We owe it to ourselves and our communities to learn more about the candidates and to talk with our friends and families to ensure that everyone casts an informed vote, even if it is not one we agree with. In that vein, I’ve intentionally written this without political favoritism. No matter what your political leanings …
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for: ‘August, 2008’
“The Last Lecture”
“The Last Lecture” by is an inspirational book written by a mentor of mine, Randy Pausch. Randy, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, died from pancreatic cancer in 2008. About a year earlier, he delivered a lecture in 2007 that became an Internet sensation. This book is a collection of many of …
“Voyage of the Turtle”
I just recently read Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth’s Last Dinosaur by Carl Safina. If you would like to learn about sea turtles and the challenges they’re facing around the world for survival, I can’t imagine a better book exists on the subject. It’s unbelievable how much we have destroyed the …