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Go, Pack, Go!
At 11:30 pm (India-time), Pat will call her Green-Bay-based brother Jim on Skype and they will provide color-commentary for the Packers game as Jim watches it on TV and Pat watches it on her laptop computer.
There were two conditions that needed to be met for Pat to be happy with me on this assignment: I needed to take Pat to the Taj Mahal (done!) and she needed to be able to download the Packers games from nfl.com (ongoing). There's a deal, where NFL lets non-U.S.-based fans pay to download the games on their computers.
Wisconsinites Are Everywhere!
Last week, at IBM in the Embassy Golf Links site, I met a colleague, who grew up near Green Bay. She's on assignment here for a month, on her own. She'll come eat with us on Thanksgiving.
I know that Pat will be happy to have another person with whom she can "talk cheese." (Wisconsin is famous for its cheese, and Pat refers to the conversations she has with people from WI as "talkin' cheese.")
Looking Forward to More Relaxing Times
The assignment feels like it did during the month before I arrived, now that the final month is approaching, i.e., I feel like I'm working non-stop to get stuff done....I say that as a disclaimer for why I've been scarce lately with my blog.
The fun part is that I'm synthesizing the experience of this Indian assignment, plus a literature review, into a final paper for my Masters independent study and it's pretty substantial so far. Can I make it compelling throughout? Just the right length? Will it intrigue stakeholders? I'm praying so.
2 comments:
Thanks for your wisdom. I wish you success in bringing your wisdom to bear in your independent study.
Love you,
Kathy
The Packers won again, 9 games won and 1 lost, and so everything seems possible! I guess it takes our being in India for them to have this amazing record, as the past few years have not been as amazing.
And seriously: Everything goes in cycles, the Packers teach me. They can go even years at a time, looking not so great, and then through renewed strategy and talent development, they're hot again.
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