I'm not cleared to get onto the OSU secure network. Some buildings no doubt have Guest or Visitor access, like Valley Library and La Salle, but I'm tucked away in Gilmore Annex, one of the conference rooms.
I came along on this trip as a chauffeur for Carol, the WILPF big shot around here. Although Linda Richards emailed some details, I was too aloof and skipped doing much homework, thinking mom had everything under control. As it turns out, she's as oblivious as I am, so between the two of us, we're sort of bumbling through the day. Fortunately, we're surrounded by less clueless.
Fascinating stuff though. The Special Collections section of the library has put together a rather unique exhibit on matters nuclear, as in atomic. The Linus Pauling heritage features prominently.
I've posted about that Special Collection before, Doug Strain the key benefactor in many dimensions. I took a ton of pictures. I bet I'll not be handling those Nobel Prizes again.
Then we adjourned to Gilmore Annex, where I'm writing off-line. The group is talking about how to further the Countdown to Zero campaign but in this namespace they call it Reaching Critical Will, or at least WILPF does.
FOR is represented and is speaking now. The Scottish Nationalist Party campaign against the Tridents seems what these USers are alluding to.
Speaking of USers, I was in a McMenamins earlier, talking to Farmers Insurance, and two folks came in with their passports to get them stamped. Those sure do look like real passports! McMenamins has this language game going where getting McMenamins passport stamps pays off in terms of free beers etc. Rogue Nation is another brewery that's taken on "nation state" memes, including a faux news network.
What's next?
We're to move to an auditorium and hear some music maybe? As for tonight, something about AirBnB -- but again, I was in denial about needing to study up on what I was getting into. I'm still not entirely sure. We're having an interesting day though.
I'm not very talkative, ducking out for coffee, and to take more pictures. I guess I'm feeling pretty up on this content, whereas the OSU campus is more of a known unknown (to me), so why not explore?
My mom forgot her hearing device but she seems to be catching most of it. She is highly talkative today, given WILPF is somehow officially connected to this event (Ava's legacy). Tomorrow she'll go back to Special Collections to study the exhibit some more, while I find a place to do WiFi.
Quakers have Annual Session here sometimes so the place is not completely unfamiliar, but it's been quite awhile since my last visit.
For those unfamiliar with Oregon geometry (geography), we have a river, named the Willamette, that comes south from the Columbia River all this way. We drove south along I-205 merging with I-5, turning west on 34 south of Salem and Albany.
I came along on this trip as a chauffeur for Carol, the WILPF big shot around here. Although Linda Richards emailed some details, I was too aloof and skipped doing much homework, thinking mom had everything under control. As it turns out, she's as oblivious as I am, so between the two of us, we're sort of bumbling through the day. Fortunately, we're surrounded by less clueless.
Fascinating stuff though. The Special Collections section of the library has put together a rather unique exhibit on matters nuclear, as in atomic. The Linus Pauling heritage features prominently.
I've posted about that Special Collection before, Doug Strain the key benefactor in many dimensions. I took a ton of pictures. I bet I'll not be handling those Nobel Prizes again.
Then we adjourned to Gilmore Annex, where I'm writing off-line. The group is talking about how to further the Countdown to Zero campaign but in this namespace they call it Reaching Critical Will, or at least WILPF does.
FOR is represented and is speaking now. The Scottish Nationalist Party campaign against the Tridents seems what these USers are alluding to.
Speaking of USers, I was in a McMenamins earlier, talking to Farmers Insurance, and two folks came in with their passports to get them stamped. Those sure do look like real passports! McMenamins has this language game going where getting McMenamins passport stamps pays off in terms of free beers etc. Rogue Nation is another brewery that's taken on "nation state" memes, including a faux news network.
What's next?
We're to move to an auditorium and hear some music maybe? As for tonight, something about AirBnB -- but again, I was in denial about needing to study up on what I was getting into. I'm still not entirely sure. We're having an interesting day though.
I'm not very talkative, ducking out for coffee, and to take more pictures. I guess I'm feeling pretty up on this content, whereas the OSU campus is more of a known unknown (to me), so why not explore?
My mom forgot her hearing device but she seems to be catching most of it. She is highly talkative today, given WILPF is somehow officially connected to this event (Ava's legacy). Tomorrow she'll go back to Special Collections to study the exhibit some more, while I find a place to do WiFi.
Quakers have Annual Session here sometimes so the place is not completely unfamiliar, but it's been quite awhile since my last visit.
For those unfamiliar with Oregon geometry (geography), we have a river, named the Willamette, that comes south from the Columbia River all this way. We drove south along I-205 merging with I-5, turning west on 34 south of Salem and Albany.
