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

This was a photo of a photo I took at Washington Artworks this past weekend. An anti-nuke demonstration outside the White House with sig...

I hate neck ties in general, but love these specifically.   If you have to wear a tie, these strong gorgeous silk ones called Quindic...

Another story from a friend of a friend in the office. A person has someone working for them who hasn't been working out all that we...

My good friend, Jacob Elbaz, taught me this awesome saying in synagogue today: __________________ "Yesterday is history. ...

So there is the work at work.  And then there is the behind the scenes people stuff that goes on. And anyone who has been around the b...

So a colleague submitted this photo to me to share on my blog.  So funny! This was posted by Federal Occupational Health in the organi...

So for those of you following my blogs about 613 (the number of commandments in the Torah)--this is blog 6 in the monthly series.  And ...

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

So this was a shirt of a local college campus that I took yesterday.  It shows aspirations to be all sorts of things...from a doctor ...

This was a humorous site. The guy has his dog on a leash and is "walking his dog," but he himself is not walking. He's ...

It was funny at work recently. The team was having some "technical difficulties" getting something done.  It wasn't...

We tried out a new large conservative synagogue in Rockville today.  And they had an interesting speech this Shabbat by scholar in resid...

What beautiful weather we are having this time of year. Just loved this gorgeous Cherry Blossom tree with the white leaves against the p...

What a shame the hatred and anti-Semitism on college campuses and in political theater now under the guise of Israeli Apartheid Week  an...

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This was interesting on the sign in Washington, D.C. An advertisement for a dating site with a picture of a panda bear apparently wit...

The Thinker. It's very important to have time (and space) to sit down and think.  Not just go through life in the motions--"d...

I guess people love all sorts of things.  This one lady had a bumper sticker on her truck that said, "I [Heart] Love Sheep....

So we're sitting in the coffee shop and this guy near us has some books on the table.  He's reading three things: - The Holy B...

This was quite interesting in the local food store.  There in the aisle are shelves full of chips to eat.  On this shelf were Sta...

So not what you'd expect from the back of someone's car. But this guy is selling some pretty nice artwork.  This piece is...

So these ladies and gents are exercising underground in the Metro tunnel.  They have grabbed the banister underneath and are doing pullu...

So today the Washington D.C. Metro has a full suspension of service for at least 24 hours over the entire system .  Metro says it is to...

So what is this with the big orange X on the street in downtown Washington, D.C. Is this the site for something really big and grand ...

This was a funny sign to an Ethiopian cafe in downtown Washington, D.C.  "When Nothing Goes Right, Go Left." (and next to it...

One of the most important qualities of a leader is responsibility and accountability--as they typically say, "the buck stops here....

I don't often go about calling people names. It's not diplomatic or politically correct, of course.  But I want to make an e...

So this is my fifth month in a row now posting about the holy 613 (number of commandments in the Torah).  This time my daughter sent me ...

It's funny, when the way forward is uneven, broken, or fraught with danger, and someone just puts out a sign (and orange cone) warning...