If you’re looking for a blogger, political junkie, and video gamer named John McDonald in the northeast FL region, you might just be at the right website. I usually don’t have too much to say here about myself because if I’m interested in a topic, I’ve already made a website about it and I’m trying to keep those sites up to date!
Check out the latest posts to see where I’m hanging out online or thinking about today.
Latest Blog Posts
The Nintendo Wii seems to be a big hit in this house – even with the people who aren’t usually into video games in the slightest.
Yes, this is a food post… sort of. I need these weeds gone so I can expand the vegetable garden! At least with more attempts, there might be some food left over after all the plants that manage fail under my brown thumbs.
Social commentary and a great song that blends aggression with an almost carefree beat that tempts you to get up and dance.
Why put any effort into losing weight? Fad diets have been around for a while – and now we even have fast-food chains making claims about weight loss – but no one seems to be learning a simple lesson about how human metabolism works.
The frost is here and the final tally for the year’s food crop sounds pretty sad. On the upside, there were many things learned and some types of progress made toward the next effort.
More about my sites and interests
- Politics - A nasty business. We would all likely be better off if it went away altogether but its unlikely that will ever happen. Since politicians will stay around to harass us and take our taxes, I figure its a good idea to learn about the strategies they use to influence public opinion and amass fortunes of our money. If you didn't guess, I'm pretty libertarian / conservative about a lot of issues at the federal level. Social spending? Sure, if you want to keep it local. The city's school board and the state higher education commission fund 90%+ of the city schools - so why are 80% of my taxes going to D.C.?
- College Education - Necessary just to get by in this modern, specialized world. Of course, I wasted my time in college learning about politics that I could never stoop so low as to pursue a career in, so here I am working in college financial aid by researching scholarships all day for a free online search engine. Its like being a financial analyst, just for people who need free money for college advice. Hey, at least I feel good about helping students find free money for college.
- Website Building - Did I mention that I enjoy building websites about topics of interest to me? Oh, and sometimes I make websites about making websites. Out of college, my first good job was with a website and I learned a lot about how I could monetize the things I was doing online anyway. So, I like to encourage others who like to create content to do the same. What is good content? Well, it could be writing, or visual, or video... Anything inspiring, entertaining, or informative. And yeah, there's money to be made with these things they call websites...
- Social Media - Web 2.0 they say! Social networking they say! I say its the best way to waste time. What I'm talking about is user-driven submission sites, social networks, microblogging, liveblogging, other forms of new web technology designed to bring users together and create communities of like-minded individuals.
So I have a bachelor's degree in Political Science from UNF. Did I mention that? I minored in history (officially) but I also had 15 upper-level credits in: Economics, Literature, International Studies
If you haven't figured it out yet I'm a big nerd with four book cases over their intended capacity. I'm a
hardcore reader, my hardcover collection breaks shelves.