Yearly Archives: 2014

Sunday night – Warsaw

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Greetings from Warsaw, so far I like it.. the people are nice and the city is pretty in an early spring overcast kind of way…

 

the flight over was long and uneventful.. i worked the whole wy. My friend karolina and her family were here waiting at the airport when I arrives. Nice to see a friendly face !

 

Karolina dorpped me at the hotes.. I got a nap in then went out for a run to explore the city

 

 

It’s charming in the way that eastern European capitals are.. lots of cool old buildings.. lots of very new stuff.. lots of public art..

 

Around 7 I met up with my colleagues for dinner.. It was quite a international group.. we had Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic,  Slovakia, Canada , Slovenia and USA

 

I had pirogi’s  in the interest of authenticity.. they were yummy !

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now I gotta get soem sleep.. More from here tomorrow..

for now..

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

 

saturday night – Ides

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it’s the ides of march.. the day made famous by Julius Caesar’s assasination.. While it was bad luck for him… the Ides of March (i’ve just read) was a celebration of Jupiter and several other less major deities that was “…  enthusiastically celebrated among the common people with picnics, drinking, and revelry. ”

I’m doing my part by drinking brandy in a Lufthansa lounge on my way to Warsaw poland.. .. I toast you Ceasar, Brutus, and all the other folks caught up on that fateful day in 44 BCE. .. I hope that you’ve worked out your Karmic issues over the years and are now fast friends..

 

I note that I’m traveling on a completely new and so far virginal passport .. No sign of the 60 or so countries I’ve visited in the last several years.. I’m a new man.. I think.. no history.. now thats refreshing..

well.. were boarding soon.. and i’m getting sleepy

et tu ?

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

Friday night – pie day

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Happy PI day everyone. 3.14. March 14… Come to think of it next year will even be more special it will be 3.1415.

PI, what a wonderful number. It's always been special to me. In fact whatever I'm nervous about doing something… Like speaking in public… Are using a bathroom in a strange place… I recite the digits of pi… There very soothing to me

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798609437027705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Wish I had a slice of pie!

Night all, night Sam
– Me

Thursday night – talks beget talks

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im discovering that Talks beget talks… like rabbits.. or bacteria.. or fission reactions. giving one talk. leads to invitation to two talks.. which leads to invitations to four talks which leads either to invitations to 8 talks.. or insanity… whichever comes first. i’m finding myself completely overwhelmed with really nice invitations from really nice people to really nice places. In the last 2 weeks I’ve been invited to (and I’m not making any of this up) Russia, poland, kazakstan, turkey, india, brazil, mexico, austria, czech republic, ireland, Dubai, kenya, hungary, india, portugal, australia , england, and switzerland

I want to say yes to them all.. but then i will go crazy… which means I need to say no to them all.. which means i will go crazy…

at least i know whatever happens… I will go crazy,

thats some consolation

-nite all, nite sam
-me