From 4bea938489a86179d545a26069c889bcc4dfe929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Blaise Thompson Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:01:35 -0600 Subject: 2024 letter checkpoint --- .../blaise-thompson-letters/2024/#recipients.org# | 38 ++++++++++ .../blaise-thompson-letters/2024/.#recipients.org | 1 + memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/blaise.jpg | Bin 0 -> 2674913 bytes memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/letter.jpg | Bin 0 -> 870077 bytes memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/letter.pdf | Bin 0 -> 2704078 bytes memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/letter.tex | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++ .../blaise-thompson-letters/2024/recipients.org | 38 ++++++++++ memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/shop.png | Bin 0 -> 1307373 bytes 8 files changed, 158 insertions(+) create mode 100644 memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/#recipients.org# create mode 120000 memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/.#recipients.org create mode 100644 memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/blaise.jpg create mode 100644 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Burger (Zoe Burger) +* TODO Katherine Taylor +* TODO King Family (Cypress, Jaxson, two children Jonathan and Grace) +* TODO Kyle Sunden +* TODO Linda Thompson +* TODO Mark Jochem +* TODO Nathan Neff-Mallon +* TODO Nina Halperin +* TODO Parker/Eckert Family +* TODO Sam Price +* TODO The Boyers +* TODO The Kohler Family +* TODO Drier +* TODO The Manlys +* TODO The Nielsens +* TODO The Thompsons +* TODO The Radford Family +* TODO The Till Family (Claire & Ralph) +* TODO The Truningers +* TODO The Wright Family (John & Carol) +* TODO Zach Ott +* TODO Nathan Mahinski +* TODO Sarah Charley +* TODO Evan Cherone +* TODO Gina Roesch +* TODO JJ diff --git a/memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/.#recipients.org b/memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/.#recipients.org new file mode 120000 index 0000000..2c396f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/.#recipients.org @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +blaise@jasmine.56205:1728850085 \ No newline at end of file diff --git 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+\usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry} +\usepackage{multicol} + +% text +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} +\usepackage{lipsum} + +% graphics +\usepackage{graphicx} +\usepackage{wrapfig} + +% signature environment +\newenvironment{sig}[1]% + {\begin{list}{}% + {\setlength{\leftmargin}{300pt}}% + \item[]% + } + {\end{list}} + +\begin{document} + +\pagenumbering{gobble} + +\large{\textbf{Winter Solstice Greetings \hfill 2024}} + +\begingroup +\setlength{\intextsep}{0pt}% +\setlength{\columnsep}{10pt}% + +Friends, family---greetings to each of you. +It's snowing hard here, a few inches on the ground and we're only halfway through the storm. +Finals week means scrambling to finish up the semester---finish grading, take notes about what went wrong and right, organize the filing cabinet. +At the same time preparing for next semester and dreaming of big long-term projects. +Glad to have this yearly letter-writing tradition. + +\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{0.4\textwidth} + \begin{center} + \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{"./blaise.jpg"} + \end{center} +\end{wrapfigure} + +Each year I read through my old solstice letters as preparation for writing. +This year was pretty dramatic---a lot has changed in my life since December 2023. +I have a new job, a new relationship, a new outlook. +I'm in a much better place than I was last year. +National politics are scarier than I've ever experienced, but locally things are looking better and better. +Trying to focus locally... + +In July I left the Electronics Shop for a new role in the Department of Chemistry. +I'm now ``Instrumental Lab Director''. +The move is bitter sweet, since this role was previously filled by my friend and long-time mentor Rob McClain. +Rob did such a wonderful job, I'm intimidated trying to fill his shoes. +Furthermore, I really enjoyed my work in the shop. +I'm going to miss the luxury of focusing directly on instrument design full time, especially in a shop with professionals such as Amber, Steve, Matt, James, Sam, Tracy, and Lauren. +Still, after six years I'm happy to try my hand at something new and this position as lab director is exciting. + +VACATION TO PITSBURGH PARAGRAPH + +LOST COAST PARAGRAPH + +HOUSE WORK PARAGRAPH + +Thank you all for being a part of my life this year. +Please---stay in touch. + +\vfill +\raggedleft + +Blaise Jonathan Thompson \\* +\hspace{0pt} \\ +1813 Fisher St. \\* +Madison, Wisconsin 53713 \\* +\hspace{0pt} \\ +1-424-225-2493 \\* +blaise@untzag.com \\* +https://blaise.zone + +\end{document} diff --git a/memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/recipients.org b/memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/recipients.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..108ec34 --- /dev/null +++ b/memories/blaise-thompson-letters/2024/recipients.org @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +#+TITLE: winter solstice letter recipients +* TODO Alexander Moore +* TODO Alisha Nielsen +* TODO Bill Goebel +* TODO Catherine Elliott +* TODO 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