Thursday, February 24, 2011

Finding a Job

Ok. so i really didnt no what to write my blog about this week, so i decided to write about finding a job. I currently have a job but i only work one day a week. so the last few months I have been searching for a job and have had no luck in it. Most applications are done online now, and 90% of them ask for my Social Security Number. I dont know about you, but i do not feel comfortable giving my SSN out over the internet. I mean how do you no the site is safe? Maybe i am just paranoid, but if I would rather give it to my employer rather then putting it onto the internet.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Stuck Like Glue

If you listen to country music, then you have most likely heard the song Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland. For those of you who have not heard it before, here are the words to the chorus:There you go making my heart beat again,Heart beat again,Heart beat again.There you go making me feel like a kid. Won't you do it and do it one time? There you go pulling me right back in,Right back in,Right back in And I know-oo I'm never letting this go-ooo. I'm stuck on you, Whutooo whutooo, Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue. Every single time I listened to the song, i pictured a girlfriend singing to the her boyfriend. But then one day, I watched the music video on youtube. I found out it was not a cute, dating song; it is a song about a girl obsessed with a guy and she can't get over him. So, in the music video, she captures him and ties him up until his girlfriend calls, which just adds anger to her insanity.

Monday, February 7, 2011

paper on The Prince

For our first paper, we were told to take some aspect from Machiavelli's book, The Prince, and do more in depth research on that particular subject.
I choose to write my paper on what he talks about in chapter six, "Of New Principalities Acquired Through Arms and Skill." In this chapter he talks about how gaining control of a state by skill will have a better outcome by gaining control through inheritance. He gives a few examples of people who gain control through their abilities and army, and the ones that i will do research on in my paper are Moses, Cyrus, and Romulus. After using those example, I will talk about Machiavelli's view and decide if his writings were affected on his prospective on thing.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Prince

So I have to write about one of the chapters from the book, The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli. So I chose to write about the first chapter of the book, "Of the Kinds of Principalities That Exist, and How They Can be Acquired." Machiavelli states that there are only two types of states, which are republican and principalities. He does not place much attention on the republic, but focuses mainly on the principalities.
He states that there are two ways to become head of the nation. The first, and the most common, is through heritage. It is passed down from one family member to the next. The other way he mentions to obtain control, is by chance or by skill.