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- Arrived SFO & got a taxi share, shuttle thing to
the Las Gatos Lodge - 2.00am = 5pm Deutschland time, tried to
phone Martin - no-one around. No net connection ... hmm.
- Slept until 1.00pm got up, walked into Los Gatos,
found a nice shop wherein to buy a present for Simon & Maggie,
and managed to get one; it transpired to be difficult to wrap
however which took some time. Got my hair cut; lost a lot of
it, hmm - not convinced with the result.
- Walked back to the hotel - walked rather too far
down some track by the roadside; there was a nice river in a
little cutting, but some clown had concreted over both sides
of it - amazing. Realised I had left my alarm clock in the
card shop - sigh, J' gave me that.
- Got back, met Matthew & Larissa (for the first time),
changed, waited 25 minutes for a taxi, finaly got a taxi just
as the wedding was supposed to start. The guy couldn't find
the place, in then end I had to map read - and he wanted a
tip ... very late.
- Luckily it hadn't started, 'snuck' in the back,
introduced to the small differences of American weddings;
bridesmaids first one by one, then Maggie looking demure.
A lovely service overall.
- Drinks in the garden, met Robin from Eazel,
and his lady: Taska, also Jason - who has a new shaved look,
and Zach Brown of Kernel
Traffic fame.
- Dinner; sat next to Mrs Tennant, who was most
encouraging, and told me how good God was to them both,
and how he is with them through Mr Tennant's struggle
with cancer.
- Discussed things with Matthew variously to
several people's amusement; talked with Zach about Origami
and C++. Talked to the minister who frightened me about
marriage, and Mr & Mrs T, who encouraged me - sigh, the
trials of life.
- Wedding lovely overall, Bride looked lovely,
Simon - a happy man, family seem reasonable - nice house
too, food good. Met Anne at the end - Simon has pretty
in-laws now it seems.
- Lift home, and sleep exhausted.
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license. I encourage linking back (of course) to help people decide for
themselves, in context, in the battle for ideas, and I love fixes /
improvements / corrections by private mail.
In case it's not painfully obvious: the reflections reflected here are my
own; mine, all mine ! and don't reflect the views of Collabora, SUSE,
Novell, The Document Foundation, Spaghetti Hurlers (International),
or anyone else.
It's also important to realise that I'm not in on the Swedish Conspiracy.
Occasionally people ask for formal photos for conferences
or fun.
Michael Meeks (michael.meeks@collabora.com)
