nice day.. busy at work.. took a short break to go to teh doctor.. I got antibiotics as precaution from the tick bite I got last week..

this evening diane and I  and the dogs took an early evening hike up lbbys lookout.. then when out for sushi.. We finally ended up at my friend Nick’s birthday.. really nice..

there we we ended up talking about the game ‘six degrees of kevin bacon.. that came up because yesterday I was flipping through the movies on  the plane when I came across the trailer of the movie “Hello, My name is Doris” .   I watched enough of it to find the scene where my friend Leilani shoots an obscene gesture at Sally Fields..

Lelani and I were on the Colony together.   I shared the picture with all my friends from the  Colony. Johnny V shot back that this movie appearance makes  us all part of the Six degrees of Kevin Bacon.

As Johnny V says

Side note. Lily is our link if we ever play “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. In the game you try to link anyone that has done movies or television to the actor Kevin Bacon by means of who they have worked with in the past.

So here it goes….

We all have worked with Lily on The Colony. She has worked with Sally Field on “My Name is Doris”. Sally Field has worked with Tom Hanks on a little movie by the name of “Forest Gump”. Tom Hanks was in “Apollo 13” which he played opposite of you know who….Kevin Bacon.

THat lead me to search and I found this great site

https://oracleofbacon.org/

It’s so much fun.. you cN choose wehter you want to consider movies, Tv, even video games.. YOu can also include actors, directors adn producers. Here are a few ‘ego searches’ usng the tool !..

if you allow actors, producers and directors for movies and tv.. here’s the closest I found 

if you only allow actors

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what connection does the Dali Lama have to Kevin Bacon ? 

what about between me and his Holliness ? 

what a great way to waste a half hour !

nite all, nite  sam

-me

Greetings from Dulles airport… i had boarded my flight back to Burlington… But then they made us get off because of weather down here. Looks like we might still make it out here after all just a couple of hours late. Got my fingers crossed. Here’s what it looks like outside

It was fun walking to the airport . I ran into two different friends. My friend Doug from Burlington and my friend Theresa from Ohio of all places. Was great catching up with her

Hey it looks like we’re going to board… 🙂

Oh before I do. I heard from my friend George that burning man is going to help support our project for showing cosmic rays out on the desert. If you’re interested, please take a look at this link . It will let you take a look at what Georges building… And if you choose you can help support it in a text adoptable way.

It’s all about art meets science !
https://connect.clickandpledge.com/Organization/burningmanproject/campaign/cosmicconnection

OK looks like we’re boarding…
Nite all, nite sam
-me

Just about midnight and just got back to my hotel. I flopped down on the bed and try to take off my shoes. They were on really tight…. It’s a funny reminder of my day. I know it sounds strange but When ever I have to do public speaking I am absolutely terrified.
I mean really really terrified
It doesn’t matter whether it’s 20,000 people or 15 kindergartners.

One of the funny symptoms of my stage fright is that my toes begin to itch uncontrollably. The only thing I know how to do to stop it is to tie my shoes almost unbearably tight…

Today I tied my shoes on really tightly and it seem to work.my talk went well. At least It was very fun. I was Sharing the stage with my boss and that’s always fun to do. She’s a great speaker and has lots of fun contagious energy…

Now if I can figure out how to get my shoelaces untied I can get some sleep
Nite all, night Sam
– me

Long day after a long flight. ENjoyed seeing everyone in Munich..

On the way home to my wierd new hotel… at 10PM  I ran into two chineese girls trying to figure out the subway ticket machine..  A nice older German woman was trying to help them. THe girls spoek English, the woman did not.. so I jumped in to help . THen an older german man came in and started helping two.. Three languages bouncing back and forth.. trying to get these girls to their airbnb out in the middle of nowwhere.. It was fun and funny

One of the girls was from Mongolia, the other was from Beijing.. (Her dad is a prof at Tsingua.. the worlds best university IMHO) they were both doign Masters in Education at University of Leeds in the UK. I was having so much fun talkign to them that I almost missed my stop.

I got this quick vid of them waving goodbye..

this is the part of travel i love

nite all, nite sam
-me