The other night, Sunday March 15th 2009, was one of the few remaining space shuttle launches. Originally scheduled for Wednesday or Thursday night it got scrubbed due to a gas leak found when filling the tanks. After draining the tanks, fixing the issue, and getting everything ready again, the launch happened at about 7:43 PM […]
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Full Text of President Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration Speech
This is the text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address, as prepared for delivery. My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as […]
Washington DC Christmas Tree
Saturday night my finance and I with a couple friends headed into Washington DC to check out the Christmas Tree display in front of the White House. It was a cold night! We didn’t make it into DC until probably 9:30 PM and stayed until about 11, riding the metro made it nice and easy […]
Are Generation Y’ers Keeping The Economy Alive?
With the holiday season here and almost past us, it is nice to see that spending has not decreased a whole lot from last year. It was also nice to see that spending on Black Friday increased by 3% from last year. With that being said, who is spending the money? Over the last couple […]
Friendships That Last A Lifetime, Cherish Them
Just a quick random thought post for now. This past weekend I headed down to Radford University to meet up with some of my fraternity brothers that graduated in May and join our currenty collegiate brothers in welcoming a new group of pledges into the fraternity as brothers. It was an absolute blast to see […]