It was nearing the end of another year and so it was time to take stock of the various things that hadn't been done in the year and of other things that would be fun as the year wound down. There was also the challenge of seeing how many pictures would be taken this year. On Monday December 27, the kids and I drove Suzanne to the airport so that she could spend a few days in Pittsburgh visiting Norma. Then we went to lunch and devoured Ben's meal 0
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even though the potato salad gave me indigestion for a few days. Maybe that is why Ben 1
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is laughing? Jane 2
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cleared away her food 3
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though the french (aka freedom) fries were a group effort. After Jane took these pictures of me 4
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and Sarah 5
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who sat on the other side, I took this artistic photo of the Marathon Restaurant 6
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and we headed to the Mutter Museum 7
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but there was no photography allowed there and maybe for good reason. The next day, I turned to the new penny sculptures to see what could be done. With inadequate reading of the documentation, I was only able to fit 5 pennies in a cross section 8
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and it didn't improve with the flash turned off 9
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and up close the pennies blurred 10
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but I could show part of the problem 11
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from various angles and then work down to a single cross section 12
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where even with one post removed 13
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I only fit 5 pennies as Sarah worked on the Rubik's cube 14
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and I pondered further the penny situation 15
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as Sarah got guidance 16
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and eventually moved her hands fast enough 17
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so that Rubik was finally put together. Meanwhile, on the left coast, Jacobo was demonstrating how to fit 7 pennies 18
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where I had only fit 5 and growing it out with pens for posts 19
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all of which made him particularly happy to pose with Bruce Arden 20
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and celebrate Bruce's forthcoming nuptials. Back in the East, I picked Suzanne up at the airport and we met Lenny and Judy 21
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for dinner but only took pictures after the food was consumed 22
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which may have been an end of the year thing or maybe it's a new plan -- to capture used plates rather than fresh food. The waiter 23
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was amused and with a few more tries, I was able to capture them 24
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and then take this self portrait 25
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and picture of Suzanne 26
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as the desserts arrived 27
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which raised spirits 28
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even as I captured this sign 29
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and with flash 30
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for my collection which was amusing since there were no paper towels, just grass 31
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in the bathroom. The chef came by to thank us and posed 32
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before we visited the leopard next door 33
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and began the drive back north. After digesting further instructions, I understood how to fit a cross section of 7 pennies in place and was able to reach almost 5 inches in height 34
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before needing a shoe lace for stability against warped rods. Next, I added a second shoe lace to bring it together further 35
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at the 12.5 inch level and thanked my lab assistant 36
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for her help in the enterprise. The experimenting continues and new photos will appear in the new year as we tackle the issue of the later more voluminous decades. Then it was New Year's Eve Day and Jane and John 37
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were working on their MUN position paper as Andrew 38
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watched and we noted that they had gotten their licenses 39
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the day before as Suzanne spoke 40
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and Sarah watched 41
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until Ed arrived 42
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to make some progress on the puzzle and Ben 43
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ate his sandwich as I finished my salad 44
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and recorded the important new things -- grapple's (pronounce them correctly) 45
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and the new Boynton calendar 46
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to replace the old 47
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as progress continued on the puzzle 48
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and we dug into chips and dip 49
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before taking holiday pictures of Sarah and Ed 50
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me (with hat in self portrait) 51
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Suzanne 52
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Ben 53
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and our slowly assembling family -- 3 strong 54
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then 4 strong 55
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then all of us 56
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as recorded by Ed 57
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just as the Havurah people arrived and posed 58
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in different ways 59
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before heading to the comedy club 60
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and on to dinner at Marsillio's 61
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where I knew the waiter (class of '07) 62
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even as the holiday costumes came to Suzanne 63
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Steven 64
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Peter 65
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Sara 66
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Seva 67
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and my self portrait 68
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and profile 69
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shots all of which made a nice setting 70
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as the waitress 71
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noted Suzanne 72
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Peter 73
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Steven 74
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Sara 75
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and Seva 76
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and our drinks 77
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chilled as I captured the glassware 78
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and my last pictures of Suzanne 79
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and Steven 80
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in the new year. After posing the celebratory instruments 81
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Various people in December
all that was left to do was to toast 2004 and say hello to 2005. Happy New Year to all.
