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Friday night – Confusiasm

Just back from a 9 hour round trip to Bennington to see what truned out to be Gab’es last Lacrosse game of the year. They were in the quarter finals.. but they came out 2nd in todays match. (ie. they lost).. It was a tough end of the season.. a 3 hour drive through pouring rain, a cold wet game which they did not win  and a 3 hour drive back.. I’m not sure why I say this.. but it was actually fun..   Maybe it was hearing 3 grown and very smelly  boys in the back seat singing horrible parodies of adele, taylor swift and dolly parton.. between dub step and rap numbers..

 

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On the way down I had plenty of time to think.   I was trying to find a word to describe one of my new found interests around linked data and sensors. They are two concepts I know pretty well, but haven’t really thought about them together. I found the combo both confusing and exciting.  I came up with a word ‘Confusiasm’…

Wouldn’t you know, someone has already logged confusiasm in the Urban Dictionary.  It describes confusiasm as

To be very excited and enthused about something that you do not fully understand. A mixture of confusion and enthusiasm.
Joe showed incredible levels of confusiasm when he expressed how excited he was about going out.. but didnt know where he was going.
Tom – “I cant wait to see that film!! its gonna be the best!”
Chip – “why?”
Tom – “I dont… know…”
Chip – “thats some confusiasm you are showing there…”

Sometimes I think there’s nothing new in the world.

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

 

Thursday night – sam cohn awards

This morning before work diane, gabe and i gave out the sixth annual Sam Cohn awards at the Mount Mansfield honors ceremony. Each year we give out 2 awards: the sam cohn bolton mountain award and the sam cohn musical soul award. we let the school pick the two kids.

 

The first award covers a season pass, rentals anda helmet to ride or ski all season at Bolton.. We give this award because sam just loved that mountain, he was up there every day he could be..

The second award, is the musical soul award.. We give it because sam was a natural musician.. Like both his brothers. Sam was a great classical musician and played electric bass and guitar for a head banging metal band .black night vengence. The winner of this award gets to pick a guitar or bass , electric or acoustic of their choice from advanced music. The only stipulation is that the instrument never be used to play elton john or billy joel. (. Because sam thought they sucked.. )

 

When thr time came, gabe introduced us and told the kids who sam was.. At this point, none of them would have known sam….. A strange thought for me…

Then i introduced the awards and diane announced the winners… I was fast and smooth.. Fun and sad all at the same time.

Two great kids won the awards this year… They were. Happy to get the awards and we we happy to give them.

I walked out of that school marveling that i had done this 6 times already..and it still feels surreal….

..and i suppose it always will

 

Nite all, nite sam

-me

 

 

Wednesday night – Cheers Sam !

We got the greatest gift today. Our dear friend Hannah organized an amazing and touching tribute to Sam on his 21st birthday. I watched it though laughter and tears.. I hope you love it as much as I do..

To all our friends who contributed to this.. i cant tell you how much it means to us.. We love you all.. and so does Sam !

-nite all, nite sam
-me

Tuesday night – {undisclosed}

Greetings from {undisclosed}. I got down here last night around 12 AM only to find that the cars were all gone from the rental agency. I had to wait an hour by the time. By the time I got to my hotel it was almost 2 AM. I woke it 6 AM and went to visit my client {undisclosed}. Attending the meeting were {undisclosed}, {undisclosed}, {undisclosed},… And {undisclosed}. From {undisclosed company} And {undisclosed}, {undisclosed}, {undisclosed}, and {undisclosed} from our company.

We really had a very good meeting. We discussed {undisclosed} and {undisclosed}. We came up with good ideas. Even better, I really liked working With them.We had a great dinner and got to know each other a little better. It's always better when you understand someone's history and what they're interested in and where they're coming from. I hope we get to work together.

Afterwards I stopped by my friend {Undisclosed}. I hadn't seen him in many years. We sat on his porch and drank homemade beer and discussed Eastern European minimalist music from the mid 20th century. Not a topic I know much about but one that was fun to discuss.

 

Now back at the hotel it's about 11 PM and I'm ready to sleep. In fact I've had about 7 hours sleep in the last two days so I better get some now. More tomorrow
Night all, night Sam
– Me