pillowpants

I'm a 27 year old male from Massachusetts who is currently employed full time at Best Buy about to finish his degree.

I love to write and I am thinking about writing a book about meeting people on the internet.
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  • Open Letter to Political Parties
    Dear Major Political parties
  • Your Finance Tracker
    I was broke and in financial straights. My journey to get out of this caused me to create my own extensive budget which I have then used to help over 90 people get set up on their way to financial freedom.
  • A Dating Disaster Episode 2
    The second in a series of real life dating stories
  • A Dating Disaster: Episode 1
    The beginning of the end of my dating life
  • What's Wrong with Our Country?
    When I sat down to write this, I was thinking about ranting about polls, but as I continued to write, I became fired up
  • Election Rundown,
    Barack Obama is going to take advantage of the dysfunction in the Republican Party and take back a majority of Reagan democrats this time around.
  • Who Will John Mccain Pick for Vice President?
    Republican Presidential Candidate is in for the shock of his life time when he picks his Vice Presidential Candidate.
  • Obama's Vice Presidential Pick
    Next week is going to be a very interesting week in politics. If my numbers are correct, we will see both presidential candidates pick their respective vice presidential candidates.
  • Government Regulation of the Economy, 1865-1914
    For my research paper, I chose to research government regulation and its effect on the American economy. The period following the Civil War, and leading up to World War I, was a period of time in which no central banks existed.
  • What's Going on in Alaska
    Alaska is a state mired in scandal right now.
  • Alabama Presidential Predictions
    I've been doing a lot of spreadsheet research lately in my effort to determine who is going to win this upcoming presidential election and I've come up with a few conclusions regarding Alabama
  • Why I Voted for Barack Obama
    On July 29th, 2004, I woke up early in the morning in an unfortunate uninspired mood.
  • The Nature of Science: An Analysis
    If one views science as an extension of human nature and tries to regard it in that sense, you have to research the scientists who perform the science and determine whether the nature of the work they are doing is good or bad.
  • Are the Costs of Manned NASA Space Missions Worth It?
    As a child growing up in the 80's, I grew up under the impression that our Space Program was far more advanced than it actually is, and that we could probably have a space station on the moon by this time and age.
  • Nuclear Proliferation in the United States
    Did you know that the United States Armed Services committee voted last week to allow the research and development and possible use of Low Yield Nuclear weapons?
  • An Interview with the Most Intelligent Man I Know About Human Nature
    I interview my father for a class about his view on human nature.
  • National Security Vs Free Speech: An Ethics Argument
    When the issue of Free Speech arises, most if not all of the American Population agree that it is a major aspect of society
  • Should Abortion Be Legalized?
    Nowadays abortion is a hugely controversial issue. The Pope, and other religious leaders in the world are for it, as they believe that it is a sin since it apparently says so in the Bible. What is the Bible anyways?
  • How Has the Bill of Rights Has Shaped Our Relationship with the Government?
    In short, the Bill of Rights has made our relationship with the government a peaceful yet adversarial relationship.
  • Identity Theft and My Mother
    I am the victim of identity theft. I never thought it was happen to me, especially by my own mother.
  • Fall TV Pilot: Journeyman
    Initially when I saw the synopsis of Journeyman and read about the show, I thought it seemed like just another Quantum Leap filled with its infamous awkward moments with the stars family.
  • The Internet Daters Guide to Meeting People Online: Step 1
    In the first entry in this series, I wrote about a seven step process to meeting people on the internet. The first, and most important step in this process is to create a crazy filter.
  • Fall TV Review: Kid Nation
    The premise of Kid Nation is that 40 kids will be living in a ghost town in New Mexico called Bonanza city. They have chores, shops, social classes, a half assed political structure and tons of teleprompters to encourage these kids to say intelligent things.
  • K-Ville Might as Well Be DOA
    K-Ville was available to most of us about a month ago for those of you who wanted to watch it on the website. I, on the other hand neglected to even bother watching the show aat the time.
  • Fall TV Preview: Pushing Daisies
    The creators of Pushing Daisies have created a monster. Combining the creative talents of these people is the best idea anyone has ever come up with, short of Joss Whedon deciding on a Buffy spin-off show.
  • Was Christopher Columbus an Imperialist?
    People have argued this point for centuries, ever since he first step foot in the Caribbean Sea and It's come down to two arguments.
  • ABC Fall Television Preview
    I probably watch ABC less than any current television station. I just don't have a lot of time to watch television and Pushing Daisies is the only show I will probably watch.
