Saturday night – Luftmensch

So.. I may have overreacted to my last 4 weeks of insane business. I did absolutely nothing today. (ok.. I distilled a bunch of moonshine) but It’s 7:30 at night and I’m still in my jammies !.. I took two naps.. and I think I was only outside once.. (to go get my ‘still in the lab).   I actully spent 20 mintues lying between the dogs staring at the ceilign not thinking about anything !

I did discover a new word today from my word-a-day calendar.. “Luftmensch” . it means

Main Entry: luft·mensch
Pronunciation: ..ˈlu̇ft-ˌmen(t)sh..
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural luft·mensch·en ..-ˌmen(t)-shən..
Etymology: Yiddish luftmentsh, from luft air + mentsh human being
Date: 1907

: an impractical contemplative person having no definite business or income

That’s just so me today !

Well.. to all my fellow luftmenschenkeit .(If I have my yiddish plurals right) . have a wonderfully  inactive evening !

nte all, nite Sam
-me

ps. Oh.. my friend Andy sent me this hilarious video called ‘Drunken History’,. about Nikola Tesla.. A guy gets sick drunk and tells the story of the Tesla/Edison war of the currents. it’s very funny.. and very gross (excreta and foul langage). Be forwarned.. 🙂 

 

Thrusday night – challenged but not scared..

Challenged, but not scared.. that’s what I always tell myself when I’m scared.. 🙂
I’m in Armonk NY at my favorite hotel. the IBM learning center.. it’s like a mini monastery.. but this ones for geeks.

I love this place  because it’s a great place for worrying.. It’s hidden in a forest.. filled with deer and rabbits.. It’s a quiet somber place full of quiet people thinking.. many. like me.. are quietly thinking about some big meeting just around the corner. For me it’s a meeting early tomorrow morning.. I’m excited about the topic.. but nervous about speaking.. (wish me luck !)  I guess I always am.. Come to think of it.. almost everything I’ve stayed in this hotel has been almost the same thing.. big meeting in the morning.. trying to sleep the night before.. I’ll bet I’ve done that 20 times in the past 20 years here..   I remember one time in 2006 I was staying here.. I woke up and couldn’t sleep at 3AM.. I went out for a jog.. it was february.. I decided to make 3 small snowmen looking in the boses window..   It must have worked.. as I got promoted right after that..

I’ll tell another reason I love his hotel.. I love their bathrobes.. My mom knew it and actually baught me one a few years back (thanks mom !)

OK.. I’m going to try to sleep.. Nite folks.. Nite Sam
-me

Wednesday night – to nice to care …

I’ve bene working myself pretty hard these past several weeks in prep for a big meeting this Friday.. I’m pretty nervous and excited about that..  (or.. challenged.. but not scared as I like to say)  but about 6 o’clock this afternoon. I had to close my computer and go outside., the sun was shining just the right way.. the temperature was just warm enough.. and the flowers were jut high enough that I just couldn’t work anymore.

Gabe was at Kristins, Diane was on her way to castelton.. so I took the dogs out for  alate afternoon walk in the woods..   No matter what I tried to worry about. I just couldn’t.. the air was sweet.. and buds were just showing in the tree.. As much as I tried to run through my charts in my head.. or tie up loose ends in my head.. I just couldn.t. the stream was rushing.. and a flock of wild turkeys crossed right in front of us.. It distracted me so much that I was just plan useless at worrying about anything…

… what a shame..   🙂

Happy spring folks
nite all, nite Sam
-me

Tuesday morning – Happy birtday SPG (one day late)

I forgot to mentione here yesterday that Monday is my babiest seeeeester SPg (aka Mary’s) birthday..   I think I posted this picture last year, too.. but I love it.. so here it is again..   This is in April of 1967 (!) my brother and I at staring at 3 day old mary wwondering what to do with her..

Happ birthday SPG.. we love you very much !
-your beegest beegest brother.. (and diane, max,m gabe.. and sam)