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Tag Archives: Stepan
The greedy man pays twice
Day 109 of 1000 (212.8 lbs.) Stepan and I continue to talk in the mornings when we arrive at work. I am going to miss that a lot when I switch jobs next week. He told me another Russian proverb … Continue reading
Stepan tells a little of his story
Stepan stopped by my desk again and told me a little story about his great grandfather, Nikolai, who was originally from the Ukraine. Nikolai was a successful, small family farmer. So successful, it turns out, that In the 1930′s, Stalin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Family, Politics, Work
Tagged concentration camp, Finland, Murmansk, Russia, Sovet Union, Stalin, Stepan
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Stepan on maturity
My Russian buddy Stepan and I discussed maturity this morning over coffee. I told him Grandpa Lauro’s maxim that, with boys, the blood doesn’t ever really start getting to the brain until about age 30. Stepan laughed and said, “We … Continue reading
Stepan’s theories on the space shuttle
Stepan, my Russian, chemist friend and I got into one of those discussions common to rooms full of engineers: the relative benefits of the different ways to go into space. He has a very interesting theory. The mundane part is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Technology, Work
Tagged Cisco, IBM, Russia, space shuttle, Stepan, war
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Homeschool and why Stepan never asks “How are you doing?”
Day 106 of 1000 (214.1 lbs.) I have talked previously spoken about my buddy Stepan from Russia here and here. Stepan has a family to whom he is very devoted. He is very interested in assuring his two little girls … Continue reading