November 10, 1989
Dear Everyone:
Today is “Casual Day” here.
Not all of Company; just the
“Domination
Department” (of which Records Management is a small part).
However, there’s a catch:
If you want to “participate”, you have to fork over $2.00 for the
United Way. This, in itself,
is not a problem, but there is a Catch-22 involved:
If you want to wear a T-shirt and jeans to the office, 2 bucks.
If you don’t want to
dress “casually”, you’re advertising to all of your co-workers that
you’re too cheap to give a couple of bucks to charity.
Needless to say, all employees are “encouraged” to
participate and we get 3 opportunities:
Today, next Friday and the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
“Heart of the Bay”…
The new slogan is:
“Just a little bit longer.”
It’s not official; it’s just that you keep hearing it, in the
BART trains, in the elevators, on the streets.
Everyone keeps telling themselves that this whole mess will only
last “just a little bit longer” with the unspoken
Please, God!
The Governor has announced that, barring any unforeseen problems
or inclement weather (Please, God!) the Bay Bridge will re-open at noon,
next Friday. Everyone please
cross all fingers and toes and hope like heck that it comes true.
But don’t hold your breath.
Last Sunday, “Jeannie” and I, with “Valerie Lowe”,
went to a Star Trek Convention at the Cathedral Hill Hotel (formerly the
Jack Tar) here in San Francisco.
We had a great time, in spite of the 2 hours to get there and 2
hours to get back by BART and bus.
(Back in the good, old days, before Bridge-Fall-Down-Go-Boom, it
would have taken about 45 minutes to drive.)
I spent scads of money, but got most of it back from “Melanie” as
she is a die-hard Beauty and the
Beast fan and what I was buying was B&B stuff.
But I also bought some things for me.
The main guest speaker was a young actor named
Wil Wheaton, who
plays the kid in Star Trek:
The Next Generation.
He’s a remarkably articulate California Kid who make jokes about
the media hype about
Zsa Zsa Gabor
(“I’m thinking of founding a Free Zsa Zsa Coalition”) and Caltrans
shutting down a freeway while the Vice President passed through L.A.
(“Bush, maybe; but Dan
Quayle doesn’t deserve
his own freeway!”)
It’s nice to know that we’re not the only ones with
commuting problems. At least
we have a good excuse and a light at the end of the tunnel.
Ashland Update:
I have ordered the tickets for the following:
Date
Alternate Date
Time
Play
8/7/90
8/1/90
2:00
The Second Man
8/7/90
8/1/90
8:30
Henry V
8/8/90
8/2/90
2:00
The Merry Wives of Windsor
8/8/90
8/2/90
8:30
The Winter’s Tale
8/9/90 8/3/90 10:00 Backstage Tour
8/9/90
8/3/90
8:30
The Comedy of Errors
Note that we will have a free afternoon on the last
day. The backstage tour,
etc. will be for the first 4 people who want to claim them.
Six people are listed as planning to attend:
Mother, “Frankie”, “Pete”, “Jeannie”, “Alice” and “Kelly”.
The tickets are $20 each, five plays each, which comes to a nice,
round $100 per person. I
have already paid for them, having gutted my savings account; so I would
greatly appreciate it if you could pay me back QLAB (Quick Like A
Bunny).
Send your nickels and dimes (or a check) to:
XXX Valley Crest Drive, #203
Concord, CA
94521
My savings account and I will thank you for it.
If anyone else wants to join up, please do so as
early as possible. Let me,
or Mother, know and we will try to get additional tickets.
That’s all for now.
I brought a tree in to my office this morning (no, don’t ask) and
it needs a little TLC after the harrowing BART trip, so I’m going to
spend the rest of my lunch break putting the leaves back on.
Love, as always,
Pete
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