Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Big banner advertising Money! A Monopoly sweepstakes by McDonald's to draw customers.  Sort of ironic a low-cost fast food provide...

So Parkinson's Law states that " work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. " The more time you hav...

So after the Rabbi's speech today on the  Halachic Organ Donor Society , I joined up to be a donor.  I had always believed this wa...

An age old question, "Love 'em or leave 'em?" I heard one young man say, "I love her...but I'm not in love wi...

So a teacher recently gave her students a scenario with the following moral dilemma: An important and talented surgeon who has saved man...

Tomorrow night is the first night of Chanukah.  That is when 25-years ago, I first met and went out with my lovely wife, Dossy.  I pic...

Today, Rabbi Haim Ovadia gave an interesting speech at Magen David Synagogue about the life of Jacob and his relationships to stones.  H...

I took this photo inside a 16 Handles that sells frozen yogurt and toppings.  The cashier had put out this cup for tips. On the cup is...

I love this desk doodad that I found in the gallery.  Two guys perched at opposite ends of a strewn out ladder, balancing precariously o...

Today we volunteered at Manna Food Center . "Fighting hunger and feeding hope in Montgomery County." There were huge bins of...

In The New York Times today, David Brooks presents “two sets of virtues, the resume virtue and the eulogy virtue.” The resume virtues a...

What an astute comic this is about change.  "Who wants change?"  Everyone raises their hands enthusiastically. "Who wan...

This is an awesome video that has gone viral. A social experiment with hidden camera filming of a homeless child freezing on the streets ...

This was a beautiful story that I heard from a very senior colleague recently. Years ago, when she started working, for whatever reason,...

While sitting in mourning (Shiva) for my dad (as previously I did just last year for my mom), people come and say the ancient Jewish words...

So I had a great new pair of sandals that I wore just 3-4 times, but they didn't fit right on me. We wanted to give them to a poo...

The homeless situation in Washington D.C. (as in other big cities in the U.S.) is horrible and tragic.  The homeless person here is w...

This sign from a business on trendy Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale...for real. Pay for the water you drink, the air you breath, and the doi...

Charisma is something that can make or break a career or life. If you have it, people often flock to you--that means connections, netw...

I was so proud this week to see some true customer service excellence from a colleague.  Someone had run out of toner and they had put i...