Presidential Election

I have been alive for over 27 years and been able to vote for 9 of them. However, I have yet to get to the polls. I kick myself for not being more active and 'making a difference' but it is just so overwhelming. Every election I say that I am going to make informed decisions and pay attention then I glaze over and find better things to do.

I am again saying that I want to make informed decisions. This means that I must start watching cnn and other debates and what not. I found a site that does some comparisons. http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008/comparethem.html

I know that this shouldn't be the only site that i use. I will hopefully be able to take this and add to that knowledge. There is always comedy central's "Indecision 2008" :)

Job Shift

It has become apparent today that my job function is shifting heavily towards project management. I spent the entire morning in meetings and listening to people complain and tell me what things are wrong. I know there is no way that I will be able to get to the development of these projects. I will need to update or create requirements documents for most of the tasks before we even begin to touch the code. This is a necessary component and it scares me to death that I am the best suited for this task. I am a coder. I write code in a closet. I don't do well gathering requirements. I guess I will learn quickly enough.