Saturday
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 
Went to movie, Moonlight. Very good.

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.
Drove to Albany.
Along the way we stopped in Kinderhook at jack Shainman’s The School Gallery for the “Winter in America” show. Very diverse but in the end unfocused and not very interesting. Liked the di Suvero sculpture on the lawn.
At the Albany Institute of History and Art. David Drake joined us.
The Capital Region in 50 Objects – surprisingly good.

Horse show making machine

Lunch with Anita Harris & Dave near Pine Hills in a Junior’s sports bar on Madison.
Movie at Spectrum – Martian with Matt Damon – good Hollywood entertainment.
Dinner at Van’s Vietnamese Restaurant 307 Central Ave,. David and Dan Drake, Liz Allen, daughter Lena.
Great firehouse on Delaware Ave, near the Spectrum movie theatre.
Busy day with clients. Reviewed materials from Mary Vaughn Williams at 6:30 am; talked with her at 8:30. Hopefully she got her application in to Martha Lane before leaving for her high school reunion.
Spoke with Alan Coon about the UTM website project again. He had a tough conversation with David Ackerman yesterday and is now doing the repair work on his own dime. Then, Matt Almeida. Spent time catching up on diary.More on this1Some company
Great meeting of HAL Marketing Committee at 4pm. Agi Clark presented her ideas and we had a lively discussion and brainstorming session. Left feeling very buoyant about this work. It is clear that we need to organize the messaging around the various classes of users, children, parents, teens, etc.
Went to gym early.
Very good UTM meeting with Seth and Jan about developers.
Went to Harrington’s for paint. Very expensive $49 per gallon. Paint DOG rooms tomorrow. Continue reading
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