Dr Wingnut

Day: January 11, 2009

  • How does this happen

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    Today I was watching a piece on PBS about all the film people who fled the Nazis and how their contributions really changed Hollywood.  A thought came to me, what would the world be like today, if instead of Hitler coming to power in Germany, if his character came to power in America?  I wonder…

  • Education

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    There are two educations.  One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.John Adams

  • Goofus International and Gallant Microsystems

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    Hostile or charming: Which kind of software company are you?Do you remember reading Highlights for Children as a kid—or having it read to you?  Your mom would recite the magazine’s preschooler-friendly lumps of moral and intellectual fiber, which were all done up in simple line drawings and noun-verb sentences.I was deeply affected by one Highlights…