Happy New Year everyone. Out here the Jewish New Year is coming to a close (give it a few hours). I did not go to work today but instead went to a synagogue on Mercer Island called Herzl-Ner Tamid. I really enjoy synagogue, often because it forces me to reflect on things at a higher [...]
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill
ISBN: 0-385-49554-4 (On Amazon)
Cahill takes you through 5 pillars of Greek life as it has shaped the way we as Westerners live today in this history of all of Greek civilization.
He talks about current Western culture and only occasionally talks about the U.S. He takes [...]
Traditionally there are three ways to follow along with a blog. First, you can simply visit its webpage as frequently as you want and check for updates manually. The more common option is to use a feed reader. Basically you tell some program that you want it to follow a certain blog, or several blogs, [...]
Today is the last day of my third week of work here at Microsoft. I’m in Redmond, WA, which is basically Seattle (I live in Seattle proper, to give an idea). I work for the Office Communicator team, which in simple terms is an IM client for businesses that focuses on business needs like Outlook [...]
I have spent a fair amount of time on this blog writing about the future, specifically where the blog will go. I am done with predicting things I don’t know. Instead I want to tell you about the changes I have just finished making (mostly finished, at least).
The new site for the blog is samstrasser.com [...]
I got out here about 3 weeks ago now. I haven’t really updated anyone in a while so I thought I might spell it out now.
What can I say. I spent the first two weeks doing all the things you do when you move; I bought a bed, furnished my room, did stuff like that. [...]
I played soccer today. I am on a team with my roommate Dan and my roommate from last summer, Chris. They were both varsity soccer players in College. I last played when I was about 15.
Today we played our first game, and they stuck me at right fullback. I played ok [...]