If you're following me on Twitter, you've already heard me mention Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. This NYT review highlights much of the story and presents an overview in a far better way that I could do so (particularly in 140 characters). The CBS Sunday Morning segment which aired last Sunday is linked below.
Hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day weekends and are feeling resilient moving in June.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Memorial Day
White headstones.
Women's names on the back and men's on the front.
Wars ranging from the Great War to Afghanistan.
Small flags placed one foot from the right.
A POW/MIA flag flying just under the US Flag.
A clear blue sky and a feeling of being lucky and thankful.
Women's names on the back and men's on the front.
Wars ranging from the Great War to Afghanistan.
Small flags placed one foot from the right.
A POW/MIA flag flying just under the US Flag.
A clear blue sky and a feeling of being lucky and thankful.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
A Moment's Change
Welcome to Memorial Day weekend and the official beginning of summer (for anyone still near the academic arenas).
In memoriam of those lost and of those who will spend time this weekend to honor them, I've taken the first stanza from "The End and the Beginning" from The Poetry Foundation. (The remainder of the poem can be accessed via the title link.)
In memoriam of those lost and of those who will spend time this weekend to honor them, I've taken the first stanza from "The End and the Beginning" from The Poetry Foundation. (The remainder of the poem can be accessed via the title link.)
The End and the Beginning
by WISÅAWA SZYMBORSKA
After every war
someone has to clean up.
Things won’t
straighten themselves up, after all.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
One Small Step
Breakfast, coffee, Guardian news sweep, Neil Armstrong....wait, what did I read?
"Notoriously reclusive Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gives video interview to Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia"
My Rocket City locale, math and science brain, and high probability of a plane ticket to Sydney obliges me to share this news. If you'd like to listen to the full interview (and I'd recommend at a minimum Part #3), the CPA Australia links to the four episodes can be found here.
My Rocket City locale, math and science brain, and high probability of a plane ticket to Sydney obliges me to share this news. If you'd like to listen to the full interview (and I'd recommend at a minimum Part #3), the CPA Australia links to the four episodes can be found here.
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