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Our national motto ought to be: Since 1620, anything possible, indeed likely." - from Boomsday by Christopher Buckley I read this book a while ago, but recent events made me go back and look up the quote which I vaguely remembered. To me, it’s perfect. I’ve always believed that what makes Americans great [...] The first person to walk on Mars could be alive today. If so, she’s most likely two years old and living in China.” - Andrew Zolli – Futurist Technorati Tags: quotes,China Fortunately, I’ve never dropped my cell phone in a puddle or poured coffee on my laptop, but I know loads of people who have. Typically, they spend a few days with a blow dryer trying to bring their electronic gadget back to life. Sometimes it works, but most often I hear that it [...] My family and I just returned from a two week, if it’s Tuesday it must be Venice, death march through Europe. We packed as much stuff as possible into a two week “vacation.” My wife and I thought this might be the best time to introduce our teenage kids to people who don’t think [...] I just read that George Carlin died from heart failure yesterday. Carlin’s comedy and social commentary had a huge impact on my life. Other than watching Monty Python during my adolescence, Carlin’s humor and views made me laugh more than anything. I don’t think I go through a day without relating something going on [...] This past weekend, my wife and I attended One Day University, a day at a local college with sessions taught by a variety popular professors from top universities. These one day events are offered throughout the year at several locations with a different “curriculum” taught at each one. As they say, there are no [...] Although I’ve worked hard all my life, I’m an inherently lazy person. This is especially true when it comes to doing small, everyday things for myself. Why bother? Doing them will just slow me down and since they’re small, anyway, it won’t really matter in the end. Right? . . . Right? Well, while [...] For those of you who are less inclined to keep track of such things, I’m here to tell ya’ that Speed and the Mach 5 are back. The new Speed Racer movie will fill a big screen near you on May 9. The Speed Racer movie was written and directed by the Wachowski [...] When I was a teenager, I felt that I made my fair share of MacGyver-esque moves. I could do a complete carburetor replacement on the side of the street using duct tape (in-a-pinch gasket replacement) and pencils (for the vacuum lines, of course). I circumvented the security on my high-school’s teletype machine using a [...]
Recently, very good friends invited us to a dinner at their home that was catered by Walter Scheib. Scheib was the chef at the White House for both Clinton administrations and the first G.W. Bush administration. The food was fabulous and unique, as you would expect. Mr. Scheib’s stories about the First [...] |
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