The Environmental Awareness column has been updated! Check it out: Health of Great Lakes and Finger Lakes Threatened

I'm looking for anybody with some helpful advice for an aspiring young writer. Please contact me!

The job market appears to be going through a bit of a rally! Economy shows signs of progress, check out the current events page: http://craigsphere.blogspot.com/p/current-events.html!

This is what you saw yesterday if you had viewing equipment for the transit. I didn't get to see it this near to sunset, but was able to clearly see the small dot of Venus imposed on the sun's disk. It was a memorable event that admittedly pales in comparison with our entertainment options, but thinking about the forces and speeds and size involved does give you a bit more appreciation of the event, I think.

The last time a transit happened, the Brooklyn Bridge was still under construction (I'm ignoring 2004 here, as it happens in cycles and I missed it then!). If you got to share this event with your family the way I did, you know how special a seemingly simple thing like this can be to our mundane lives spinning by on this tiny blue globe.

Completed the Move!

Hello again! I plan to begin developing this blog on a more routine basis. I am finally moved in and mostly settled in my new apartment not too far from The Winfield bar and grill! I am currently seeking a full time job near the Rochester, NY area in the Environmental sector, if at all possible; but am willing to move in order to be active in the industry (I'm actually looking at offers overseas, which is kind of exciting!). It looks like things are finally heating up after years of extremely hit-or-miss cold leads in the environmental industry; it looks like different firms are finally ready to take a chance on new professionals like myself, and I'm ready for it! I can't wait to put my writing to use on some real, new environmental issues or proposals!

I am interested in submitting a version of my Energy Independence essay to the New York Times, but I noticed that they ask for 750 words or less for the opinions section. I'm afraid I'm not quite sure if an opinion piece championing any sort of green industry would be received well even if it were published. I should probably stop worrying and just put together an opinion to be submitted with the essay in support, and I think I'm going to get to work on that soon. Any help or advice would be appreciated, also any suggestions for submission to lesser-known publications with a greater chance of seeing print would be fantastic! I'm afraid I just don't know as much about independent writing as I wish I did, I'm always looking for help!

I'm spending my free time outdoors and with my newest game, Diablo 3! I plan to catch the transit of Venus across the solar disc at sunset tonight, I'll be down at the Webster pier! Feel free to join me, I'll have a few pieces of welder's glass along to observe the sun with.

What's been keeping me going lately...

Podcasts. I had no idea how great these things are! I've been listening to Mark Maron's "WTF" podcast and it is like he's speaking to the depths of my soul. His podcast is always entertaining, enlightening, and is totally worth the effort to catch!

Others I really enjoy include Doug Benson's "Doug Loves Movies" and "Jordan and Jessie, GO!" These guys are all comedians and are all gut-busting hilarious; I've gotten strange looks from other people at work for walking around with a crooked smile or bursting out laughing at something only I can hear.

Sorry for not being more entertaining, I'm kinda fading fast here. I will post my essay "Energy Independence: A Five-Point Practical Energy Plan for America" tonight in the hopes of generating at least a little web traffic here. I plan to focus more energy on launching this blog in the very near future!

Welcome

To any anonymous web traffic: Welcome to craigsphere! This blog will be under construction for an undetermined amount of time. I will be in the process of publishing my work regarding national energy planning and my commentary upon and hopefully insights into the workings of the everyday world. I intend to include some fun content as well, and plan to post some of the content I have created for role-playing/war games.


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