Tuesday, April 14, 2009

What's goin' on? This is my first blog and may or may not end up being my last(It took a college assignment to get me on here).

Other then getting an A on this thing... Selfishly speaking, this will help me so much in organizing my thoughts and remembering the subtleties I tend to noticed but often forget. Selflessly speaking(I hope), I want to help people be honest with themselves and the world around them; primarily within the United States but far beyond America's horizon as well. Of course, this blogs gotta get off the ground in the first place.

7 comments:

  1. Sounds good so far!!! Keep it comin'!

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  2. Don't feel bad, Nate. I've had my blog almost a year and maybe this assignment will help me write about something relevant. I'm looking forward to hearing your subtleties!


    Join the paper, dude. Then you can help the whole campus be honest with themselves!

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  3. Nathan James
    Remembering
    4/20/09


    BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech students have

    marked the second anniversary of the worst mass shooting in

    modern U.S. history.

    Derek O’dell, who graduated in December, returned to

    run a 3.2-mile race Thursday to honor the 32 people killed April

    16, 2007, by student Seung Hui-Cho, who also took his own life.

    O'Dell called the experience bittersweet

    Also Thursday, the last two victims' families who hadn't

    agreed to an $11 million settlement sued the state over the

    killings.


    -end-

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  4. Nathan James
    Shore Town
    4/20/09


    Shore Town mourns the death of its fire chief on Wednesday, Charles "Buck" Clough Jr .
    Clough died when his vehicle ran off the road and slammed into a grove of trees.
    The chief lived with his wife, Sandy, and sons, Shane and Chase, on his family's farm.
    Members of the volunteer fire company said they were too emotional to speak with reporters Thursday.
    Funeral plans have not been completed.
    -end-

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  5. Hey Nate,
    Next time, post the assignments on the blog itself, not in the comments.

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  6. BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech students have

    marked the second anniversary of the worst mass shooting in

    modern U.S. history.

    Derek O’dell, who graduated in December, returned to

    run a 3.2-mile race Thursday to honor the 32 people killed April

    16, 2007, by student Seung Hui-Cho, who also took his own life.

    O'Dell called the experience bittersweet

    Also Thursday, the last two victims' families who hadn't

    agreed to an $11 million settlement sued the state over the

    killings.


    Nate,
    Remember to keep these in PRESENT TENSE as much as possible. What's happening NOW? "Virginia Tech students ARE MARKING" instead of "have marked."

    Also, remember to keep sentences SHORT. That second paragraph is all one sentence and pretty long

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  7. Shore Town mourns the death of its fire chief on Wednesday, Charles "Buck" Clough Jr .
    Clough died when his vehicle ran off the road and slammed into a grove of trees.
    The chief lived with his wife, Sandy, and sons, Shane and Chase, on his family's farm.
    Members of the volunteer fire company said they were too emotional to speak with reporters Thursday.
    Funeral plans have not been completed.

    Nate,
    First sentence might read better this way: "A shore town is mourning the death...."
    Otherwise, it reads more like a headline. Important details to add: his age, how long he's been with the department.

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