by Andrea James | Jun 2, 2016 | Curiosity, Lamentation
By now, most of us have heard the tragic story of Harambe the gorilla. In case you missed it, the gist of what happened is this: A toddler fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati zoo. Harambe, a 400-pound gorilla, saw the boy sitting in the water and stared...
by Andrea James | Oct 5, 2011 | Inspiration, Lamentation
I believe that great people are God’s gift to us. Every once in a while, people come along who advance our understanding of math, science and technology. Great minds whose genius changes our lives for the better. Sir Isaac Newton. Albert Einstein. Bill Gates....
by Andrea James | Sep 11, 2011 | Lamentation, Photos, That's Life
I grew up in New Jersey on Monmouth Bay, near the Keyport docks, across from which the Twin Towers stood. When the attacks happened, I was in Washington, D.C., attending college. I’m mourning today. But, I’ll be flying. I’ve had this web site in some...
by Andrea James | Sep 2, 2011 | Lamentation, Politics, Wall Street logic
In American society, there is profound tension and disagreement over the role of rich versus poor, government versus corporations, individual versus collective, scarcity versus abundance. None of these debates are new under the sun, but there’s been extra...
by Andrea James | Jun 11, 2011 | Curiosity, Lamentation, That's Life
If you’ve followed along for a while, you know that I’m nuts about downhill skiing. That said, I pretty much can’t stand the minutia involved in getting ready to go to the mountain. I live in a condo building and store my skis in a unit in my...
