Fear is generally a good thing. It keeps you from doing something stupid or risking more than you have to lose. It tells you that you should really think about the chances of your death are high enough given a situation that you should consider another option. Fear can be ignored and pushed through if you deem it necessary to accomplish a task. Without fear there is no courage, at least thats the relationship most war movies make about it. Fear of someone else dying or being hurt can mot...

The last line of my previous blog made me think, it reads as following: "If you watch the Channel long enough, its like one show blends right into another and you can spend hours just gazing at the pretty colors and beautiful people. Maybe thats what its all about. ... *zombie stare* I pledge allegiance to the MTV..." I think MTV is very skilled at brainwashing. Their sets are brightly colored, everything moves around at a fast pace, wall to wall beautiful people, music with a hard beat i...

So periodically when I sit down for lunch or just need some brain melting TV lounging, I'll turn on MTV. And as I've noticed its pretty much the same repackaged slop over and over. However, there is of course a common theme to it. No, not music if thats what you are thinking. Its usually the look. Young people dressed up like they are ready to rave 24/7. To be honest, I tune into the "Real World" and I am completely and totally shocked to learn they are only 18 or 19. I don't remember ...

I am a 25 year old Global Business degree seeking student who is majoring in Information Systems Management. Or is that the other way around, I'm not sure. I've made mistakes in my College career, and its been extended to about 7 years now. That joke David Spade and Chris Farley have in " Tommy Boy " relates to me. Farley: "Hey Richard, I graduated!" Spade: "And just a shade under a decade, good job." Farley: "Hey, lots of people goto school for 7 years." Spade: "Yeah, they're called doc...