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Author Message Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 1173 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 06:37 am:    100414 HAVE YOU MISSED ANYTHING? by Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Cincinnati, OH Have you missed anything? Have you forgotten anything? Have you ignored anything? Have you overlooked a “must do”? Have you put off something you intended to do? Or are you really good, and done it all, or as much as you can to date? Are you ready? Are you a ‘can’t wait’ person, or one who takes it all in stride? Or one who is “jacked up” this year because of something special? ARE YOU READY FOR SOME “SHOW “TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A mere blink of the eye [as quickly as things go these days] we will be in Philly-- oh, you are going, aren’t you? There are new Fellows to induct; new vendors to talk with; new educational sessions to learn in; symposia for the presentation of papers on special topics; festivities; side events; galas, awards, and the annual business meeting. A weekly long trove of things to see and do!!! Sure, we do this every year, but isn’t interesting to see, each year, how we change-- how things have moved along since last year. We visit, have lunch with, quibble with, observe our students at work, meet new folks, shake a lot of hands, catch-up with old friends and listen [a lot if we’re smart]. For spec writers it IS the place to be!! Watch out-- deadlines are tightening, if not gone. Registration/reservations/travel plans, spouse programs. But come along, add your persona and your voice and perspective to what can and should be a class act and one of high importance to us all. How about a goal-- personally and collectively—to make this the BEST yet! To do something different just by participating more actively and being a little more than a bag carrier in the exhibits. Give of yourself; share some war stories [we are very good at that]; maybe even talk about one of your better clients, a really good new rep [or spec writer for those in industry]; and yea, how about planting some seeds for a new CSI approach, program or solution. Members make organizations and it is from them, with purposeful intent and follow-through that organizations thrive and make good. So come along! Let’s plow some new ruts, and get some new ”stuff" started!!! Oh, and also to refresh all the “before” stuff and friends met and made!! See YOU there???? Hope so! Would be pleased to meet you! Tim Werbstein, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: tim_werbstein Post Number: 23 Registered: 09-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 07:52 am:    "Blink of an Eye"--That reminded me of a book I'm now reading by that title, by Karl J. Landesz, a very good trade-school architect, who understands the importance of specifications and their coordination with drawings. I worked with him on many large projects. Well, this book is his biography: Born in Terhan, Persia in 1938, forced at 5 with his family back to Hungary, forced at 6 to Germany when his dad's factory was taken further behind German lines in WWII, begging/stealing for food, back agaion to Hungary after the war, fleeing Hungary at 18 under cover of night across the Austrian border in 1956 after the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian revolt, then immigrating to America without a work of English comprehension, meeting Nixon, Kennedy, etc. The book is not grammatically perfect--having lots of what I always called his "Hunglish." It's interesting reading if you like war stories. It's privately published through Xlibris.