July 18th, 2004. The day they brought Jasmine to my hotel and left for good. Some guy, her “grandma”, and another little girl. They spent maybe 10 minutes together, and then left. The door shut, and Jasmine cried and screamed. I expect I was the first man to ever pick her up. She finally just [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Andy in front of piece of Berlin Wall
Sunday, July 6th, 2008I’m at the Microsoft MVP summit. They had poorly curated corporate art, but the piece of the Berlin wall in the lobby was pretty cool. Although the individual pieces of art were good, there was no overall personality to the exhibit. While I was in Seattle the Dalai lama and Bishop Tutu were having [...]
Picture of boardwalk at Atlantic City in 1959
Sunday, July 6th, 2008Dad took this picture in 1959, I wonder why he was there. Or more accurately, I wonder what academic conference was there? Let’s see, Carol would have been 5? I know my 5 year old (Jasmine) would be saying “This is SO BOOOOORRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG, Daddy!”