Super busy day at work.. gettign ready for our road trip. 

Tonight we had yoga even though we are leaving early tomorrow morning. We’ve done enough prep that we’re ready to go 

nothing says happiness like a full dish washer !

More from the road tomorrow 

nite all, nite sam
-me

I’ve still been really sad about Bob Weir’s passing.. cant stop listeing to his music. Many folks at work are postign their favorite Bobby songs on our #now-spinning slack channel

This morning Mike sent me this picture of him, Bobby and me.. …I realized I didnt have one .  it meant very much to em to have it. 

Spent the rest of the day workign .. gettign ready to be out wed and thursday.. Diane and I will be driving our CRV down to Diane’s brother and sister in law Steve and Denise in Kansas.. its part of a multi way swap. we’re leaving the CRV in kansas, so we dont have three cars when Gabe hands over his subaru when he gets to vermont. max and Becky will then fly to Kansas at some point in the future and drive it back to Santa Fe.. Its been a great car.. happy to see Max and Becky getting it now. 

more on that trip when it happens

nite all, nite sam

-me

.beautiful morning 

we took a quick walk this morning.. on the way we picked up neighbor Carlee’s new puppy Oaklee..  .. She’s an Ausie-poo soooo cute !!!.. Diane’s soo cute too !!! <3

now I feel ready for the new year. 

nite all. nite sam
-me

Fun walking with a puppy.. it was cold.. but pretty spring like.. check out these trees steaming !

Other thing I did today was the 2nd of my MIT Education Interviews for the year.. I have 5 to do.. its where MIT alums like me interview perspective students.. I love doing it.. I was surprised to learn tat ive been doing it for 30 years !

thats it for the day..

nite all, nite sam
-me

Today I learned that Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead has died..

It hit me really hard.. .. I’ve been listening to teh Dead since 1975 .. my first album was Europe 72 that was given to me by my good freind Ellen. for my birthday in 1977 / .. and they’ve been on the soundtrack of my life ever since

I think that was the year of my first show.. I cant remember how many shows i’ve been to.. not that meany for a true deadhead.. but too many to remember.. houston. boston. highgate, austin. pitsburg, saratoga, san fran, vegas, NYC, are ones I remember .. many more that I cant .. also many of them iv eseen in various solo projects,   .. Deaad and compoany, Phil and firends,. Wolf brothers.   , Grissman..     I’ve been listenign to their recorded music, so many cover bands and all three kids leanred to play china cat sunflower eary in their musical careers. Soemtimes when i’d come home from work i’d wing the kids aroudn by their  arms as we listended to the dead.. usually something like ‘touch of grey.. the kids clalled it ‘swing around music’ .,   I. remember where I was when Jerry Garcia died (Maine on vacation).  I remeber  when Phil died.. .. 

even so.. Bobby was the heart of the band for me..   his depth hit me hardest. 

He and the other band members felt like friends to me.. and to all their fans.. 

I actually really did know Bobby.

Over the last 2 years he has been a collaborator with a team lead by my friend Mike. Mike’s goal for project XenboX  is to use brain waves to sense a musicians metnal state.. the  musician gets into the zone.. the jam state, the device woudl chenge a musical effect.  

We’ve been workign on it for nearly 2 years.. Bobby joined some  of our work calls.. then in April of 2023 ,, Mike, Diane, Jared, Suze, Shawn, Greg and Phoebe when to Bobby’s studio in San Rafael , Ca. We sent the day there recording brain waves of Mike and Bobby as they played.. It was fun and fascinating. Bobby was such a kind and fun person. So was his wife Natasha

Bob  was totally in to XenboX,, and loved what we were trying to do.   He was very generous with his time and his skill.   He was interested in our project.. he was interested in us.. He even has a Samstone .. 
You can read about the visit here . 

We’ve continued to work on XenboX  ever scince..

When we heard that Bobby had died it shook us all. This project will always have a part of him in it. 

I sent the day listeing to  Bobby’s music.. for soem reason ‘Looks like Rain‘ really spoke to me

Fare the well Bobby !

nite all, nite sam
-me