Category Archives: Work

Monday – 11/21/2016

Drove to Albany with Karen for visit with Dr. Rivard about hydrocele in left testicle. After one look and heft he said he wouldn’t try to talk me out of the operation. Now scheduled for 1/28/2017.

Started reading The Attention Merchants  img_4320

Went to movie, Moonlight. Very good.img_4321

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Fire station Delaware Ave. Albany NY

UTM telecon on the way back. Seth is possessed about Wednesday meeting with Melvilles. Talked further w Gayle Gendron about a couple of slides about benefits and marketing. 

Watched first of six part tv series The Night Manager. 

Friday – 11/18/2016

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Leaves still waiting…..

Construction just up the street.

Construction just up the street.

Worked on UTM. Talked with Brigid Dorsey for almost an hour. Then Matt Almeida. Walked to Cascades for lunch. Ole Breuning showed up. More UTM talk. 

HAL Program Committee 1pm. Took minutes. Elena Mosley and Lisa Dolan new members. Good discussion. Lasted until 3:30. Picked up Adopt-a-Book – Tim Wu on internet marketing. 

Ended day hanging pictures for DOG Photobook show. Karen very pressed.

Pick up picture clips.

Pick up picture clips.

Watched more of the TV series, The Fall. 

Friday – 11/11/2016

Went to Bob’s for breakfast, quite crowded because it is Veteran’s Day. Saw this on the way home. Thought of all the hissing pipes that we no longer have to worry about.

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Started work on Angry White Guy essay. Talked with Matt Almeida. Very brief. Seth Lachterman brought new blood pressure cuff by gallery. Read bits of Will in the World, a biography of Shakespeare. 

Wednesday – 11/9/2016

Avoided turning on the radio for a long time. Denying Trump. Spent much of the morning writing CurrentMatters piece about the election 

Also spent a lot of time working on my new approach to the Our Situation essays, letters written to Noah and Nyla. 

Talked with Anita Harris in the afternoon. 

Overall a depressed day. 

Tennis was very good. Three very compettitve sets. Karen has reminded me beforehand to be mindful. image

Tuesday – 11/8/2016 – Election Day

Meeting with Chad Weckler at CEDC and Michael Tucker about commercial kitchens and Hudson-Creative. Arrived at the end of the meeting due to my calendar entry screw up. Tucker is loud and mostly about his own opinions. 

Had coffee afterward with Chad. He told me of space offered to us at 3rd and State. 

Drove to NYC. Arrived about 2pm. At MET Breuer – old Whitney. Diane Arbus and Kerry James Marshall. image

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image Took selfies in our regular bench in the stairwell. Horse or fire station entries on E. 82nd St. 

Drove over to PioPio restaurant for Nyla’s 14th birthday party. Andrea, Noah, & John too. Very cheery time. 11082016-nyla-bday-1

Back to Hudson in time to watch some of the election returns at Spotty Dog. Went home at about 10. I went to sleep about 11. Woke up at 3am to discover a headline from NYTimes announcing Trump’s victory. Despite my lack of enthusiasm for Hilary C I am distressed. 

Monday – 11/7/2016

Weighed 230.5 this morning.

Wrote overview piece for Hudson-Creative. Then turned to my attention to the Our Situation essays. Started anew  writing a letter to Noah and Nyla. Very effective mode for me. Quickly got into the swing. Posing questions about why things are the way they are in order to get to the ideas.2016-11-07_2043

Went to get a haircut with Karen. Done, both of us in under 15 minutes. Then a stop at Walmart for drugstore. Got new dish towels to replace the rags we have used up completely.img_4258

Dave Drake came over for leftovers. Beef stew.
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Friday – 11/4/2016

Met with David Murphy about HAL matters. Basement issues are sorting themselves out to pretty good satisfaction. He asked me to attend the next Finance Committee mtg. 

Talked with Matt Almeida. Key topic is a lead tracking system. 

Worked on RoadTrip Keynote piece. Went to courts for practice at 4:30. 

Watched Citizen Four about Edward Snowden. A remarkable documentary. image

Thursday – 11/3/2016

Spent most of day working on the Road Trip Keynote review and diary entries. Also talked with UTM about RPM pricing. image

Played tennis w Ted D. Very windy. Less than good tennis. 

Karen gave her 20th century women photographer lecture for Anne Bertrand-Dewsnap’s art history class at Marist.

Chinese food from Red Chopstick. Very spicy. 

Talked w Harvey Meyerson for 45 minutes. 

Continued to watch Mr. Robot series. 

Monday – 10/31/2016

UTM – meeting with two Swedish guys, Fredrik Florberg and Niclas Fjälltoft.

Spent over four hours in discussion. Fredrik really liked the simplicity and robustness of the product. He is envisioning how to implement it in the healthcare sector in Sweden.

Lunch at Wunderbar.

Dinner with Dave Drake at New York Restaurant in Catskill. 

borrowed from Google Earth

borrowed from Google Earth