Chag Sameach. It means “joyous festival” and is a popular greeting during Passover. With the Jewish celebration of freedom here again I recall our very special Passover seder in Kampala, Uganda. I posted this as the very first story on my blog back in May 2008. My story also ran in the Denver Post in spring 2007. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5534210 Cinematographer Paul Hillman and [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Passover in Kampala
Posted: March 28, 2010 in Africa, Children, Colorado, Global Poverty, Human Rights, Inspiration, Judaism, Media, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Politics, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Religion, Television, Terrorism, Travel, Violence, WomenTags: Africa, BeadforLife, Chag Sameach, Congo, Denver Post, Gulu, Jewish, Joseph Kony, Joyous Festival, kampala, Lira, Lord's Resistance Army, New York Times, passover, Paul Hillman, Shea Butter, Sudan, Uganda
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Autistic Kid with Perfect NCAA Bracket
Posted: March 24, 2010 in Children, Education, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, WomenTags: Alex Hermann, Autism, Autistic, Basketball, Brackets, Butler, CBS Sports, Chicago, ESPN, NCAA Tournament, Syracuse
Update: Alex Hermann’s perfect bracket ended in the third round when Butler upset Syracuse. He got the other three games right. Still pretty amazing! Congratulations to Alex Hermann of Chicago, an autistic 17 year old, who is the only person in the country with a perfect bracket after the first two rounds of the NCAA [...]
March Madness
Posted: March 21, 2010 in Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, WomenTags: Basketball, Cinderella, Commercials, David and Goliath, ESPN, Final Four, Jayhawks, Kansas, March Madness, NCAA, NCAA Tournament, Northern Iowa, Panthers, Rock Shock Jayhawk, Super Bowl, Sweet 16, University of Kansas, University of Northern Iowa
I’m a fair weather fan. I admit it. I don’t follow a team or watch ESPN or read the agate or particularly care about the drama in sports. When a team goes down I shrug and get on with my life. I can’t understand why people get depressed or beat their wives. It’s a game. [...]
Tim Horton’s Coffee Commercial
Posted: March 3, 2010 in Africa, Canada, Children, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, WomenTags: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Canada, Coffee, Immigrant, Olympics, Television, Tim Horton's, Vancouver
Just another couple of days and I’ll be heading home from Vancouver. Didn’t want to leave the Olympic city without sharing this commercial with you. Over the course of the games, out of the corner of my eye, I kept joining this television ad in progress. I never quite grasped what it was about because [...]
