{"id":1108,"date":"2007-09-07T03:38:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T07:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/09\/07\/thursday-night-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2007-09-07T03:38:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T07:38:00","slug":"thursday-night-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/09\/07\/thursday-night-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night &#8211; around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pBlogBody_307559966\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I know that I must be sending out powerful waves about my emotional state right now. .<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>not just through this blog or my conversations.. but through the ether somehow. Just as my tank gets low.. folks show up to fill it back up.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Friends have been calling and emailing me throughout the last few days with friendly encouragement and support. Today I was thinking about contacting a friend<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>in IBM HR to talk about how I keep from screwing up IBM while I&#8217;m not working at my best.. No sooner did I think of her name.. than she calls me on the phone.. What&#8217;s strange is we&#8217;ve never spoken by phone directly before.. it&#8217;s too strange even to call it a coincidence\u2026<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>It&#8217;s pretty cool..<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:time minute=\"0\" hour=\"12\">Midday<\/st1:time> I had to run home to pick up some visa pictures from Diane. On the way I stopped by Crate Escape to say &#8216;Hi&#8217; to Chai who was spending the day there for some play time. As soon as I walked near the enterance the whole place exploded into barking. I could hear Chain thinking &#8216;Dad.. do you <i style=\"\">have<\/i> to embarrass me like this ? )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<object enablejsurl=\"false\" enablehref=\"false\" saveembedtags=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" allownetworking=\"internal\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" allownetworking=\"internal\" height=\"361\" width=\"448\" data=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/vid147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dogs.flv\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\"><\/param><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"internal\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/vid147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dogs.flv\"><\/param><\/object><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Not too much else to relate about today.. I was somewhat productive.. but in a stuck in first gear sort of way.. Lots of effort.. small forward progress. <span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>The <st1:city><st1:place>high   point<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> of the day was an after work meeting of VOMIT (<st1:state><st1:place>Vermont<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>&#8216;s Own M. I. T. club) at Good Times Caf\u00e9 in Hinesburg. What a great place to eat !. It was great seeing the VOMIT crowd.. I haven&#8217;t seen them since Sam&#8217;s passing. It&#8217;s such a fun and eclectic group.. I love working with them. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/sep0607\/Sep05018.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">One thing we discussed was next years MIT Teacher Scholarship. Every year we send one deserving Vermont Math or Science teacher to SEPT summer camp at MIT.. it&#8217;s a great program.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>.. so please let me know if you know of a very deserving Math\/Science high school teacher we should consider. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">One other thing I <i style=\"\">got done <\/i>today was to make<i style=\"\"> r<\/i>eservations with United to use frequent flier miles to <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>take Diane and Gabe with me to <st1:country-region><st1:place>India<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> on a trip I need to take in October.. Our plan is to stay in <st1:city><st1:place>Bangalore<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> for a week then take vacation in Kerala on the sooth coast (Any recommendations from folks who&#8217;ve been there ?) The only routing we could find was <st1:city><st1:place>Burlington<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> -> <st1:city><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>->LA -> <st1:country-region><st1:place>Singapore<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> -> <st1:city><st1:place>Bangalore<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> -> <st1:city><st1:place>Kochi<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> -> <st1:city><st1:place>Bangalore<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> -> <st1:city><st1:place>Frankfort<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> -> Washing SC -> BTV.. so we&#8217;ll literally be going around the globe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/sep0607\/Sep05022.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It will be a Loooong trip.. but I&#8217;m looking forward to the together time.. Gabe and Diane are excited too.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>It will be very interesting.. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I&#8217;ll end with a wonderful movie that Max just sent us for our Anniversary.. I love it\u2026 I love that boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><object enablejsurl=\"false\" enablehref=\"false\" saveembedtags=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" allownetworking=\"internal\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" allownetworking=\"internal\" height=\"361\" width=\"448\" data=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/vid147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/annie.flv\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\"><\/param><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"internal\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/vid147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/annie.flv\"><\/param><\/object><o:p> <br \/> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">G&#8217;nite <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>al.. g&#8217;nite Sam<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p>-me  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">ps. Thought folks would enjoy a look at the mutant tomato we plucked from the garden yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/sep0607\/Sep05004.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/sep0607\/Sep05010.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\"><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that I must be sending out powerful waves about my emotional state right now. .&nbsp;&nbsp; not just through this blog or my conversations.. but through the ether somehow. Just as my tank gets low.. folks show up to fill it back up.&nbsp;&nbsp; Friends have been calling and emailing me throughout the last few &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/09\/07\/thursday-night-around-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday night &#8211; around the world<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}