You sure this is a party?

Marc Seal

Professor Rau

ENG 101 MD

December 15, 2014

It’s My Party

Since this is my party, I can do whatever the hell I want. I would take over the capital building and fill it with neon lights, black lights, and people dressed in insane costumes. Next I would fill the entire place with balloons containing LSD and Water. From there I would let the night continue as it will as I watch from a safe room. My party would not be in the sense of music or drug induced chaos. My party would be the view of the chaos from a safe location as I drink an expensive glass of wine while eating a chef made filet dinner. Yeah, I may be a bit demented, but at least I’m not going to be stuck in an LSD trip for the next 3 months.

Why are There Even Cows in the Ocean?

Marc Seal

Professor Rau

ENG 101 MD

December 16, 2014

Dear Stupid Cows,

            I Feel for you, I really do. Everyone has personal irks and pet peeves. For some this can be an easy thing to overcome. For others, such as myself it can feel as if you are the only fish in an ocean overpopulated by mentally disabled, blind cows. All whom cannot swim without children’s floaties. So please stupid drowning cow humans... leave my existence, you hinder intelligent development.

            My biggest pet peeve is blatant stupidity. Not the kind of misstep such as your friend accidentally leaving the gas pump in his car while pulling away, or pumping diesel into a civic even though the pump is larger than the car’s gas port. I am speaking of the kind of raw stupidity that only an uneducated bunch of animals can display… except these animals tend to be dressed in the “hottest” new clothing lines. This level of stupidity transcends all stereotypes. Rich, Poor, seemingly well educated, and individuals from every imaginable background have outliers that portray this lack of true intelligence. These are the kinds of people who will argue a point on quantum physics with a scientist who earned their doctorate in that very field. Even when the only experience that very special individual has with it is via “The Big Bang Theory”, and I mean the show, not the actual event. Everyone knows the level of stupidity I’m speaking of, if you don’t, perhaps you shouldn’t be reading this?

The Death of Printed Media

Marc Seal
Professor Rau
ENG 101 MD
November 10, 2014

 

In modern times many argue over the superior medium of digital or print.

While some may argue print has clear value over digital media, that value is often mitigated by the flexibility of technology. The benefits and flexibility of digital media make it far superior to traditional print.

Digital media ages much better than print. Dan Blank comments to this in his article titled “Why Digital Is Better Than Print” when he states “Have you ever saved a magazine because it had an article you liked in it? Have you ever gone back to that article? Do you have piles of old newspapers and magazines lying about?” (Blank 1). Media storage can be cumbersome to hold onto when it is in print form. Saving media digitally allows people to hold onto pieces of information they choose in a compact form without the burden of keeping countless pieces of print which will inevitably age poorly.

The adaptability and flexibility of digital media is what truly makes it the ultimate medium.  Even previously printed and limited material can have an increase in value once it is brought to digital mediums. Dan Blank illustrates the power of digital in his article by stating “Once you digitize something, you unleash a world of possibilities. No longer confined to one medium, it can morph, evolve, be segment or expanded, be updated, be aggregated, be hyperlinked, and mashed up.” (Blank 3)

While the superiority of digital over printed media is apparent by the benefits digital retains, print also has many negatives that lend to that statement as well. Print is cumbersome and permanent, edits to print media are a difficult task. In addition, keeping backups of important media in print form can consume significant space. People rely on swift and evolving information in order to advance, print has many shortcomings which do not lend to this.

As time progresses so do methods for consuming media. Just as media evolved from stone tablets to papyrus, and then to books, people will continue to advance and evolve the medium in which our media is held. Print has become increasingly obsolete in the shadow of modern digital media. Over time the same process will make our current methods obsolete as well.

Work Cited

Blank, Dan. “Why Digital Is Better Than Print.”

I Feel Fine: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Web. danblank.com. n. p. 5 August 2000. web. 10 November 2014. web.