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There is a Jewish story, an ordinary Jewish joke.
A father was teaching his little son to be less afraid, to have more courage.
“Jump,” he said.”And I’ll catch you,” and the little boy trusted him, and the little boy jumped.
And when his father caught him he felt filled with love; and when he didn’t he was […]

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Rather than a late In-Reply-To, this is perhaps more of a digression from Nikesh’s blog entry on why God is always right.
Despite some of the mistakes and wrong choices that I have made, just as much as anyone may have, I consider myself more ethical than religious - the difference being the origins of dogmata. […]

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Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.
- Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), Kingdom of Heaven (2005) -

2005.
I remember it was the year […]

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Spaghetti alla carbonara. That’s right, signore e signori - my film review for Step Up 2: The Streets. Now I didn’t have the ingredient when I made that particular plate of spaghetti, but there’s something that’s in almost all carbonara recipes.
Cheese. Lots of ‘em. Well, not as much as you would put in macaroni […]

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Just before I went off to Venice a couple of weeks ago, I told Nikesh and Antosh that I was about to send off a couple of applications for some IT consulting opportunities. The intention was to send off the application for Accenture, Customer Systems, and another firm that I cannot remember the name of, […]

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