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Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 07:52:42 +0000

pamsterdam visiting new pamshire in august, a couple of days in boston too

Just in case anyone's interested...

I fly in on Friday the 10th and plan to spend the night in the Boston area (heading to Amherst for familial obligations on the 11th, then spending the following week in NH). As my flight departs on Monday the 20th, I plan to spend the night of the 19th in Boston as well.

And, um, sorry to have been absent from rideside for the past couple of months. My favorite uncle died - a year and a week after his sister. I officially hate the month of June.

So. Hey - today's my birthday. Happy birthday to me. Raise a glass an' all that. Woo.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-07-25 07:55:51 +0000
Happy Birthday! And I'm so sorry about your uncle. I know it's been a tough year for you. So sorry I'll miss your whirlwind tour. Trying to figure out when I can get to see you! I hope your birthday, and year are spectacular.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 07:58:11 +0000
Thanks, Miriam. I will be sad to miss you too! If you're returning to Israel for a visit in the coming year, you could maybe stop over here - or we could meet up somewhere inbetween? xxx
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-25 07:58:24 +0000
Amherst MA or Amherst NH?
These New England founders should be taken into a back alley and shot for their lack of ingeniuty, but I think they are all pretty dead already.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 08:00:30 +0000
Heh heh heh! The Massachusetts one. My brother's competing in the New England Special Olympics Softball Championships. Which is pretty impressive, considering his best move involves standing in the outfield and ducking the ball.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-25 08:03:50 +0000
OMFG! that's the one I'm like 30 minutes away from! Dinner?

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-07-25 08:03:54 +0000
Pam... Liz and I were still planning to get dinner with you.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 08:10:50 +0000
Awesome - I'm pleased the offer still stands! It would be great to see you both again in your new digs.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 08:12:16 +0000
You're so cute! I was already kindly invited by MC and his ladyfriend for dinner on Friday, but maybe we can wangle a meet-up outside of din-dins?
Posted by G lib on 2007-07-25 09:20:09 +0000
I would love to see you on the 10th, as well. I might/might not be here on the 19th-- let me know your plans.
Posted by G lib on 2007-07-25 09:20:29 +0000
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 09:29:45 +0000
Thanks, G! I'm one bottle of Duvel into the celebrations.
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Posted by Epoisses on 2007-07-25 09:29:45 +0000
CHRISTMAS in motherfuckin' JULY!

Lemme know if you have time to pencil me in, eh?
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 09:30:49 +0000
I always have time for stinky cheese, yo. My schedule in Boston is purely rideside-tastic.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-07-25 09:39:19 +0000
The day before you leave is wide open -- maybe we can catch up when you get here, too. Wanna try the Model post-dinner?
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-25 09:41:01 +0000
I like the way you think, Epoisses.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-07-25 09:53:37 +0000
Yow!
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-25 12:53:20 +0000
sounds good. lemme know.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-07-25 14:14:27 +0000
Unless something extraordinary happens, my next possibility to go to Israel is November 2008.
Posted by virtue on 2007-07-26 04:52:32 +0000
Ooh, oooh, me too, me too!
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-30 05:55:39 +0000
happy belated b-Day, BTW. Wow, am I dumb and unobservant.

feel free to pelt me with soccer references until I roll up into a ball in the fetal position crying...

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-30 06:15:53 +0000
DU, if you keep bad-mouthing yourself, I'm gonna have to start zerberting your arm.

Yeah, take THAT!
Posted by MF DU on 2007-07-30 06:31:58 +0000
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Posted by virtue on 2007-07-30 06:41:27 +0000
Erm, me too. but please don't pelt me with sports references as I'd be oblivious and would do no good.

happy belated b-day!
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-07-30 06:50:38 +0000
Yes, the pelting is null and void in this instance.

And belation isn't a crime, yo. On the contrary, it simply protracts my jubilation and intoxication! Whoo!
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-08-08 20:49:29 +0000
OK, so I'm landing tomorrow morning (Friday) at around 10am and am heading over to my hotel room to drop off my stuff and maybe nap/shower.

MC, I e-mailed you and the ladyfriend re: dinner.

I would <strong>love</strong> to see all y'all on Friday night, if I can. Epoisses has suggested the Model as a meeting point and watering hole, which suits me down to my toes.

