How the actions of this poor widow challenges a slightly irreverant, Linux-using, business school educated Christian. And his money.
We’re down to the final four: BYU, Navy, Wellesley, and Columbia. NC State and Manhattan College got knocked out last night. You know which competition I’m talking about… the presidential race! Each school has put forward a champion in line with their stereotype: a Mormon for BYU, a veteran for Navy, a woman for Wellesley, [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: Christian tradition, church | 7 Comments »
Monday nights are neighborhood nights at Goat Hill Pizza, our local pizza parlor. For a mere $9.95, you can experience an all-you-can eat parade of pizza. One man would come by and offer you a piece of sausage and mushroom. A few minutes later, another would offer you a slice with red onions [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: chasing happiness, economic theory | 3 Comments »
Hayley and I teach Sunday school at baptist church in San Francisco. We work with young children, mostly preschool through 1st grade, and I wanted to teach them a little bit about Martin Luther King.
“Do you have to go to school tomorrow?” I asked the class.
“No!” a bunch of them shouted out. Kids [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: church | 1 Comment »
A few years ago, I read a fascinating article in the Economist about social mobility and education. Here’s a clip of it. They’re British, so you’ll have to forgive the extra u’s in their spelling.
America… has always prided itself on the assumption that talented people are free to rise to their natural level. The country’s [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: economic theory | 4 Comments »
A British psychologist mathematically proved that January 24th — or the Monday closest to it (for 2008 it’s January 21) — is the worst day of the year. This year, January 21st is disqualified, since it’s a holiday for Martin Luther King’s birthday. I vote against January 28, because I don’t want to wait [...]
Posted on January 14th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: chasing happiness | 5 Comments »
You see that little brown splotch on the top of your browser? Yeah, it’s up there in your navigation pane, next to the URL. That’s called a favicon, as in “favorite icon”. All of the popular websites have them. Google’s got a G in a cheerful multicolor box; Yahoo has a fun Y!; [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: charitable | 3 Comments »
“Well, I’d start by sleeping in,” Hayley replied.
I was dumbfounded. I probably shouldn’t have been. Hayley likes her comfy bed. She doesn’t like mornings or alarm clocks. She feels bad waking people up. One time when I was playing Oblivion, a role playing video game on the Xbox 360, she told me [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: chasing happiness, economic theory, relationships (and money) | 8 Comments »
Tonight at Jill and Shyam’s Iron Chef chocolate cook-off, I saw an old friend from college, James. I have one vivid memory of James during my college years. And it’s one of the most powerful and touching moments of generosity that I’ve witnessed in my life.
I was walking down Telegraph Avenue in [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: charitable | 2 Comments »