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So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
- Rabbi Jack Reimer writing about Itzhak Perlman in The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things
1 comment :: Link to entry :: 2009-06-11 :: admin
Filed under Curiosities
We had an unannounced house guest last weekend. At first it was a bit of a horrific surprise, but after a bit she became a curious new entity to discover. Apparently some people even keep these “Stick Bugs” as pets.
I’ll ’stick’ with Tukla.
(NOTE: the width of each of the wooden boards is 6 inches.)
3 comments :: Link to entry :: 2009-06-09 :: admin
Filed under Creations + Food + That's Living
Over the weekend one of Butterfly’s students gave her a dozen large strawberries fresh from California, so I knocked out the following twist on your basic strawberries and cream.
I simmered a couple cups of red wine with a cinnamon stick, some orange peel, a few pitted cherries and a dash of agave nectar. After the mixture reduced down to a thin syrup I removed the stick and peels and poured it over the sliced strawberries. I let it sit overnight and served it the next day with a dollop of mascarpone. Lovely!
3 comments :: Link to entry :: 2009-05-26 :: admin
the secret isn’t about getting what your heart desires
it’s about really learning to desire from the heart
1 comment :: Link to entry :: 2009-05-21 :: admin
Filed under Curiosities
awk-ward Pronunciation [awk-werd] –adjective
1. Atttending emergency meetings at work to deal with actions taken by groups I belong to as a private individual.
:: Link to entry :: 2009-05-20 :: admin
Filed under Curiosities + Music/Movie/Media
Blyss and I were recently trying to decide what songs on our ipods were the most embarrassing if anyone else were to know about them.
Personally I think mine would have to be a generic version of “The Chicken Dance”. However, I think Blyss beat me when she admitted to having a Miley Cyrus song.
The only thing worse than that would have to be something by Pat Boone.
Anyone have anything they want to add to the list of shame?
2 comments :: Link to entry :: 2009-05-11 :: admin
Filed under Hero
Throw out your hands!!
Stick out your tush!!
Hands on your hips
Give them a push!!
You’ll be surprised
You’re doing the French Mistake!!
VOILA!!
Encore! Buddy Bizarre Encore!
2 comments :: Link to entry :: 2009-05-05 :: admin
Filed under Rant
After my most recent foray (back) into “Higher Education”, this statement from the Economist really resonated with me:
What’s wrong with business school is not that some MBAs cheat. It’s that they don’t even feel compelled to lie about it. That may be because business schools operate as, well, businesses that bring in lots of revenue for the university.
Many MBAs I taught informed me they were customers and it was my job to provide them with a service: an economics class for their transcript. The class was to be wildly entertaining and not too rigorous. One student emailed me because my section conflicted with his regular golf game. He instructed me to make arrangements to have my section videoed so he could watch it at his leisure. I forwarded the email to the professor supervising me as a joke, but he promptly arranged a video crew to come to my section.
From my perspective, as a student, I prefer the mildly entertaining and more rigorous course study and have been thoroughly put off by the “grades for green” approach I encountered. It seems obvious to me that if everyone who pays advances just the same and with minimal effort, that would only serve to minimize the worth of my final product. I would love to see a shift to realistic and moderately stable tuition prices with fewer, more thoroughly trained graduates.
But, where’s the profit in that?
2 comments :: Link to entry :: 2009-04-29 :: admin
Filed under Curiosities + Soul + That's Living + now that's funny
I'm a sphynx
Tukla, the newest addition to our home. She was born June 8, 2008 and arrived at our home yesterday evening.
Already she’s a curious and naughty accompaniment to the family. [Check flickr for some additional pics...links on my sidebar.]
2 comments :: Link to entry :: 2009-04-28 :: admin
