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Category: Life at the Front Lines

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How I Got Here (Part IV)

30 Jul 201630 Jul 2016
And there it was: the  UT Law school rejection letter. I hadn't always wanted to go there. In fact, the idea for UT Law was relatively recent. Between college graduation and that…
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Finish Lines

28 Jul 20167 Sep 2016
I never met a finish line that I didn't sprint. Dear reader, do not misunderstand. I do not always finish first, best dressed or most pleasant, but I finish and…
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Prototype Conundrums

21 Jul 201622 Jul 2016
Yesterday I finished re-assembling part of the dismantled RaSSCAL prototype. All government operations require acronyms and my charge is no different: RaSSCAL means Randolph Steady State Core Analysis Laboratory. Essentially, the RaSSCAL flows…
Life at the Front Lines

A Good Story

22 Jun 2016
Paulson's Lumber, the pre-Home Depot local lumber and hardware store, knew our family well. Remodeling was a family past-time, so we made it to Paulson's at least once a week for…
Life at the Front Lines

Namesake

19 Jun 20164 Jul 2016
Driving through New York state on a shale harvesting trip, I mentioned to Mentor that if we see a sign for Schuyler County we needed to stop for a picture. This…
Life at the Front Lines

Bullies Among Us (Part II)

22 May 201610 Jun 2016
The next day I explained my situation to Andrea and Karen: I cannot afford to pay rent on a third apartment, I moved out here to do my life's work,…
Life at the Front Lines

Bullies Among Us (Part I)

22 May 201610 Jun 2016
Bullying on school playgrounds is getting a lot of press lately. Government web sites define bullying as "unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived…
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Failure is Not

25 Mar 201631 Aug 2016
... a person, a thing or a reason to not do what compels you. My favorite treatise on failure comes from Ed Catmull's book, Creativity Inc., "For most of us,…
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If you keep all the little rules…

24 Mar 201631 Aug 2016
You can break all the big ones. In George Orwell's book 1984, Julia, the woman with whom Winston falls in love and begins his affair, is high-ranking in the Party. She has complete…

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The Oil Crisis of 1973 – 1974: A Brief History with Documents
by Karen R. Merrill

West with the Night
by Beryl Markham

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond

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