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Every Ramadan without fail several people say to me some variation of, 'Fasting is so hard.  I could never...aren't you hungry?...

I've trained myself to think in economic terms about many things.  At work, I almost reflexively think about things in terms of their u...

I heard a physicist talk about the universe expanding.  It was a pretty cool and a little bit geeky, but still accessible to me.  It was fa...

This was one of the first things I wrote ten years ago.  This memory is still vivid.  I still remember how I felt when I wrote this.  I had...

Zahra has been gone this week and it's been me and the kids for six days so far. I'm a little exhausted, but in the most fulfilling ...

I am looking around at my house which is mostly packed up at this point. We are almost all ready to move in a couple weeks. I'm taking a...

Over pancakes this morning Yusuf suggested putting whip cream all over the floor and then going sledding.  And I didn't answer, but he a...

I just finished driving up route 1 with the family and it was BEAUTIFUL.  Every few minutes there seemed to be a vista to stop and take in ...

I picked up a random book from the bookshelf.  After reading a few pages that seemed oddly familiar I realized that I had read this back in...

At work and in my statistics education I am asked a lot to think about what will happen.  This is mostly math-y and a lot of scribbling on ...

The last few days in Mumbai have been eye opening in many ways.   There are soooo many people. It's amazing!  They all go about their bu...

I've heard countless stories and recountings of the past from my parents and their generation. Always with some liberties and a little b...

I have a growing section of "business" books in the library. The books are full of what seem to me to be a couple simple ideas sai...

I read about this guy who is 88 and made this commitment to walk every day. It's been 18 years. And counting.  I love his spirit. ---- ...

Today Nooriya tackled me and with her arms around my neck as she smiled she told me, "this is the biggest hug ever and I'll never l...

Today I listened to a RadioLab podcast on how the dinosaurs went extinct.  It was very science-y and cool.  The podcast talked about lots a...

Happy birthday Nooriya!  We are having pancakes for breakfast, currently Nooriya's only reliable meal that she finishes with me. Our sp...

The other day Nooriya told me, "I drink duud and I get full...it's magical" It is kind of magical.  So many wondrous system...

A friend pointed me to one of those cheesy yet inspiring stories today.  I want to write it down and remember it. “Let me tell you some...

I constantly heard this or some variation of this for years when I was in little league. I learned today when the ball goes a little bit fas...