mvenus929's blog

Clinical trials are mandated for each and every drug that hits the US market. These drugs undergo a great deal of testing.  Read More »

I know I'm late, but this is what happens when you spend most of your waking day away from the computer. So sue me.  Read More »

Saturday was the start of Banned Books Week, an annual tradition for raising awareness about banned books. I'm a reader. I love to read anything I can get my hands on. I might not enjoy the book by the end, but I'll still try to read it, just for the sake of reading it.  Read More »

I drive an hour back and forth to school 4 days a week. This gives me a lot of time to just think, and I think about just about everything on these trips. I think about failed relationships, and sometimes about blogs I know I should write (I'm working on that insurance one, I promise). I think about my friends and family, and what's going to happen in the future.  Read More »

I don't normally write extremely political blogs; I tend to write more about topics that influence politics, but not about the politics themselves. I do this mostly because I hate politics; I hate the way things are run, but don't have a clue how to change any of it. After all, there's not much use in complaining about something if you don't have a solution to offer.  Read More »

This is a rewrite, because I realized that my last attempt at this topic did not come off exactly the way I wanted it to. That was my own fault, and after thinking about it for the last couple days, I decided to just rework the entire entry to see if I could come out better. I apologize in advance to those who commented on my original entry.  Read More »

It has come to my attention time and time again that people essentially boycott the productions of a certain person or group based on their attitudes about a certain topic. This has made me wonder: should you boycott based on a person or group's attitudes about a certain topic?  Read More »

I usually hate entering in the abortion debate, since it's rather clear that we have two sets of people who will not budge from their positions. But, this particular aspect of the debate just fueled my fury.  Read More »