Wednesday night – lunch box

Quiet day.. worked in the bell tower all day.. Time passes very strangly when I’m working there… I went upstairs for an 8 AM call.. and came back down at 6:30  Came down once for 5 minutes to cgab lunch. I love working up there.. no interruptions great view.. and no distractions..

Time was also passing by strangly down stairs.. Gabe found out how fast the summer was passing when we opend his lunchbox for the first time since school let out …

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

other than moldy sandwiches.. not much more to report.. Oh.. I know something. We’ve decided to have an open housse party on July 4th after the parade and before the fireworks.  Here’s the invite..

You are invited to a Fourth of July Party and a Salute to Kevin!
At the Mariano / Cohn’s
After Richmond parade/park fun (12:00-1:00ish)
Until going to fireworks (7:00ish for 9:00 fireworks)
 
We are having a Fourth of July Party for fun and to honor our own “Grand
Marshall” Kevin Cafferky, who heads off to basic training on July 6th.
We will have food, drinks, and a grill.  Bring towels for the pool and a
skateboard/helmet for the half pipe.  The barn space will be open to
musicians.  Bring an instrument if you want to play.  Also…please bring
something to share.
Hope to see you on the fourth!

Hope to see you there !

nite folks, nite Sam
-me

Tuesday night – Like math .. but…

I had a pretty quiet day today.. spent most of the day working in the tower.. so not much to report on from  the outside world.   One thing that did show up in my inbox was this great cartoon (Thanks David !)..

I love the message : ‘Engineering.. it’s like Math.. but Louder !’

This is showing up at a good time for me.. I’m trying to rework my life’s mission..   Can’t say I’ve ever formally tried to write it down. I’ve even had some kind and insightful  folks offer to help me do it..

My resume has this as a goal :

Share my love of science with others and have

fun doing it.

My Bio says:

(I am) eager to share my love of science and engineering with
anyone who will

listen.

Is that getting close to a mission statement ? Any suggestions ?

Nite Folks, Nite Sam
-me

sunday night – flame out

Spent the entire day working onf a flame thrower today.. and something is still not working..

I got the flamethrower blues…..
I got them so bad…
I got the right type of plumbing…
but I guess I hooked ’em up bad…

I go the flame thrower blues, babe…
my pilot is lit…
but when I hit that button , mama..
All I get is…

(oh.. never mind…  )

I think I have the wrong  fitting for the lpg tank..  I’m going to sleep on it.

nite folks.. nite sam..
-me..



Saturday afternoon – milestones

After the last few weeks of sweet and bittersweet milestones:.. birthdays and memorial birthdays, graduations and would be graduations, friends coming and leaving.. I’m happy to announce some much less weighty milestones.

First, our trusty black van turned 130,000 miles just as I was leaving the parking lot on Thursday afternoon. It had been a tough day.. catching this change seemed to me to be a good omen

Then .. this blog got it’s 400,000 read just as I happened to look sometime Thursday evening. Again.. I was amazed that I happened to look at just the right moment..


Then.. this morning.. I checked my Facebook to find just the moment I hit 2000 Facebook friends..   also .. a weird but fun time alignment. 


I know others may find it odd.. but I find catching such coincidental moments of synchronize exciting.. and full of… i don’t now .. meaning ? luck ? potential  ?

Anyway.. wanted to share that..

Everyone check their odometers….

nite folks, nite Sam
-me