  I didn't leave the apartment on Saturday, so they absolutely have to be in the apartment.  I searched for three hours for those keys Saturday morning, and my mom and i searched together for an hour Saturday afternoon.  I think that I'm going to just have them duplicated at ACE Hardware later today.