This is taken from Fast Company [Link to Article] – October 2005. Maurice Blanks, COO and cofounder of Blu Dot is speaking (emphasis is added):
Architecture is a profession everyone fantasizes about. Like George on Seinfeld; he’d always say he was an architect. But people who can’t keep fighting in the storm get weeded out early. [...]
Reading the news today was like reading the script of an episode of Law and Order. Assistant DA Jack McCoy wanted to make a statement about some criminal, so in the process, he amends the charges to include something outrageous but technically legal. By the end of the show, you are wowed at his legal [...]
I watched the final episode of Seinfeld today…I was very disappointed. How could such a great show have such a sucky ending? Sure, they threw in most of the incidental characters over the years, but it just wasn’t satisfying. Go to jail and do standup to the inmates? Please.
If you’re looking for a great series [...]
The debate rages again… Did the universe start with a big bang caused by chance or by a creator? And once again, the question is not being posed in academic circles but judicial ones. Which leads me to my first question: why do we allow judges to be the arbiters of academic policy? Shouldn’t teachers [...]
Throughout life, we are constantly confronted with choices. And of these choices, we make our decisions based on emotion and fact. Every decision we make is likely to be influenced by both factors.
Take dessert, for example: after dinner you may want dessert (emotion) but you may know that it is not healthy (fact). Your decision [...]
I’m back in Houston now… I left this afternoon around 12:00p and arrived here at 6:00p. I took another circuitous route in the process, and for the most part, I avoided traffic. There were some slow sections, and I’m definitely glad I’m back.
In response to some previous comments: am I glad I left Houston? Yes. [...]
Here are some of the pics I took on my way home yesterday. Notice the time / mileage shots and remember that I left my apartment at 4:20a. Click on the pictures to see a larger version.
So many cars!
7:47am and only 14.9 miles! That’s 4.25 miles an hour.
I’m bored. I think I’ll take a picture [...]
I have quite a saga to share…
I left (along w/ Sam and David–all in separate cars) at 4:20a this morning. After crawling out of bed at 3:15, I packed up my stuff, cleaned out the fridge, took out the trash, and secured some important docs in the apartment.
We headed up HWY 249 for a grand [...]
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, I’m outta here!
I’m taking the best advice we have and I’m leaving…I’m jetting to Fort Worth for the weekend along with my most valuable of possessions (haven’t decided what I will actually take).
And best of all…I will be jetting out of here at 400a (or slightly before tomorrow morning). Oh [...]
Effective 20 September 2005, all residents of the gulf coast were mandated to leave. This mandated evacuation covers all regions from the Florida Keys to Brownsville, Texas. FEMA and local officials have made it a priority to limit the loss of human life in the event that Rita actually strikes land.
Mayor Ray Nagin of New [...]