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Airline Security, Ben Gurion and al-Qaeda

One of the travel related blogs that I subscribe to had an interesting post today.
After you read Mark’s post, you can head over to the actual article at The Atlantic.  It’s an interesting and scary read.
My executive summary is that the TSA screening process is largely a joke and is predicated on you being a [...]

Instant Messengers at Work

While I was still based in Bethesda I suggested to my team members that we start using an IM program to communicate.  I made this suggestion after looking through my deleted mail folder in Outlook and noticing that many of the emails were one line responses to one line questions.  How much time could we [...]

Beaufort Bound

It looks like our adventure in DC is coming to a close. As you might know, I moved to the DC area after grad school and Heather joined me the next fall after we were married. We have really enjoyed DC in the last years, finding new friends, new jobs, and embarking on [...]

Best. Video. Ever.

Other than the soundtrack and the 70’s style, this is just great.

Christian The Lion - Reunited - From “The View” [Full Version] HQ

For Most People, College is a Waste of Time.

For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time - WSJ.com
This is a great article on a couple of levels:
1. Grade Inflation.
Although it shouldn’t, grade inflation happens at almost every school in the nation. Students have been raised to believe that everyone can and should receive an A in every class. [...]