Just getting back to my room after a fun night out with various groups of friends. It’s 230 in the morning so I will write about it and share pictures tomorrow… I only got a couple hours to sleep……

Talk to you all tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam

-me

I did something new today that I can’t say I’ve ever done. I managed to have salad for every meal today. I have leftover Caesar salad for breakfast… I had another ceaser salad for lunch… And I had a Caesar salad for dinner…  

I didn’t really set out to do it… It just kind of happened

It was a good way to celebrate “pi Day”… That is March 14 or 3.14

I wore my pi socks just to celebrate

OK time to sleep… Hope you had a good pi day  too

here’s the view from my office window this afternoon… Just felt like sharing it

Nite all, nite sam

-me

super busy day here in munich.. so much going on.. so many late nights,  so many people visiting, so many  deadlines.. my head is spinning….  at least it was until something funny and amazing happened. 

just an hour ago I was sitting in the dull hotel bar/restaurant next door  with my friend Alecio who’s here visiting from Brazil.. we had just sat down to talk around 11pm.. we were starting to  talk  about our pasts.. I was trying to listen to him..  as hard  as I listened.. all I could hear was the noise in my own head.. all those thoughts swirling around.. 

then ….. all of a sudden….

there was this huge bang.. . an explosion really….   a tempered glass door near us spontaneously cracked into a million pieces.. no one was anywhere near it… 

everyone jumped.. the place got very quite…. 

then I realized the noise in my head had completely stopped.. so had all the racing thoughts..

I was quiet  and calm.. and got to listen to my friend’s very interesting story of travel. family and reinvention 

we enjoyed our meal and our conversation whiel the managment tried to figure out what the hell had happened to the door..

I knew what had happened, but I just didn’t  feel like explaining it to anyone 🙂

nite all, nite sam

-me

Oh man.. I realized my epiuc post from yesterday didn’t go out.. just sent it.. please see it for some cool cemetery pics. 

today was a great day in Karlsruhe.. ancestral home of my great grandfather. ..   I left ettingen abotu 9 am.. and took the tram back into the city.. I walked to the University just to soke up the spring weather.. it took me by the zoo.. whcih ertainly smelled less than spring like 🙂 

I spent a very excellent day with Prof Gerhart Satzger and team at the Sugar project reviews.. It haas aspects of my current job and my next job.. Student from all over the world showed where they were on soem design callenges for industrial clients.. it was fun and inspiring !

there was one group doing blockchain.. they had a book that referenced one of my papers.. which was cool !

the day went by quickly.. I was so impressed with both students and faculty. I have to come back !

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ah.. trains coming.. gotta run

nite all, nite sam

-me