David Mamet is just like E. F. Hutton: when he speaks (through his writing), people listen. His dialogue is unique, and catchy. To get a feel for his talent, I recommend Glengarry Glen Ross and The Spanish Prisoner. He recently published an article on politics in The Village Voice. It's a call to sanity and unity in these times of heated, divisive, and visceral political discourse. A good read for those on both sides of the aisle, so to speak.
Credit goes to Mr. Sykes once again…
One of the challenges in Information Technology is finding qualified people to do the work.
Here is a video from a University of Washington Professor about how his students just aren't as good as math as they used to be. When he keeps mentioning NCTM, remember it stands for National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. I'm glad to see Jackson scored on the 100-problem fact sheets I used to do when I was a kid. Another cool anti-new math site is Weapons of Math Destruction.
I must give props to Charlie Sykes on this one, too.
Charlie Sykes mentioned it this morning, and being such a big fan of Lena Taylor (NOT!), I had to check it out.
Turns out Lena Taylor has a picture on her MySpace Account called "The World According to Americans". It doesn't surprise me that something so bizarre and childish would come from her mind. But to put it out on a public MySpace profile? And she wants to run Milwaukee County. Hmm…..
What's better than a 59° day before the Ides of March? A 69° day before the Ides of March.
One of the interesting things about life is where, when, and how one stumbles upon new and fascinating information. Take for example my KnowledgeLake training here in St. Louis.
I expected to learn more about SharePoint and ECM/Document Management. I never in a million years expected to learn about National Tithes.
Our trainer, Mike Mora, belongs to an Evangelical Free Church here in the St. Louis area. While talking about our beliefs over lunch, he was telling me about a past mission trip to Budapest. He remarked that there were a lot of churches in Europe but not a lot of relationships with Jesus being built. As we discussed how the idea of a government-sanctioned church had something to do with that, he brought up the Austrian National Tithe. The government collects taxes for the church in Austria. He mentioned it dates back to Hitler, and there's some evidence to back that up. While checking this out, I found that this was/is common place in other European Countries. Of course, more details can be obtained by clicking on the links in this post.
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One of the drawbacks of being an attorney is having to make stuff like this up.
Here's a question: why doesn't Mary Ann just say that the she thought it was ground palm leaves the Professor gave her to help her sleep? It would be more believable. Apparently her propensity to cook was just from a bad case of the munchies.
Pardon the sarcasm, but it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. TIME and The Economist have nice commentary on Eliot Spitzer's indiscretion. Oh to see Dick Strong's face now…
Dr. Leman and Dennis Rainey have been extolling the benefits of being a "helpmate" to your spouse. A new study by the Council on Contemporary Families lays out a cause/effect more compelling to the men of the world.
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Knowing of course that most people don't care about cycling since Sir Lance retired, I direct your attention here. And no the answer is not doping. Let's hope the CAS has more guts than the UN.
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As if there isn't enough on the big retirement news: Here is a nice article that dissects the whole issue of whether signing Randy Moss would have made a difference. Also discusses why they didn't beg #4 to come back.
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