Carl Setzer

The early part of my career was spent in the non-profit sector. First I was involved with state and local advocacy with AARP (this parlayed into regional advocacy on federal issues towards the end of my time there). Then I was the office manager for a small church . An Episcopal congregation with a solidly progressive bent, I was quite at home. Generally, I considered business to be destructive and “the problem”. With that, I delighted in the notion of trying to save the world. Then, through a series of accidents, I moved to the corporate world, working at Starbucks in Corporate Social Responsibility . During this time, I focused mostly on environmental affairs, but worked in a number of side projects. Thus, even in a Fortune 500 company, I was saving the world. Now, though, I find myself in the belly of the beast, at Microsoft . I am in Operations, and supporting finance within that. MSFT does have a Corporate Citizenship team, and does good philanthropical work. But I am far remo...

An impressive graphic from Fixr . I like the design: clear, clean, quick and focuses on one point like a laser. Click the image to enlarge Source: Fixr

Office 2010 , originally uploaded by carl.setzer . A little swag for the launch of Office 2010. Perks of wandering around on campus.

My parents might need to be brought up on child-neglect charges: I had not heard of Leo Lionni until my son insisted we buy some of his books. Laughably, I assumed that Leo Lionni was a character, much like Junie B. Jones (consider the alliterative). I’ve learned otherwise. The recent purchase, “ Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse ” has been a delight to read. Exploring the art, I expect Eric Carle’ s art was inspired by Lionni’s. As I delight in literature, I wonder why I’ve never encountered his name. Then I wonder if I haven’t. My journey as a father is laden with discovery. Discovering so much that I would expect to have known. Perhaps my mother read to me from Lionni and Carle every night. I do not remember. I do remember such seminal works as “ Harry: The Dirty Dog ”, though. Strange thing, memory. I delighted in Dr. Suess , too. I wonder, at times, whether too much has been lost from my childhood memory. The loss of my mother took with it so much memory. Those moments that w...

This is, by far, the best rendition of Blue Danube I've ever heard. Of course, I don't like waltzes. I'm afraid, though, Strauss would've cried fowl.

Perhaps I shouldn't be proud...however, I love The Oatmeal. Created by Oatmeal