Richard L. Yatzeck
Re-read my 2012 letter to Dick Yatzeck after receiving yesterday’s surprise email from him that included the question about publishing it in “Lawrence Today” .
See: http://currentmatters.markorton.com/2012/10/russia-in-private-by-richard-yatzeck/
Spent most of the day at CMH to install UTM app on managers phones. Due to screw up by hospital only five people showed up.
Cotton picking productivity in The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward Baptist
Continuing to work through this book. Here is a graph that demonstrates that the cotton economy was in fact dynamic and enormously productive. Slave owners used detailed accounting of each slave’s production and regular beatings and other physical violence to enforce ever greater levels of production.
Argentine film, Wild Tales. Opens with a scene in an airplane that is really frightening because since the movie was made, the German airliner was crashed into the mountain in French Alps by a depressed guy. Scene in the movie shows captain banging on the door. Then the plane crashing into backyard of the co-pilots parents.
Completely over the top story of two guys who get into a traffic altercation on a remote highway. Both end up burned to death in a wrecked car.
First DOG show of 2015 ready to hang
First DOG show of 2015 ready to hang
First DOG show of 2015 ready to hang
Kay Kenny’s house
Serious garden defenses at Kenny house
Snow almost gone.
Lots of UTM work. Meetings with Jan and Seth and Eliel. Talked about the long overdue website. Seems that Seth and Eliel are flailing around and each other.
Cleaned up HAL Armory site and worked on new calendar plugin for HAL website.
Hung up the first DOG show. Went to Kay Kenny’s house in Saugerties to pick up her pictures. Had to break in thru screen door.
8:19 am – still below freezing
Spent most of the day working on tax prep. Almost done with DOG/DOE statements. Gross sales exceeded $17K.
Had call from Jim Savage founder of Green Build LLC a new venture working on hemp-lime construction materials. Expect to have conversation sometime next week.
7:34 am
Went to gym alone. Karen is mending her ankle.
After breakfast spent time working on a mock up of a website for the Greenport Historical Society. ghs.markorton.com. They haven’t asked for one but I will propose it to them as my contribution. Continue reading
The living room will go away shortly. Displaced by DOG
Went to gym at 7:30 am. Hope to get this into a routine. More work on tennis exercises.
Returned and worked on UTM and library projects. Talked with Jan about UTM plans for an hour. He remains concerned that David and Seth don’t really grasp the situation and opportunity they are in.
Spent most of day on UTM. Met with Jan at Columbia Memorial Hospital for talk with Katie Cullen, head hospitalist. She is enthusiastic about the app. Wants to bring more of her people into using it. Ran over to Fish & Game Rd. office of Chris Gorczinski. He had his admin, Kacey Quirk, with him. Similar discussion.
Went to Albany to meet up with Karen and David Drake for a movie, Leviathan, and later dinner with Dave’s new girlfriend Liz. Need to find her last name. Continue reading
Single file on all but major street sidwalks
Drove to Cambridge and Somerville. Karen for her Soup Group meeting and me to meet Mike Beach at Artisan’s Asylum, the makerspace.
The piles of snow are impressive. Drove down Kinnaird St. to see what the old haunts looked like.
Went for lunch with Esther Hanig at the Druid in Inman Sq. She has a new job as the Director of the Union Sq. Main Streets project. Then I drove Karen to Ellen Feldman’s house. I went on to Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville to meet with Michael Beach. Aside: Michael told me that Peter Flowers is in hospital with pneumonia and stroke. Currently intubated and being treated for pneumonia primarily.
Learned the importance of social factors. Involvement and presence of renters drives much of the activity. Many of the courses are taught by renters. Lots of interaction and mentoring by renters. Saw this in action with Michael and his projects. Met Derek Bradbury, President.
There is a corporate makerspace in the next building, Greentown Labs
Picked up Karen at Moira Barrett’s house in Cambridge. Drove home. Arrived 11:30pm.
Temperature 6:30 am
Temperature 10 am
Walked to UTM at 10 am. Slow meeting with Jan, Seth and David.
Stopped at Moto for coffee at 2:30 pm. Worked on corporate organization trends essay.
Bob’s mocha latte
Bob and Marie Rasner came in. Bob likes to talk. Told stories of his corporate life.
UTM call with Troy Web about new Apple app provisioning process. Procedures still unclear.
Karen has gone off with David Drake, SJ Williams to movies in Albany.
