The Naterator

Don't even try refuting this. It's absolutely true. Even Democrats know it's true!

For My Democratic Friends:

“Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, and the birth of the holiday baby, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.”

For My Republican Friends:

Here's wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

My mom mentioned a distant relative that recently passed away had an abundance of wealth. He owned a large roofing company and he lived in a $3 million home.

This got me thinking. What would I do with such an amount of money? Better yet, what would I do to obtain such an amount of money? So I took this test: http://www.queendom.com/tests/minitests/fx/million.html.

As it turns out, I wouldn't do very many questionable things to get that kind of money. This was a sort of reminder that I value my integrity and the presence of the people I care about more than I value money. Business has been great and I've been making a sizable amount of money, and I can say from firsthand experience that money doesn't necessarily make you happier. It relieves some stresses in life, which is great. However, money doesn't solve all problems.

Just something to think about =)

Okay, this is a culmination of days and days of tireless efforts. Not really. But it's quite good if you ask me. What do you think?

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Alrighty folks, up for auction is my IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T30 laptop. I've decided to grab a PowerBook, so some lucky person will wind up with my T30!!

Check it out on eBay!

If you're interested in purchasing it, please contact me directly so we can talk. If you're local, that'll save you shipping money and it'll save me eBay fees–an all-around good deal for everyone

It's official folks! I went 21 days without filling up my hawt Civic's gas tank! I'm so proud of my beautiful car, and my new reduced, money-saving driving habits =)

Also, I am turning 21, come January 2nd. I'm not going to get all wasted and stuff–that's just not a mature thing to do. I will, however, have a few beers or something. Interested in joining my Twenty-one Run? AIM me: NateInThaHouse

It seems as if the main purpose of public higher education these days is to teach kids how to be.

They believe that giving us a bazillion “group work” assignments is going to make us better people when we go out into the world and become the worker-bees they want us all to be.

One of the oh-so-important issues they want to decide for us is how we communicate. They are supposed to be educating us on how to be better communicators.

The problem is, the worst communication skills that I've ever seen have been from teachers. In general, the documentation and scheduling that teachers provide (at my school, UW Bothell, at least) is about the most disorganized and convoluted pile of hoopety-joop you've ever seen!

Basically, they suck at making things clear. They hide details of assignments in difficult-to-find documents, which are located on difficult-to-find web sites, which are constructed by design-deficient union workers.

“Nate! Stop moaning. You made the choice to go to college, so deal with it!”

You're right, I did. And I stick by my decision. I'm not going to college because I want to learn the institution's gobbeldy-gook of useless computer science theory. I'm not going to college because I need the degree. In fact, I don't think many teachers there have as much real-world experience as my 20-year-old hot body does.

I'm going there because I need to learn discipline. It'd be nice if they could teach me something useful while I'm at it and not confuse me in the process.

I figured I'd splurge and grab myself some custom plates. Here now, it is established, the Schmoll empire.

Canada has finally decided to contribute to the war effort — they are sending 2 Battle Ships, 6000 Soldiers & 10 Jet Fighters!! Unfortunately, because of the exchange rate, that comes out to be two canoes, a mounty, and a couple of flying squirrels.

Life has been extremely hectic recently. Working on five projects full-time does not lend itself to a complete social life. It's nice to have something in the bank, but I'm not sure it's worth investing your life in it. I'd rather be out meeting new people and experiencing new things. Since school is now in full-gear, hopefully I will tie down a few of these projects and spend more time at school.

Thus far my three classes are a bit boring. I have one teacher that is obviously a raving liberal. Those kinds of teachers suck. Why do those kinds of teachers suck? Because once they've shown you how completely biased they are, everything that comes out of their mouth tends to fall to the floor. They lose credibility amongst students when their ideals are so ignorantly pressed upon our young, idealistic, discerning minds.

I'm, no doubt, a conservative. But I'm not closed-minded. I simply understand one thing that most educators (intelligent people with degrees, mind you) do not. What I understand is quite basic and does not require any education to realize it. You lose credibility when you come across as ignorant and one-sided.

LIBERAL TEACHERS: PLEASE SHUT UP AND JUST TEACH. WE PAY YOU TO DO IT, SO DO IT.