My first day of class is behind me. It's a much bigger class than I took this summer, about 60 people in all. I have the same professor, and now I'm that dork who sits in the front row and chats with the professor before class and during the short break we take. The class is called "The Modern Presidency" and it's a great time to be studying the Presidency, since the nation is selecting a new one during this semester. I've got a brief bio page over on the website that I hate. My DreamWeaver skills are a bit rusty, but I managed to throw that together pretty quickly once I figured out how to create links again...

I can't quit my day job, since apparently I'm not included in Jeremy's plan to spend his lottery winnings.

AllAdvantage has changed their business model. Now you can win money in daily drawings instead of getting paid 50 cents an hour to surf. Maybe Jeremy should investigate this as a backup in case his lottery dreams don't come true.

Gateway sent me an e-mail this morning (how thoughtful) telling me all about their two new laptop models. The Solo 1150 seems to be competition for the iBook from Apple, and wouldn't be a bad low-end notebook for a student. The Solo 5300 looks to be an attempt to make a sexier looking laptop. The price isn't bad for what you get, but I'll actually need to see one in person before I'll be sold on the styling. That white area could get easily marked, stained, or scratched, and wind up looking horrible. I'll need to see what they're made of before I can make a reccomendation to buy one...

It's easy to spot the freshmen at the WRC. When five girls come in together, wearing T-shirts from the same high school, and mill around for about five minutes, then leave, it's pretty obvious they're new here.