links for 2006-04-26

• GALLERY: FUNERAL OF REBBE MOSES TEITELBAUM
  Jesse Chan-Norris' photos of this funeral are excellent.
  (tags: hasidic)
• Moshe Teitelbaum - Wikipedia
  Wow he was an Auschwitz survivor.

links for 2006-04-25

• Yellow Ribbon Campaign to Protest Genocide Denial
  It's important.
  (tags: armenia genocide)
• System of a Down Rally in D.C.
  These guys have done so much to increase awareness of the Armenian Genocide, it's excellent.

Patriot's Day

I started writing this on Patriot's Day, but never finished... 231 years ago, only a few miles from where I am, the American Revolution began. This morning a parade went by my door with muskets firing and Yankee Doodle Dandy playing. The Revolution started the year my 5th great grandfather was born in Hardy, Virginia. His son would marry the granddaughter of two Revolutionary War veterans, Peter Trexler and John Hidy, a veteran of the Battle of Valley Forge. I'm also pretty sure my Langley family traces back to John Langley who was born on the James River in Virginia in 1760 and fought in the Revolutionary War as a teenager.

Meanwhile, another side of my family was in Arapkir, Armenia under Russian rule , with scary times just ahead. For more on that, check out a new documentary on PBS. (Weird small world: one of the underwriters babysat me as a child. )

links for 2006-04-13

• A First Communion dream in doubt
  When will the Catholic Church realize that all of their man-made rules only make their members suffer needlessly? This is ridiculous.
• Newly crowned Miss Iraq fears for her life
  This is scary. Also, it appears the prettiest girls in Iraq are Armenians, interesting.

links for 2006-04-12

• Boston Mob, Party of 4: Authors Publish in Packs
  I'm currently reading Rat Bastard by John Shea, but I won't be reading Howie Carr's book. I can't stand that guy.

links for 2006-04-05

• Women vote, run for office for first time in Kuwait
  Amazing. I had family in Kuwait at one time, I wonder if they're still there and if the women are voting.
  (tags: kuwait voting)
• How I Work in Fortunte
  I love reading how successful people manage their time. Amy Shulman, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Carey, is at the office by 8 AM and tries to get home by 7:30 PM. She's writing email until midnight. She gets 600 emails a day. Good lord.