The Wannabe

Changing my mind more often than I change my son’s diaper

Archive for July, 2007

Larry Gardner

I don’t know about you, but around my house Harry Potter mania is in full swing (see my wife and her friend’s blog posts here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here…).  We’ve already purchased our tickets for the midnight showing on Tuesday and we even had a marathon [...]

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Average is Below Average

Up until college, I always had a problem with school.  The whole system seemed wrong, from teaching methods to the grading system.  And yet, at the same time, the system seemed to contradict itself.  Teachers used teaching methods that would reach the most kids, the average kid, rather than trying to teach to ALL the [...]

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Independence Day

Fireworks sure are pretty aren’t they?  Here in America, Independence Day, sometimes simply called the Fourth of July, isn’t complete without fireworks.  The explosions and sparks and bangs are vaguely reminiscent of the war for freedom fought long ago.  But apparently I’m one of the few who thinks so.
I was at a Fourth of July [...]

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The iPhone

Having been released on Friday, the iPhone is pretty much old news.  A week ago I, like many in the tech industry, scoffed at the iPhone.  The phrase “Expensive Fisher Price toy” was used often and, knowing Apple, I was generally in agreement.  Then, on Saturday, I was in Bridgeport Village and happened to walk [...]

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