Archive for April, 2006

04/19/2006 Entry: “Earth Day is coming”

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Earth Day is April 22nd. Take a moment and think about it. This is the only one we get and we really aren't doing a good job of stewardship. If we could choose a few topics to concentrate on this year, how about global warming (oh, that's right, GWB said ...

04/17/2006 Entry: “Reaping the rewards or the other”

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Yea, I have a big mouth, I've always been told that. I opened it to the NACAC list recently, sounding off against what I consider to be an unrealistic college decision season. I also mentioned a few ethnic groups who are particularly challenged to see any other way to success ...

04/15/2006 Entry: “Happy Holidays – er, is it ok to say that?”

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

I was chastised somewhat recently for a post I dent to an egroup where I mentioned someone's ethnicity as her nationality. I was told that is not the same thing and upon further reflection, I know that *now* in this time of the state of the nation, that is true. ...

04/11/2006 Entry: “Iran”

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Nukes as an option to stop Iran from building a nuclear program? That's like a parent saying to a child, "if you don't stop being violent, I'm going to beat the crap out of you." What's wrong with this picture? Oh yea, the guy in charge ;>)

04/08/2006 Entry: “Dawn of a new day”

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

There are so many things going on in my life now that can use that phrase as a reference. Simply becoming a grandfather is amazing enough, but starting a national conversation about college acceptances is a whole other threshold. I was quoted in the Wall Street Journal this week and ...

04/06/2006 Entry: “Spacesounds”

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

How do they get these sounds? At http://spacesounds.com/home/index.html, there are a number of space sounds including space mission communications and sounds such as a black hole and a few pulsars. Amazing sounds. They have similiar galleries for whale sounds, storms, and others. I love this stuff. Put a headset on and ...

04/02/2006 Entry: “My Favorite Librarian”

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

That should be the name of a TV show ;>) Stephanie, librarian extraordianire and music gourmet, way up in MA, has turned me onto a resource in FL that I should have known about - The FEL, the Florida Electronic Library. Actually, I do remember the librarian at school telling us ...

04/02/2006 Entry: “Power[less](2)”

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Questions to ask about one's relationship with power: 1. What types of power do you have? a. How much of each do you have? b. How much of each do you think you need? 2. What types of power would you want? 3. What is the most powerful position? 4. Who has that position? 5. Is there ...

04/01/2006 Entry: “5 essential songs”

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Amy, from one of my music related egroups, posed a question about what would be 5 essential songs in your life. Tough one. I probably have 500, but I decided to pick 5 that are very important, even essential to me: 1. Neil Young, Harvest Moon 2. Astrud Gilberto - Girl From ...