No words can adequately descript

No words can adequately descript the disgust I feel for our "President". I truly hope - nay, crave - that U.S. journalists will take him to task for not only things in his past (going AWOL, alleged drug use etc.) but for his record as President - why Sept. 11th happened, his active and continued rolling-back of environmental laws, his incredibly biased position on the so-called "energy crisis", energy policy & oil in the middle east, as well as his attempts to erode the seperation of Church & State via his "Faith-Based Initiatives".

I vehmently opposed the War with Iraq but this op-ed outrages me. There are so many things wrong with this - our american troops, without adequate supplies are in a place both hostile in environment & populace while our President isolates himself from the American peoples in favor of hosting a one-night, Republican dinner fundraiser for $50,000 a head. That's more than most Americans make in a YEAR. Not only that, but our President continues to take longer and longer vacations AWAY from the White House. Two years ago he had already taken one of the longest vacations from the White House than any other President.

I can't believe this man is still in charge of our country.

So....I really am here. Just

So....I really am here. Just been busy. I'm mostly participating in mailing lists rather than blogging these days but to give you a little tidbit of why things have been so busy, I give you this article published today on Wired about the MIT OpenCourseWare project, where I am a Web Production Specialist.

I started as a Temp last August and worked to launch a series of 35 or so Internal courses for September 2002 classes. We then launched 50 courses to the public as a sort of pilot and ever since we've been working towards publishing 500 - yes, five-hundred courses on September 30th 2003.

Earlier this year, I was made "Temporary Permanent" until Oct. 31st. This week (and upcoming three-day weekend) will be my last repreive until the launch and things won't probably level out until the end of October when my contract ends. It's been a hell of a ride.

I've learned more than I ever wanted to know about TeX and PDF, been able to put accessibility at the forefront of our work (though it's been tough with 500 courses), and almost mastered the painful processes of Microsoft CMS 2002 (don't ask). I'm hoping to extend my contract beyond October and become a permanent part of the project. Who knows - I certainly won't be ready to leave.