Monday, May 7, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Caver
For those of you who watched Defining Normal's episode titled "The New Guy", turns out Chris Caver was the one for Rachel Carroll. The two were married on March 9, 2012 at The Milestone in Denton, Texas.
I was surprisingly more upset this time than when Rebekah married Adam back in 2009. I thought I'd be ready for Rachel to get out of the house. But truth be told, Rachel carried this family. She was the outgoing one who always led the way in awkward social situations.
Here's a little story for ya... Back around the year 2000 (I was 9-years-old), I cut my ear on a piece of wood hanging from my bed. There was definitely blood, but instead of cleaning it up right away, I decided to show each sister first to see what she'd say.
First was Rebekah. I showed her my ear and she immediately turned her head in disgust and told me to get away.
Next was Reagan. I approach her, ear first, and Reagan stares and simply asks "What happened?". Then nothing.
Last was Rachel. Before I could get out a syllable, Rachel immediately grabbed me, took me to the faucet to wash off the blood, then bandaged my ear up. She didn't even care what had happened. That, right there, is why I will miss her so much. I love you, Rach!
I was surprisingly more upset this time than when Rebekah married Adam back in 2009. I thought I'd be ready for Rachel to get out of the house. But truth be told, Rachel carried this family. She was the outgoing one who always led the way in awkward social situations.
Here's a little story for ya... Back around the year 2000 (I was 9-years-old), I cut my ear on a piece of wood hanging from my bed. There was definitely blood, but instead of cleaning it up right away, I decided to show each sister first to see what she'd say.
First was Rebekah. I showed her my ear and she immediately turned her head in disgust and told me to get away.
Next was Reagan. I approach her, ear first, and Reagan stares and simply asks "What happened?". Then nothing.
Last was Rachel. Before I could get out a syllable, Rachel immediately grabbed me, took me to the faucet to wash off the blood, then bandaged my ear up. She didn't even care what had happened. That, right there, is why I will miss her so much. I love you, Rach!
Monday, March 5, 2012
OnceOnABC Blog
Please keep up with my other blog about ABC's Once Upon a Time, for those who watch the show. I'm needing interaction so please post comments! You can find it at OnceOnABC.blogspot.com
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Di-a-beat it!
Stupid and cliche, I know. But I saw this SocialVibe gadget for blogger and I saw that American Diabetes Association was an option! My father is a diabetic and it's no fun seeing what he goes through. I love him very much and would love it if more research would be done in finding a cure for diabetes. Please look to the right and click to support the cause today!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Once Upon a Time: Skin Deep - Tonight!
Bout that time, eh chap?! Tonight is OUAT episode Skin Deep guest starring Emile de Ravin. Get live tweets from @JaneEspenson, one of the writers, so visit my other blog for Once Upon a Time to see the updates!
Coming Soon:
App(s) of the week- Where I post my favorite, newly downloaded App that I believe everyone should know about. Stay tuned.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Maroon Coats
Each applicant was to submit a video of an interview shot with a member of the Maroon Coats.
I was lucky to be paired with Glenn Phillips, a great guy with the most awesome beard I've ever seen.
Please visit my YouTube Channel, Vimeo Profile, and/or my personal website where you'll find every single one of my videos. Here's more information about Maroon Coats:
Texas A&M Foundation | Maroon Coats
Who We Are :
Maroon Coats are student leaders from across campus involved in a diverse range of activities and pursuing various educational disciplines. We are students that love Texas A&M University and have a story to tell about our experiences at this unmatched institution.
