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AmyOur newlyweds have settled in Annapolis , where Amy works in Special Beginnings Birthing Center . At this time, Amy has caught seven babies, usually at 2:00 a.m. She amazed her in-laws by having the house in order in one week after moving in. CharlesCharles commutes one hour on the bus into Washington , DC , to work on a contract at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, where he is archiving the papers of Riccardo Giacconi , who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002. Giacconi is generally acknowledged to be the father of X-Ray Astronomy. Charles says there is far more work than he can complete under the contract and hopes the Smithsonian can find some new funds. He seems to enjoy the commute, spending the time reading the Post and napping. Charles and Amy’s snail mail address is ClaireClaire continues her residency in anesthesiology in New York City. She is now in third year, with at least one more to get through. She passed a milestone this year, the big 3-0. Jim, pointing out that 30 = 2 x 3 x 5, argued that such birthdays are special: You only have three or four in a typical lifetime. Claire agreed that 30 is not a big deal any longer, that the younger generation has decided that because life expectancy is longer now, you don’t need to finish everything so soon. “Forty is the new thirty,” she says. That should make some of the older generation happy. LindaStill serving as the main breadwinner with little complaint, Linda continues to work as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Adult Care of Austin. The clinic has evolved into a one-stop shopping collection of everything the aging population could ask for, from a resident audiologist to visiting massage therapist and chiropractor. She is happily adjusting to her new role as a mother-in-law, looking forward to birding at Chesapeake Bay after visiting Bhutan next spring. (Travel to exotic foreign locations hasn’t ceased completely.) Linda's Picks for 2002
JimJim spent the year trying to avoid losing money on the stock market and almost succeeded. Enough of that! His latest interest is Spiders, the animals, not the Exchange Traded Fund of the same name. Several of his pictures of these delightful creatures are included on the web site here . His favorite is Neoscoma oaxacensis . This year, Jim repeated as the leader for the Peninsula Area of the Mad Island Christmas Bird Count. He is happy to report that the count is once again poised to lead the nation, setting a new record, 243 species, in the process. Jim’s Philosophical Nonsense (cf. 1993 )Jim has now decided that the question, “Is there anything at all?” doesn’t make sense, since the question depends on what the definition of is is. (Thank you Mr. Clinton, for this great quote.) You may have come to that conclusion already. Now, Jim is working on defining a consistent world view based on the First Principle: Reality exists. You read it here first.
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