My Perfect Lover

My perfect lover is a wonderful person.

My perfect lover is no longer 20 years old.

My perfect lover is an American through and through, and at the same time a citizen of the world.

My perfect lover gets along with all kinds of people – young and old; white, black, brown, pink, or yellow; Christian, Buddist, Jew, or agnostic. She agrees with Martin Luther King that the content of one’s character is what’s most important. Conversely, she has little tolerance for those who lie or cheat or are insincere.

My perfect lover is an activist. She doesn’t sit around lamenting the sorry state of the world – she goes out and tries to change it for the better.

My perfect lover is a wonderful writer. She can touch your soul with just a few words (which is why she’s also such a terrific poet). She wants to write a book about her recent experiences, and she absolutely should -- it could be a best-seller.

My perfect lover is independent and thinks and decides for herself. She knows that even advice from her closest friends is colored by those individuals’ experiences and biases, and is not necessarily the best advice for her.

My perfect lover is continually learning more about herself and the world around her. She knows that that process must never end for her to get the most out of life and have the greatest impact on others.

My perfect lover has an incredible sense of humor, and even likes jokes with language and themes that could make most truck drivers blush.

My perfect lover always seeks the truth, although she knows it can be elusive at times. She believes in the zen philosophy that says that truth will triumph in the end, although she’s often impatient as to when that “end” is finally going to get here.

JW

Interesting Article in the Uganda New Vision Newspaper

Kin Kaliisa sent me a note this morning about an article that appeared in yesterday's edition of New Vision, the government-owned daily newspaper in Uganda.

Govt to set up computer industry

Like past newspaper articles about our initiative, this one contains several errors. (What the heck is "Texas City University" anyway?) Nonetheless, things are definitely moving forward.

The ruling NRM party in Uganda has also approved several new Ministerial departments, including one for ICT (information and computer technology). Once the Minister is appointed I expect we'll be getting even more attention.

JW

We Made the Evening News!

-- As luck would have it, KXAN-TV (NBC local affiliate) reporter Jim Swift got wind of the Ugandan team's exploits, and wanted to do a news piece about it for the evening news. So yesterday morning he came by and recorded interviews with everybody on the team (see picture).

Swift's the guy to my left holding the microphone. Mr. Kin Kaliisa, President Museveni's ICT Advisor, is in the suit in the center of the picture. Kin laughed when he told me after his individual interview that he had told Swift that Dell computers were just too expensive in Uganda, which was one reason why they wanted to have their own computer company.

I haven't seen the news piece yet (it ran last evening), but someone who did see it told me that the Dell comment didn't make the final cut. Not surprising, since Dell is headquartered here (in Round Rock, a northern suburb of Austin), and it's verboten to say anything negative about Dell in these parts.

JW