Just home from a great night out. Dane and I went with a bunch of friends to see the movie ‘Pina’ Its a tribute movie made by Wim Winders about the work of Pina Bausch The German Modern Dance genius who died in 2009. The move was a special showing at the Majestic in Williston. The place was packed. Pretty amazing for a modern dance movie.. even one in 3D> We put on our 3d glasses and filed in..
here are Jess and Liggy looking cool
The movie was amazing… It was an hour and foty minutes long.. but it passed too quickly ! I really cant describe it.. the trailer below gives you an idea
Afterwards we all had dinner in Oscars.. The restursnt at the theater. We had a great group. Artists, musicians, dancers and technicians.. Tottaly great catching up with everyone . Thanks to M. for pulling it together !
OK.. my typing is keeping diane awake.. gotta sleep
Happy Leap day everyone !,It’s a free day.. a bonus day really. I spent my bonus day working with a bunch ofyoung workers from all over the country.. Not a bad way to spend it.. When you think of it, it’s quite remarkable that soemthing as esoteric as the earths track through space and around its own axis would cause us to make such an unscheduled stop on he track of tick marks on our calender. Actually.. when you think about it.. Leap year must be hell on computers programs .. like a mini Y2K of special code with bugs
if (day == leapYear) {
insert bug here
} else {
}
Even things like nursery rhymes break down..
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
February has twenty eight alone
All the rest have thirty-one
Except in Leap Year, that’s the time
When February’s Days are twenty-nine
Or as I always learned it…
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and no wonder;
All the rest have peanut butter
Except Grandma , she rides a bike
Ahh.. my flight is going to board.. Hope you’ve had a extra day !
good leap-nite everyone, good leap-nite Sam
-me
ps. i love seeing Billy’s invention on every magazine rack in the country !
Man… What a long day in so many respects . Just back to my room at 12:40 am. I spent the day in a coaching workshop here in armonk. I got to spend Quality time with a bunch of young-ish IBM folks from all over the company as well as some more senior colleagues I’ve known for some time. The whole thing was run as a set of highly structured role playing interactions. My first reaction to structure is always negative . I generally prefer to think, act and speak as I please… But things like this remind me just how much I sometimes need structure to function in this world. I think I need the proverbial box to think outside of.
It’s fun interacting with some of my more linear colleagues and learning to appreciate their styles (which I do) and getting them to tolerate mine ( which they sometimes do)
The day was long and grueling. With bad news inserted in on several fronts . Several close friends are dealing with unexpected changes in their lives and my heart goes out to them all
There’s an owl outside somewhere who who sounds kinda sad and tired like I do now
Greetings from the IBM hotel in Armonk NY. Long time readers will know that this is my favorite hotel in the entire world. not because it’s comfy and bright.. exactly the opposite, in fact. It’s dark rocky hallways and small cell like rooms remind me of a monastery. Walking the corridors here I can imagine the austere and peaceful life of a Buddhist or Franciscan monk.. with only prayer, meditation and hard labor to think about..
Its feeling particularly monestarial this week.. not that many people about.. but it’s quite crowded compared to my trip here in late December of 2010. I was in fact the only person in one building of the hotel. I know because I asked.. and I knocked on almost all of the doors to prove it to myself. Here are some views of that nigh So.. what do you do when you’re the only soul in a hotel ? Well.. what I did was put a sheet on my head and film myself running down the hall.. Why ?! It just seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
