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[mah-mee-lah-pin-yah-tah-pie] 1. a look shared by two people who both wish to initiate something but who are both reluctant to suggest or offer themselves; 2. considered one of the most difficult words to translate succinctly; 3. I am head over heels in love with this word.

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Engineers who work miracles

I’ve been working with agile for a couple of years now – both Scrum and Kanban. Everything I know about development, I learned from this speech Scotty gives to Geordi on the Starship Enterprise:

Author FilipePosted on March 6, 2014March 6, 2014Categories WritingsTags agile, engineers, estimate, geordi, miracle, scotty, scrum, star trekLeave a comment on Engineers who work miracles

Things I wrote

  • How To Greet Death (Gabriel Gadfly) March 2, 2018
  • Year #23 July 19, 2017
  • Am I my brother’s keeper? June 14, 2016
  • Proverbs 25:28 June 14, 2016
  • Rhye – The Fall June 12, 2016
  • A temporary truth? June 12, 2016
  • Rising to the challenge — and anxiety June 12, 2016
  • Why lose weight June 12, 2016
  • I Fear a Cascade of Beard (updated) July 23, 2015
  • The Edge August 12, 2014
  • from where you stand (expanded) May 25, 2014
  • Come, thou fount of every blessing May 22, 2014
  • Engineers who work miracles March 6, 2014
  • What is mamihlapinatapai? January 15, 2014
  • Creativity April 7, 2013
  • What I am today March 31, 2013
  • Kairos in English Class, or The Story of the English Teacher Who Was Mistaken for a Rhetorical Clown: A Narrative Poem in Free Verse March 18, 2013
  • Making love on grass March 14, 2013
  • Open – Rhye March 11, 2013
  • Fish in the sea September 11, 2012
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Stuff I like to talk about:

  • beard
  • cascade
  • ceremony
  • china
  • chronos
  • clumsy
  • comprehensive
  • comps
  • critical theory
  • english
  • English class
  • exam
  • excuse notes
  • fear
  • flamingo
  • forum post poetry
  • free verse
  • girl
  • guoguo
  • haiku
  • homework
  • hypothetical
  • japanese
  • kairos
  • King Charles
  • kronos
  • liminality
  • linguistics
  • little English teacher
  • love
  • Love Lust
  • ma
  • make up
  • Music
  • philosophy
  • poem
  • poetry
  • remorse
  • shanghai
  • shantou
  • silko
  • teacher
  • TESOL
  • theology
  • throat
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