http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html

Sometimes too many things get in the way of work, but I like to look at it that work gets in the way of life sometimes.  Work, to me, isn't just the 9 to 5 (well 7:30 -4 here at Pacific), but its all the other stuff you have to do, either out of necessity or but volunteering you time that I constitute as work.

Lately I have suffered from both . As you can see from my lack of blog entries, I have a little swamped in project. It is finally beginning to mellow out, but it also feels like I have slack in making my own contribution to my blog. 

I am sure the number people who read this is in a single digits starting with 1 but I want I feel if I do not update this is yet another thing gone unfinished. Even though I learned that alot of things in life go unfinished, it still doesn't mean I should life such a life.

Anyways, August is fast approaching, school will be back in full swing, a bunch of other project at USC should be complete and I hope to go back to going home at a decent hour and getting a BBQ or two before the end of summer. Also I will force myself to buy some USC football tickets this year so I can make a trip to LA for not just work, but for fun.

I need to follow the mentality of my favorite neighbor (Ms. Tiger Yogurt), she works hard, but she makes sure to enjoy life. She loves to remind be whenever she doesn’t see me get home from work till 7-8pm, so yes I will try to get home and to sleep at a decent hour and finish working on my front yard :-)

Here is an interesting tid bit of information from my favorite Stockton reporter...

http://blogs.recordnet.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=sr-dsiders

Looks like some Stockton city councilmen will start blogging. I hope they decided to take this up. As you can see, I am a big fan of this medium and its ability to convey information that “feels” more sincere and unpolished... well at least for us not in journalism.

As mainstream media becomes less objective , it seem hearing the opinions of non-journalism individuals through blogs and comments seems to make more sense and more informative than people we actually trust to be objective and just give us the facts.

Oh I almos forgot, the link to the politican blog is...
http://capitalelector.com/index.php/blogs

Foreclosure fix-all it's not, but governor calls new plan a great start

The state unveiled a $200million loan program Monday aimed at helping ease a small part of the foreclosure crisis by helping first-time home buyers purchase foreclosed properties in the eight most heavily affected counties.

Link to video of Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger talking in Stockton

Link to story from the Stockton Record.

nytimes.com — Under its chief executive, Roger Ailes, Fox News and its public relations apparatus have waged a permanent campaign on behalf of the channel that borrows its methodology from his days as a senior political adviser to Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/business/media/07carr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

ifehacker.com — Once I bought my 360, however, I've been able to get rid of my home theater PC, my DVD player, and even my cable box, so that my entire entertainment system runs through my Xbox 360. It's convergence at its best. The 360 is not perfect by any means, but it's the best multimedia device I've ever used.

http://lifehacker.com/398035/do-more-than-just-game-on-your-xbox-360