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The Division Chief at work called me over one day a week ago. That’s my boss’s boss, and he asked me a personal question.

Before I get to that, let me try to explain the organizational structure. I have a boss who manages a Branch which is situated within a Division which falls under a Directorate. And there are three Directorates, each with Divisions, each with several Branches. You get the picture. I manage a research project, directly funded and chartered by the Vice President ...

Ah, February, stuck with the onerous task of being the dreariest month of all, having only a trumped-up holiday, bedecked with tawdry frippery, to decorate it.

It's dreary at work, too. This is the month during which we pursue, with all the fanaticism of a zealot, the ability of our students to...read and write, in order to pass a test of minimum skills. We've got to succeed, all of us, kids and teachers alike, so we've been told, this year and for the last three, that if we don't ...

It's funny what a powerful effect choices, and events can have on our lives. It makes me wonder how I came to be here, what specific events led me here..

Our life paths must be so intricate and convoluted with the constant cris-crossing of other people's paths across our own. It makes me dizzy to think of it, I feel tiny, yet huge and significant at the same time. Life didn't pick this for me. I made it happen... It makes you think what else is possible, doesn't it?

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The following sentence is true. The preceding sentence is false.

Read Douglas Hofftander's Godel, Escher, Bach, you won't be sorry.

I am reading a book called The Historian that has a rather interesting take upon Bram Stokers Dracula and the historical Vlad the Impaler. An important part of the story is a mysterious book in which there is a woodcut that depicts the image of a dragon which plays a key role.

This is my interpretation of what the dragon looks like