Archive for the ‘ ThoughtRambles ’ Category

Euphamism for No Flash Allowed

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In the Streets

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On Being Foreign

This article in the economist is pretty helpful in understanding how we’re living our lives these days. I owe Denmark a giant apology. Spain as well. Recently I figured out that one of the main reasons life has been so difficult over the past 2 years has been that we are foreigners. I [ READ MORE ]

cURL

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Transparency is good, but scary

Recently I posed the question to my LinkedIn network, “What do you think about an open Salary policy, total transparency in compensation at a company that is less than 40 people, is this a good idea? Or a recipe for disaster?” The response was an overwhelmingly… BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD IDEA. But i cannot believe how much a firecracker this quesiton was. [ READ MORE ]

Ezra’s Casket

When our baby Soren died a few years back, one of the most cathartic experiences I had was working with our friend and master carpenter to build a tiny casket from some brazillian wood, with pegs and glue only.  Rami helped me make it pretty ornately, but it was no bigger than shoe box.  I was [ READ MORE ]

Tragedy. Greif. Ezra Sherman. Hope

A dear family that we have loved for the 9 years we have known them has lost their son to lukemia this week. He died after an intense week long battle with cranial bleeding. One minute he was fine. The next his loving parents rushed him to the ER, discovered he had [ READ MORE ]

The meaning of life in all its variations

H/T to Markus Stefanko for finding this clear and concise definition of the meaning of life. [ READ MORE ]

Danish payphone

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Epitaph

My favorite inscription, I used to walk the cemetery behind my grandparents house in Knoxville, TN a lot.  I visited at least once a summer if not more.  The cemetery used to scare the crap out of me at night, their backyard was separated from the graveyard (some graves going back 200 years or more) [ READ MORE ]