2007
Tribute for Taru (written for a memorial held by his family)
November26,2007 Filed in: Krishna's
Devotees
I
say friends not because we have ever met,
but because of the close friendship I had
with your intimate relative and friend, a
kind soul I knew as “Taru”: devotee,
writer, public speaker, humorist, ascetic
and a true lover of the Supreme Lord. I
dare say that my knowledge and
appreciation of Taru differs considerably
from yours simply because of our varied
perspectives. You, of course, knew him as
a close relative, someone you grew up
with and loved, or nurtured into
adulthood by your good guidance and love.
Others of you were his contemporaries in
companionship and again,
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if its worth doing, its worth doing right
November01,2007 Filed in: Living
with Devotion
Growing up in
the ‘50’s during the era of “Leave it to
Beaver” and “The Lone Ranger”, black and
white TV programming was presented for
the whole family and to some small extent
instilled family values and ethics. Now
please remember, American society was
somewhat peaceful having just finished
the second world war and having not yet
begun the next major conflict - Vietnam
and the hippie revolution. At that time
many slogans were prevalent and common in
the vernacular of everyday life to
fortify work ethics and values, two of
which were “if its worth doing, its worth
doing right.” and “God is in the
details.”
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.....it works !
October27,2007 Filed in: Living
with Devotion
Many years
ago, before personal computers were the
norm or even available, I worked
implementing computerized accounting
systems by replacing an office full of
typists, accountants and secretaries with
computers that spit out fancy invoices
and kept tract of everything with the
push of a button. As you can imagine good
software was had to find in those days,
and a majority of my time was spent
looking for good accounting software that
worked without (major) bugs. Eventually I
found one very wonderful software product
that did it all, and did it with style
and elegance. Interestingly enough the
developers had a strange sense of humor,
every time you quit their program a
simple message was displayed on the
screen
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