tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000230230823288681.post4982122728798195529..comments2023-06-14T04:09:16.612-07:00Comments on Asumen Acumen: Anatomy of Memory RecallAsumen Acumenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08525571582028999827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000230230823288681.post-22644549463867491812014-02-19T20:45:36.671-08:002014-02-19T20:45:36.671-08:00One point of clarification: I met my wife when our...One point of clarification: I met my wife when our daughter’s family moved into the 2nd floor of a two-family house. I occupied the first and ground floors of the same building.Asumen Acumenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955780450044098122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000230230823288681.post-15508437025783015032014-02-19T20:41:11.494-08:002014-02-19T20:41:11.494-08:00In comparing notes on our first meeting, my wife a...In comparing notes on our first meeting, my wife and I could have been in different hemispheres. Here’s how: <br /><br />(1) I recalled her knocking on the window between the porch and the living room while I was soaking myself in the bath tub after a round of golf. It was past 15:00 hours on the Friday before the July 4th weekend. My Puerto Rican live-in housekeeper from the U.S. Virgin Islands took the weekend off because she went to St. Thomas. Although I was annoyed at my bathing was interrupted, on noticing two ladies on the porch, I did not want to miss anything. I hurriedly dried myself and went to the porch.<br />(2) After exchanging pleasantries, I asked her what her vocation was and she laughingly remarked that “like everybody else who comes from Poland, she makes a living cleaning houses.” My impression then was (to myself) “here’s a charming female who is not embarrassed of the menial character of her vocation.” That was a good part of why I was endeared to her.<br />(3) She, on the other hand maintains that she met me for the first time when they were actually moving in at 23:00 hours the Sunday before July 4th. She was convinced I was just coming home from work. I was between consulting engagement when we met.<br />(4) Be that as it may, I have learned in the twenty-three years or so that we have been together that I never win an argument with her. So I just let it go by saying, “whatever you say.”Asumen Acumenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955780450044098122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000230230823288681.post-64925402863452577472014-01-29T17:25:00.127-08:002014-01-29T17:25:00.127-08:00Another disconcerting episode which seems to occur...Another disconcerting episode which seems to occur more often than I’d prefer these days is wanting to Google-search a text string and forgetting the text string altogether by the time the search dialog box is open. It’s very frustrating to say the least.Asumen Acumenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955780450044098122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000230230823288681.post-19540590917673200072014-01-29T07:39:10.785-08:002014-01-29T07:39:10.785-08:00One of Mina's friends who I did subsequently b...One of Mina's friends who I did subsequently befriended on Facebook informed me that he ordered my book: <br /><br />Mehdi Kalantari Mr. Asumen, I just ordered kindle copy of flirting with misadventures on Amazon. Looking forward to reading your memoir.<br /><br />I sincerely wish him luck. I hope he would at leas find it an interesting, more than a challenging read.Asumen Acumenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08525571582028999827noreply@blogger.com