Dateline: hotel, Oak Ridge TN, 24 January 2006

Up this morning in Atlanta and gave morning pair of briefs to about 75 business exec at one of these "master executive forums." Basically did the max version of the BFA brief spread over two sessions, with Q&A attached. Great venue, great audience, great Q&A--just great all around. Morning like that makes you very happy to do this as a regular working gig.

Made a bunch of good contacts. Topped it off with a nice lunch.

Then the short flight to Knoxville on Delta for a day at Oak Ridge tomorrow.

A weirdly relaxing day given all the effort and interaction. Topped off with another round of lap swimming and treadmill.

Almost feels like I'm settling in better to the road in 2006, like I'm learning how to be the more sensible, more balanced road warrior

We put Tennesse field rock in our basement fireplace. Just got finished today. Looks really great: very natural and rough. Felt like it was my homage to my new connectivity with this state.

Walking out of Knoxville's airport today, I saw the same rock cut as large tiles on the walkway--a nice feeling.

This has beenn the anti-Koyanisquatsi day.

Tomorrow will be a major exploration of this new relationship set: Distinguished Scholar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.