A few months ago I was contacted by a person I didn’t know (but vaguely knew of) about being on a panel to discuss evolutionary biology and blogging and so on. Her name was Carrie Iwan. In fact, I think that still is her name.
We had a number of professional and pleasant interactions via email, as she organized a fairly large scale affair. Sometimes when you plan an event, all the work is in the planning, and little needs to be done when things are underway … it runs itself. This event, however, required continued and constant attention and Carrie managed a plethora of volunteers and participants and made sure everything came off like it was supposed to and better.
During that time I had the pleasure of actually meeting and getting to know Carrie, as well as her husband Tim, and I have to say it has been a great pleasure to do so. They are people that I want to be friends with, and they haven’t changed their phone number or told me they’ve moved out of town yet, so I think maybe that can happen.
Anyway, today is Carrie’s Birthday. Hey Carrie, someday, when we are REAL friends, I’ll get you an actual present!!! Love you!
Greg
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dammit! you mean all i have to do to get you to quit bugging me is change my name?! headed to the gov’t center now :p
seriously, greg…thanks so much 🙂 it’s been great working with you. and tim and i would like to be “real friends” with you someday, too. dinner at barbette sometime soon?
Careful, Greg. Last time you were in Carrie’s power, you got trapped in a hotel suite while a medical and bureaucratic emergency went on in the hall. There is no telling what would happen if you had her full attention…