Hack4Congress

Spent the day thinking about ways to get congressional members from both sides to work together on issues which should have bi-partisan support.  


This is the very large cake that was available to eat at lunch time...

Mid-Careers on Ice

The mid Careers took over the temporary ice rink outside the Charles Hotel for a morning of skating. 

Can I just say, the weather was unbelievably cold. I made the mistake of taking my gloves off, and my hands were frozen in less than three minutes. It was about -10 Celsius.


Jose and Mac

 Alison

 Zhuldyz with a fantastic hat

The Kennedy School Sign....

More snow

January 25.........

 

January 28......

Time Lapse Study

I am monitoring the progress on how long it will take for the bikes outside to be completely buried under snow. Before the blizzard.....

During the blizzard.  Taken at 11 am.  By the way it is -8 celsius outside.

After the blizzard......

Winter is coming...scuffle...smother George R R Martin with neck gaiter... Winter is here!

 Juno something I don't?  ...snigger....ehem (clears throat). The Polar Vortex is HERE!!!!!!!


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/26/winter-storm-juno-a-pummeling-for-the-history-books.html

For the uninformed George RR Martin (yes, he had the audacity to adopt the affectation based on JRR Tolkein) wrote Game of Thrones about winter..and..empire building and.... stuff......

That's a lot of folding green

Back at the Business School for a co-registered HKS/Business School subject, Power and Glory in Turbulent Times, taught by the fabulous Professor Nancy Koehn.

Anyhoo, just strollin' down the corridor of one of the many magnificent buildings at the B School and saw this.....

Yes folks, that's 50 million large plus as a donation....and I could not even fit all the $25,000,000 donors in frame.

Welcome to the rich end of town.

The polar vortex- eek!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/07/us-polar-vortex-extreme-cold-weather-heads-to-east-coast-live

Artificial Intelligence

Thought provoking stuff


Artificial Intelligence

Snow on the trees

Nation Building - Native Americans

This is the Honourable Karen Diver, Chairwoman of the Fond du Lac Band of the Chippewa nation.

She kept the class entertained for two solid hours.  One of the most dynamic public speakers I have ever seen.  A real powerhouse for her tribe.

Mike's Pastry

Mike's Pastry is a Boston institution and they now have a shop in Cambridge.

Winter Wonderland

 Harvard Business School

 Looking over the frozen Charles River with snow on it

FroZen

The snow glows white

on the mountain tonight,

not a footprint to be seen.

A kingdom of isolation and it looks

like I’m the queen.

The wind is howling like this

swirling storm inside.

Couldn’t keep it in, Heaven knows I tried.

Don’t let them in, don’t let them see.

Be the good girl you always have to be.

Conceal don’t feel, don’t let them know.

Well, now they know!

Let it go, let it go!

Can’t hold it back anymore.

Let it go, let it go!

Turn away and slam the door.

I don’t care what they’re going to say.

Let the storm rage on.

The cold never bothered me anyway

A shout out to all the little girls who like the movie Frozen (that would be my niece)

Jingees it is cold.  The Charles froze over. The ducks meanwhile don't seem to mind their little duck bums getting icy. They sit on the ice in the middle of the river.

A pic of my mate Fa, from Yemen.  We are working on a group project about the US State Department not noticing the effects of drone warfare in Yemen.  We get to have lectures and eat lunch at the Harvard Business School which has to be seen to be believed.  So swank.  They have a spa and a sushi chef for god's sake! And an underground tunnel system Churchill would have given up smoking for.  It means the precious little business students don't have to ever brave the cold.

 I lost my neck somewhere in my neck gaiter.......

The Second Christmas Miracle

The family arranged for me to watch via Skype the handing out of presents under the holy Camel, Spitz and his Jockey Yoda. Cheers!

Selma and her animatronic hamster, Princess Stella

Princess Stella is partial to Supreme....














Princess Stella's hamster run, beauty station and condominium.....