Remember the good ole days when we used to buy computers with 8GB hard drives? So do I. I also remember the days when I would kill for a gmail account, and so would most other internet knoledgeable people. Now on the other hand, I realize that I have a profuse amount of invites to give away without a clue as to who might want em. For the last two months I have been mildly using gmail only for new web registrations and the like, and I can say that gmail is a solid beta… not more, not less.

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If you want a gmail account, say something funny in the comments.

Whether Democrat or Republican, I think you’ll get a kick out of this.

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, “What is Politics?”

Dad says, “Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

I am the head of the family, so call me The President. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government. We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People. The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we will call him the Future. Now think about that and see if it makes sense.”

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.

So the little boy goes to his parent’s room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny’s room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy say’s to his father, “Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.”

The father says, “Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.”

The little boy replies, “The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.”

get it?

Keriann did one of these a while back, and I decided I liked it enough to do the Arizona one. I really just wanted to make a post right now, but was too lazy to think of something my self.

Class is under way, and most seem to be the same ole “listen to the professor who knows more than most, but not quite enough to teach at a top university. Either that or they are uncomfortable knowing that if they were working at a major incorporation where they wouldn’t be the top dawgs.

LES, IBS, QBA… boring… requirements.

CIS300 - Website Design; a class I took as much for an easy A as I did for a little extra knowledge. Now one lecture, and one lab in I am pretty happy Pedro informed me of the possibility. The lecturer, Colleen Hayes seems to take a “make this class worthwhile today instead of tomorrow” while the TA, Mark Keith is seemingly open to admitting his lack of knowledge where it exists, however at the same time he comes across as knowledgeable and experienced in a wide range of topics related to Website design.

I was also very happy to see that he is aware of independent browsers such as Firefox and Opera. As soon as they are posted, I found many of his sources and facts/statistics to be very interesting, such as the percentage of IE, Netscape, Firefox, and Opera users, and the percentage of screen resolutions used by internet users.

I already have more websites to design then I can handle, but this class only makes me more excited to be a webdesigner.

Lastly, whoever registered the domain mx2design.com… you will not win. I will not pay you for it, and you have wasted at least $8. I recommend you not let me figure out who you are, and especially what your email address is, as if I do, I hope that you enjoy the extreme influx in gay porn spam. Cheers.

Currently I am sitting in the gallery at the ASASU USG Senate meeting. After almost two hours I could no longer hold all of my thoughts and perceptions to myself.

Positive thoughts, thought processes, ideas, and issues are being brought up, proposed, and discussed. Issues including the closing of the bike co-op, the outrageous prices in the Memorial Union, the possibility of a mandatory meal plan for campus residents, and the concerns of repeated tuition and fee hikes.

However, almost without fail the senate as a whole seemed to be lacking. Specifically there was a lack in the attention to important detail. Apparently the ASASU office including salaried employees have been working and being paid over the entire summer against the Constitution which oversees their budget. According to discussion, last semester a budget recommendation was passed by the senate for review by the executive office (the USG President, Vice President, etc.) who were then supposed to bring any modifications back to the senate for a final approval. Unfortunately the executive office never did so, and thus the budget has yet to have been passed. While it seems clear that the executive office has been operating efficiently and under conservative prudence, I was shocked to hear one senator say “I recommend that we turn our head and allow the executive office to continue until a special senate session can be scheduled to approve the budget.”

I NEARLY SCREAMED. Did I vote for this senator to represent me?? If any students should be sticklers for details and policies, it should be the senators. This is a budget of over $150,000.00!!

A point of order came up early in the meeting noting that all speakers should stand when they held the floor. Good. This improves professionalism, as well as ability for all in attendance to hear and recognize the speaker. Then, a handful of speakers later, one senator gained the floor and started by saying, and I quote, “I’m not gonna stand, I don’t want to.” There were a handful of laughs, although the parliamentarians, both of them, sat silently. According to the organization’s bylaws they are to follow, unless otherwise stated, Robert’s Rules of Order. Thus making this speaker OUT OF ORDER. The next speaker also said “I’m not going to stand either, I’m tired of it.”

UNIMPRESSIVE

Furthermore, I question how many of the senators in attendance were there representing the college and the constituents who voted for them. There was an issue created by the re-alignment of colleges by President Crow which caused the College of Public Programs to lose a seat on the senate. A senator from another college stated “In my opinion, I think they should still be allowed to keep their seat.” What senator would lobby in favor of allowing another college to have a larger amount of senators?

Lastly, I am going to come flat out and say that professionalism as a whole is wildly lacking. Besides what has been noted earlier, here is a sampling of a few quotes “even if they are shooting up crack cocaine in their dorm rooms,” “the new meal plan would leave me SOL,” and “we should all buy our faculty advisor a drink, she could use it.” Does that go in the minutes?? I don’t even want to go into the lacking in the professional dress code… okay yes I do. How about a list: sneakers with dress slacks, dress shoes with no socks, some senators with no ties, some senators with short sleeved shirts or polos.

In summary, I am sure that this post is going to come off leaving readers with a very disappointed opinion of the senate. I want to say that overall the senate is a very strong organization that is clearly sticking up for the student body in general. I am actually very interested in getting involved in this organization, and I would happily encourage anyone to come and observe a senate meeting. Furthermore, I would strongly recommend that you speak with your college’s respective senators about how they are representing your college.