Sleepy Hollow… I don't mean that like I am feeling both sleepy and hollow after leaving my hotel at 3:30 this morning in costa rica., having my flight diverted from newark to dulles., Then waiting there for 5 hours while my flight was delayed again and agin

Instead i mean Sleepy Hollow the incredibly lame and campy and deliciously under produced made-for-Fox-TV movie at that same name that was the only program available for free on both legs of my trip from New York to Columbia and Costa Rica back to New York. Since it was impossible to turn off, I managed to watch it end to end Seven times with only minor lapses of consciousness … And that is no exaggeration.

The movie is replete with the headless horseman,ndecapitations , Revolutionary war costumes andnsmall town Westchester county cop action. All tied together with a bad acting and a goofy script.l still thought it was visually arresting.. Nearly all the good guys get decapitated at one point or the other by the headless Horseman. He's the real star because he's the only one that doesn't talk. It was a riot.

Given the number of times I had to watch it I took different Approaches in each watch. for example one time I watched the movie and listened to a meditation tape as the soundtrack… That almost worked. The Horsemens axe was swinging to the sound of a gong. I also made up dialogue in my head… Though I can't tell if mine was any worse than the original.

You got a make your own fun when you're traveling… dont you ?

Well… Happy to be back in the US after a successful trip.
Night all,night Sam

– Me

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Really great day here in San Jose. We had the senior leadership RTLE meeting. I am so impressed with the country and people of Costa Rica. I've always said it's at least my second favorite country after my own. I see such opportunity here to build an engineering culture to support The wonderful sustainable brand that the country has created for itself. I really want to find a way to help do that.
I only have about three hours to sleep so I'm going to sign off now. I just want to say thank you to the people of Costarica for all of the Great ideas.

Pura vida everyone

Nite all, nite sam

-me

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It's Tuesday night And I am in San Jose coaster Rica… This is one of my favorite countries in the world, but it feels a little strange being here without my family. We've been here three times before and it is one of our favorite vacation places in the world.

It's all business… But I like this kind of business. We arrived this morning and early afternoon we went to the technical University where I met with over 250 high school students and talked to them about science careers and my experience on the colony. It was so much fun

Tonight I mostly worked in my room, but I went out to meet Gary and german for a quick beer and to watch the post soccer euphoria. Costa Rica tied Jamaica but that allowed them to advance to the world cup finals. the place was going wild. I swear even though it was raining and thundering, I could heard the whole city cheer at the end of the game through my window

I only got about three hours sleep last night So I'm going to try to get some sleep. More from Costa Rica tomorrow.

Pura vida !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

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Friends,
For some reason only known to the internet gods, I'm unable to post pictures today Please imagine warm and wonderful people. a packed IBM work agenda and a great night on the town with old friends.. stir in about 6 hours of day job meetings and stuff and you'll get the idea..

I love meeting smart and nice people like this..

nite all. nite sam
-me

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