Category Archives: Culture

History repeats or a long loop of know nothings

I’ve been reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals” recently. it’s a brilliant book. I had expected it to be about how one brings former rivals into the team to create a stronger, winning effort. All of that is true, … Continue reading

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Tweets from a Cruise ship

Back in July, my family went on a cruise to celebrate my parents’ 50th Anniversary. I wrote tweets that I did not send during that cruise because it is impossible to get affordable internet access on cruise ships. They sat … Continue reading

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Ovid’s Metamorphosis

I went to the National Gallery of Art with the express purpose of seeing the Edvard Munch exhibit — a small exhibition of his work from their collection. I’ve always been a fan of the Finnish artist, and I enjoyed … Continue reading

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Playing with the Royal Name Generator

During the five minutes I spent browsing facebook posts between meetings, I found a link to USA Today’s very helpful Royal name generator. I’m going to pause my thought here to briefly rif on the fact that I find it … Continue reading

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Who are you?

I wish more Americans would fight back against the “work more, live less” philosophy that seems to be entirely too pervasive in American culture. It isn’t healthy, and we shouldn’t be proud that we spend so much time “busy, busy, … Continue reading

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If I Hit The Mega Million

Yes, that was a hashtag on twitter today. As I was listening to a report on NPR, of all media, about the big MegaMillions jackpot currently in play, I started wondering what I would do if I had almost hundreds … Continue reading

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The generation still looking for its car keys

The generation that would change the world is still looking for its car keys. The Rainmakers sang that line back in the 80’s and this GenerationX kid thought it was an entirely too apt description of the Boomers, those flower … Continue reading

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My brother was right

I just glanced back through some old posts and saw that I had noted that my brother said we’d finish construction in September. Technically, he was right with that guess, because we did the punch list last week and they … Continue reading

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Terrorism that was personal — remembering a friend

Sometimes it is hard to believe that ten years have passed since September 11, 2001. At other times, it feels like a lifetime has passed because so much has changed in the ten years since we lost friends and loved … Continue reading

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Earthquake!

No, I’m not on the west coast this week. We had a shockingly large earthquake right here in Washington, DC.  Yes, by California standards a 5.9 earthquake is not a big deal, but by DC standards this was a huge … Continue reading

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