Jer979's Blog

With a major storm approaching, I was thinking about the allegation by many people from Northern states that "DC comes to a grinding ha...

Continuing with my efforts to call into question the structure of Higher Education as it stands today (not the need for it), I offer t his p...

For our Winter vacation, we just took a short jaunt down to Chincoteague Island, most famous for its wild horses (they are really on Assa...

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to become a better team leader at work. OK, so I got a head start by beginning a few months ago, b...

The other day, at the suggestion of my sister and mom, I took the kids (with my dad) to the Wonder exhibit at the newly refurbished Renwic...

The other night I saw "the Big Short," based on Michael Lewis' book. I enjoyed it a lot, so I probably am a bit delusional ...

I had no idea what to expect going into last weekend's Bat Mitzvah of Tonka/Tikkanen (that's my eldest daughter's nickname). ...

One of the things that is important to me for my children to learn is how to program a computer. I've been very influenced by Douglas ...

One of my friends, Ted Rubin , likes to say that fatherhood is about "moments, not milestones." We put a huge emphasis o...

As we have more connected devices in more places, it seems that there are 2 types of vacation strategies emerging. The Integrated  Put on...

I have to give a shout-out to Southwest Airlines . On a flight back from Dallas a few weeks ago, I saw that they offered free in-flight...

Sometimes you just have to capture them... Nadia (age 7.5) has been stricken with a stomach bug the last 24 hours or so. One of the thin...

I was talking to my friend, Tamir, the other day and the subject turned to preventative medical tests and screening. We're both in our...

I'll probably start a flame war for this and get labeled all kinds of things, but sometimes I just have to air my opinions...not that I ...

"...than when you are 42." That's what my college advisor told me when I was a senior trying to decide between taking a s...

At some point over last weekend, I realized that I would be in Germany on Nov. 9th and 10th, which is the anniversary of Kristallnacht , th...

Sometimes you have travel experiences that you have to document, if only for posterity’s sake. Recognizing that these are really firs...

Disclaimer : This is a thought exercise. It is not meant to offend. If you get offended by things that challenge convention, may make y...

A few years ago, my friend Joe said, "Jer, you've got to read this book  Cryptonomicon ." He gave it to me. It was over 1000...

Been thinking about and writing about this for a while, so interesting to see that a few colleges are heavily slashing costs. Beginning of...