Saturday February 8, 2003
Back on SATURDAY 02/28/03 I started the YIP Project.
Snow on spiral stairs. Forecast 4-6 inches. More than 12 arrived. But, very fluffy.
This began as a picture-centric project with just captions below. As explained elsewhere, I have been plagued by a bad memory of my day-to-day life. So my first swing was to keep a digital camera with me and take pictures every day. Here is the first, following a snowy day:
Sunday February 9, 2003
PAMELA WORDEN PROJECT
Work is well underway on the Pamela Worden Flash movie project. Miriam Goodman stopped by and proffered some advice on the project. As with every project I do, this one is taking several times longer than anticipated.
MORE WORK ON THE PAMELA WORDEN PROJECT
Further work on the flash movie.
Monday February 10, 2003
Regular Day at Work
A messy desk is SOP for me.
Work on Six Sigma proposal
Scribbling on the white board with Terry Burton & Sherry Gordon preparing proposal for Six Sigma project at MKS.
Tuesday February 11, 2003
Off to the Sports Palace in Central Square
Wednesday February 12, 2003
Dark matter and energy make it to NYTimes
WMAP project reported in the NYTimes. Front page below the fold. There is dark matter and dark energy. The universe is 13.7 billion years old.
Dark Matter, Dark Energy in the Universe
A relatively cheap little satellite has confirmed astrophysicists theories that most of the universe is filled up with stuff they call “dark matter” and “dark energy”. I have called my brother Ed about this and he assures me that Parker (nephew age nine) will shortly have this all figured out.
Thursday 02/13/2003
The back of Simmons Hall located on Vassar St. Steven Holl Architects. This was a bit of a surprise seen at night. Karen and I had visited it during the day when the multi-colored facade seems a key feature .
Friday – February 14, 2003
Temperature at 7am.
SATURDAY 2/15/2003
MR HANDYMAN COMES TO THE RESCUE
Sink drain clogged up. Resisted drain snake, required industrial strength chemicals.
Sunday – February 16, 2003
PREP FOR A VISIT TO THE “OTHER” MR. ROTO-ROOTER MAN
Prep for colonoscopy. Cancelled next day because of blizzard.
Monday – February 17, 2003
Kinnaird St. Cambridge during snow storm.
A Harvard house along the river.
About 6 PM. Record 27.5 inches of snow, but still nothing like the Blizzard of 1978 that lasted for two days and was accompanied by 50 mile per hour winds.
MONDAY 02/17/03: THE BLIZZARD OF 2003 – CATCHING UP ON READING
Taking advantage of the record snow storm, we stayed home. This lead to a catching up on old New Yorkers. “to Google” has entered the everyday vocabulary. The most amazing thing about Google is how wonderful its search capabilities really are!!
Tuesday – February 18, 2003
SHOVELING OUT
After Karen and I did our Kinnaird St,. duties we walked over to Richard and Nancy’s house on Harvard Street to shovel their sidewalk. They had taken off for a “school teacher’s holiday” to Florida. When we got there we discovered that their tenant had done an excellent job. So, with an excess of moral energies we found Dorothy and Jim’s car on Pine St. to extricate.
Pine st. Cambridge
Went out to dinner with Linda Larson
A favorite dinner spot with Linda Larson. Best ambience in Watertown.
Saturday February 22, 2003
Trip to Hartford CT.
KCD at the Sheraton in Hartford, scene of our weekend “holiday”.
A real destination breakfast spot in Hartford. Replete with the owner of 30+ years hobbled on crutches on a corner stool.
Mel Bochner at the Wadsworth in Hartford
Atheneum Museum
Sunday February 23, 2003
Breakfast in Avon, Ct. Second day of continuous rain
Monday February 24, 2003
new Apple 14.1 inch iBook put into service.
Tuesday February 25, 2003
Seen in the bathroom at work… did someone misplace a fig leaf?
Wednesday February 26, 2003
envelope for the CD
Help Pamela Worden set up her show on Church St. Cambridge. Included a computer showing the video I made, “House Book” an animation of her artist book about her husband’s decline.
They also met the landlord, a Nigerian fellow who owns a bunch of apartment houses and a copy center. He seems to be on Ed’s side based on his earlier dealings with Xu. She hasn’t paid her rent and has been a pain in the rear. He will move to evict her.