  • NBC Fall TV Preview
    I love television so much, and NBC has by far the best programming of the season. Everything they are showing on Monday and Thursdays appeals to me, while they leave Tuesday open for my viewing pleasure, and its Wednesdays also look amazing.
  • Presidential Aspirations: Predictions of the Republicans Running for President in 2008
    Basically, the 8 preceding candidate are the only possible people with shots at the presidency. What follows now is my 2008 predictions. After I predict the outcome of the elections, I will write three more articles.
  • Better Know a Presidential Administration: Al Gore
    Al Gore is every liberal's fantasy candidate. He is one of the most experienced democrats currently running around, and he has reinvented himself as a avid environmentalist in recent years. This is who he would nominate to be in his cabinet
  • Fox Fall TV Preview
    In about a month from now, we are going to be graced with countless new television shows. Some will suck and succeed (virtually every reality show, and most of the CW networks programming.
  • Better Know a Presidential Administration: Fred Thompson
    It is time for Installment 7 of Better Know a Presidential Administration. Prepare yourself for an exciting analysis of his possible presidential administration where he surrounds himself with extremely powerful and strong people as to avoid doing any actual work.
  • The Volunteering for a Political Campaign Guide
    Last year I volunteered for a Gubernatorial campaign for Massachusetts and this is what transpired.
  • CBS Fall Movie Preview
    Every year, we are force-fed dozens of new television shows on each major network which said network hopes will garner the attention of those with the Nielsen box. A preview is in order
  • The Political System is Broken: Examples in Alaska
    If you recall my previous post, you'll remember that being implicated by Jack Abramoff or Tom Delay makes me believe you should be fired. Alaska ought to be fun with its fun oil company linked contributors and lifelong politicians
  • History of Death Penalty in Massachusetts
    The death penalty is a huge issue as controversial as it has always been and is frequently a point of contention between the two major parties in the United States.
  • Better Know a Presidential Administration: John Edwards
    Welcome to my sixth installment of "Better Know a Presidential Administration," where I observe and study and then I decide what each person is going to do as far as an administration goes.
  • Big Brother: Worst Show on Television?
    For me, watching the show Big Brother is like driving by a car crash. Every time I turn on the television, there are a bunch of stereotypes predictably boring the hell out of me, but I can't look away.
  • The Political System is Broken: Examples in Alabama
    I am going to examine every politician in the House, Senate, and Governor spots per state and give you legitimate reasons as to why you should not vote for him/her.
  • Better Know a Presidential Administration: Mccain Style
    I've already written about the four main candidates. Between Clinton, Obama, Guliani, and Romney, one of them will most likely elected to be the next president. However, there are still around 15 people running for president and I'm going to cover most, if not all of them.
  • 30 Second Movie Reviews
    I'm the type of guy who can write for hours, but when it comes to movies, I find that my reviews can be best accomplished in 30 seconds or less, so without further ado, here are some reviews.
  • Do You Really Care About "I Know Who Killed Me?"
    First off, I went to the movie theater on its opening night not to see this, but to see "The Simpsons." Unfortunately for myself, I walked into a theater full of screaming infants.
  • Better Know a Presidential Administration: Obama
    Welcome to the fourth installment of my multi-part series, Better know a presidential administration, where I do research and decide who I am going to vote for based off the administration that would choose to have out of everyone currently in American politics.
  • The Possibilities in Presidential Hopeful Mitt Romney's Administration
    I'm back with my Mitt Romney presidential administration predictions. Keep in mind, I am basing these off his friends, supporters, donors, advisors and endorsements. I am completely ignoring anyone who is currently endorsing another candidate.
  • Better Know a Presidential Administration: Hillary Clinton
    I'm back with my anaylsis of Presidential Administrations, this time with Hillary clinton. Obviously, I chose to do Clinton and Guliani first because they're the front-runners and have the most support from people, but I will be doing every major candidate.
  • Better Know a Presidential Administration: Rudy Guliani
    I've been doing a lot of research as of late as far as the upcoming presidency is concerned, and I decided that it would be best to show what the leading candidates presidential administrations would look like.
  • An Internet Dater's Guide to Meeting People on Online
    Everyone I know has had problems meeting people online, and they always come back with crazy stories of crazy people, or stories of people looking for rebounds. This guide is meant to help these people

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