Archive for February, 2006
On and off
It’s been a whirlwind tour of Asia-Pac via Cathay Pacific. Last Thursday and Friday was in HongKong. Seeing the office move to North Point while also in for some key meetings with my direct report.
Then came back Saturday evening, then Sunday evening fly to Sydney for a Regional meeting. It’s been great so far with [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2006 under En route, Hong Kong.
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Flashdance, What a Feeling
Saturday was an event-packed APA fest, and probably would have been a logistical nightmare if it were anywhere other than New York. Bright and early that morning I was helping out a moot court workshop for law students in midtown. P- was doing errands, and I met her at the Pathmark in Chinatown with the [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2006 under Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens.
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Cold February Weekend
The passing of Don Knotts. I’m of the generation that knew him best as Mr. Furley of “Three’s Company” (particularly since I probably watched far too much of that show when I was young). Man, is it sad that both John Ritter (the ex-Jack Tripper) and Don Knotts are gone.
The passing of Darren [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2006 under Brooklyn.
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All Olympics, All the Time
Ok, it’s bad enough that I’m a major insomniac and that I blog at strange hours. But, it’s almost funny - I just let the tv on NBC and let the Olympics go. On and on and on. Imagine if I had cable - it’d be seriously non-stop Olympics with the networks of NBC (although, [...]
Posted: February 22nd, 2006 under En route.
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Piazza
We’re in week 2 of the Olympics, and one of those little vignette-timewasters inserted into the NBC coverage involved how this year’s doughnut-shaped Olympic metals are supposed to memorialize the piazza, or town plaza. Cut away to the Olympic metal presentation stage set in a giant open square surrounded by stores, cafes, and room for [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2006 under Brooklyn.
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