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Living on Ramen?

I follow a lot of VC’s and I have been trying to grasp exactly how it is that the tech industry works at a startup level.  For a while now, I have been dreaming of building my own company.  I … Continue reading

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Why Not Be Cliche

Everybody makes a list, why should I be any different.  I think you are supposed to do resolutions before the New Year starts, but with the Pats game, I just didn’t get to it.  I am going to do this … Continue reading

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HOW the Supreme Court Matters

During every debate there are questions to the candidates about their judicial philosophy, what kind of judges they would nominate, which judges do they respect, do they have litmus tests, etc.  All anyone ever walks away with are two things: … Continue reading

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Winning a Debate

I’ve been thinking of this post for a few weeks now.  At the last Republican debate there was a question about the future of foreign aid.  This was an easy home run question, and I don’t even have a staff … Continue reading

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My First Published Article

A few months ago I submitted an article to the Business Intelligence Journal, published by TDWI.  Unfortunately, the journal is for TDWI members only.  My company paid the $275 for me to join.  They changed some of the language in … Continue reading

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The State of Education

Several weeks ago I went to an open house at Lancaster School in Salem.  This is Haley’s school and where Taylor went before her.  I’ve always thought it was a pretty good school.  There are great teachers, the building is well … Continue reading

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All my cars

I have been driving since I was 16 and a half (Mass state law).  That’s about 23 years.  In that time, I have owned 16 cars.  That pins my cars:years ratio at about .7  Some of Megan’s friends make fun … Continue reading

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That Stupid Fan Cam

I am so sick of the fan cam at Patriots games. Every commercial break they flash some yahoos in the 100’s section sitting there nice and calm. All of a sudden “look we’re on the jumbo-tron, I have to jump … Continue reading

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The Art of Analogy

This morning, John Dickerson of Slate, posted on FB, “A question I’m noodling: What attributes (not issue positions) do you think a president needs?”  I liked my response so much I will post it here.  It’s a thought I’ve had … Continue reading

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Easy Spending Cuts

On June 7, 2011 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 79 page report entitled Retirement Income: Ensuring Income throughout Retirement Requires Difficult Choices.  This sounds like really exciting stuff.  Although why would the GAO want to study that?  I … Continue reading

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