Online Voting

I’ve been spurred out of dormancy once again by comments from friends. I’m in the middle of re-designing this weblog, which always makes me want to wait until it’s done before posting. That’s sort of silly though, and I have something interesting to let you know:

Today I was wondering how I could participate in the Democratic primary election in Michigan. A small amount of research showed me that it’s actually easier in Michigan than any other state. The Michigan Democrats are making voting history by allowing citizens to cast their vote on the Internet. Now there’s no excuse not to cast your ballot. Sign up at applytovote.com.

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I’ve been very busy this new year. So busy in fact that I’m falling behind on various things. There are some branch reviews going on for new Moped Army branches, but I haven’t been able to contribute much. I have a stack of books I got for Christmas but I haven’t read a word. I want to start designing and building the Rocket Star website, but I’ve only gone a little ways and stalled.

This lack of time is coming from working full-time and teaching. The class is going well, but I underestimated how much time outside of the scheduled hours it would require. Luckily, things will get easier as time goes by.

Overall though, I’m very satisfied with this new year. I promise that I’ll have photos from the holidays online soon, as well as the new site design.

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# January 20, 2004 03:36 PM

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yeah, teaching is a bitch! i wouldn’t normally use that word, but it is! now, it can be really cool, too—i loved working with my students—but the sooner you get the “i only work for six hours a week” delusions out of your head, the better. i want to take your class!

Posted by: jim on January 21, 2004 3:49 AM

I think it will get better once we started working on actual projects. Right now I’m explaining new and fairly technical things all class period long. We need to build up a core base of knowledge before we can start to build sites. Since I do this sort of thing all day every day it’s easy to forget how much there is to know, and now long it took me to learn it.

Posted by: simon on January 21, 2004 9:40 AM

that is always the problem for teachers who do very technical classes. i think it is what makes the 3DS Max classes so tough at my old school.

Posted by: jim on January 22, 2004 10:17 AM

Simon, thanks for the info! Wow. I was hoping to put my two cents in the Democratic primary in Michigan if possible. I want a real alternative to Bush (i.e. not Dean). Now I can participate. Awesome.

Posted by: miguel on January 22, 2004 8:30 PM

I got my ballot today. I’ll be voting for Howard Dean.

Posted by: simon on January 22, 2004 9:08 PM

I’m excited to note that I registered to vote AT MY GROCERY STORE today! Yay!

Posted by: jim on January 25, 2004 3:47 PM

you can register to vote at dominicks? really? i wonder if you can change your registration information there too…hmm. by the way, simon: this green is good.

Posted by: rosemary on January 29, 2004 3:45 PM

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