Category: Random Thoughts
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For all those we lost…
This is a very special poem we read at America’s Camp, and which I will be reading at a memorial in Suffern tomorrow. In the rising of the sun and its going down, We remember them. In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, We will remember them. In the opening…
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Product Review: Nokia Astound on T-Mobile
I received a Nokia Asound on loan that I’ve used on and off over the last few weeks, in order to bring my friends a review. The phone runs on the T-Mobile network in the US, and this was the first time I’ve tried T-Mobile in a very long time. Nokia provided a pre-paid SIM…
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What Quiet Dignity Looks Like
I’ve been watching as the media is interviewing people who lost relatives on 9-11 and asking what Bin Laden’s death meant to them. This is a post about the people I know personally, and my take on how they’ve reacted. I’ve been privileged to work with the families who lost rescue workers on 9-11 since a…
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What I Learned About MS by NOT Riding the Bikeathon Today
My backpack is packed with extra tubes, tire tools, supplies, Clif bars, and electrolyte jelly beans. My bike jersey sits alone, unworn. I did not get to ride with my friends Tony and Andy today on the 30 mile trip around Manhattan that we’ve been training for since early spring. Here’s Tony and me on…
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Klout and Lone Star 3
Klout and Lone Star 3 Originally uploaded by HowardGr I got this as part of a package via a Klout.com Promotion with the Fox TV Show Lone Star. I’m supposed to do a Party for viewing before the launch of the show next week. Unfortunately, due to Yom Kippur I’m not sure we’ll be able…