Another day of meetings. Today’s started at 7AM and ended just before 7. tomorrow will be more of the same.. thought I’ve decied that I need to come home a day early We leave at 5AM on Sat for India and I just have too much stuff to get ready
The day was pretty good. These Academy meetings are a wonderful chance to talk to friends from all over the place. It’s the best networking thing I go to each year. As I’ve said many times in these pages. The friends I have from this group are among the closest friends I have on the planet.
One interesting highlight of the day was the opportunity to participate in a panel of my fellow Technology Council members. It was a highlight to me because I truly believe in what I’m trying to do in my new role as America‘s VP for the Academy. My job is to help the Academy improve the technical vitality.. of all the technical folks in North. South and Central America .It’s all about people and I like that..
The audience of the panel
The full Technology Council
After the days meetings we all went out in small groups to the restaurant of our choice . I picked Japanese and ended up with my friends Glenn from Australia . Chris from England .. and new friends Jane from Australia and Clifford from South Africa. My friends Gottfried from Germany, Philippe from Switzerland and Ralph from new York were at the next table.. This meeting always feels like the United Nations. The food and the company were really great. It turns out that Jane is a big fan of Brian Weiss, the past life regression guy, so that made for an interesting conversation .
Cool sentiments
Our crowd.
nice sunset
Shirt a woman in the hotel was wearing.. Max has this exact same shirt.
We got done around 10 so I grabbed a cab and headed over to my friends Brian and Moira’s. Brian and I have been good buddies since we started working together in the mid 90’s.. we have the same scars on our backs from fighting battles together at work.. actually he has some different scars now.. he’s been going to an acupuncturist regularly and she practices ‘cupping’. Cupping involves using small flames to create a vacuum in a small glass vessel. The resultant suction is supposed to help extract toxins from the body.. it certainly gives you some cool markings.
She’s going to love this
I got to see Brian’s newly rebuild house and his new half a car.. he’s got one of the very few Daimler Chrysler Smart Cars.. It’s so cool and small. 50 miles per gallon.. and no messy battery’s. I got to ride in it tonight.. on the way back to the hotel.
It’s about 1 AM and I’m about to nod off. As I was uploading the days pictures, I found that through a coincidence of folder naming, I’d accidentally mixed them with an Oct 3rd of a previous year. .. maybe 2005 ? In there I found this good picture of Sam and our bird Gabby.. The picture of Sam took my breath away
I must sleep now. I love you all.. G’nite Sam. I love you
-me