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6/16: Biked 60 miles down to scenic Easton and back to attend my friend Sheeri's wedding, where I put on a tie over my cycling jersey, hung out, nibbled on appetizers, and took a few pictures, which you can view here.
6/16: My longtime friend Ailsa held an open house only a few miles away from where Sheeri's wedding, so I stopped by and got to meet her exceptionally friendly cat Roshi, and her dog, who felt like editorializing in the accompanying photo.
6/8: Read "The Cat Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Troubleshooting Tips, and Advice on Lifetime Maintenance", which turned out to be much more practical than humorous, although some of the information graphics were pretty amusing.
6/7: Yet another company team event that included a Duck Tour. Mind you, they do a great job, but after a half dozen of them, it gets a little commonplace. Fortunately, we finished the evening with cocktails at McCormack & Schmick's.
6/6: Eating ice cream for cancer research is something I can get behind, so I took some of my coworkers over to the Jimmy Fund’s all-you-can-eat Scooper Bowl and duplicated my 2005 record of injesting 20 scoops in 75 minutes. OoooOOOoooh!
6/2: After looking at color, light, texture, and pattern on day one, we ended the miksang photography class by exploring space and what they called “dot in space”. The workshop provided some great lessons about composition as well as an interesting exercise in nonconceptual thought. <dot in space door>
6/1: Began a really interesting two-day “Level 1” class on miksang photography at the Boston Shambhala Center. The contemplative practice is less about the images that get produced than it is about what happens in your mind as you deconstruct the world of objects. Check out my journal entry or all my workshop images.
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 5/31: On her last night in town, Inna treated me to a mostly savory dinner at Morton’s, the first time I’d been there in quite some time.
 5/29: Spent a pleasant vacation day hanging out in the sun on the Esplanade with Inna, then had an awesome visit with a couple dozen kittykats at the newly renovated Angell adoption center. Then we had dinner at Bukhara for the first time before scooting to the Coop to catch a disappointing talk by Noah Blumenthal, the author of “You’re Addicted to You”.
5/28: Inna and I spent an unfruitful holiday shopping, but had an excellent evening meal at Montien after wandering around Downtown Crossing and the Boston Common together.
5/27: Spent the day with my best friend Inna, who is in town from Pittsburgh. Activities included a pleasant walk around Castle Island, a late lunch at Sunset, and visiting our huge-o friend Liz, just days before she delivered a baby girl.
 5/12: Went out to the Sunset Grill for lunch and an afternoon of socializing with a bunch of Where's George users. photos
 5/10: To celebrate his birthday, as well as his being in town for work, I went out to dinner at Montien with one of my former writers, Victor, and his co-worker Laura.
 5/9: Took the Acela for another day trip down to Manhattan to meet with my client and wander around town, taking a few pictures and dropping some Georges on a beautiful spring day.
 5/3: Biked over to a barbecue team event held by my project team from Optaros at a house outside Harvard Square. Chilly, but spring finally seems to be on its way.
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4/27: Returned the last of my 4,500 work units of research data on proteins and ligands in support of cancer research for grid computing project 