DU - the Amherst trip is off, sorry! My brother decided he'd rather hang out with me than stand in a hot softball field all weekend.

See you soon!
xxx
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-08-08 21:31:20 +0000
The Model = yes. What time are we thinking?

(Pamsterdam, check yr. email -- I just hit you.)
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-09 04:35:07 +0000
best wishes, Pam - I want to hang out, but will not be able to make Boston this weekend! :(

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-08-09 05:42:35 +0000
:o(

Poo. Ah well, I know how it goes. Do you work in Boston? Maybe I could drop by yr work?



Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-09 06:12:58 +0000
Smithfield Rhode Island :(

Posted by tgl on 2007-08-09 08:06:49 +0000
<a href="http://www.google.com/maps?daddr=Smithfield,+RI&geocode=&saddr=monson,+ma&f=d&sll=41.8858,-71.50899&sspn=0.183006,0.282555&ie=UTF8&z=10&om=1">You are nuts</a>.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-09 08:18:56 +0000
You're just figuring that out now?

So far certain Springfield, MA financial institutions have not returned my several resume submissions...

thank god for books on tape, satellite radio and ipods...
Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-08-09 08:43:10 +0000
I had no idea. Good lord.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-09 08:50:54 +0000
Im sure Al Gore would disapprove of my carbon footprint.
Posted by G lib on 2007-08-09 11:04:36 +0000
F*ck carbon footprint-- let's think about your sanity! I honestly don't know how you do it. I would have shot myself years ago.

Edit: Now that I think about it, you do have a hot wife and a the cutest daughter ever-- hence no suicide. Now it all makes sense to me...
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-08-09 18:14:28 +0000
DU, I wonder how many people who think you're nuts spend just as long - or longer - commuting as you do (90 minutes door-to-door). My friend Stef who bikes to work in Boston probably has the best commute (also 90 minutes), and I reckon I spent about that long on the T, especially when it was crowded.

Not that I don't feel for you. Driving takes more attention (and generates more stress) than other forms of commuting. I just don't think you're nuts.

OK, off to the airport (roughly 13 hours door-to-door; hell of a commute). TTFN.
Posted by tgl on 2007-08-10 04:08:40 +0000
It's not the duration, it's the mode. It'd make me miserable. Just thinking about it makes me miserable.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-10 04:13:28 +0000
You guys are all way right.

I am "stuck" in a rut career wise - I have been putting stuff out for about a month, but no meaningful bites in my neck of the woods - part of the problem is lack of energy once I get home after being gone for 14 hours...

Heres to having excellent family and friends at least...
Posted by G lib on 2007-08-10 05:34:49 +0000
ditto.

I actually spend quite a bit of time commuting-- between 45 minutes to an hour in one direction. But on my way to work this means 10 minutes walk, 10 minutes T, 20 minutes walk (through common and public garden), 20 minutes T (reading the gossip pages of the Metro). I quite enjoy it.

Du, anything I can do to help you with the job sitch, let me know.
Posted by tgl on 2007-08-10 05:40:00 +0000
He needs a grant to start a radio station.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-08-10 06:59:42 +0000
Just playing devil's advocate (from the chi-chi Internet station in my hotel here in Boston!):

In DU's car he can listen to whatever music he wants uninterupted, smell only what he wants to smell, and doesn't have to worry about weird people getting close to him. Or sneezing near him.

Yes, I've turned into Andrian Monk.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-10 07:02:52 +0000
this post =lol
Posted by tgl on 2007-08-10 07:03:27 +0000
Sounds positively American! We are all Dutch. ;)
Posted by MF DU on 2007-08-10 07:04:31 +0000
I saw something about a Massachusetts jobs database @ the Monson Public Library (yes, its true Im a socialist!) the other night - do you know anything about stuff like that G libby?

Posted by G lib on 2007-08-10 10:19:16 +0000
I don't know about a jobs database per-se, but are you looking for any job aggregator?

Like these?

http://jobs.careerbuilder.com/al.ic/Massachusetts/?ff=21
http://boston.com/jobs/
Posted by Miriam on 2007-08-10 13:04:08 +0000
My driving commute: 15 minutes to work. Usually go home for lunch. There's my 45 minutes, and I love it. Actually, I wish I could walk home like I did living in Somerville. Would relieve a lot of stress, but I have to admit that it's a true pleasure to have air conditioning instead of riding a heated bus in the summer.
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