Re: [FRIAM] friam Winter Party

Two Dobsons planning to attend On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 3:19 PM wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > > > I am looking for the roughest sort of nose count for Saturday. Could some > of you offer up your noses to be counted? > > > > Hoping for the first in-person meeting of the Four Russells, but perhaps >

Re: [FRIAM] Virtual FRIAM moving to Thursdays. FRIAM will be in person on Fridays

You're not the group's only octogenarian. I*m 81 and counting. John D On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 2:34 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > Has anybody questioned St. John’s about this matter? > Speaking as the groups only octogenarian, I think I will wait and see how > many septuagenarians die before

Re: [FRIAM] Fríam Attendance

i got to Iowa last week, fully intending to participate in Virtual Friam. But last Friday evening i decided to schlep a table downstairs to the basement. I arrived before it did. I have a shattered left tibia and am still in the hospital in Ames. I only had to be ambulanced to Des Moines instea

Re: [FRIAM] Fríam Attendance

ve good >>> medical attention. I am pulling for you. >>> >>> >>> >>> n >>> >>> >>> >>> Nick Thompson >>> >>> thompnicks...@gmail.com >>> >>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >>> >

Re: [FRIAM] Friday AM

I plan to be there. John Dobson On Thu, Dec 29, 2022, 8:44 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > Is anyone planning to be at St John's tomorrow morning? > > Frank > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 &g

Re: [FRIAM] Being Political

Interesting choices. I'd try to find another token Republican than Mitt Romney. Beto is Beto not Beta. John On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 2:30 PM George Duncan wrote: > I've attached my thoughts on who would be strong candidates for Biden to > appoint to Cabinet positions. Some positions have multi

Re: [FRIAM] People are microwaving library books and masks to kill COVID-19 | beSpacific

Do microwaved books reach Fahrenheit 451? On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 9:07 PM Tom Johnson wrote: > > https://www.bespacific.com/people-are-microwaving-library-books-and-masks-to-kill-covid-19/ > > - . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoo

Re: [FRIAM] One Legged Hopping Robot

Cindy asked what Friam had talked about this morning, so I described the one-legged hopping robot. She thinks we're all kooks. John On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 4:23 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > For those who saw the video this morning, I checked and found out that the > sensors that provide feedback

[FRIAM] WAPO editorial comparing Arizona and New Mexico Covid Response

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/21/arizona-struggles-neighboring-new-mexico-found-more-cautious-path-sustained-growth/?utm_campaign=wp_evening_edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_evening

Re: [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump

You do know why they sent Rudi Giuliana to a landscape center: the GOP is the party of lawn order. On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 3:19 AM Jochen Fromm wrote: > America has been able to accomplish what Europe has not been able to do > before WW II: stop fascism (in form of an authoritarian dictatorship)

Re: [FRIAM] Christmas Day

I won't be able to meet on Xmas. John Dobson On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 7:50 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > Was there any discussion of a meeting on Christmas day? I am probably one > of very few who live with young children. But they will have long since > opened their pres

[FRIAM] Fwd: Blob opera

-- Forwarded message - From: David M Dobson Date: Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:47 PM Subject: Re: Blob opera To: John Dad Dobson , Nick Dobson , Bri Dobson , Christina Bean Dobson , Cynthia Mom Dobson Be sure to click on the little tree in the corner to see them do Xmas carols. On T

[FRIAM] Nicks Concern about being in "the other four percent."

Looks like you don't have to worry about that. Even if you are in the other four percent you are likely only to get a mild case of flu and, most important, not die. (of Covid-19 that is, I can't give you a blanket promise on other causes.) Ciao! John D February 1, 2021 [image: Author Headsho

Re: [FRIAM] Here’s Why I’m a Proud Godzilla Supporter - The New Yorker

Frank, My most memorable Godzilla moment comes at the end when the entire city of Tokyo lies in smoking ruins. One guy says, words to the effec that they need to start rebuilding. The other guy says, "I'll get my tools!" I'd sure like to see what tools he has to rebuild a city. Ciao! John On

[FRIAM] Fwd: Calvin

Also, you might appreciate these: http://uproxx.com/webculture/donald-trump-calvin-and-hobbes/3/ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listi

Re: [FRIAM] Hope?

be if each state's delegation had a single vote. I suppose the Republicans; gerrymandering would work in their favor though as there are more "red" states than blue at this point. Having a Ph.D. in American history doesn't help me much in doping out current affairs. John Dobs

Re: [FRIAM] Hope?

> From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of ?glen? > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 12:04 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Hope? > > > > Thanks for the story! I was aware, but only barely, in the context

Re: [FRIAM] Trump and the nuclear "football"

Nick: I heard about this effort on the Amy Goodman show. The Ploughshares fund is the group circulating the petition. Here's a link to the story: https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/29/obama_urged_to_take_us_nukes Here's a link to the petition: http://www.ploughshares.org/keep-donald-trumps-fi

Re: [FRIAM] Hope or Despair

My son who works for Google explained why the tech CEOs met with Trump. The general rule out there is that you always "take the meeting." Taking the meeting in no way obligates you to do anything as a result of the meeting, but it does give you more information about the topics discussed at the me

Re: [FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill?

*The 25th Amendment has two provisions (Articles 3 and 4) that provide for removal of a sitting president. * * In Article 3, if the president himself decid*es he can't carry on, he can let folks know. Here's the language: *Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senat

Re: [FRIAM] student loans

ament decided to continue with tuition-free college for its students. But the costs are such that this probably will not continue---especially if the Scots vote to leave the United Kingdom in the September vote. John Dobson On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > Can someone g

[FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: Fwd: SAR lecture - of interest to FRIAM folks?

cdobson@okstate,edu On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > FYI, Santa Fe folks. > -tj > > > Tom Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c)505.473.9646(h) >

Re: [FRIAM] St John's

They are having board game night on Saturday evening. That suggests they are open for business this week. See you here.. John On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > Does anyone know whether the coffee shop at St John's is open? It was > supposed to be closed from 12/20 until

Re: [FRIAM] Virtual Friam

I've got to chauffeur Cindy around to her cardiologist this morning, so won't be able to attend. See you next week! John On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM Frank Wimberly wrote: > Reminder. Available whether you're in Santa Fe or not Thursdays 9a-12p > Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > > --