ednesday night – night riders final

Insanely busy day.. got back from a run at 8 got on the phone.. and had only 10 minutes of off phone time until Diane got home. I never even got out of my running things. It was still bright and beautiful outside.. so Diane and I took the dogs for a walk to the lower gorge. It so felt like spring !

THere was still snow on the beech of the gorge, but the ice had cleared from the river.. perfect for a quick dip.. Nothing  brings you in touch with life like dunking into cold., cold water

I toweled off wiht my short and in a minute or so I was warm and dry.. or at least dry..

The sun was goign down and giving everything a nice glow.. including Diane..

As soon as we got home it was tiem to head up to Night Riders. This was the final event of the season. it was still a little blue in the sky when we got up there.. another sure sign of spring.

After Gabe’s last run. we retreated to teh bar and listened to the band there.. they even played 2 Townes Van Zaondt songs for me as a request.. they were excellent..

While we were sitting there, I saw one of the iBM commercials.. the one wiht my friend Julia.. Several other folks said that they played the one of me, too.. that’s pretty wierd !.. Please let me knwo if you see it . too.

After a while we wentdown to the closing awards for the season. Turns out. Gabe had a good night.. He came in third for the evening.. and .. third for the season overall.. . we’re really proud of him !!! he’s really had an amazing year..

His buddy Dylan came in first which is great . too

There was another surprise in there.. Every yearfor the past 3 years the Sam Cohn Foundation sponsors an award in Sam’s Honor to the Skiier or Rider who has the best spirit, best team mind set, and who has the most fun. The judges make the choice.. not us..

This year, they chose Gabe !..  He and we were so surprised.. but then.. when I think of whet the award recognizes.. I’d choose him too

It was a sweet moment..  Sam would be proud to see his bro- recognized like this..

OK folks.. time for bed.. sleep well friends,
nite all, nite sam
-me
 

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Tuesday night – chip fest

life continues to swirl around me.. lots of interesting stuff.. too much to take in, sometimes. Had a nice break today when we all stopped to celebrate the successful shipping of a big computer system that we’d been working on for several years.. It’s called P7.. and even though it was design mostly in Austin. many folks in Burlington had a  hand in it’s creation.    It’s a big thrill for most of us to see the chips and systems that we’ve been working on so long. So much of what we experience of these things is on a comouter scrren.. holding it your hand makes it more real !


My boss, John and my peer Susan drove up from NY to host the event. It was very good seeing them both.   Mostly we just talk by hone. in fact.. I’m usually the only person in my department in Vermont.. Today there were 5 of us !

We ended the celebration by getting a bunch of the management folks up in the fron t singing a version of ‘Good Time Rock and Role’   modified to be about the new System..

We sounded terrible.. but hey.. .. have I ever passed up a chance to embarrass myself publicly ?

OK.. I can hardly stay awake.. gotta sleep now.. More later ..
Nite all.. Nite Sam
-me

Monday night – health day

This morning was dedicated to health. It all started with my annual physical. Not all that much fun.. but it came out pretty well. good weight,  blood pressure, pulse.. all systems go.. except my knees are getting worn out from more than 30 years of running.

I took pictures of my blood being taken. but the pictures are kinda gross.. I’ll include this on where the needles not quite in.. this is a Pg13 blog..

I was happy for the blood letting because that meant I could eat.. I was starving..

I had to get an EKG.. bit this time they decided not to shave me ..That was merciful.. but .. the  tape hurt.

All was good at the physical.. I ten had a 45 min break until my dental appointment.. I broke a tooth last week.. and they needed to put on a temporary crown.. What an ordeal !

First an impression (I always try to make a good impression)

Then a molde for the temporary crown.

Here’s the before..

Her’s the before the crown…

And here I am now.. sleepy and ready to go to bed..
Nite folks.. nite Sam
-me

Sunday night – hieroglyphics

Definitely feeling like spring is coming. it was in the 40’s and sunny today.. probably 15 degrees warmer than it ‘should’ be .. The world is waking up, the snow is melting. the brids are chirping.. and even the flys are buzzing. it’s wayyyy too ealry for all of that.

THe warm weather gave Diane and I a bit of spring cleaning fever.. so we cleaned up the front entrace way. We use it as a sort of cold strorage in the winter.. In a while we had it lookign like home again.

The rest of the day we spent on a bunch of small projects. Around 4 I sat down to start working.. and I’m still at it nearing 11 PM. I’ve got SO much stuff going on at work..

I did take a break to do something I’ve been meaning to do for weeks.

When Sam died, we had copies made of the necklace he always wore.. it was his name in Mayan Hieroglyphics . We had it made when Sam. Diane and I were in Mexico the summer of 2006, just months before he died. We promise each of the kids a trip anywhere in the world they’d like for their 14th birthdays, and Sam picked the Mayan Yukatan. It was a great trip. We went down o Tulum one day and found a little stand making pendants of your name or initials in Myana Glyphs.

S-A-M

Sam loved that thing and wore it until his last day on Earth. Here’s a picture of him wearing it.. that’s hanging in our living room.

We now have his pendant hanging where we can touch it whenever we want..

Our firend Chris also helped us sandblast the same symbols into the memorial rock we have for Sam  out our back door.

Sam’s freind Nate has the same symbols tattoos on his shoulder. Coincidentally, I saw a picture of nate’s ink today when I visited his folks.

I finally got around to hanging my copy of Sam’s pendant on the necklace I always wear.. it has my burning man pendant on it.. now it has Sam, too.

it feels good to wear.. heavy and strong. I’m glad I have it with me , now..

Gotta go to sleep now.. Night everyone
Nite Sam
-me