Author Archive
Bang! Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy World
Title: Bang! Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy World Author: Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Currency (January 18, 2005) ISBN: 0385508174 This is a brief report on my attendance at a Company of Friends discussion of the book Bang!: Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy World. In addition to […]
August 20th, 2005 by alephnaught
Recent events
My mom turned 80 last Monday. My sister Hart arranged a nice dinner Saturday night – my son Nathan got to attend also, which was really cool. Sunday, we had a party at her church and about 60 people helped us wish her a happy birthday – it was a surprise, and was mom ever […]
August 16th, 2005 by alephnaught
Rescue in Denmark
Title: Rescue in Denmark Author: Harold Flender Paperback: 281 pages Publisher: Unites States Holocaust (December 1980) ISBN-10: 0896040186 ISBN-13: 978-0896040182 This book recounts how the Danes saved over 98.5 percent of the Jews in Denmark from the Nazi Holocaust in World War II. It stresses how the Danes came together, even people that didn”t know […]
August 16th, 2005 by alephnaught
What the CEO Wants You to Know
Title: What the CEO Wants You to Know Author: Ram Charan Hardcover: 144 pages Publisher: Crown Business; 1st edition (February 13, 2001) ISBN: 0609608398 This book is really good. Its a great primer on how basic business works. I think the four prime values of cash, margin, velocity, and growth are important to remember.
July 20th, 2005 by alephnaught
Amsterdam Police Arrest Swimming Burglar
Just to show that all’s not horrible, this is a funny story for a change that made the international wire.
July 14th, 2005 by alephnaught
July 13th, 2005 by alephnaught
July 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
Suspect in Killing of Dutch Filmmaker Confesses to Murder
Suspect in Killing of Dutch Filmmaker Confesses to Murder – New York Times
July 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
Van Gogh Suspect Refuses Defense
The suspect in the Theo van Gogh murder is refusing to defend himself in court.
July 5th, 2005 by alephnaught
To Cross to the Other Side, Just Cross the Dutch Frontier
An article in the July 6th NY Times on people crossing from Germany to The Netherlands to get cremated
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught