Randy Pausch is a professor of Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Melon University. From 1988 to 1997, he taught at the University of Virginia. He is an award-winning teacher and researcher, has worked with Adobe, Google, Electronic Arts, and Walt Disney Imagineering, and pioneered the Alice Project. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Jai (pronounced “Jay”) and their three children, ages 6, 4 and 2.
Holland Happening 2008
How could he miss her, the dark-haired Irish girl with skin like a rose petal? She was drawn to his sparkling hazel eyes and salt and pepper hair.
By Eileen Brown I suppose Christmas without trains is OK, but I’d like to suggest a tonic for our gray…
By Joan Bay Klope Remember when time dragged? When waiting created sheer agony? As a child, it seemed like Christmas…
By Joan Bay Klope “I actually like Christmas music,” my 46-year-old brother, the college professor, admitted to me the other…
By Joan Bay Klope The members of my family enjoy weather. In late September we gas up the back-up generator,…
By Joan Bay Klope I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true — hard work pays…
25 years of consevation (and birding)
Janet Enzmann of Coupeville loves books, but she also likes garage space.
Navy volunteers teamed up this week to help the Little League.
Our lives are frittered away by details.
Last week I took full advantage of free time and an empty house and dove into a project I’d been contemplating for quite some time. Some people might call it “spring cleaning” and in many respects it was that. But my sorting and donating, streamlining and simplifying enjoyed a spiritual impetus: I long for increased quality time in my life; time that includes self-expression and moments devoted to meaningful communication with family members, friends, and God.