Mission:
The Maroon Coats enhance the impact of the Texas A&M Foundation through ambassadorship, stewardship and selfless service. We do this by thanking donors for their gifts and interacting with them at Foundation-sponsored events. We also provide a student perspective during fundraising meetings and host donors or friends of the Foundation on campus visits.
giving.tamu.edu/marooncoats
Music by: Rick Logan
ricklogan.com
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Websites are blackout for the protest against SOPA and PIPA
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| Mozilla Firefox |
Putting up the fight, Mozilla posted a copy of the "joint letter" sent to Congress from several websites:
Here’s a copy of our letter to Congressional leaders:
Dear Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Conyers:The undersigned Internet and technology companies write to express our concern with legislative measures that have been introduced in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, S. 968 (the “PROTECT IP Act”) and H.R. 3261 (the “Stop Online Piracy Act”).We support the bills’ stated goals — providing additional enforcement tools to combat foreign “rogue” websites that are dedicated to copyright infringement or counterfeiting. Unfortunately, the bills as drafted would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities, private rights of action, and technology mandates that would require monitoring of web sites. We are concerned that these measures pose a serious risk to our industry’s continued track record of innovation and job-creation, as well as to our Nation’s cybersecurity. We cannot support these bills as written and ask that you consider more targeted ways to combat foreign “rogue” websites dedicated to copyright infringement and trademark counterfeiting, while preserving the innovation and dynamism that has made the internet such an important driver of economic growth and job creation.One issue merits special attention. We are very concerned that the bills as written would seriously undermine the effective mechanism Congress enacted in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to provide a safe harbor for internet companies that act in good faith to remove infringing content from their sites. Since their enactment in 1998, the DMCA’s safe harbor provisions for online service providers have been a cornerstone of the U.S. Internet and technology industry’s growth and success. While we work together to find additional ways to target foreign rogue sites, we should not jeopardize a foundational structure that has worked for content owners and Internet companies alike and provides certainty to innovators with new ideas for how people create, find, discuss, and share information lawfully online.We are proud to be part of an industry that has been crucial to U.S. economic growth and job creation. A recent McKinsey Global Institute Report found that the Internet accounts for 3.4 percent of GDP in the 13 countries that they studied, and, in the U.S., the Internet’s contribution to GDP is even larger. If Internet consumption and expenditure were a sector, its contribution to GDP would be bigger than energy, agriculture, communication, mining, or utilities. In addition, the Internet industry has increased productivity for small and medium-sized businesses by 10%. We urge you not to risk either this success or the tremendous benefits these new platforms have brought to hundreds of millions of Americans and people around the world.We stand ready to work with the Congress to develop targeted solutions to addressing the problem of foreign rogue websites.Thank you in advance for your consideration.Sincerely,AOL
eBay
Mozilla
Yahoo!
Zynga
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"Like many businesses, entrepreneurs and Web users, we oppose these bills because there are smart, targeted ways to shut down foreign rogue websites without asking American companies to censor the Internet," said a Google spokeswoman Tuesday. "So tomorrow we will be joining many other tech companies to highlight this issue on our US home page."
The Google logo was blacked-out but the site remained open to the public.
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| Wikipedia |
The blackout decision was made by Wikipedia’s global community of editors — the people who developed Wikipedia.
Why not Facebook & Twitter?
"The Internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world," Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on his profile page. "We can't let poorly thought-out laws get in the way of the Internet's development. Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the Internet." Despite his disapproval of SOPA and PIPA, Zuckerberg chose not to shut down access to his site on Wednesday. Honestly, I don't blame him. If Facebook or Google completely shut down their websites for 24 hours, I would go insane.
Twitter, on the other hand, I think we all would've been fine without. But the two major social networking sites explained how "Facebook joined with Google, Twitter, eBay, AOL, Yahoo and LinkedIn in sending a joint letter to Congress opposing the SOPA 2012 bill." So if you ask me, they played their role. But CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo sure got an ear full....or should I say eye full?
Here are some more sites that censored its content:
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| Wired.com |
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| Wordpress.com |
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| Reddit.com |
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| boingboing.net |
Another episode!
Defining Normal, Season 3: "One Man's Junk is Another Man's... Junk" | The Carroll's have a garage sale. Please watch and like and/or comment and subscribe as well. Thanks!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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