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Thursday night – done-ish

Ugh… just finished my ISSCC paper.. and I’m too tired to write anymore. I’m hoping that the paper and the presentation I’m putting around it  will get some of the folks who  see it interested in helping me get kids more interested in science and technology.  . Here’s an ugly low-res screen version of it using a ‘free’ program that puts a huge watermark on each page.  (If you really want to read the paper and give me comments on content or form.. send me a note and I’ll send you a copy)

I’m going to sleep now.. nite all. nite Sam !
-me

Wednesday night – Proofread

We just finished a great dinner with friend Elizabeth and her kids Burke and Izzy.. It was fun having them over….

As you probably know, I’ve been working on a paper about getting kids more interested in engineering and science.  It’s a topic that’s near and dear to me..so I enjoy the material..  but a paper is a paper and I just hate writing..  we’ll.. it’s not that I hate it so much.. it’s that it’s difficult for me. As you may have noticed.. spelling and grammar are not my strengths. Anyway,  I finished the first draft about a month ago.. now the final draft is due Friday. I’ve gotten feedback from about 10 folks . I stayed up most of Monday night worked all  those comments back in.. It’s fun but hard to try and make sense of people’s comments.  

Taken at 3AM

Yesterday I gave the ‘finished’ copy to good friend Kathy who works as a professional proof reader and editor.  TonightI went up to Kathy’s and she walked me through all the punctuation and wording bugs that were left.. and there were a TON of them..My 19 pages now all look like this

And this ….

And this ….

It’s abotu 11 PM now.. and I’m just sitting down to work in all those corrections.. It’s goign to be a long and boring night.. I’d best get to it..

Lou and Kathy have a picture of the bicentenial photo the town took at the round church.. I always stare at it as I go in their house… 1994.. wow…

And here we are.. Diane with Sam and me with Gabe… frozen in that moment.. surrounded by freinds..
It makes me happy to see…

Remember that, Sam ? Nite
-me

Tuesday night – spaced out

I stayed up until 3 last night working on my paper..  Even though , I still managed to get a good night’s sleep.. I never managed to get going today. I spent a good portion of my day at work just spacing out.
I need to get more organized for the rest of the week. The good news is that I got my paper to Kathy who’s going to help me with final editing and proofing. It feels very good to have that (nearly) behind me.

One funny thing that happened today is that I got notes for a few friends that I’d forgotten to put the link to the Townsend’s travel blog in yesterday’s post. … so here it is .   So Townsends.. if you’re reading this from Peru .. It looks like you have several folks here who are interested in following your travels. .. Please post soemthing soon 🙂

Oh.. one thing I want to get out there is that Angus and his buddies are doign another movie night to raise money for the Sam Cohn foundation . It’s this Saturday, Dec 6th at 7pm in the Jericho Community Center. Ther’e goign to be showing 2 new movies…’It’s Geometry;.. and ‘Get Some’.. Please come and watch some killer boarding and sking .. and support the Sam Cohn Foundations wokr of supporting fun for folks who could use it !  We wall want to thank Angus, his family, the rest of the Tonar crew.. and the sponsors includng The Sunken Ship . and The Juice Bar on Natucket, Bottecelli and Pohl, John’s Shoeshop North and our good frinds t Talent.. Coem and bring a freind or 10 !

OK.. I gotta go beat Gabe up.. more tomorrow.. wish me luck getting focused..
Nite all.. Nite Sam !
-me

Monday night – bon voyage

Rabbit, rabbit rabbit.. It’s december already.. hard to believe..   The Townsends really, actually and truly left Vermont today.. Last night we went up to Tim and Jen’s for their final (of at least 3) goign away dinners…
It was really emotional.. I can’t even guess how many times our families have all come together at one of the houses for dinner and companionship in the last 2 years.. In the months after Sam’s passing I remember eating with these guys a couple of times a week. The Townsends house was the first place we came after getting back after Sam’s passing..   Now.. the house belongs to someone else.. and Deb and the kids are world class nomads…

Diane spent several hours last night help Deb and the kids empty out the condo where they’ve been staying… then they all slept here last night.. The house was full of the stuff that they would be taking or storing .. It was was a really nice sort of chaos until about 1 AM..

This morning we all got up around 6:30 to see them off. We fed them then bundled them into the van to take them to meet Barry at the park and Ride.. It was so hard seeign them go. I’m going to miss them like crazy.. and I’m so very excited for them..

As soon s they were gone I got dressed and ran off to work.. I’d been out 2 weeks (!).. and needed to dig my way back.. On the way there I saw a rainbow… ! A good omen for the Townsend’s travel..It’s a bit hard to see in this photo.. but it’s there..

I took the photo into Photoshop to see if I could bring out the rainbow .. instead I accidentally did this.. no rainbow.. but it suited my mood…

Wow.. I wonder if those guys are in Peru yet ? If you’re interested in following Deb and family’s travel check out the blog I helped them start here.

Speaking of bloggin.. I have a paper to complete.. so I’ll sign off.. Talk to you all soon.. Safe travels friends.. ‘Nite Sam !
-me