October 2011
5 posts
Remembering Katrina 2 →
This will probably take a minute to read, but it’s well worth it. The assessment numbers a baffling…
Remembering Katrina
I just finished watching When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in 4 Acts by Spike Lee. It was incredible. Spike Lee captures 8 hours of unbelievable footage surrounding hurricane Katrina. It was riveting. I couldn’t stop watching.
I don’t even think I can capture my feelings but I wanted to share a report given by the National Weather Service the night before the hurricane hit. When our...
September 2011
1 post
May 2011
2 posts
The Question of Moral Leadership
I’ve had a few questions come to me over the past few days about the nature of leadership. Mostly from friends, these questions have caught me a bit off guard and called me to reflect on my leadership practice as well as the practice of those around me.
Through my thoughts, I’ve come to a deep realization of the necessity for leaders to be patient, clear, reflective and forward...
Sneak peek of the orpheus club duke Ellington...
February 2011
5 posts
January 2011
5 posts
“What are you doing for others?”
– Eagle Rock’s ‘question for the week’ (via eaglerockschool)
December 2010
5 posts
November 2010
5 posts
October 2010
4 posts
Ants →
Working on my own leadership development…
AIM - the action!
The PBIDA conference is coming to AIM friday!
AIM - Question of the week!
What are you doing with yourself that is really great?
April 2010
2 posts
TIME - throwback! →
don’t be shy… click on it! you know you want to :-)
March 2010
10 posts
Watchjust in case folks forgot how the El Centro staff gets down!
Enjoy!
school closings...
news about Detroit Public School closings and Robert Bobb, the DPS emergency financial manager are rampant in the education world…
Detroit Free Press Coverage
Detroit News Coverage
crazy times for crazy news…
baby pics →
for those of you who are questioning whether they should have kids or not. let this be a gentle reminder of the true nature of procreation in the 21st century.
February 2010
33 posts
mmm, coal....
someone out there has figured something out that the coal industry has not. they’ve figured out how to effectively utilize clean coal technology (CCT). how do i know this is true? well, it’s pretty simple… the government’s recent subsidy for coal has reached $60 billion.
simple, right?
not if you take into account the fact that the entire coal industry is only worth...
stalling out in the middle of the highway...
i plucked this piece of info from The Hill:
topics of bills that have been passed but have been stalled out in the senate: “health care reform; climate change; food safety; financial aid for the US Postal Service; a job security act for wounded veterans; a Civil War battlefield preservation act; vision care for children; the naming of a federal courthouse in Iowa after former Rep. Jim...
Chat Roulette? →
DISCLAIMER:
when you click on the above link, you will be taken to a site that automatically turns on your webcam. i suggest trying it at least one time before you write it off completely, but if you just want to read about it, then check this out.
actually, you should read the article anyway. here it is again…
on another note… is this really the wave of our technological future,...
$3, i mean $8 billion
i originally wrote this post as $3 billion, but realized quickly that it was actually $8.3 billion that was negotiate. in order not to change the compassion and luster of the below, i have decided to keep it the same…. just keep it in mind that you can multiply the below by 2.76 and get the actual cost of the government’s new fad.
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$3 billion is...
Reading as an Exercise of Trust
Growing up, reading was a focus for my father and I. we didn’t live in a home with a large library. there was no joycs, hemingway, james, or camus laying around. but, we did have some focus on reading as an important part of our relationship.
each night my dad and I would sit and read. at a young age, he would read to me. i would follow along with the words or pictures. his forefinger...