got home about 4 pm.. so nice to see diane and the dogs… so nice to sit in my chair.. , , swim, just do nothing…

ahhhhhhh  i love my home.. i love my family

nite all, nite sam

-me

winding down a 2 day business visit in Cambridge. I love this town.. I feel like I’m in Hogwarts.

THe days have been packed with client/partner meetings and my head is spinning with things to think about …  At a personal level, this meeting is an interesting cross section of my old career and my new one.. I know so many folks here.. it makes me happy to see them !

my old freind Rhonda helped me keep organized through the meeting

my good freind vinod showed up 

and freind eric.. great hangign out for him.. we took a break to both try and get burning man tickets durign the OMG Ticket sale.. no joy for eaither of us. 

my new freinds eben and james the creaters of the reaspberry pi !

feeling gritty !

dinner with milosch and his beutiful family 

Right now.. I need to turn off my thinker. Catching a cab at 4:30 am… yow

nite all, nite sam

-me

Hard to beleve but 35 years ago today I put on my tweed jacket and tied my skinny tied and got into my ’71 VW microbis (‘maggie’.. still have her key in my backpack) and drove to IBM for the very first time. I was 22 years old and fresh out of college . it was the only job interview I’d ever really had..

It’s been a long strange trip for sure..15 bosses, 8 offices, 1 telephoen number,  74 coutnries, about  a million miles of air travel and a zillion really good freinds..

its been hard, but its been fun. ,, thanks to all of you out there that have made this such an interestign ride so far !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Two cool things today.. The work started on our front steps.. Diane sent me pictures afger Todd jackhammered the old steps off the front door. We’re replacing them with new stone… how many times i walked those steps and that sidewalk… memories

its goign to look very cool !

another big step !> My boss stopped our quarterly leadershi meetign to do a very nice recognition that I will be hitting 35 years with IBM tomorrow. She read a very nice letter rom her and her bos. really mae my day !

35 years.. wow !

more on that tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam

-me