http://adam.simmlers.com Interesting stuff in life, or not. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:47:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Life is an interesting thing, I used to just do all the minimum to get by, just barely doing enough school each day, procrastination was ever present, and I didn't really feel like I was making a difference at all, which I think instilled in me an attitude of mediocrity ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2008/12/05/recent-turn-of-events/ Friends are great, you know, it gives you someone to laugh with, to share inside jokes with, to laugh at inside jokes with. Also you can be doing the most mundane task, but if you have a good friend by your side, it can be something you will remember for ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2008/09/12/what-are-friends-for/ lots of stuff has happened since I last wrote on here, learned a new skill, made some new friends, got a new outlook on stuff, got a new computer (insert smiley here), got some hard blows from life and I'd like to say I matured through it all, but that ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2008/09/02/since-i-last-wrote/ Last Friday marked the end to the week long Teenpact class, this was the third class I had attended, and probably my favorite of the three. I ran for representative in my committee, I lost, I ran for Governor and surprisingly enough, I won the nomination so the next step was ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2007/05/10/post-teenpact/ This a a book report on "The life of General Stonewall Jackson" by M.L. Williamson The book started out in Jackson's childhood at about the age of five, he then lived with various relatives till he was of age to join West Point Military Academy. At the Academy he was always behind ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2007/01/12/the-life-of-general-stonewall-jackson-2/ This a a book report on "The life of General Stonewall Jackson" by M.L. Williamson The book started out in Jackson's childhood at about the age of five, he then lived with various relatives till he was of age to join West Point Military Academy. At the Academy he was always behind ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2007/01/12/the-life-of-general-stonewall-jackson/ Today is the where we all stuff ourselves on Turkey, Stuffin  and all the other Thanksgiving delicacies. but are we skipping the whole point of this day, today is a do to do exactly what the name says, Give thanks. What I am thankful for 1. Food, Clothes and Shelter 2. My Salvation 3. Parents ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2006/11/23/give-thanks-its-thanksgiving-day/ Whoa! what a week. I did not realize till the end that we did 83.5 hours of Political Science and Campaigning. During the week I knew we were doing a lot I just did not think we did THAT much. On election night we watched TV (for the first time in a week) ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2006/11/10/post-maine-student-project/ Tomorrow I am going to do something I have never done before. I am going to work on a campaign up north. I forget the names of the candidates but they are Republicans. This year is an important year, it is the first time in 34 or so years that the Republicans have ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2006/10/30/maine-student-project/ A week or so ago I installed Fireworks on to my/our computer just to play around with it and do some misc. stuff. after a few hours of using it I loved it. you are able to do so many things, here are some things I did using it Hopefully I can be ... http://adam.simmlers.com/2006/10/23/macromedia-fireworks/