had another day to myself today.. lots of work.. made tiem this evening to go out tdinenr with my cousin-in-law Billy g. we had a reaally good time tallking about family, our kids.. fun times, sad times and science…. I think we covered curies (three of them) tesla, bequrel, faraday, Millikan, cavendish. Einstein bohr, Plank, Pade, Galileo, Kelvin, Newton
i am so happy we made the time to get together
i’m not so happy i ate all those french fries..
Long tough day at work. Had a great break in the middle when I went to MMU High school to give a talk to the CLASH team. They are a self organizing group of juniors and seniors who get together over lunch to talk about ethics, happiness, science or whatever else they can find. They were such cool =, impressive people. I talked about he power of play and reinvention.. which was a great reminder to me today.. as work is keeping me less playful than usual . They asked me good question which helped me really think about what I was trying to say
I also got a chance to see our friend Bucky and a few of his kids from Lacrosse. They had made a card remembering Sam.. which meant so much to me.
it felt good to be back in that school..
gotta sleep now.
nite all , nite sam
-me
9:15. pm . and I’m just winding down from a work day that started at 6AM. Diane is out of twon so its just me and the dogs.. and with teh exception of one venture out to buy dogfdood we’ve all been withing a 10 foot circle of each other for the full day. It was cold and rainey outside which made it nice to just sit near the fire and work
a ten foot circle doesnt make for a very newsy day. oen thing I noted yesterday on the news is that I heard that William Powell, the author of “An anarchists Cookbook” passed away
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/arts/william-powell-anarchist-cookbook-writer-dies.html?_r=0
I remember that book so well. I have to admit . I learned so many things from pyrotechnics, ‘pharmacology’ to lock picking in that thing. it was so well researched.
I was reading up on the book and the man and was really saddened to hear how many acts of violence traced there way back to that book..I read that Powell himself went thorugh his life regretting having written it
Powell said he was angry and alienated back when he wrote it..was I angry and alienated when I read it?I don’t think so..I think i was just curious
RIP mr.Powell
nite all,nite sam
-me
Just back from a night ut with ‘the guys’ .. a group I’ve been getting together once or twice a year for more than 25 years. think our common thread is a fathers group that one of our wives started for us.. We geenrally get together to pretend to go xmas shopping.. but the last 10 years or so we haven’t done much shopping. we’ve been together through good times and hard times.. we’ve watched our kids be born, grow..graduate.. marry.. even have their own kids.. They were with me when I need them most after Sam died .
Here’s to old friends.. Love you guys !
ps.look closely .. I have two heads !
nite all,nite sam
-me