I Just Got Accepted to University of Illinois as a Computer Science Major!

Acceptance Letter to University of Illinois Springfield

I am over the moon about this but I am also at a major crossroads in my life. I applied for a scholarship that would have paid for my college education but I didn’t get it. I was a semi-finalist but semi-finalists get $0 for college. I am permanently disabled but I really want a … Read more

Display Social Media Icons at Top and Bottom of WordPress Post

Today, I’ve been trying to figure out how to put Jetpack’s social media icons both above and below my posts (which tend to be quite long) and I’ve found several sites that address removing the icons from the bottom of a post and putting them at the top of the post but none that address … Read more

How to Be a Force for Good

Girl with Star Wand

I considered naming this post “How to Be a Good Person” but I don’t believe there are good people and bad people any more than there are good bats and bad bats. The only thing that separates us from other species is our extraordinary capacity for compassion and our high level of self-awareness. If we … Read more

The Voice Top 12 Season 8

Here’s a recap of the performances by the top 12 finalists on the first season of The Voice in 2015. Reba McEntire was the evening’s guest host. 1. Hannah Kirby – Team Blake First up, was Hannah Kirby of Team Blake. I LOVE Hannah Kirby. She’s definitely one of my favorites. She’s got great personality … Read more

Why Haven’t Aliens Visited Us? The Fermi Paradox

Thanks to a posting by Elon Musk on Twitter, I have been reading crazy amounts of information about the Fermi Paradox today. The Fermi Paradox basically states that given the number of planets capable of supporting life in the universe, we should have been visited by aliens technologically more advanced than us many times over … Read more