I’m sitting here inside my own house getting bombarded by bugs. It’s sweltering hot and steamy.. and somehow the bugs are turned on by that.. eeeeeeeek.. I HATE bugs…. Actually.. I don’t hate bugs.. i just hate them on me…

I’m back in Vermont after a quick trip down to NY… It was a good trip.. got a bunch done on the way down, while there.. and on the way back. I spent some time at our Somers location . it always reminds me of some sort of SciFi movie backdrop.. Except that it’s filed of quiet well dressed business people. Here’s the outside..

And here’s the inside…

Here are two of the well dressed business people.. My good friends Joanne and Luba..
Luba’s the one standing on the desk… That’s what people do at corporate headquarters.. (Actually.. she was showing us how to turn the AC up !)

After a good work session. Joanne,. Luba and I went out to a working dinner at a good Indian place.. They had this curious sign on the door. The sign reminds me.. do you knwo that the world now makes more transistors every year than it makes grains of rice !.. Go technology !

I got back to Burlington mid day and had a busy afternoon. By the time I got home, Our friend Beckett was at the house. Beckett and Diane took Yoga training together several years back. She lives in Boston and is on her way up to Quebec city to mark her birthday.
It was really wonderful catching up with her. .

Nicholous joined us midway through Diane’s really great dinner. It was a cool cooincidence becaue Nicholos and his mom are also freinds of Becketts

We all went outside to try and cool off.. Nicholous and I built a fire to keep the bigs off.. that didn’t work.. but the fire was nice..

That’s it for the day.. but. I have one favor to ask on behalf of my baby brother billy… He sent me the following note today..

From: Cohn, William
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:44 AM
To: ‘williamcohn@mac.com’
Subject:

Hello all… I have an odd favor to ask… if you will indulge me, it will only take a minute of your time.

WFNX, a progressive radio station in Boston, is hosting a contest to identify the best unsigned bands in Boston. The 700 or so entries they received have been distilled down to fifteen finalists who have been posted at http://www.coldplayontour.com/wfnx/. The website allows web-surfers to listen to and score each band. The top three contenders will be presented to Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, a popular alternative band, and he will select one to be the opening act when Coldplay performs in Boston next month.

Commonthrill, the last of the finalist, is the band in which I played bass for the last 5 or 6 years before we moved to Houston and the Texas Heart Institute.

Winning this contest and getting to open for Coldplay would be a great opportunity for Commonthrill (and for me… I played on the song and I’ll play with the band if we win!) The band is holding it’s own in the competition for now, fluctuating between second and third place, but we could use your help. Please visit the site, http://www.coldplayontour.com/wfnx/ and scroll down to the last video. The image is a poor resolution, black-and-white photo of John Courduvelis, the singer/song writer of the band. Give the song a listen if you have the time. Otherwise, just click on the tenth star in the line below John, the one to the far right, and it will impact our average score accordingly. (If you are the aggressive type and really want to help, you could go so far as to give the other contenders a score of “one star”, (the star to the far left) to decrease their standing… let your conscience be your guide). Thanks in advance for your help.

Please send this email on to anyone you know who might help us out!



Thanks! Billy


William E. Cohn, MD
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology
Texas Heart Institute
Office: 832-355-3000
Fax: 832-355-9004
wcohn@heart.thi.tmc.edu

I think it would be so awesome if Billy’s old band Commonthrill got to open for Coldplay.
If you have a sec.. please go to http://www.coldplayontour.com/wfnx/
and vote for the last video…Ask your friends to do it too ! The video is hard to see.. but you can make out the song