Who taught: Andrew Yesterday, my friend, Andrew, came to Carnegie Mellon University to give a talk about “Agile Software Development with Scrum.” I know it might sound all greek to some of you but simply speaking it is a computer science thing. I was there too. In my opinion, it was a very informative and [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
jump the shark
Posted in From friends Tagged agile, andrew, happy days, jump the shark, roller coaster, scrum 4 Comments
sport vs sports
Who taught: Steve, Jean, Jeremy and Ginny This is the second episode where I learned a new expression from Steve and Jean. They have three children and two of them, Ginny and Jeremy, teach at the same elementary school. They were in a skit whose main purpose was to increase awareness of the importance of [...]
Posted in From friends, From media Tagged being a good sport, criminal minds, ginny, good sport, jean, jeremy, sports, steve Leave a comment
moonlighting
Who taught: Steve and Jean Two days ago, Steve and Jean invited me to dinner. It was great. My in-laws had a chance to eat baked potatoes with sour cream along with other dishes. They loved the potatoes. On the way back to home, my mother-in-law said, “Let’s try to bake potatoes next time. I [...]
Posted in From friends Tagged baked potatoes, jean, moonlight, potatoes, second job, steve 3 Comments
shoestring
Who taught: CBS Evening News This is just my opinion. I think the CBS Evening News talks about politics more than the NBC Nightly News. These days, I can hear many stories about Republican Presidential Candidates, especially from the CBS Evening News. A few weeks ago, one of the reporters from the CBS Evening News [...]
long haul
Who taught: Ginny If you want to live in the U.S., there are a few things that you really need to try to have interest in. American football is one of them. NFL (National Football League) has 32 teams (16 under AFC and 16 under NFC). There are so many offensive and defensive positions and [...]
Posted in From friends Tagged AFC, american football, football, ginny, long haul, longhaul, marriage, monday night football, NFC, nfl Leave a comment
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