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12/19: You'd expect architects to be competent speakers, but Anthony Flint, author of "This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America", managed to get out 361 "uhhhs" in a 50-minute talk at the BPL on "Shaping the 21st-Century City". That's one every eight seconds.
12/12: Our condo's annual meeting is always a freakshow extravaganza, although this year was less painful than most... 12/11: In a quarter century of coding, I've never found a more capable text editor than Xedit, which began life on
12/10: Met a few people at the Vendome holiday reception.
11/27: After 347 days on one massive local project for work, I left for a two-week scoping session at a new client in scenic Columbus, Ohio. |
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11/17: Travelled up to Maine on the weekend before Thanksgiving as a sly way to avoid holiday travel.
11/8: Had lunch with Sheeri on my last day working in Kendall and a week before she starts working out in Needham!
11/3: Committed to the next level of practice by finally beginning my first lengthy Buddhist meditation retreat, a 9-day "sandwich retreat" at CIMC.
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10/28: Went to the
 10/24: Today's noontime Boston Bikes Summit discussion was a very disappointing talk on "Bicycling and Economic Development", which focused mostly on how planners hope to co-opt bicycling to allow them to increase population density in our cities. However, in the evening several locals took the floor to talk about the ancient and recent history of bike advocacy in Boston, and then the "expert team" talked about the facilities and processes they will recommend in their final report to the mayor. 10/23: The Tuesday noontime Boston Bikes Summit session was another marginally interesting talk on "Bicycling and Health". 10/22: With Mayor Menino taking a sudden interest in cycling, the three-day Boston Bikes Summit kicked off today. I attended the first public session on "State and Regional Bike Plans", where I learned about a number of promising new and planned initiatives. In the evening I went to the BPL to catch a vaguely interesting meeting on "The Role of Bicycling in World Class Cities".
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12/23: Made my way up to Maine to have an early Xmas observance with the family. Happily, I managed to get through this year's holiday season with a lot less stress than usual. 
12/18: Sadness all around. We commisserated at the 
11/5: Received a copy of the annual fundraising letter that 
10/30: Saw 
