http://brianshelledy.com/wp Beta Testing the World Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:15:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well today I took my First Test as a post-graduate student. I can't say that it was fun or easy, but I think I did well. For those of you who are wondering why I'm back in school, I decided to keep going so that I could keep my job ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2009/09/22/first-test Well, it's been a while since I've updated this again, so I thought I'd provide some insight into what's going on.  I recently and finally graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BBA in Management Information Systems and a math minor.  Right now I'm still working there, though unless I get ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2009/06/29/whats-new I Am A: True Neutral Human Sorcerer (4th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-10 Dexterity-10 Constitution-12 Intelligence-16 Wisdom-15 Charisma-12 Alignment: True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters exhibit a lack ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2009/03/16/dnd_meme [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="459" caption="Correlation does not imply Causation - XKCD.org"][/caption] Just because I like stats so much, I had to post this one. XKCD is great by the way, I always read that and Questionable Content. In other news, WOOT SPRING BREAK YEAH http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2009/03/06/correlation-does-not-imply-causation A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2009/03/03/i-dont-care-who-said-it No doubt if you know me at all, you will understand that the election results are not something that I am entirely happy with at the least. However, as bad as the political ramifications may be for our country down the line, I can at least appreciate a few ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2008/11/05/something-positive Well, we had the final presidential debate yesterday, and it was probably the most interesting of the three.  I was hoping for McCain to do better, and he did.  It's hard to win against Obama in public speaking, but my opinion is that when it comes to the issues, McCain ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2008/10/16/debate-impressions All over the news lately we have heard about the crisis in the financial market and the need for government to act.  There has been a massive amount of fear generated about the possibility of a global depression should some of these massive financial institutions fail.  Fortunately, our government is ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2008/09/23/the-path-to-socialism Well, our power came back on tonight, and with the tree removal service coming in tomorrow it looks like we'll be out of this mess.  This has definitely been an educational experience.  We've experienced what it is like to be in a hurricane, grown closer to our neighbors, and have ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2008/09/17/take-a-hike-ike Well, things are going well here.  We're still out of power, but I'm expecting it to come back up within the next 24 hours, as they have it across one of the major streets and ours is next in a logical projection I created in my imagination.  We'll see how ... http://brianshelledy.com/wp/2008/09/16/update-on-the-aftermath