that’s great…

keeping america great…

CNBC had this hour-long special, in a town-hall format, titled, “Keeping America Great“. It was a Q&A with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Learned a little there. For one, I did not know Warren Buffett was one of the voices in the wilderness shouting against CDOs. I also didn’t know that trains move freight over 400 miles, using just 1 Gallon of Diesel. That tidbit came out when a 1st year student asked why Buffett was buying Burlington Northern.

Overall, it was an hour well spent… Take a look for yourself. Here’s the transcript if ya need it.

single story…

Thanks to Markendya, I know about this beautiful story-teller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. If you get a chance, listen to her reading.

that’s deep…

Tic’Tic in 10,000 BC:

A good man draws a circle around himself and cares for those within. His woman, his children.
Other men draw a larger circle and bring within their brothers and sisters.
But some men have a great destiny. They must draw around themselves a circle that includes many, many more.

for the new year - 2010

I had this list of goals for the new year, in 2007. Then in 2008, I did very little towards that list.

OK, in this past year, I’ve actually started learning a new language/platform - Grails/Groovy. So that’s one out of four. Most important of all, I have a new goal for the upcoming year, and that is, nothing. By that, I mean, to do less. One of the major reasons I haven’t accomplished my 2007 goals, is a lack of time, or in some cases, trying to do too much. Well, this year, I’m gonna veg-out a lot more. Yeah, that’s gonna be great…

As usual, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!

kiva team…

Brian M. got me to join Kiva. I always knew it was a top-notch form of helping others, but i never really got into it. We started a Kiva team, The Society of the Humane, and it’s pretty awesome (both in name, and membership).

If you’re already a Kiva member, we’d love you to join. If not a member, let either of us know, and we’ll send you an invite.