Book review

In this stunning memoir, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, tells the story of his musical coming of age, and how rock music, the first love of his life, led him to his second, a girl named Renee. They wed after graduate school, both became music journalists, and were married only five years when Renee died suddenly on Mother's Day, 1997. There are mixes to court each other, mixes for road trips, mixes for doing the dishes, mixes for sleeping - and, eventually, mixes to mourn Rob's greatest loss. The tunes were among the great musical output of the early 1990s.  Mixing the skilful, tragic punch of Dave Eggers and the romantic honesty of Nick Hornby, LOVE IS A MIX TAPE is a story of lost love and the kick-you-in-the-gut energy of great pop music. I recommend this book because anyone who likes music will understand this book.  It creates a smooth feel throughout the story as if you were in the book yourself.

CC 1 Gunman Kidnap Child

Five year old held hostage in Alabama!  Local gunman in Midland City, Alabama has held a five year old child in an underground bunker.  They, Fox News, said that the kid was on a bus when the gunman stopped the bus and killed the driver and took the five year old kid off the bus and put him in an underground bunker. Fox News said in the artical that the gunmans name is Jimmy Dykes.  In my opinion, this world is becoming an untrusted environment.  Little kids, especially at the age of five, should not be kidnapped from a sixty-five year old man and put in bunkers.  My thoughts on this tragedy is that people in the U.S. can not be trusted any more.  

American Dream Essay

     American dreams are thought a lot about when it comes to getting ready for college.  People usually say, "well my dream is to be a policeman," or "my dream is to be a race car driver."  My dream is different.  Have you ever played on a Windows computer?  How about a Mac computer?  How would you like to play on both at the same time? Man, that would be cool!  My American dream is to create such a thing as to have a Windows running system and a Mac, or Apple, running system running all in one.
   
 My process to fulfill my American dream is to get together with both Apple and Microsoft and discuss this idea with them and show them what I will do to make this happen.  What I will tell them is that I need to decide how I can create a running system with both there products running at the same time.  I know what you are thinking right about now.  Do Microsoft and Apple strongly dislike each other?  My answer, I have no clue.  But,  hopefully this idea of mine will bring them closer together as friends.
    
When I have both systems running together, the software such as, apps, games, tools, and other items of that nature that run on the Apple products and the Microsoft products will run either way on this system of mine.  It will run either one because, like I said before, both running systems are running at the same time.
   
 As I dream this American dream, I see myself making a lot of money.  Just like Bill Gates, I hope to become a millionaire performing my american dream.  I would also like to see my popularity and fame rise just like Steve Jobs, creator of Apple.  You know how the old saying goes, it's sort of like the best of both worlds.
   
My American dream is different and very rarely thought of.  Hopefully one day you will see me on the front page of "Forge" magazine as a millionaire. Expect to see a new world of technology because it is coming and it is coming fast.

CC 2 Led Lights

Alcohol abuse. It's a famous thing these days. There is a way to stop that. 23 year old,  Dhairya Dand, came up with the idea of creating an ice cube that can track to amount of alcohol intake someone drinks.  Dand demonstrates how a person drinks alcohol.  There are LED lights in the ice cube that light up:  green, yellow, and red.  Green is when you first take a sip of alcohol.  Yellow is when your alcohol level is rising. Red is when you had enough and to stop drinking it. Also, this cube will send a text message to your friend to warn him or her that your drunk and to drive you home if needed.  It can talk to your smartphone by sending IR signals or infrared signals.   I like the idea of this ice cube because it, in my opinion, will help stop the alcohol abuse.  Here's the question though.  Will alcohol abusers use this product to keep themselves out of trouble?  I do not know if they will or not, but, if I was an alcohol abuser, I would try it to see if it works and if it does, I would probably continue to use it.  Now I am not saying I am an alcohol abuser or anything.

Current Connection 11-30-12

Freight train collapse in New Jersey? It happen today Nov. 30th at 10:33 a.m. on a bridge causing a big chemical leak disaster.  The train was carrying five tanks of vinyl chloride.  It fell into a creek when the bridge collapsed.  To me, this is a tragic event because it will change lives of people in New Jersey.  Also, the state of New Jersey has a problem to take of now.  Water in the creek is now mixed with chemicals that could possibly have life living in it.  

Current Connection 11/19

The Israel attack happens to be a tragic disaster in the middle east.  Israel's military said Monday it bombed dozens of sites in Gaza, including several buildings housing police of the Hamas movement which controls the territory.  A commander of another militant Palestinian faction was reportedly killed in one of the strikes.  I am a strong supporter of Israel and I believe that we as Americans should protect Israel.  My bible says that when Jesus comes back, He will land on a hill in Israel.  We must let Israel know that we care for them and are trying to protect them.  

current connection

The presidential election, great in its popularity, has taken a toll in our country today.  President Obama has been reelected as our president. Knowing what he has done so far, Obama can very possibly make a lot of changes to this country.  Romney ran against Obama in the race of the presidency, taking place this month.  Personally, I believe that Governor Romney would do a better job at the white house than Obama has in the past four years. Obama needs to leave the office and let Romney take over.