[FRIAM] friam Winter POTLUCK

Thu Feb 13 19:54:26 EST 2020

Thanks for the Geographical correction.  

What’s it like to see the sun at the Zenith more or less every day.  Occasionally we get the moon at the zenith and it makes the world seem perfect. 

N

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:02 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] friam Winter POTLUCK

Cardinal? The only cardinal I know has red feathers and a conical beak made for cracking seeds. And by the way, it's Ecuador, not Peru. In any case, in honor of Cardinal Standish, and as someone who lives two miles south of the equator, I will break out in song: "I come from the land down... er... well slightly, down under..."

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 2:34 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com> > wrote:

Dear Friammers,  

The Conclave is on schedule.  Still negotiating to get Cardinals Standish and Schiltz in from Australia and Peru (?) respectively.  We will, of course, have to elect a new FRIAM pope before we disband on Saturday.    Which color smoke do we put up George’s chimney?  I never can remember.   Perhaps we should set up a computer in a side room so people can call in from the diaspora?   Renew old acquaintances.  

As the person who will be justifiably be to blame we end up like dogs fighting over Merle’s two loaves of fine bread, I am hoping that we can have a little chat tomorrow about who’s bringing what.  It’s those long tails on the binomial distribution I worry about.  Hard to eat a long tail. 

Nick 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com <mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com> > On Behalf Of George Duncan
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 11:49 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com> >
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] friam Winter Party

Super, Jon

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:25 AM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com <mailto:jonzingale at gmail.com> > wrote:

Sarah and I will be there. I am looking

forward to meeting some of you in person.

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