August 2009
46 posts
Meet the Fockers
Petra’s parents are coming to New York for a family wedding and will be meeting my parents for the first time. We’ll be hosting Friday night dinner for our parents and brothers. I’ve enjoyed watching my parents get genuinely nervous about meeting their machatunim.
From everything2.com:
There is no one English word to match all the obligations and anxieties due to your...
33%!
Thank you to all the wonderful people that donated to my Marathon Fundraiser for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
I’m 33% to my $4000 goal. If you haven’t donated yet, suggested donation is only $20! Support cancer research! Visit http://bit.ly/40CVI5
Donate $50 or more and I’ll write a haiku about you and post it here! Donate $200 or more and I will buy you dinner ($...
Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper — No More...
Today is Petra’s and my -1st wedding anniversary.
We will be married one year from today in Malibu California.
Pearl Jam Summer
August 21st - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto
August 23rd and 24th - United Center, Chicago
Should be a great few days!
How To Go To MIT For Free →
johnzanussi:
adamgotterer:mikehudack:johncarney:
A lot of you have probably heard me put down going to college or graduate school. Well, this is the exception. In fact, it’s so exceptional that you really have no excuse not for taking MIT’s courses regardless of whether you are in high school right now or already in the workforce.
Also, I explain how to overcome common objections like (a)...
Not Last Place
I came in 9,334th place out of 10,167 that finished the Half-Marathon. Hoping for the 8000s next year!
Health insurance is for the weak.
tedroden:
My wife works for the NYC Department of Education. This means she’s a member of a very powerful and effective union. A union that has enabled us to get pretty much the greatest health care plan in the world. When I got my job at the times, it was a no brainer to realize that I’d just go on her plan. When we had a baby, with all the complications and somewhat extended hospital stay, it...
“There are islands of excellence but there is also a sea of mediocrity”
– Tom Daschle on Healthcare in the United States on Meet The Press this morning
Here’s the health care debate in a nutshell: 50 million people don’t have healthcare. Obama has a plan to cover some/most/all of them. The only reason not to be for this is preventing Obama’s re-election...
