I started a new job last Monday. I hit the ground not so much running as trying to keep from skinning my nose on the pavement. The products I’m working on at my new gig are unfamiliar territory from both a technological and a business perspective. The web application server is Java-flavored and runs Apache […]
Posted on May 30th, 2004 by Nils
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A friend of ours just came out of brain surgery. He looked great in the waiting room this morning at 5:30 (see above). We prayed for him and listened to him pray for God to protect him and his family during his recovery. But the tumor they discovered a few weeks ago proved today to […]
Posted on May 18th, 2004 by Nils
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Someone just e-mailed me this story. I’m somewhat skeptical but I had to pass it on anyway. What raises my suspicion is the claim that the people of Mexico were, at any point in time, “crazy about mayonnaise.” If Araceli and the Mexican side of her family are at all representative of Mexicans, this cannot […]
Posted on May 10th, 2004 by Nils
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Patrick Summers has a good piece on Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) in the Playbill for the last opera in HGO’s 2003/04 season. He makes a few remarks about the legendary conductor and his times that were news to me and are worth repeating here.
Posted on May 4th, 2004 by Nils
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