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friday night – happy halloween

OMG- justtoo much to try to write now. It’s almost 2am ans I’m just getting out of the jaunted forest “thank g-d it’s over and post mortem” party/meeting. Tonoght was the last night if the haunted forest and of project-X for the year.vit worked flawledsly tonight. It was so strange not trick or treating this year. It was the first time I hadn’t in 20 years ! Haloween was always sams favorite !

Gabe jad a fabulous costume abd wen to a party on his own, diane and I celibrated by working the robot at haunted forest all night.

I hace some great pictures form the day including my wonderful lunch room. Surprise from Vickie.. And of course gabe’s cool costune.. Those pictures and stories will have to wait until tomorrow when I’m not typing from my phone.

For now I gotta drive home and sleep. For now … G’nite . Gnite sam !

-me

Thursday night – money laundering

Long hard day… It began when I got to work only to find my wallet missing.. uh-oh.. I had to bluff my way into the building. … I went on about my business then just before 6 I headed over to the Huanted fores.t. I was meeting Homer to do a little mid event set of repairs…   The beast was covered with snow.. we dusted him off and started repairing.. As generally happens.. we broke two things for every thing we inteed to fix.. it was a brief and hectic comedy of errors.. but by the time we left around 7 everyhting was working well..

First thing I did when I got home was to ask Diane if she’d sen my wallet.. the good news.. is she had.. the bad news is.. it was in the wash when she found it.. She’d put all the things in there out by the fire to dry.

It’s amazing the memories we carry around in our pockets…  Look at these pictures.. not that much worse for the washing…

Max’s first business card.

My original organ donor card… who ever imagined….

Money from all over.. india

Singapore

Serbia

My IBM badge…

IEEE card.

My brothers biz card drilled thorugh with a high poer laser…

Looks like it will all be dry by morning.. my eyes should be by then too..
nite all.. nite Sam
-me

Wednesday night – crystal ships

Not much to report for the day.. I got on the  road very early this morning from Ruchir and Rashi’s. Ruchir even made me a potato/pea curry sandwich for the road.. They are such excellent hosts.   The drive back was productive with phoen meetings..Since most of my time is on the phpne  I’m as productive driving as I am sitting at my desk these days.. wow.. that’s a scary statement.. I gotta get away from being on the phone all the time.

I got back in time for a Reiki session I had over lunch at Marci’s.. I was lying there thinking abotu how I want to spend this next month.. Novemeber is the month of Sam’s passing. I have promised myself time  to get back in touch with what I’m doing with my life.. the last few months have been so hectic, I haven’t made the time to think and follow through on intentions..   I’m goign to take a few weeks off then .. I think..

As I was lying there thinkgin.. I noticed that the New Age station in Marci’s office was playing a slow hippy, new age version of ‘the Doors ‘Crystal Ships’.. one of my all time favs.. It was like one of those  moments when you hear your favorite rock and role song on the grocery store Muzak channel..   Time sure passes qucikly….. (ps. My firend Paul put some SamStones on Jim Morrisons grave a few months back)

Well.. not much else to report… Oh, we got soem more press for the robot in the Free Press this morning. Check it out.

OK.. gotta go carve a pumpkin with Gabe and Diane.. Nite folks..
Nite Sam
-me

Tuesday night – Diwali

Happy Diwali folks.. Tonight is Diwali, the Hindu  festival of lights..   It commemorates when Lord Ram defeats the evil Ravana.it’s a magical story with fyling arrows, spinning fish , banishment to the forest, goldent deers, rings of fire, flying monkey kings and magic birds. I know this because Isha told me the whole story..

I’m lucky enough to be stuck here at the Ruchir and Rashis by the bad weather.. I was on my way up to VT from Yorktonw when the bad weather and lack of sleep made me decide to stop here for the night. It’s a good night to be stuck. It included soem traditional Diwali celibrations..  Including sand painting

Ansd a faily prayer ceremony or puja…

Delicious hoemade sweets.. then a wonderful dinner.. Here’s  Isha.. showing a bhindi (okra) next to her bindi (red dot on forehead).. I dunno.. seemed cool to me..

Finally fireworks inside !.. All part of the Diwali tradition…

Lights outside too !

Hope all have a good and peceful Diwali.. I’m going to get some much needed sleep !
Ashanti all.. Ashanti Sam..
-me

ps.. Here’s another very wierd visual pun/concidence.. Duing my (excelelnt) metings today I ran into many. many friends. One was Audrey… as I passed her.. I realized that I had a used syringe of Heperin, an anticoagullant , in my pocket.. My sister hashad given me the used (and needleless) syringe to use for a scince experiment.. Somehwo I couldn’t resist the photo..I give you.. . Audrey Heperin…  (ugh !)