Sui­cide for Dummies

Sui­cide is the answer. Go ahead, what are you wait­ing for? Nobody loves you, you’re all alone and don’t for­get, It’s cold out­side. There is one catch to keep in mind while attempt­ing to escape the mor­tal world, if you fail you go straight to jail (after being dis­charged from the hos­pi­tal of course).

Of all the per­sonal free­doms that we have in this coun­try, sui­cide is not one of them. Chris­t­ian morals have shaped every­thing in our lives, from the words printed on our money to our right of self-elimination. The bible says sui­cide is wrong; so by God we made laws against it. Legally you can com­mit sui­cide if you sac­ri­fice your own life to save some­one else’s. While self-sacrifice is legal and tech­ni­cally eth­i­cal, it is not prac­ti­cal because the oppor­tu­ni­ties are gen­er­ally unpre­dictable and scarce. … Con­tinue Reading

[RECAP] New Mex­ico Bowl Stunner

In case you missed it, the Wyoming Cow­boys fin­ished their sea­son in spec­tac­u­lar win­ning fash­ion. In one of the first games of Bowl sea­son, the Cow­boys took on the Fresno State Bull­dogs in Albu­querque, NM. In front of a national audi­ence on ESPN, the Cow­boys came back in the fourth quar­ter and sent the game into over­time. Lead­ing the Cow­boys back into con­tention was fresh­man quar­ter­back Austyn Carta-Samuels. Carta-Samuels used his head, his legs and his arm to keep the UW drive alive on mul­ti­ple fourth down con­ver­sions, which brought the Cow­boys into scor­ing range.

The over­time period was even more dra­matic than the fourth quar­ter had been, if you can believe that. In over­time, the Cow­boys hog-tied the Bull­dogs on four con­sec­u­tive downs inside the 5-yard-line to pre­vent Fresno St. from scor­ing. Wyoming then scored on a per­fect touch pass to the cor­ner of the end­zone to give the Pokes the advan­tage of forc­ing Fresno St. to also score a touch­down. The defense did exactly what they had done through­out the fourth quar­ter and first over­time pos­ses­sion. They com­pletely smoth­ered the Bull­dogs offense.

The Cow­boys came away with a thrilling Bowl vic­tory for first sea­son Head Coach Dave Chris­tensen. The MVPs of the game were fresh­man quar­ter­back Austyn Carta-Samuels for the offense and senior line­man Mitch Unrein on the defense. With an incred­i­ble start to a Head Coach­ing career, Dave Chris­tensen is already among some of the most élite coaches that the Uni­ver­sity of Wyoming has had in their 113 years of existence.

A Step in the right direction

I have had a myr­iad of health issues in the past few months even though I am a rel­a­tively healthy guy in my late 20s. I exer­cise a few times a week, I ride my bike, and I eat my veg­eta­bles. Nev­er­the­less, my wal­let has now been crip­pled by the debts I have accu­mu­lated due to my unex­pected
health issues.

Even though I only spent less than 24 hours in a hos­pi­tal, I am respon­si­ble for some con­sid­er­able bills. I can barely even keep up with the bills that seem to come to my home every day. An emer­gency room bill. A CT scan bill. An overnight hos­pi­tal stay bill. A vas­cu­lar surgeon’s bill. A hematologist’s bill. A credit card bill that I have had to use for pre­scribed meds. Then I have to get blood tests once a week and so I incur another bill to get my blood work done every sin­gle week. It’s insan­ity! … Con­tinue Reading