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Scalia and Outliers

Posted by Jeff On March - 31 - 2009

Work is a little slow today since I’m transitioning to a new assignment and doing a lot of knowledge transfer (which requires I wait on other people to become available), so I figured I’d do a quick update on some stuff I’ve been looking at recently.

A buddy of mine sent me the following link: http://tv.nationalreview.com/uncommonknowledge/.  I recommend you check the Antonin Scalia interview, which starts on March 16th and carries on for 5 parts, and contemplate some of what he’s saying.  Whether you agree with him or not, I think it is certainly worth listening to and appreciating as a strong opinion on the Constitution and the role of the judiciary.

I’ve been reading the book Outliers recently, and I’ve really enjoyed it.  I think Gladwell can be a bit verbose with his books, but I appreciate his thought process and ability to break things down.  I haven’t finished yet, but I’m working through the final couple of chapters and would certainly have to recommend the book so far.  I hope I can take some things from it and apply them to my specific circumstances, but again we’ll have to see what my overall opinion is once I’m done.  I’ve already had a couple of spiritual insights that I’ve pulled from the book that I may share as well.

In other news, I’ll be moving out of my office at the Baytown refinery and heading down to the ExxonMobil building at 800 Bell St. in Houston.  I’m excited for a change, and I’m already pretty confident that I will be working with a really solid team.  And I’ll be honest, a shorter commute is certainly an exciting proposition!

I’ll add more in the coming days - I always have a lot to ponder.

Oh, and I’m having dinner with Dad tonight, which is exciting!  Not everyday I have family in town…

Photography Challenge

Posted by Jeff On March - 30 - 2009

It’s more of a challenge that I’m placing on myself than anything from an external source…  But I’m picking up a new hobby and spending some time snapping photos.  I bought a Canon EOS 450D DSLR (Rebel XSi) off Amazon (who is offering 6 mos. free financing to all who use/have the Amazon.com Store Card), and I absolutely love it.  I don’t have any fancy lenses yet, but I will be getting a telephoto lens in the next couple of months or so…  I may also spring for a fish-eye lens (or whatever the real name for it is), but that will certainly come later.

I haven’t posted any pictures yet, though I certainly will in the next day or so, check out www.rosenbaugh.com/photography for some of my work.  I’ll eventually be learning Photoshop to compliment whatever photography skills I’ve accumulated, but for right now I will be trying to do all I can to master the camera itself.

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