Obama's inaugural speech didn't move me as much as this narrative did. This writer points out that this was the very first time that the word Hindu was used in an inaugural speech. And then makes me emote with other points. The text I felt worth sharing is below. The longer article by Anna is here: Read more... )

First day back and I had a company meeting. My colleagues welcomed me back. I said, "Thank you, it's good to be back ( Read more... )

Interesting conversations this week regarding choices. Picking up from a conversation about choices from several years ago with U. Some thoughts:

Bearing the responsibility for choices is hard work. Freedom is hard work. One reason I could never think of myself as American is this - I can't buy into the whole liberty package yet. It was hard and ( Read more... )

RAMP is completed and now tested. This month's schedule update was generally a breeze and the schedule did exactly as it was supposed to do. RAMP = Rail Activation Management Plan - the schedule of all activities that Metro has to do outside of construction. This includes ( Read more... )