Just got home from a really nice evening with two new friends. Rodney and lori My friend Joe from work connected me with Rodney… Because he figured we’d like each other… Boy was he right. I was walking back to my hotel around 7 o’clock looking for a place to grab a quick bite by myself when I got an email from Rodney that he was nearby. I walked over the bridge to Boston and he skateboarded up from his Airbnb. I instantly knew it was him and he knew I was me.

Rodney is One of the worlds greatest skateboarders. He was competing at world level at age 13 and still skates every day. He invented a bunch of tricks including the “impossible” that people are still trying to figure out. He also started several companies and used his own inventions to drive him. He’s really a fun and amazing inventor, speaker, all around Van and nedy Guy. He’s just become one of this year’s MIT media Lab fellows so I’ll get to see him a lot.

His girlfriend Lori does hairdressing for movie productions. She’s here working on a big-name movie… And is so nice and wonderful. She’s from New Orleans and we had a whole Lotta fun connecting over that. She’s full of great stories about movie making and movie people . She is such a wonderfully balanced Person. I hope to get to see her again soon

Two new friends in one day… That’s something to smile about

Nite all, nite Sam

-me