tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59940293835241926702024-03-08T05:23:12.558-05:00Balanced ThoughtPerspectives are important.Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-44811225828303386352017-02-09T14:30:00.002-05:002023-07-03T17:43:23.312-04:00Head First Java, 2nd Edition
This is a book with which I had the privilege to assist. If you are starting out with Java, you will find this book approachable in a way that many other books aren't.
Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-32952976236701984682011-03-01T17:39:00.000-05:002011-03-01T17:39:49.653-05:00Mother to Son by Langston HughesThis is to let my Mother know that all her hard work isn't forgotten and that I use her example as strength to excel . . . I Love you Ma.
via The Poetry Foundation
Mother to Son
by Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-2356518037680890172010-08-07T21:39:00.000-04:002010-08-07T21:39:19.559-04:00It's not left vs right . . .This was a post on Digg by user named OfoarHeffinsake regarding a washington post article "Enough right-wing propaganda"
Although, I have advocated steam rolling, this comment has convinced me to be more patient :).
Call me whatever names you want, but I see nothing wrong with the way Obama handles the right wing in general. Yes, in a specific instance like the Sherrod "scandal" the White HouseRodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-71269119537108147722010-06-25T13:08:00.000-04:002010-06-25T13:08:28.752-04:00The Perfect Father's DayBelow is a wonderful note that was written by my oldest daughter, Aña, about Father's Day.
Father's day is a day that is all about dads. Sometimes kids have fun but not all the time. All the Father's days I've been alive for were fun because my family is good with including everybody and doing stuff not only about one person but everyone!! You should be thankful for having a GREAT dad!
I don'tRodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-48165601959708031782010-05-29T11:53:00.002-04:002010-05-29T12:38:28.355-04:00Basketball Rules . . .Funny introduction of basketball rules at Wikipedia . . .
Points are scored by throwing (shooting) the ball through the basket from above. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the scores of both teams are the same. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it (dribbling) or passing it between teammates. It is a foul Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-27291222276719030182010-05-29T08:30:00.007-04:002017-02-09T14:23:58.713-05:00I am an AmericanThis "full quote" is from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/28/mosley.human.race/index.html?hpt=Mid
It is the clearest reading that I have read in a while. Enjoy.
New York (CNN) -- Who am I? I am an American from the soles of my feet to the hair that once adorned my bald head. An American whose black-skinned ancestors were stolen from their lives and cultures and piled in the holds of Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-35272995854526182122010-04-24T14:42:00.006-04:002010-04-27T15:29:01.285-04:00Einstein on Catholic Church"Being a lover of freedom, when the Nazi revolution came in Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; but, no, the universities immediately were silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of newspapers, whose flaming editorials in days gone by had proclaimed their love of freedom: but they, like the Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-12426458382085618602010-04-23T07:35:00.003-04:002010-04-23T07:36:20.738-04:00Just a Bad Day . . .A little guy is sitting at the bar just staring into his drink when a large, trouble-making bikie steps up next to him, grabs his drink, gulps it down in one swig and then turns to him with a menacing stare as if to say. 'Well, - whatcha gonna do about it?'
The little guy starts crying!
'Come on man I was just giving you a hard time' the bikie says, 'I didn't think you'd CRY. - I can't stand toRodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-18116917628337389172010-02-21T09:34:00.001-05:002010-02-21T17:09:12.778-05:00Resurrection, Sun and WindEvery Saturday, my oldest daughter takes acting classes at The Harlem School of the Arts in Harlem, NY. During the class, my other daughters and I sit in another part of the building where they have Saturday Story time.
Today was an interesting story time. First, we were treated to a preview of a one woman play, based on a book of the same name, called the Resurrection of Alice which is written Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994029383524192670.post-28924054175468026902009-01-09T14:39:00.004-05:002010-01-09T10:52:21.433-05:00Speaks to MeI finally decided to start blogging when I came across this song while listening to my Pandora stream. It speaks directly to what is a poignant aspect of mine and many of my friends' lives. We undoubtedly chose different paths in life but this song is both a currently appropriate and somewhat prophetic description our lives.So, I decided that it would be my first ever blog post. Please enjoy the Rodney J. Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895285101556306818noreply@blogger.com0