Category Archives: Personal

Nonna’s Eulogy

The Eulogy I gave at the Funeral of my Grandmother (Nonna in Italian) in January 2021: So, when I was thinking of what to say today, I was faced with a choice to either share my memories of Nonna, or … Continue reading

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The Lehman Brothers Experience…

I originally published this article on my personal blog “Just another stream of random bits…”, back in September 2008, a few days after the now famous Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Today being the 7th anniversary of the bankruptcy, I was … Continue reading

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You’re Not Thinking Fourth Dimensionally

This is a quote from the textbook we used in the Programming Languages course I took in college: “It is widely believed that the depth at which we can think is influenced by the expressive power of the language in … Continue reading

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So, if you had your own t-shirt, what would your catch phrase say?

I recently participated in a company sponsored people strategy event, where I was part of a panel of leaders at various levels within my department. One of the questions posed to the Panel which we didn’t have an opportunity to … Continue reading

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CD-2-Fast

This started way back in high school (around 1995), when my friends and I were attending Xaverian High School. A bunch of us used to meet early around 7AM in the cafeteria for breakfast and to work on our homework, … Continue reading

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