Sunshocked

It will soon be the one year anniversary of the Stanifesto and I’ve decided to start celebrating early by tidying things up a bit. Reap the benefits of my numerological neuroticism!

I’ve actually been to New York City before, but you’d never know it from my trip last weekend.

Yep, it’s the New Year’s Resolution post. I tend to have a pretty good followthrough on my resolutions, so it’s hardly a process I take lightly. This year I have a few normal ones and one not-so-normal.

It’s official, I’m riding the rails to Indiana and back. The holidays are coming soon and this year I’m determined not to fly the (according to Google Maps) 2,233 miles home.

I’ve never really thought of myself as a nationalist. Sure, the United States of America has been good to me, but I’ve avoided any jingoism over my 29 years. It wasn’t until yesterday when our president signed into law legislation that allows torture and eliminates habeas corpus that I realized how much I loved our country—and how much it hurts to see it destroyed in my generation.

Today is that grandest of holidays, OneWebDay. Billed as “Earth Day for the Web”, people everywhere thankful for what the world wide web has given us are engaging in little projects to improve and honor it. Here’s what I did…

Until there’s a national holiday explicitly about hanging out with friends and family, eating and drinking, and watching television marathons, it’s doubtful that everyone will be “true to the spirit” of whatever reason they’re not going to work. Still, I always try.