Monday at 10:30 am, I found myself at Northwood High School in Silver Spring MD with Bette Brotman Dolan. I went to Northwood as did Bette. When I was in high school, we both rooted for the Northwood Indians. In these politically more sensitive times it is the Northwood Gladiators. Evidently it is more acceptable [...]
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master – – [...]
A few weeks ago, early on a Saturday morning, I found myself at the Cornerstone Christian Church in Richmond, VA, sitting in a chair in the Church social hall. Facing me were perhaps 15 young (and not so young) immigrants from various parts of Sudan. I had wrestled for perhaps two weeks since I was [...]
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When I was young I was an avid comic reader, originally obsessive about lots of DC comics like Superman and Batman and later Marvel comics like Spiderman and the Avengers. Today I get to see all of these characters on the movie screen, the aging fanboy I guess I have become, without much regard to [...]
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I have previously posted about the Passover Sedar we hold at our house each year: http://www.ourownlittlecorner.com/2011/04/10/our-annual-passover-seder/ and http://www.ourownlittlecorner.com/2011/04/11/our-passover-seder-quotes/ In 2008, one thing we focused on was “We think about from what, to what, and what we have to accomplish to initiate and complete the transition.” This year we want to expand a bit on that: [...]
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I find myself these days on a regular basis having discussions, for one reason or another, about the impact of Information Technology and inevitably the Internet on organizations, life, society, culture, and in general, the individuals having the conversation. About a decade ago, the first time I remember having this discussion with a friend of [...]
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On weekends I generally try and get things done that I do not get to during the week, both at work and in my on-line classes I teach. However, almost always I am able to avoid accomplishing too much by wandering over to youtube and getting side-tracked in watching video’s. While I am wasting time [...]
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Finished Bloody Crimes, http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Crimes-Jefferson-Pageant-Lincolns/dp/0061233781/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310434681&sr=8-1, by James Swanson, who has written a number of books related to Lincoln’s assassination. This book tells parallel stories about what happened to Lincoln’s body after his assassination as it was taken on a train ride back to Springfield Illinois and what happened to Jefferson Davis during his escape from Richmond to [...]
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In December 2009, I was asked by the Inter-American Development Bank to participate in a project to look at eGovernment for the Brazilian Government. During the time I worked on that effort, I got to know a number of the IADB staff. One of them who was born in Spain, married an American wife, and [...]
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For a number of years now we have a Passover Seder at our house on the first night of Passover. We have between 15 and 25 people (I recognize that is a bit of a range) including family, friends, guests from various sources, Jews and non-Jews. Each year we try and focus on a few [...]
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