I’ve just spent the last two days fighting a software problem at work, one that has kept me from making any progress on the task I was assigned. It wasn’t a problem with the program thatI was assigned to fix, it was a problem with the tools I was trying… Continue reading
This is an autistic man who’s been chosen to sing the National Anthem at a ball game in Fenway Park, for “Disability Awareness Day,” but partway through he messes up the lyrics. He’s completely flustered, but the crowd in the stadium comes to his rescue by singing the right words… Continue reading
This is an unspeakable horror. A man and his family, who have never committed a crime and who own a motel are about to lose it all, because US Federal law enforcement is going to seize it and give the proceeds of its sale to local police.
No, not the White House one, the Steve Jobs Agenda. This article spells it out better than most of the tributes I’ve seen.
Nearly 20,000 dead or missing, 60,000 still living in “temporary” shelters, and over 1500 children who lost parents or guardians. The CATDAT-41 report by the Earthquake Report website spells out many details about the dead, the missing, the costs in money of the destruction, and the effects on Japan.
Since October 2009 Yusef Nadarkhani has been in Rasht prison in Iran. Â He is sentenced to die for his crime: holding house-worship Christian services. Â Even though he was never Muslim, had never made Islamic confession, he has been convicted of “apostasy”. Â The Obama Administration wrote about as strong a letter… Continue reading
This is a nice story about a boy’s love of Morning Glories, and his mother’s love for him, which she spreads to the tsunami survivors through seeds from the flowers he grew just before he died, and which he never lived to see bloom. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ2011092612223
Incredible true story of the 24 people who survived the Joplin Missouri tornado of 2011 by taking shelter at a convenience store, in a makeshift storm cellar: the store’s 25 foot long, 7×8 foot beer cooler. Continue reading