Buddy Photos
Comments (0) I posted some buddy photos in our photo collection. Some were for Kelsey’s school friends, but one had the old gang from various Boston area rented homes:
I also posted it on Facebook.
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Abuse by a Scout Leader
By Dr. Rick Smith, October 21, 2009
A Burnsville Scoutmaster has been accused of molesting three troop members.
It’s impossible to 100% prevent such incidents, just as it’s impossible to prevent death and injury during scouting events. Scouts are specifically taught how to identify and deal with potential abuse situations. Leaders are taught to avoid situations that might enable abuse. For example, individual leaders are never supposed to be alone with individual scouts. We call this “two deep leadership.”
Bye, Whimsey
By Dr. Rick Smith, October 12, 2009
We said goodbye to Whimsey this morning. She’s been a wonderful dog, though we knew the cancer would be taking her soon.
Linux and Gnu on “Revolution OS”
By Dr. Rick Smith, October 3, 2009
There was a documentary produced back in 2002 about free software, open source, Linux, Gnu, Stallman, and Torvalds. A topic ripe with irony.
I finally saw the documentary, Revolution OS
The ultimate moment was when Richard Stallman was given the “Linus Torvalds Award” at the second Linux trade show. So we have this scene of Stallman earnestly explaining the irony of the award to the audience of 5,000 people while two blond, Scandanavian toddlers (Torvalds’ daughters) are cavorting around the stage in the background.
Themocracy