1.31 - Violette

I don't think he should get to keep his pension. He violated the trust of the public, and therefore should not continue to be rewarded for his work for the public.

1.27 - School Lunch

I think the government has an obligation to provide the opportunity to eat healthier food, but allow students to choose whether or not to eat it.

1.25 - Career

I agree with the article, but don't at the same time. I think it makes some good points about how job hopping can hurt your future work, but I also think playing the field a little could help. While you don't really learn job skills or adapt to the work environments, you learn about the different types of work environments, and job opportunities available.

1.23 - The Internet

I think it is important to keep the Internet uncensored. An enormous part of the Internet is about sharing ideas and making everything possible available. If it were censored, that huge part of society would be destroyed. While the idea of protecting intellectual property is well-meant, I don't think it would work in the positive way those supporting SOPA believe. I think the purpose of the Internet is that everyone can get the information they need, whenever they need it, and you can share your ideas with everyone else. If it were censored, you wouldn't be able to do that.

1.19 - SOPA

I don't think the bill is a good idea. I think it would take away a lot of the opportunity the internet offers, and would make it impossible to share ideas and let knowledge be spread easily, as the internet allows now.

1.17 - Pegasus

It makes some sense for a petroleum company to have Pegasus as a logo because Pegasus was the creature the gods used to retrieve things, and heroes captured to ride. Particularly the heroes riding part makes sense, because you use petroleum to power cars, which you ride in.

Lamb to the Slaughter

The story begins by talking about a woman waiting for her husband to come home. It explains their relationship, and how their evenings always go. It talks about how she gets ready for him to come home, and what sort of drink he likes. When he comes home, it soon becomes apparent that this will not be an ordinary night. He drinks more than usual and seems very agitated with his wife. The story explains that on Tuesdays, which it is in the story, they normally eat out. But the husband doesn't want to, he just wants to tell his wife something, which he does. After hearing what he says, she becomes very sad, but goes on to start dinner, which irritates him greatly. She takes a leg of lamb out of the freezer, and walks back to start cooking it, when he shouts at her not make dinner. This causes her to take the frozen leg and hit him over the head with it, killing him. Then she starts cooking the leg, and goes to the grocery store for some potatoes, which she can use as an alibi. When she gets home, she calls the police, who come and begin investigating. They become very puzzled, but rule out the wife because she had a good alibi, and no apparent weapon. As they investiate, she finishes the meat and potatoes, and, as there is only one of her, she offers it to the policemen for dinner, which they accept, thereby eating and destroying the evidence.

1.10 - the Odyssey

1. An ancient Greek story
2. The second part of the story of the Trojan War written by Homer
3. An epic poem about Odysseus' journey home from the war
4. Also tells of Odysseus' wife Penelope and her struggles at home
5. Likely was originally an oral story

1.6 - Drug Testing

I think the idea to test welfare recipients is a good one. It will hopefully reduce the costs to taxpayers, and will motivate those who are ineligible to become sober, particularly those with children if they are not going to receive welfare either.

1.4 - Vacation

I did absolutely nothing over vacation. Basically I split my time between my couch and my friend Isabella's house. I think my vacation was just the right length, long enough to catch up on rest, but short enough that I didn't get bored.