Archive for September, 2007

Censorship alive and well in the US

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

According to the Freethinker, http://www.freethinker.co.uk/:

COMIC Kathy Griffin’s “offensive” remarks about Jesus at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will not be seen by TV audiences, the US Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said today.

Kathy Griffin’s remarks will be censored before the Creative Arts Emmy Awards are aired on E! this coming Saturday, the night before Fox broadcasts the live primetime Emmy Awards (http://www.freethinker.co.uk/)

Summer officially over!

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Not only has the summer heat diminished, but my summer classes are officially over today at midnight EST! This semester I took Intro to Databases, Internet and the WWW, and C++ Programming I at Baker College. I am still not sure why I had to take the class Internet and the WWW. This was an introductory course in using the Internet, specifically built around how to use Internet Explorer and search engines to find information on various topics. I have been on the Internet since 1993 and worked in various industries which have required quite an extensive use of Internet browsers and various search engines, yet Baker College has know way of testing out of the class and for some reason it is required for their Bachelor of Computer Science program. Bummer it was a waste of money but hey, I can’t complain about the easy A!

Fall semester, which starts in one week, has me taking three courses. They are Object Oriented C++ Programming, Organizational Psychology, and Ethics. Pretty intense load if I do say so myself and this semester will determine if I can continue to take a full class load and work a 40+ hour work week which includes traveling. I am confident I can do it and look forward to the challenge. I also look forward to the inevitable arguments which will arise in the Ethics class since my views tend to be different from most people’s views.