These thoughts for lease

I plan on keeping this post shorter than the usual, I just wanted to share what I think is a growing concern about how we receive the news now a days. With access to 24/7 live news updates and a million different blogs and opinions on every subject imaginable, an amazing feat, I fear most people have begun to lease there opinions out to certain pundits and talking heads that they happen to listen to a lot. Be it politics, policy, or pop culture I feel like instead of looking at the issue subjectively, we start with a pre-conceived notion --> find a site/news/podcast that agrees with us --> begin exclusively using that source to reinforce our opinions. Its a feedback system which makes us feel good about ourselves and solidifies that we are right in all of our views which can lead to entrenched positions and an unwillingness to compromise.
I do it too mind you. We are all guilty of it, but to be aware of it and remember to shake things up and research an issue independently every now and then isn't a bad idea. Until the hypnotoad comes to make us all obey, lets try to remember to keep an open mind and develop opinions for yourself instead of just parroting what you have heard from your favorite talking head.

Heeeerrresssss Jeremy

Hey everyone! I know I haven't wrote on this for awhile but I'm going to try to get back into the habit of writing on here probably tri-weekly. Its been a really eventful past couple months with a new potential job and all the stresses of moving into a new apartment. The apartment has proved pretty amazing so far. We have a fireplace, a patio, and 24/7 hot tub access. I am a happy man. We are hoping to have everything unpacked by monday, and hopefully we can invite some people over soon to see the place and have a housewarming party.

My beautiful girlfriend and roomie, Jennifer Miller, has started her own blog where she is trying to do one green thing a week! Check it out (here)