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July 17, 2014
Our Lovely Metro System
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Ok, so grossed out the last few days on the Washington, D.C. Metro system. This (see above) is what I was sitting next to this mor...
July 16, 2014
Garbage In, Repair The World Out
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I'm sure you know the saying, "Garbage In, Garbage out"--in other words what you put into something is what you get out. I...
July 15, 2014
Fighting With A Fear Of G-d
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Amazing video from Al Jazeera Arabic that praises the Israeli and French militaries for respecting and protecting civilians. This, in co...
July 13, 2014
Starbucks - BYOF
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Okay, this was the second week in a row at Starbucks that I've seen people BYOF. BYOF = Bring Your Own Food. This gentleman rel...
Two Lost Children
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Often we hear about lost children with everything from Amber Alerts to our phones and billboards to advertisements on local TV and eve...
July 12, 2014
From Hatred To Peace
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Someone sent me this video by Dennis Prager on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and I wanted to share it. An easy conflict to explain, a...
Robots Reach The Clouds
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So robots have reached the clouds before many of our government agencies have--who would've thought? Bloomberg Businessweek re...
July 11, 2014
Even Tolerance Has Limits
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This torn down sign in Washington, D.C. caught my eye. It's about ending bullying and teaching tolerance. This poster specifi...
July 10, 2014
OJ x 6
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Okay, I like orange juice like everyone else, but this is ridiculous. At least 6 types of Tropicana OJ in the refrigerated section o...
July 8, 2014
Upside Down in D.C.
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So coming downtown this week in D.C., I see this quite unhelpful posted sign. If you can read upside down, while rushing down a busy st...
July 6, 2014
The Painted Sky
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It was a beautiful walk in Rock Creek Park (even with my ongoing limp post surgery). Coming down the trail, I saw this amazing horse...
July 5, 2014
Just Can't Bear To Think
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Whether though endless work, family activities, exercise, computer time, or whatever, people have a hard time just stopping to think. A...
Walking Off Into The Sunset
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My daughter snapped this photo of my wife and I while we weren't looking. When we got home my wife titled it "Walking Off ...
July 4, 2014
Flowers @ Brookside Garden
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Oh, what a beautiful day. Thank you G-d. (Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
Gorgeous Dragon
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I just thought this Dragon was completely awesome. The lifelike sculpture and vibrant colors made me stop in my tracks to snap this pho...
July 3, 2014
Big Bike, Little Bell
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This photo that I took stuck in my mind for Independence Day tomorrow. We are a great nation of 50 states founded in freedom, ruled b...
July 2, 2014
Money, It's Something
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Just an observation today about there being so much poverty in the Nation's capital and around the country. Homeless, hungry, and...
July 1, 2014
Robot Man
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Don't know exactly what it is about this little robot guy, but I really liked it. The simplicity of the body and limbs joined by ...
June 30, 2014
More Than Just Legs
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This was a funny photo that I took of a sculpture of legs sitting in the arm chair--and it is supposed to represent minimalism. No need ...
June 29, 2014
Solidarity For All Our Children
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The global Jewish community has been rocked by the abduction of 3 teenagers (ages 16, 16, and 19) by Hamas , a terrorist organization ...
June 28, 2014
Service From Yourself
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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...
June 27, 2014
Not For Drinking {Funny}
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For funny Friday, here's a photo that I took of the Toilet Coffee Mug (for real). It's cute in a certain miniaturized way, bu...
June 26, 2014
Let It Be
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I remember as a kid, when I was around 10 years old, we moved, and I had to change schools, and there was an adjustment period. My fath...
June 24, 2014
Western Wall 1000
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About 20 years ago, we took on a little family activity to put together this 1000 piece puzzle of the Western Wall ("The Kotel")...
June 22, 2014
From Pepper Spray to Champagne
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Shhh! This is the story of drones. Drones continue to go from battlefield to backyard. Initially, developed for advanced persistent ...
Why We Expect Nothing
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I took this photo of a sign at the Metro station to the Reagan National Airport by Washington, D.C. "Expect The Unexpected"...
June 20, 2014
Love, Strength
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This has been an enormously tough year with the loss of my mom, my dad going into assisted living, and my hip replacement and complication...
June 12, 2014
Surveillance Society {Funny}
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This was funny photo my wife and I took in a medical practitioner's office. Above the floodlights, was a picture of these staring e...
June 11, 2014
Govgeddon Is Not An Option
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Interesting article in the Wall Street Journa l about how the Federal government is falling to attract young people. "Employees u...
June 10, 2014
I Like That Technology
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Christopher Mims in the Wall Street Journal makes the case for letting employees go rogue with IT purchases. It's cheaper, it'...
June 9, 2014
Slow, Smooth, Fast
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A colleague told me a good saying from the Navy Seals. "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast." The idea is that when we slow ...
June 8, 2014
Solve That Problem Simply
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I have always been intrigued by simple solutions to complex problems. Bloomberg Businessweek has a great example of how a Fulbright Sch...
June 7, 2014
A WOW Wheelchair
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Absolutely loved the article and video in Bloomberg Businessweek on the Tankchair . Brad Soden makes these amazing ruggedized wheelchai...
From Holocaust To Homeland
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From the searing ashes of six million murdered in the Holocaust, G-d remembered the Jewish people, and restored them to the promised ...
June 5, 2014
Saw It Right Off
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This was something amazing that really gave me pause. In the physical therapy center, hanging on the wall, encased in this wooden...
June 2, 2014
Information Where We Look
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I like this short video on advances in Augmented Reality by Applied Research Associates (ARA). ARA supports DARPA's Urban Leader Tact...
June 1, 2014
Outrunning The Needle
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This nice gentlemen who works in the medical profession was telling me a funny story today. He grew up amidst a collection of small vill...
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