Tag Archives: Love

Orchestre Miniature in the Park at Madame Claude

Last night a visited Madame Claude in Kreuzberg, Berlin, to support my friend Elisabeth as she played in her band, Orchestre Miniature in the Park (OMD).
‘We are not a sect, we are not a political party, nor are we a civil rights movement. But we do have a manifesto and it reads SUN, SUMMER, HITS!!!!!! […]

Pithy Philosophical Quotes on Democracy

“Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.” Friedrich Nietzsche #
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonl … #
“Only the educated are free.” Epictetus #
“When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, […]

Barack Obama is the Rabies Shot America Needs

I am sitting here in Berlin, Germany, listening to NPR on 104.1 FM (yes, we have National Public Radio on-tap in Berlin, it is true), and I am rooting for Barack Obama. I have to admit that I voted Republican in the last two elections, in 2000 and 2004, because I was appalled by both […]

American Subliterate Anti-Intellectualism

I don’t think that anyone can explain anything to Sara Palin. Does anyone know what her IQ is? I know that the United States sees a rugged individualist out fighting bears and wolves in the wilderness whenever she looks at herself in the mirror. Ignorant ruffian is not the source of our Constitution or our […]

In Rich Wiesbaden

I am in Wiesbaden, a town outside of Frankfurt. It is not Frankfurt. Sort of like Olde Town Alexandra, maybe. Very lovely and very civilized, mostly because Wiesbaden is a Very Wealthy & Affluent town — maybe a little like the Greenwich of New York, maybe. So many very attractive, handsome, middle-aged and older Germans. […]

Thank You All Who Supported International Medical Corps!

On behalf of the International Medical Corps and Abraham Harrison, thank you so much for all of your support over the last four weeks to get the vote out to help get the International Medical Corps into the top-five of the Members Project and then for securing the $100,000 from American Express, to be used […]

Sarah Palin Comment Thread Par Excellence

If you have not been keeping on top of all of the great comments streaming in to the AH Poll entitled “If John McCain died or became incapacitated, would Sarah Palin be competent to be President?” you are really missing out! Some of them are the most insightful, thoughtful, and brilliant collection of thoughts […]

Thank You for Blogging about International Medical Corps!

The International Medical Corps and my team have been working on winning $1.5 Million dollars through American Express’ Members Project. IMC needs to be in the top 5 in order to win. Please check out the Member Project page, Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children, and then please vote.  I would like to personally thank […]

My Team’s View of Abraham Harrison

I have been working with my team on getting a “what I did for Abraham Harrison this summer” book report, which I have been posting onto Marketing Conversation. Since I am having so much fun with this, I though I would collect them together and post it here.  The latest one I have posted is […]

Poll: How Much Do You Need to Live Comfortably?

$20,000/yr

$40,000/year

$80,000/year

$160,000/year

$320,000/year

$640,000/year

Above $1,000,000/year