Category Archives: Friends

So long MIT

It is not a good by, but a so long to MIT and Boston. We will be back soon. Continue reading

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An Anniversary to Remember

The doctor was going to stop her heart, cut into her heart, sow up a tiny little hole, and then close it all up in hopes to alleviate the cause of her recent stroke. Continue reading

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9th Annual Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival

This weekend is the 9th Annual Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival run by my friend Thomas Bena.  Every year Thomas crossed the globe selecting films for the annual film festival.  He began the project as a way to provide thought provoking, … Continue reading

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Professor John M. Essigmann – Mentor and Friend – Wins MIT’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award

Professor John Essigmann was awarded the Dr. Martin Luther King Leadership Award tonight for his work over his tenure at MIT as an advocate for the minority community making students, faculty, and all other members of MIT feel welcome at … Continue reading

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Joost Bonsen – Maximizing Progress

I ran into Joost on Thursday of last week at Bosworth’s Cafe in Lobby 7 at MIT.  As usual, ended talking about one of our favorite subjects, emerging technologies and the developing countries.  Joost is a good friend with whom … Continue reading

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Jarrett Goetz – Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

I met Jarrett during my stint as Vice President of the MIT Graduate Student Council in the 2004-2005 school year.  He was in the MIT Sloan Fellows program and Harvard, John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) program and I … Continue reading

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Variability in food caloric value

New Years Day I am having dinner with a good Jarrett at a chain restaurant eating one of their health conscious salads.  We were commenting on how the volume of the salad changed every time we went there to eat.  … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

Why blog?  Why me?  With so much to see out there and all the other places to go and see, why would you want to spend your time here? This blog is as much for me as it is for … Continue reading

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