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Boxing Day Breakfast Links
Why do they call it Boxing Day anyway? It’s not to settle family scores. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Here is an app that finds street parking for drivers. WW2 vet Charles Durning passed away. Jack...
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Going Home
Where is home for you? Thanksgiving is upon us, and families generally get together. What if you have no home? Or are away from home? How do you get a sense of home? I listened to this song on...
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12 Days of Christmas in Chicago
Everyone knows the song The 12 Days of Christmas. My wife and I have family but it’s scattered all over the United States. We are renting an apartment that we really don’t like so we need to get out....
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Merry Christmas to You and Your Family
Hope you are having a good Christmas. Last night my family and I went to Christmas Eve services. One could sum up the sermon like this, “I love You-God”. That is the message of Christmas in a...
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Touch Me. Live Versus Virtual
Last night, my family and I went to see a live show at City Winery in Chicago. If you have been following us on Tumblr, you’d know that we did something different for Christmas this year. Each of us...
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We Are All Nodes on A Network
Mobile phones are ubiquitous. Each of us has become a node on some kind of network. Even if you aren’t actively downloading apps and using them, you are still a node in some sort of network. If you...
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Risk Averse Parents Stand In the Way of Startup Communities
We talk about certain areas of the country being more risk averse than others. For example, one of the reasons Silicon Valley exists is because people and companies headquartered there are more likely...
View ArticleThe Road May Look Smooth, But It’s Rough Sledding
Cruising through the Masai Mara you learn some things. Not just about animal behavior, or the laws of the jungle, but human behavior too. I took this photo and uploaded it to my Instagram. In life,...
View ArticleWhat’s It Take To Make A Market?
The other day I blogged about physical versus cash delivery. It piqued the interest of some people and we delved into a conversation about what makes a market. There are lots of two sided markets that...
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Can You Do Me a Favor? Please Send This Boy A Card for Christmas
I don’t care what religion you are, or if you even believe in God or any other Supreme Being. Can you send this 9 year old boy with terminal cancer a Christmas card? Jacob has a Go Fund Me page up....
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