Category Archives: AmericanDelusions

A catch all for reading and research. Much ends up on AmericanDelusions.com website.

4/8/2019 – work, travel photos,…..

Monday

Talked w Gayle Gendron about implementation and service processes, then drove to Tarrytown to meet with Ray Velez. Excellent meeting. He was impressed with the financial analysis of a doctor’s office using RPM. Very bright, experienced, aggressive guy. He didn’t blink at the commission structure. Got back to Hudson by 3:30pm. Worked more on apps bugs.Reported them to Seth….

Wrote “Recently Noted” entry about Reich’s new video, Socialism for the Rich Capitalism for the Rest.

 

Worked with Karen on photos for books about our Lisbon and Sicily trips. Roast chicken for dinner. Ate more of Dave’s cannellini bean dish.

4/7/2019 – breakfast out, taxes, tennis

Sunday

Bob’s Diner for breakfast. Brief shopping. Spent much of the day working on tax return in the factory. Will end up filling for an extension. We will owe over $12k because we took so much money out of retirement funds last year for the construction of the new room and kitchen renovations. Also continued to work on an essay for AmericanDelusions about Ray Dalio’s critique of capitalism published in LinkedIn.

First tennis of the outdoor season. Ted and I were both very flat. I won a very sluggish set 7-5. Ended with 30 minutes of rallying which was much better.

After returning home heard a jostling of front door. Guy was standing outside. He said he knew one of the artists and missed yesterday’s opening. I invited him in. His name is Ben Schawinsky. Lives in Sheffield MA. His father, Xanti Schawinsky, it turns out is a forgotten artist of the Bauhaus school. Interesting stories of Europe before WWII and later.

4/3/2019 – work, tennis

Train at One Hudson City Ctr.

Wednesday

Worked on pictures from last weekend and the Evicted exhibit in particular at the National Building Museum.

Wrote post about that for AD. 

UTMH – talked with Sam about customer service role  He is in. Met with Seth  UTM:RPM bug list. Wexelman. 

Anita Harris. More about her brother Alan and the Albany house. 

Doubles tennis at Total Tennis. Good play.

 

3/15/2019 – AD, work, AD, library, dinner

Friday

Late, sluggish start. Emails to Nick Zirpolo and Torrey about adult learning 

Coffee with Julia Back at Cafe Le Perche. HAL board member. Ozzie. Runs marathons. Marketing events for an OpenSource software company. Very interested in anything to do with fundraising. Sharp. Lives at 421 Warren St. 

Spent bulk of day reading and writing about adult learners. Responded to Nick Zirpolo, Torrey and a Lithuanian academic. 

Nap. HAL Exec Commitee mtg at Miranda Barry’s house. Mostly budget talk. 

Walking home from Union St. mtg.

Karen is off to writing event in Rhinebeck. I had Red Chopstick food.

3/14/019 – UTMH, real estate, tennis

Thursday

Lots of nonsense round the Gayle Gendron mess. David wants immediate action; Seth equivocates.

Took more pictures of comparable houses in the assessment issues. They seem inappropriate in our situation. Part of the problem is our classification as a commercial property..

Tennis lesson at 2:30 as usual. Long half speed ralleys., lot5s of volley practive at the net. Finally lots of work on the spin serve. Finished on return of serves.

3/13/2019 – transformational learning, work, tennis

Wednesday

Late breakfast. More research about adult learning models. Transformational learning.

Walked to PO w Karen.

More crap about Gayle Gendron. She called WW and accused him of going behind her back to Seth. David is ready to part company but wants to involve a lawyer. Told him that was unnecessary. Seth is equivocating. trying to get commitment from Brandon about support and training responsibilities.

Walking back home:

 

Looked at city re-assessment documents. The comparables don’t make sense. Set up appointment with GAR Associates.

Wrote part of a posting about learning strategies on AD.

Tennis doubles at Total tennis. Played very well, especially serve. Tossing the ball high. Then discovered on the way home that I had left my phone at TT. Drove abck. Building left unlocked. No phone. Went home and look on iPad with Find My Phone app. It was opposite St. Jospeh’s Catholic Church on Spring St. in Catskill. After some calls to Paul Ambrose found out it was at Steve Horniak’s house. Drove over and retrieved it at 10 pm.

3/12/2019 – work, Hudson Creative, tennis

Tuesday

UTMH – Spoke with Sam M about his sales work. Progress is slow. Asked him to send a weekly summary. Team meeting at 11 was chaotic and filled with re-hashings of the mess created during the install of Wexelman and Darby on the test server. Bad decision to do that. Gayle has to go. She is abrasive, pig headed, just plain difficult.

Spoke with Seth further about Gayle. Then Brandon about his taking over implementation and training.

More research about self-directed learning.

Got Chad WAeckler reconnected to various Hudson-Creative accounts,

David A. called about Gayle.

Tennis at Total Tennis. Played 3 sets with a guy named Paul as partner. Won all three sets. Served well. Mixed results on volleys.

3/11/19 – HAL, work, car, Torrey

Monday

Weight 231. Need to cut out all eating outside of the house.

Worked on re-writing facilities use contract for the library. Meet with Seth to watch him train Gayle Gendron on the set up of new customers. Slow, frustrating. In the end she is such an obstructionist…. perhaps Brandon can take on this role. Time to cut losses.

Walked back and forth to Seth’s office. Very nice weather ~ 48 degrees.

Dave Drake drove me over to pick up the car at Wards Auto.

Went by tennis courts at the school. One net up and kids playing. Spring must be upon us.

Talked with Torrey for 45 minutes. Ended with discussion of adult learning models. My AD learning project. The Cycle of Excellence – deliberate practice.

via Skype.

Dinner – leftover chicken, salad and coleslaw with mushed cauliflower with cheese.

3/8/2019 – work, AmericanDelusions, new grocery

Friday

Tree removal in the alley.

Some UTMH work. Troubles w Wexelman causing troubles about how apps are working. Set up marketing meeting in Hudson in ten days to talk lead generation. Brief chat with David A about commissions. Again didn’t really understand him.

Wrote AD piece on International Women’s Day.International Women’s Day.

Went to new grocery store on 2nd St. Rolling Grocer 19.