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Day 14
Yes, I know, it’s almost the end of Day 14.  I’m not responding to artificial deadlines this year.
When  TED Community Director Tom Rielly  invited The Harnisch Foundation to be a founding sponsor of the TED Fellows  program, we signed on immediately.  The TED Fellows are some of the most extraordinary people in the world. As a [...]

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I Am That Nerdy Kid – The Misguided Gift

New York Magazine’s recent holiday-themed ”The Gift Issue” featured a category of unwelcome presents entitled “Loving But Misguided”.  Julia Pentz, 22, recalled: “The nerdy kid in my sixth-grade class gave me an engagement-style ring from Wal-Mart and professed his love. I was mortified.”
I relate – because I am that nerdy kid, except instead of being in [...]

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