In a message dated 2/3/2005 4:05:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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jc,

You are absolutely right.  I often think I  am reading my words and thoughts
and wonder how they got on the Outlook  screen, and they turn out to be
yours.Don't get your hopes too  far up; he sounds a lit like me, too. The adjustable
triangle  tale was too amazingly familiar. I was given one (no doubt  from
the office supply room, which he ran) by one of my bosses-- one  Jimmy  Clark,
now that you mention it--at the arch firm I worked for in  HS--which much to my
dismay subsequently broke.  Anyway, Jimmy died  suddenly after I'd gone off
to arch school to use his adjustable triangle, and  I was amazed to find out
that Jimmy Clark was actually Jacob  Cohen. It is still my favourite tool.
Makes me  feel especially happy every time I use it.

Maybe it is in the Ancient name.   In  the drafting room at Cornell, the guys
from New York with the Ralphian  Meaning the Hebraic? persuasion used to love
to speak  jovially about our little social group, me and them, as "JC and the
 Boys". We were The Boys in The Back Row, to one of our structures  teachers
who got pissed off one morning and threw chalk at  us.     I was frequently
crucified by their good  natured jokes.

It would be fun to meet and see what the mirror  looks like.   Funny thing
about the name sound.   After I  graduated from the initials name no one else
had, into a real word  name, I continued to be blessed by a name no one else
had, Cuyler,  and that felt familiar.   I could never imagine what it would be
like to have the same name as anyone else. No  kididing.   However, since the
early  90's, "Tyler" has became a popular name for parents to give their new
little boys. I myself find this very mysterious.  I  still jump in a shopping
mall or restaurant when the automatic response kicks  in to the sound of
"..YLER COME HERE !" yelled by some young female voice.  Hope springs eternal, eh?

Cheers,   Beers,
cp in bc   Ralph

PS:  Hey, you passed the test.    Don't worry about the grid.

Better yet, after dealing with all those 2' grids  in ' 60's architecture,
maybe it would be fun to make a fractilated GR grid  for the next design
project.   Gosh, maybe that is what Gehry  does.   Or maybe it was just something he
ate.