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I've just spend the last few hours programming an additional, neat little feature to my weblog. It gives you the chance to comment on any of the insane rants that I've been writing over the past year. Since I've gone through the trouble to include such a system, I think it would be a great idea if you all used it. Give me feedback: positive or negative.

Recently, I've been taking a liking to new things, and one of those new things has me wondering: why does the United States have an embargo against Cuba: because they're a communist dictatorship? Well, China and Vietnam are both communist dictatorships, and the United States is trading goods with the both of them like two preadolescents would exchange Pokémon cards.

There is good news: it seems that Maine has taken a step in the right direction.¹

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4521120.stm

I'm psyched for PDO¹!

Yeah, I'm a nerd.

1. http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.pdo.php

People say that they're fed up with the way that Christmas has been commercialised instead of being true to its roots. Let me explain why that's dumb. The root of Christmas (at least the primary root) is based in the Bible. In the Bible, some magi (traditionally three) brought Jesus gifts. It is from this that we get the tradition of giving gifts at Christmas. Usually, in order to give a gift, you must purchase it. Sure, there are some times when people choose to make presents rather than buy them, but I even doubt that the magi themselves made the gold, incense and myrrh that they presented to Christ. However, reflecting on modern society, people must buy presents to give to other people at Christmastime. That would lead to commercialism. So, this commercialism is central to Christmas.

I figure that if I'm going to pay the money to have my own web-site, I might as well write on it, but with the everyday deal of college, I don't seem to have the time and the interest to keep it up, but I'm on holiday now. So, I would say that I have regained my interest.

I just finished the fall semester of my sophomore year, and I must say that I'm pleased with the grades that I got, and I'm looking forward to next semester as well. I was blessed with the opportunity to go see my family which is in Colorado right now by means of my old youth pastor who came down with a friend to attend graduation. Now here in Colorado, I must say that I am a tad bored this evening. Last evening, I was able to attend an evening showing of The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Being a fan of the books, I thought that overall the film was a nice production, but if there was one aspect that I didn't like it was the fact that the movie was way too short and moved way too fast. However, if all goes according to plan (my plan, that is), there's going to be an extended version! So, tonight, I suppose that my only plan is just to read the books once more. I began reading The Magician's Nephew last night, but I really have the desire to study some linguistics since I've noticed that my Spanish and French (even my Esperanto) has become a little rusty.