Nice day.. My folks stayed till just about noon. We had a great time with them up here.
Gabe was up at the mountain today.. so he said good bye before he left..

Later in the day. my buddy Bob from the Cape came buy to talk about a project we’re thinking about. My folks enjoyedd speaking with him  .. Bob is a Psychologist with a background in psychopharmacology. He’s interested in creating some computer applications that would exercise certain portions of the brain while a patient was on certain drug therapies.
Evidently, the efficacy of the drugs can be enhanced by doing this type of stimulus. Bob’s interested in incorporating this in some sort of video game to make it more palatable to kids with early onset Aids induced dementia.  It’ a cool project. I’m goign to put him in touch with Ann Demarle at champlain on the game topiuc (Ann Dif you’re reading.. heads up)  and wiht my cousing Sam at Harvard for a pointer to soemone wiht access to  functional MRI . (Martha P,.. if you’re reading this.. can you send me Sam’s cell number ? )

My folks took off around 1 so that they’d be driving in daylight. We said goodbye… It was great having them up here…

Then Diane and I went for a hike up Honey Hollow with the dogs.. We got all the way up to Wootan’s .. It was a beutiful walk..

Around 4::30 my friend Bruce came over to give me a gas welding lesson.. I was boning up oon a few practicla skills thta might come in handy in the next few weeks. I always do MIG welding.. but I’ve never bene very good at gas welding. Bruce got me started.. He got me doign soem simple welds with real rods.. Then I treid welding with a coat hanger.. just to see that it worked..

OK.. maybe not the prettiest wes in the world.. but.. coat hangers are cheap.. !
OK.. I can’t keep my eyes open any more.. so gotta sign off. It’s goign to be a busy and interesting week. Hope it’s good for us all.. Nite folks. Nite Sam !
-me