It is going to be difficult to show up without a proof of existence,
since each of us is a proof of our existence.
Best,
Glenn
On 7/19/2013 08:18, David Gallaher wrote:
Again! It's the end of July, and you know that means a
PARTY BBQ PARTY BBQ PARTY BBQ
at the home of Mike Ward and Karen Schaffer
Saturday, July 27, 2013
4:00 pm onwards
1181 Martin Ave , San Jose CA 95126
(408) 298-3269
Our house is one hundred and three years old this year! We are much
younger, though monotonically approaching convergence. This year is
the twentieth anniversary of Karen's emigration from Minnesota and the
thirtieth anniversary of Mike's emigration from Sunnyvale . We have
pictures of the Minnesota trip, and we are monotonically younger in them.
Our back yard has not changed this year. Well, perhaps the plants have
grown; it was a good year for plant growth. The archaeological site is
still open, but will be closed up shortly for the benefit of a future
generation of archaeologists. The wood-chip base is still base, though
older. Come and see it for yourselves.
Bring: barbecueable food (your main course) and potluck stuff to
share; wine; beer (especially unusual ones no one has ever heard of);
friends who can talk intelligently (especially unusual ones, though
it's OK if we've heard of them)
Bring Not: dogs, cats, chickens, bullfrogs, aspirated vireos,
unaspirated vimeos, or one-headed sheep. (However, service animals of
these types are always welcome.) Do not bring theories of existence,
existence theorems, existence proofs, theories of proof, proofs of
theories, or proofs of existence. We have a bbq, and therefore we eat;
theories of lunch or dinner are therefore always acceptable, though
you may get arguments about the details, or perhaps the appetizers.
Last year we had a lot of complaints about the hierarchy, specifically
about their absence. So, this year, we're going back to molecular
monolayers, if we can just get those chickens small enough. Consider
both compressive and filtration techniques, and remember that Safety
is All-Important.
Enjoy: food, drink, conversation, stuff other people brought to share
We supply:
* beer (many different kinds), soft drinks (ditto), and fizzy waters
* cups, plates, forks, knives, spoons; maybe a fnoorn or a splate
* some vegetables, plenty snacks, and other eatable things
* a house of many rooms; one will have a few items you can take home
* more plants than you can shake a stick at (if for some reason)
* a highly attractive view of many, many plants
* a gas grill, with gas and gas accessories; a charcoal grill, etc.
When:
* 4:00 pm and onwards, Saturday 27 July 2013
* ignition of the gas grill is at 5:15
* cooking starts 5:30-6:00 -- vegetarian on gas-grill first
* everybody leaves at some point or another
Directions: Find highway 101, 280, or 880/17. From 880/17, take The
Alameda exit toward San Jose . About a mile and a half along, The
Alameda bends off to the left, and Race St. and Martin Ave. come in
from the right. A modern building in the style of Deco (really
Depression Moderne), labeled " Hanchett Park " on its clock tower,
sits at this corner. Freebird Burritos in the round corner location
seems to have many customers. I have no idea why.
Look for the street with the tall, really tall, palm trees; that's
Martin Ave. If you get to the HP Pavilion you have gone too far.
Make a sharp right at the Hanchett Park building. Go down the street
with the tall, really tall, palm trees. You are now almost certainly
traveling on Martin Ave. Look in first block. Look on right side. Look
for the third house, a white house with a red-orange tile roof. Look
for house numbers 1181 next to the door. Look and Find.
The number is on the curb in faded black and white (though parked cars
will obscure it) and on the house in brass. There are roses and
salvias and many other things in terraces along the sidewalk, and
flowers and highly enthusiastic plants of every description now dwell
where grass once tried to grow. The Gazebo is here, sitting on a wild
low-maintenance (aka dried) meadowland; paced off formally by
stepping-stones, it looks past a Succulent Garden . It does not decry
Succulents; it just can't change its orientation very easily.
If you come after dark, look for the spotlights on the entry steps,
and some eerily glowing LED standlights lining the walkway to the
house and illuminating important loci in the meadowland.
> From 101: Take 101 south to 880; take the Santa Cruz exit onto 880
and watch for The Alameda exit. Go toward San Jose .
> From 280: Take 280 to 880/17; take the Oakland exit onto 880/17 and
watch for The Alameda exit. Go toward San Jose .
> From Oakland , Berkeley , etc.: Get on 880 and go south until you
reach a part of the highway that reduces to a known solution.
> From Santa Cruz ; south of San Jose ; divers other places: Use a
large-area Map and follow the Main Traffic Highways until the above
enters your Local Universe. Have I mentioned GPS yet?
Google and Yahoo and those some other guys all have online map
services that can direct you here with a specialized map. Siri can
help, if she's in a good mood; or one of her competition, if you have
it in your pocket. If you are truly lost you can always call the
number given above.
Parking can be dicey; there's plenty of on-street parking, but you may
wind up a few hundred feet away. Mobility-impaired can park in our
driveway.
We are accessible by other modes of transportation! Do you want me to
define a word again? I still can't believe I actually wrote all that
stuff about serendipity last year. This year the word that's on
everyone's lips is "hyperplasticity." Very few English words include
an explicit address to the recipient in the beginning of the word
itself, but this is one of them, beginning as it does with the
salutation, "Hy." If your name is not Hy, you can change it,
considering as one possibility the name "Henry," often abbreviated Hy,
or nicked as Harry. Also, you could be Harold or even Harald, and
that's several choices right there. If none of these feel appropriate,
consider a nickname of the old Canadien "dit" variety, such as "Malcom
Lucrose dit Hy." You could still use your old stationery, merely
rubber-stamping in the new nomen. Hy is much faster to type than
Henry, certainly a factor to consider when you realize the word is
calling you a "perp" of some kind, probably involving a "las," which
might be a short lass or a long set of e.g. Vegas. It's you, Harry,
with that teenager in your old Chevy hotrod, driving through "ti
city," struggling no doubt with your GPS and trying to avoid the law.
You probably got thrown out of Liberty City , and we'd prefer you not
come here with your beat-up cars and your doubtful friends. Wait, that
you's not you, the recipient of this invitation, but another you
entirely! You, yes you; please come.
Next year we'll have a grammar lesson about the Grocer's's Apo'strophe.
Where was I? GPS says 1181 Martin Ave. The Caltrain/Amtrak ["Diridon"]
station in San Jose is a 15-minute walk along The Alameda (walk in the
direction away from downtown San Jose , to get to our house; reverse
the process when you leave). The Alameda is a major bus route with
frequent service, so you can take the bus from the train station, or
from elsewhere in the South Bay or Peninsula . OR: Fly in to Mineta S.
J. International Airport , and we are a short cab-ride (or a rather
long walk) away. And then there's BART-and-a-bus (get info before you
do it). With all that, we expect you'll be here soon. Karen and Mike,
on the other hand, are already here, and have been for years and
years, and are beginning to think we need to send the full invitation
out earlier.
Mike and Karen
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