Azizah al-Hibri wins First Freedom award
From the “press release”:http://oncampus.richmond.edu/news/jan07/award.html, here are details about one of my law professors receiving a prestigious award last week:
University of Richmond School of Law Professor Azizah Y. al-Hibri [was] awarded the 2007 First Freedom Award, by the Council for America’s First Freedom, to commemorate the anniversary of the nation’s first law guaranteeing religious liberty.
Past winners [...]
Da Bears
I absolutely love the interview “Jake”:http://www.rhodesschool.com/ did with “Aaron Brazell”:http://www.technosailor.com/ over at “Suicide Fan”:http://www.suicidefan.com/2007/01/25/suicide-fan-7-nfl-interviews-hot-stove-baseball-and-the-nhl-all-star-game/ about the Bears upcoming appearance in the Super Bowl. I think I worked with Jake for 9 months, and knew him for more than 2 years, before I knew he’d played college ball. He really knows his stuff (on football that [...]
Seeing the forest
“This post”:http://www.jorydesjardins.com/pause/2006/12/entrepreneurial.html by Jory Des Jardins is one of the most meaningful posts I’ve read in a long, long time.
No sense in summarizing it, it’s a great read all around, and it really resonates for me. Thanks, Jory, for posting it.
Wii are nerds
“Mike”:http://www.marusin.com/ brought his Wii over tonight, and “Henry”:http://htsblog.blogspot.com, “Kris”:http://www.croncast.com/ and I had far too much fun boxing and bowling. It’s every bit as good as advertised.
Word of warning: Don’t box Kris Smith. I don’t know what mojo he exercises over the nunchuck controller, but it’s wicked. He can’t be beaten.
Congrats to Jake and Natalie
“Jake”:http://www.rhodesschool.com/ will share the details (and oh boy, what a backstory this one has), but for the time being: “Congrats!”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhodesschool/315289440/ Here’s to a long and happy life together.
Paul Curreri Has a New Album On the Way
What a great early Christmas present: “Paul Curreri”:http://www.paulcurreri.com/ has a new album coming out soon, “The Velvet Rut”. The first track from the album is available over at Paul’s “MySpace page”:http://www.myspace.com/paulcurreri, and all I can say is: wow. Talk about a new direction! It’s remarkable. Go listen.
With friends like these…
My friends make me look like a slacker. Here’s what a few have been up to lately:
Fellow Acton-Boxboro alumnus and rekindled friend Tim Coyne “got himself on TV”:http://hollywoodpodcast.com/2006/10/unkempt-9-the-greg-behrendt-show/ recently, which landed him a bed for the first time in something like 7 years, and a new lease on his relationship (which, if I’m counting right, [...]
TechCocktail - a great party
Last night was the second “TechCocktail”:http://www.techcocktail.com/ event, and it was incredible. I had to miss the first because of a family commitment, but I’m really glad I got to make it last night. “Eric”:http://www.ventureweek.com/ and “Frank”:http://www.somewhatfrank.com/ really outdid themselves: over 300 in attendance when all was said and done. The founder of Vonage was there, [...]
Techdirt Insight Community
I’ve enjoyed knowing Mike Masnick almost as long as I’ve been blogging (I used to work with a guy who was friends with Mike in high school, we got to know each other through Mitch), and I’ve always been impressed with the business he’s built around Techdirt. Most of us in the blogosphere know Techdirt [...]
Animal Planet Hero of the Year
This is my week for reconnecting with far more accomplished friends than I… just this weekend it was my high school classmates who’ve gone on to show business careers in Vegas, LA, and NYC. Today, I got an e-mail from a college friend, whose sister is up for an “Animal Planet Hero of the Year”:http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/hero_of_the_year/hero.html [...]
