It has been said, “Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right, whereas morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told.” As an acquaintance of the Schatz family this truth is hugely important to me. Christopher Hitchens produced the following for Vanity...
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Ezra Klein writes: If roads were collapsing all across the United States, killing dozens of drivers, we would surely see that as a moment to talk about what we could do to keep roads from collapsing. If terrorists were detonating bombs in port after port, you can be sure Congress...
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According to Last.fm, these were my top tracks of 2012. Most of these are from my Paxil playlist, and obviously I had some favorite albums that I listened to a lot.
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“It seems like the people who are worried about ‘keeping Christ in Christmas’ don’t seem to want to keep Christ in Christianity.” —Bonnie Jean Brown
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The running streak is back for 2012. A nice way to burn a ton of calories and deal with the stress of the holidays, and not be all alone while doing so (even if everyone else who’s doing it are people on Twitter who you don’t even know).
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So, when you're working from home with a team scattered around the world, you don't exactly have the same whiteboarding experience you'd have when discussing architecture with your team in person. But at least there's a way to make it look like you do.
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