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Lessons in leadership from one of the greatest military commanders of modern times
Lessons in leadership from one of the greatest military commanders of modern times:
http://artofmanliness.com/2012/05/22/leadership-lessons-from-dwight-d-eisenhower-1-how-to-build-and-sustain-morale
Dwight D. Eisenhower had unarguably one of the longest and most taxing leadership roles in American history. For two decades, the lives of thousands, ( Read more... ) -
RIP Fuf, 1991-2012
My kitty went to heaven tonight.( Thank you for sharing your life with me, beautiful little cat. ) -
Memories of 9/11
I was working nights on the studio crew at a TV station at the time, so I'd stay up until 4 am and sleep until noon. Usually I'd wake up to the clock radio playing the local NPR jazz station for a minute or so, before the hourly news summary came on, but I remember waking up to talking and subdued music. Then the news report started, calmly stating ( Read more... ) -
An e-mail to Steve Jobs
To: Steve@Apple.com
From: [me]
Subject: This isn't insanely great, this is just insane!
Date: Wed Aug 05 10:44:25 2009On 8/3/09, Apple Product Security wrote:
GarageBand 5.1 is now available and addresses the following ( Read more... ) -
Word of the Day: Anticipointment
Addictionary.org is a cool site where visitors can submit definitions for words that don't exist, but should. I heard about it from one of my favorite radio shows, NPR's "Says You" more than two years ago, and submitted one of my favorites:
anticipointment noun The feeling of crushed expectations that results upon seeing a heavily-promoted film, ( Read more... ) -
We Choose the Moon
I'm a true child of the Space Age -- I was born in late June, 1958, meaning I was conceived in the month after Sputnik was launched. I'm told that when I was a small child, it was my turn to say grace, and I asked for blessings on the two things most important to me: "Thanks, God, for peanut butter and satellites ( Read more... ) -
I keep meaning to (re)start a journal.
I don't write here much -- I should, as I enjoy reading my friends' LJs, and I come across something cool and think "Oh, I should post about that on my LJ." But I feel I want to start with something Profound; and indeed I'm already getting carried away with this message.
So maybe I'll get my rear in gear one day. Until then, enjoy the cool theme.