A Darn Good Day
As I was walking out of AT&T Park after the Giants beat the Cardinals 5-1, I thought, “I’ve had a really great day!”
This morning’s (early morning, btw) Identity Management sessions at the RSA conference were quite good. I think that in regards to Identity Management, RSA 2008 has been the best conference that I’ve attended. Really good stuff.
I had lunch - for the third straight day - at the Samovar Tea House. They have the most amazing cherry scones ever - served with clotted cream and strawberry preserves. Plus, their tea is sublime. I have a feeling I may do brunch there again tomorrow.
This afternoon’s last Keynote speaker was Malcom Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Blink. I’m a huge fan of The Tipping Point - a brilliant and very well developed thesis. (BTW, I’m both a connector and a maven). His talk was great - in addition to being an excellent writer, and very smart, he is also an extremely engaging and intelligent speaker. The audience loved him!
I finished off my day with the Giants-Cardinal game at AT&T park. I walked over from the Moscone center and picked up three geocaches on the way to the ballpark.
The game was great and amazingly, the Giants won. Good pitching all the way through for the Giants. Just my kind of game.
All in all, a pretty fabulous day. The only way it could have been any better was if the Ski Boy had been with me.
Here are a few pictures from the game.
Me and Lou Seal. I love this pic!
And big thanks to Brendan and his iphone for this shot!

My seat buddies - one of whom is from Alaska!!! As I always say, Alaska is a very small town. Turned out that we knew a ton of the same people.


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How could a day that ended with Chris’ Cardinals losing be that great?
Replace by a seal! A stuffed, furry one at that! A bitter pill to swallow. . . .
But you are right–it is a cute pic!!
I have to say I’m sorry I missed you at the RSA conference this year. I’ve been there every year since 1998 and this is the first time since then that I’ve missed the event.
Great picture, you and the seal.