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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Got an email from my dad, telling me to look here. Oh, look, he's on that list of . . . of . . . of what, exactly? What does this group do? He says, "Pat each other on the back, mostly. [Wink]

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But I decided it was cool enough to brag about anyway. I think.

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

[Smile]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

That's amazingly cool, Rivka! Your dad is in the company of amazing people like

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Eric Cornell of the University of Colorado; Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist; Steven Squyres, leader of NASA’s Rover program for the exploration of Mars; .... Academy Award-winning actor and director Sidney Poitier; .... journalist Tom Brokaw; .... Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page; Time, Inc., CEO Ann Moore; architect, sculptor, and designer of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington, Maya Lin ....

That is definitely something to brag about.

But....

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sculptor and painter Jeff Koons

.... I'd leave that one out in polite conversation if I were you. [Wink]

Honestly, though, this is way cool. And I even know which one is your Dad because I know your last name. [Evil Laugh]

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

That's great, Rivka! Congratulations to your dad!

You should go along to one of the back-patting banquets. I bet you could meet some cool and interesting artists and intellectuals there.

[ May 02, 2005, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

...and then break their hearts! [Evil Laugh]

Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :

Okay...I give. Which one is yours?

Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :

It's way cool.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

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And I even know which one is your Dad because I know your last name.

Annie, the gentleman who shares my (current) last name is NOT my dad. My dad is the one from the California Institute of Technology.

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But....
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sculptor and painter Jeff Koons
.... I'd leave that one out in polite conversation if I were you.

I gather I should know who that sculptor fellow is. Explain to culturally-illiterate moi who that is, please? [Dont Know]

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You should go along to one of the back-patting banquets.

Actually, my dad won't even be going to the back-patting banquet -- it's on a Saturday.