For those of you privileged to be receiving this distiguished rag for the first time, let me just tell you that i've been putting it out at least once a year for many moons now. i hope you enjoy it, and i hope that it comes as a welcome break from your summer routine.
One last "editor's note". Last year in the fall, some of you who got my newsletter last summer apologized for not writing back after you got it. Please, my friends, don't apologize for not writing back when next you see me. It is true, one of my purposes in writing this is to keep in touch with all of you and to let you know what i'm up to, and i do desire to hear from each of you. But writing back is purely a voluntary act on your part with
no obligation from me. Like i've said in
amongst these columns before, just use the reception of this as an excuse
for writing back, but don't think i'll feel the least bit slighted if you
don't happen to. Alright, that's enough of that. Let's move on.
What i'm up to...
i am so busy this summer, i almost feel guilty writing about what i'm doing;
i feel like i should being doing these things instead of just writing about
them. Oh well, perhaps if i articulate all of them, then i will be further
motivated to accomplish them with posthaste.
WORK
Well, i suppose the first thing to write home about is what i'm doing to
bring in the funds. This summer i'm working for two small companies owned by
the same five guys. Both are in the same building at a light industrial park
called U-PARC, which stands for University of Pittsburgh Applied Research
Center.
Some days i'll work on the 3rd floor of building A-2 at Excel Technology,
Inc. When i work there, i'll be doing engineering stuff like computer-aided
drafting & design, stress analysis calculations, technical writing, and
sometimes "gopher" work like installing shelves in the workshop, faxing a
new design revision to a client, and other such
things.
Summer of the 1998th year of our Lord
Have we got contact, you and me?
| e-mail: | benwisdom@hotmail.com |
| snail-mail: | c/o Lazzuro |
| 200 New Arlington Ave. | |
| Pittsburgh, PA 15203 | |
| Phone #: | (412) 488-2894 |
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