In December, 1975, I was one of a group of young political and civic leaders on a State Department sponsored visit to Europe. One of the places we visited was pre-unification Berlin. The initial visit to East Berlin was sobering. On the West Berlin side, the Christmas season lead to brightly colored decorations, shoppers, and [...]
Entries from August 22nd, 2009
So How Do You Start The Darn Thing
August 12th, 2009 · No Comments · government business, travel
After staying in a hotel in Sacramento where the air conditioning broke and where there were no other rooms free, I flew down to Los Angeles this morning for the second of my two stops in California. The plane flight was uneventful, I was able to get tomorrow’s boarding pass before leaving the airport, and [...]
I’m Still Big, It’s the Pictures That Got Small
August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment
So says Norma Desmond, the iconic former silent movie star who is the focus of Sunset Boulevard. Considered by many to be the iconic film noir about the vacuity of Hollywood, it is well worth seeing. Norma Desmond was played by Gloria Swanson, who herself had been a star in silent films and didn’t make [...]
Tags: billy wilder·drama·film noir·films·gloria swanson·william holden
Evidently Someone Finds Me Fascinating
August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · government business
In the July 28th edition of govfresh, Goldy Kamali wrote a column entitled the Top 25 Most Fascinating Communicators in Government IT. Goldy evidently needs to get out more since she was kind enough to include me on the list. http://govfresh.com/2009/07/top-25-most-fascinating-communicators-in-government-it/
Tags: communicators·fascinating·government·it