December 2008
8 posts
I am trying to improve my Spanish by listening to an instructional Spanish podcast which is quite popular, coffee break Spanish. The problem it is a Scottish show so some times I have a harder time understanding the English than the Spanish.
Dec 31st
My Extremely Relevant Day
So I have come to the conclusion that I have one of the most relevant morning commutes in the world. Here goes: I wake up and get ready with the news on in the background. They are talking about Blagojevich possibly being crazy and look who pops up as a talking head it is DePaul Community Psychology professor Lenny Jason talking about anti social and destructive decision making. I look at my...
Dec 16th
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Dec 10th
Writing
I need to seriously learn how to write. I am not talking about style, content, formatting none of that (not that I am saying that I have mastered all facets of the like). What I truly need to learn is how to work as a writer. I write reports and surveys everyday and of course I write a great deal as graduate student however I do not feel that I know how to keep myself writing in the same way that...
Dec 10th
So I am at work and bored out of my mind. I have decided to try and figure out what my best choice would be if I decided to kill myself in my cube today. This is not a cry for help just an attempt to feel the least bit creative and to problem solve. I have large old school scissors that are really quite sharp, however that kind of defeats the creative time waster this is supposed to be, so lets...
Dec 8th
The Quest
So I haven’t actually started posting to it yet but I have created a new blog www.chicagoworldtour.tumblr.com to document my quest to try to eat at a different ethnic restaurant each week until I have eaten at a Chicago restaurant representing every country in the world. This is a testament to 3 things that I consider to be fundamental. Chicago is truly a global city in which almost all people of...
Dec 4th
Dec 3rd
Biz-ness
So I talked about it last week and now its happening, if all goes as planned I will be filing for my assumed business name this week and as soon as that goes through I will be starting up my webpage and getting my business cards. This is your last chance to get some input on this, should it be www.communitybased.biz or www.communitybased.us . In even better news it looks like CBS might already...
Dec 1st