Hunt for Bin Laden

The New York Times released the article "Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden." The article details the ten year search for the terrorist who was recently killed by US Navy Seals in a raid of the mansion he resided in. The president and other important members of the government and military had planned this attack after finding the location of Bin Laden and sat and watched the attack take place in Washington while being updated from a CIA leader in Pakistan. In my opinion, I don't see why we wasted so much money, resources and time looking for one man. I know he was responsible for the death of many people, but we only killed more people in the attempt to find and kill him. And now that he is dead, many of his followers will want revenge, and will probably get it. The people who celebrated his death so publicly here in the US seem a little ridiculous to me also. It was pretty irreverent and a little bit scary to see how excited people got over the killing of a man. That's just my personal opinion though.

Naturally Beautiful

Todd Selby's website displays numerous photographs of unique homes, one of which belongs to Dan Martensen and Shannan Click. The couple's rustic home adorned with a quaint vegetable garden and artwork created by Click exude the home's intimacy. The home is constructed of wood, giving the interior the feel of a cabin. Click is an excellent artist and her paintings grace the walls of their home, connecting the couple even more with their abode. The decorations and design of the house give the home a comfortable and cozy feel, something I think is very important to have, which makes me like this home the best of the three different homes featured by Selby.

Online Poker

Today I read an article on a 21 year old millionaire who has earned his living on online poker. His background portrayed him as a kid who was somewhat of a misfit and a loner that didn't care much for fashion and toys, but for video games. This lead him to finding his natural talent at playing poker. Since then he has played against many other great online poker players, and beats them and loses to them, gaining and spending sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time. The article explained the mystery to young people playing online poker and winning and asked "How were these kids, many of whom were too young to set foot inside a casino, outsharking the sharks?" How are people who have played the game for a few years or even months destroying people who have been sitting around card tables for decades mastering the game? The reasoning behind this is that online poker allows the player to play multiple hands at a time, gaining much more experience more rapidly than players were previously able to via the real life card tables. Another reason these young people are beating the older folks is because the young people are more ambitious. Since young people don't have to pay much attention to taxes and savings for supporting their families, they are more likely to take risks and not consider the consequences of what they do. Cates, the 21 year old millionaire, stated "this blind spot gives us the freedom to always make the right move, regardless of the amount at stake, because our judgment isn’t clouded by any possible ramifications.” Could this concept apply to other places in life? Could being unaware to certain factors in a situation aid us in making better decisions because bias feelings will be eliminated? I thought this article brought up an interesting point by introducing that idea.

High School Seniors

In a New York Times article, 18 students were interviewed on what they would like to be doing in the next 10 years. I felt like a lot of them had some reasonable choices, setting goals they were confident they could meet and finding jobs they are really interested in. Some of the students, however, came up with some pretty strange ideas. Salome Zamora said he would like to become a marijuana baker. To me, this seems like a pretty strange thing to aspire to, but he said he would like to do it to help people out, like the marijuana would be for medical purposes. So I guess it's kind of ok. Andrea Patterson wants to be an army veterinarian, which I didn't really know existed. Andrew Benedict-Philipp, Kelsi Benton and Shauna Casale all seemed to have really ambitious hopes for their futures, saying they'd like to press a button to make them wealthy, become a designer or become an actress in the future. Andrew's remark was definitely a joke, so it's kinda a given that wont work out for him. Kelsi and Shauna have ambitious dreams, becoming a designer or an actress, and I really don't think either of them will go on to become that. These jobs are somewhat limited, and only the best get in, and I don't think either of them were passionate enough about their choices to pursue them. As for myself, I'd like to go into the medical field. I'm not quite sure what exactly I want to do, but something exciting that I would always learn new things at would be nice!