Saturday, February 21, 2004
Pretty Pictures Pt. 1
I've made no secret of my fondness for weblog photography (aka photoblogs). As I scurry about preparing dinner for some friends, I invite you to feast your eyes on the excellent work of Toronto's Sam Javanroux, alias topleftpixel.com - he posts these compelling images daily to his site.
Read this week's Onion! Good 'person on the street' survey!
...and amusing op-ed piece "If I Were Gay..."
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Friday, February 20, 2004
The Most Selfish Jerk In America?
What can he possibly be thinking? I saw this coming, and tried to avert it 3 weeks ago. Is he trying to ensure we have 8 years of GWB? Two former Nader boosters in Colorado have founded a Web site called www.RepentantNaderVoter.com.
Or, send him an insult card or an angry note to info@naderexplore04.org.
Work may take getting used to... I put my head down to rest 3 minutes and fell fast asleep in the middle of the day... : - )
Do you Gothamist? Gothamist.com is the Essential New York group weblog. This week read all about the Gestapo Coop Board and Can't Buy Me 867-5309...
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Thursday, February 19, 2004
Mr. Big Deal Press Release : - )
One sure sign of my return to "glamour" is that I feel exhausted : - ) But better each day... ABN-AMRO announced my arrival today with great fanfare, by sending a press release to specialty publications that cover such things. "EuroWeek" asked for my photo. : - )
I've been summoned to London on March 2 to present a 'business' plan. Trips to Brazil and Mexico are likely, and perhaps even to a few destinations I've never seen, such as Colombia and Venezuela. When and how do I fit this in? Anybody's guess....
Honest Abe would honestly have been proud of San Francisco (if he had been part of our generation).
Dinner with Pat Stumpp tomorrow! We go way back. Pat is not only a financier extraordinaire but an accomplished linguist, violinist, and musical crusader via Music Of The
Spheres.
Today marks 1 month of Aaronblogging!!!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Don't Blame Celso! (RIP)
I was sad to hear that the doctor who delivered me, Celso-Ramon García, passed away Sunday in Boston, my birthplace (click for obituary). Dr Garcia was among the developers of the birth control pill (beginning in the 1950s, and certainly NOT inspired by delivering ME : - ). Much later, he wrote and published the lovely "Menopause: A Guide For Women And Those Who Love Them." Farewell, Dr. Garcia. See, I never forget a favor....
Titanium Hip... This just in from Brian's mom: "Hi! I came home from rehabilitation last night with a lot of interesting equipment that allows me to function quite well without making the motions that could pop out my new titanium hip before it is all healed. I just wanted to let you know that I'm doing very well and am happy. Love, Jean." This brave lady beat cancer three times, was an abstract painter, and many years ago was on the (large) team that invented the computer...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Wha? Huh? ¿Cómo?
Submitted, a picture of my brain after Day 1 at the job : - ) Paperwork up the kazoo! It was a lot of data to absorb at once, even for a research geek! Medicine by mail. Ugh. The people are nice, but today was very dis-orienting, wandering through white corridors and cubicles and trading floors. Not a very high-pressure environment, on first glance.
My nicest moment was right after being fingerprinted (!), when I had to fill out SEC & NASD forms. They showed me what I filled in 7 years ago, and I was able to list my weight as 144 and not 160... : - ). I have to go to a testing center Friday to update my registrations by doing screen-quiz penance. Tomorrow I see the dentist. Ugh Ugh. Oh dear. Oh dear.
Thank you Bartholomew F. Bland for identifying as Paul Cadmus the artist that painted the naked Fire Island sailors we saw at Williams.
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Monday, February 16, 2004
Back On The Chain Gang
My last hours of freedom are flying by. I start work tomorrow morning at 8:30am unless the Governator calls at midnight to commute my sentence : - ) It's been a nice break. Wish me luck. Posts here may be shorter, but continue, that they will...
Falling on my ass occurred frequently during cross-country skiing at Prospect Mtn, Vermont on Saturday. I also fell on my back, side, arm, head, and ankles. No injuries. But many muscles have been heard from. : - ) The trails were lovely!
Falling on somebody else's ass is much more pleasant. I did so at the Williams College Art Museum in Williamston, Mass, after skiing. The asses in question bleonged to two beautifully constructed sailors on Fire Island painted in 1940 by an Edward-Hopper-like artist whose name I do not recall. This painting hangs next to a real Hopper (pictured left). Quality was high, and size was large, for a remote college museum.
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Sunday, February 15, 2004
Goin' To The Chapel And... Gonna Get Maaarried!
Lining up to get married on Valentine's Day! Thank you, San Francisco, for a vision of what our future can be...
Great weekend, but came back early to prepare for new job. Enjoyed skiing for the first time, cross-country, despite falling down 20-30 times and causing every muscle in my body to ache. This was in Vermont. More tomorrow....
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