5 different people approached me today with weird science questions.. most were friends.. but others were folks i didn’t know. When friend M. asked me one of these questions (about electric fields and viruses.. pretty cool ) I asked him.. ‘why me’ .. Now this is a guy I’ve known for a while through work.. but we have never met face to face as he lives in Europe. His answer was that I look like a scientist :-). I thought about that for awhile.. and realized that it’s funny.. the goofier I look , teh more like a scientist I feel.. it’s like the way I look is influencing the way I act and .. i suspect visa versa.. Folks say art imitates life and life imitates art. I’d have to say science imitates life and life imitates science ..
Oh.. the debate is on.. I gotta sign off.. more tomorrow !
Another crazy packed day.. one bright spot was an early morning meeting to kick off the United Way campaign at work. I’d been asked to be sort of a mascot at the event, which was a nice thing to be able to do. Our company has a good arrangement with the United Way and manages to raise a fair bit of support for local charities. Today we had a few visiting dignitaries in from head quarters and some representatives from some of the local agencies that the UW supports. Those speakers were really compelling.. One woman represented COTS, The Committee on Temporary Shelter.. She said it’s the most misnamed agency in the world… because their whole mission is to keep people out of temporary shelter. She gave some pretty heartbreaking statistics for our area.. For example she said that t there are about 141 homeless school aged kids in the Burlington area..that’s a tough thing anywhere.. but really hard in this climate.. Most of those kids live in shelters or overflow motel rooms. Pretty sobering.. We also heard from some of the other UW agencies.. As I sat there I was remembering that we’d been on the receiving end of United Way generosity when we stayed in the Ronald McDonald house after Sam’s accident. Thais the thing.. you never know who you’re helping when you donate to the United Way.. it might be a neighbor or friend.. or it might even be you.. If you’re able to, please support the United Way..
I woke this morning with a my jaw clenched. I have a big work deadline looking and a ton of work to complete it.. I’ve been working steadily on it.. and still will have to work very hard to land it well.. So… i better no write much.. Just want to include a link to a pic that Kim took at the Maikerfaire.. Geez. sometimes I don’t know how nutty I look !