Wednesday December 8 82
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Victoria McGeer (University Center for Human Values and Philosophy) 83
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Robert Full (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering job candidate)
Thursday December 9 (Faculty Lunch) 84
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Perry Cook (Computer Science and Music), Emily Carter (Program in Applied and Computational Math and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Maria Chudnovsky (Mathematics), Jeff Dolven (English), Elaine Pagels (Religion), Alan Krueger (Economics and Woodrow Wilson School), and Rena Lederman (Anthropology)
Monday December 13 85
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John Hopfield (Molecular Biology)
Tuesday December 14 86
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John Dabiri (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering job candidate) 87
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Chris Floudas (Chemical Engineering) 88
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Anson Rabinbach (History)
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Szymon Suckewer (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Friday December 17 90
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the repair man in the camera store
Monday December 20 91
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Martin Cherkes (Economics) 92
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Suzanne Pures (Development) 93
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To California and back
Mary DeLorenzo (Provost's Office) It was going to be a trip to California to see the family and the OC but first I had to meet with 94
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Carol Greenhouse from Anthropology on Monday and have the shredder man 95
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come on Wednesday to take our wares 96
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to the grinding machine. On Thursday, I had a faculty lunch with 97
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Joyce Carol Oates (Creative Writing), Warren Warren (Chemsitry), Adele Goldberg (Linguistics), Liz Gavis (Molecular Biology), Stan Katz (Woodrow Wilson School) and Kai Li (Computer Science). Then, John Ikenberry 98
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came by for a minute before this gentleman 99
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moved his truck but wouldn't allow me to take his picture. I picked up Jane and we drove to the airport parking here 100
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and catching the bus here 101
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so that we could sit next to this gentleman on the plane 102
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and watch him read Jane's copy of The Catcher in the Rye while he shared his book 103
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with Jane but unfortunately it was unreadable. My meal 104
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was no better than Jane's 105
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except for the main course 106
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of mine which made me hope the flight would land soon so that we could put our bags 107
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on the bus to get to Avis 109
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where this gentleman 110
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watched as we rented this car 111
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to see Larry 113
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and Janet 114
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who was incognito. Next morning, Janet 115
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acknowledged that we were in The OC 118
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and the eventual end for their contents as the pellets go into the hopper 123
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that won't be around for long even as Mikey 128
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feigned work and Larry 129
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to prepare us if we ever had to do a full scale protest. Next we drove on down the highway 131
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to enjoy my sandwich 154
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as the pelican 155
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watched and wondered if the guards 157
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would appear as I took this self portrait 158
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and we again crossed the street behind an authentic OC hatted person 159
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to make our way to the chocolate store 160
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where there was a good selection 161
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and lots of Sponge Bob's friends 162
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as this gentleman 163
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provided us with chocolate 164
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you don't want to eat in the car. We said good bye to the Laguna Beach Greeter 165
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passed an OC sweat shirt 166
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and found that there were people who felt my parking job 167
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was inadequate. We were back on the road and eventually got to San Diego for some food 168
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though there seemed to be a lot of phone calling 169
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in the air as I posed for a self portrait 170
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and captured Jane 171
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before she started talking on the phone 172
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but this ended when we studied pictures 173
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and Syl posed 174
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as we looked at another picture 175
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and then took the elevator 176
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to Aesop's Tables where we captured the tables 177
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the salad 178
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and chicken Caesar salad 181
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before heading back to the decorations 182
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with a little for Hannukah 183
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and then playing cards 184
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until the phone rang 185
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but Dan focused 186
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and won as we ate more fruit 187
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more chewies 188
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and more brownies 189
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washed down by tea 190
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from these bags 191
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before calling it a night. Saturday morning, we drove tot he pancake house 192
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given menus 195
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with the history 196
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and pancakes 202
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arrived. We stopped at Home Depot but they had poinsettias 203
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and had our lunch of soup 206
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and cheese 207
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as Jane 209
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admired the vegetable faces 213
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I made as tea 214
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were served. Later, we drove to Trader Joe's 216
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the manager told us that we could take her picture 218
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who also took the picture of the assembled. It was Thanksgiving (or almost) and so as we had done in we celebrated. Suzanne began her celebration with a foot washing 222
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that seemed to ease her mood 224
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as Lewis 225
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