Prize-Winning Visitor, Prize-Worthy Photos
Alan Isaac has just achieved a status no one else will have the opportunity to seek for over three years: my first visitor at a particular overseas post. For those of you who follow my Visitors Point Tally, this gives Alan a total of 2 points (1 visit point + 1 "pioneer" point for being the first at this post). For a complete rundown of the Tally, please see the Comments section of this posting. To dispute your or anyone else's score, please leave a comment.
In addition to his adventuresome spirit and easy-going personality, Alan also possesses a very nice camera and a great eye for pictures. He has also been kind enough to agree to make the photos he takes on this trip available on the web through Picasa web. Pictures from his first day are already there, and we will add more over the next week and a half.
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| Alan's pictures in Beijing |
I will be posting several of Alan's pictures directly on the blog, but you can see the whole album by clicking the photo of me above. I ordinarily would not slap a picture of my face right up here, but Alan swears this is the "perfect picture for a blog." So, here you go.
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BASIC EXPLANATION OF THE VISITOR POINT TALLY
- Each individual who visits me at an overseas post gets one point per trip, no matter how long the length of the trip.
- 1 extra point granted for each of the following conditions: 1st person to visit me at a particular post; visitor's first trip outside the United States.
ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- Visitor must come to the country where I am posted to earn a point.
- Business trips to the country where I am posted usually will not qualify for a point (the "point" is for people to visit me!).
- Once earned, points will never be taken away.
- Any point-earning visitor is welcome to debate the point tally.
- I am the final arbiter of points.
TALLY TOTALS, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Jared Hendler: 3
Kevin Graff: 2
Jill Caiazzo: 2
Jennifer Abella: 2
JoAnn Abella: 2
Richard Abella: 2
Alan Isaac: 2
Brenda Yang: 1
Jeff Travers: 1
Lynn Travers: 1
Peter Giangrande: 1
Ok, Nancy - we can agree to disagree about points earned for length of stay - but what about making chicken tetrazzini and almond bars for guests in a third world country? Doesn't that count for anything?
It counts for a lot! ...But not a point on the Visitor Point Tally. :)
If you got visitor points for all the wonderful things you do for me, Mom, no other visitor would have the slimmest chance at keeping up.
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