Ben Wu

Baby Bryden arrived on April 5, 2007 at 2:20pm. I have created a special web site for him: http://www.bryden.tv.

Thanks to meebo, you can now IM me right from this web site.

Nothing if you are happily married, such is the case for me. But if you are looking for someone, it might just be the best thing that’s ever happened to you.

I broke my wrist falling off my bike. So I have to go to physical therapy 3 times a week. The office specializes in hand therapy and is located in midtown Manhattan. The staff are very friendly and talkative. My therapist, Ms. A, who runs the practice, is one of the best in the field. She is tough on my wrist but is a very kind and gentle old lady. Ms. A enjoys teasing me. But I guess I am not the only one she teases. There’s also Mr. J and Ms. C, who treat me occasionally when Ms. A is too busy.

The thing with hand therapy is, you dont just go there once and done, you normally have to go there a few times a week over the course of a few months. there are always a few patients in one room at a time. It gets pretty easy to know people and know them well.

It soon became clear to me that Mr. J and Ms. C enjoy playing match makers for their patients, whether warranted or not. What I didnt know, is that Ms. A is also quite into it.

Last Friday I was in a room waiting to be treated by Ms. A. In the same room were Mr. J and his patient, and Ms. C and her patient. It was late. She put the heat pad on my wrist and stepped out. I figured she most likely went to treat another patient in the other room while my wrist was being warmed up. And so I waited. She showed up a couple of times looking for stuff. I could tell she was really tired. It must’ve been a long day for her. But the wait was getting longer, unusally long. It was getting dark too. Just when I was getting impatient she came in, a big smile on her face, and announced to Mr. J and Ms. C, “I finally got them together, the dentist and the lady! They left together.” Apparently she’d been spending all this time working hard to hook up two of her patients. Mr. J looked up at her and asked, “Did you know that the dentist is married?” She appeared stunned, a puzzled expression of a little girl’s on her face, and said, “Oh that I dont know.” The whole room cracked up!

Who says meeting people in New York is hard? So long as you dont mind a broken wrist or two.

Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Getting Things Done by David Allen

Mimi, a feral cat, came into my parents-in-law’s house in April to give birth to 3 little kittens. We were able to keep Mimi and one of the kittens, which we named Tosi. The other two kittens were given away. We were about to have Mimi spayed in July when, to our surprise, we found out that she was pregnant again. She must’ve sneaked out once and had a wild encounter!

She gave birth to 4 healthy female kittens in August. They are now eight weeks old(pictures here). Nurturing and playing with them has given us great joy. They are now 8 weeks old. But we wont be able to keep them because we are already keeping Mimi and Tosi. I am looking for my friends to adopt one or all of them. The kittens are all cute, playful, and friendly. If you like cats and committed to caring for them for the rest of their lifes, please drop me a line.

Here is the hard part. They are not in my home, but in my parent-in-law’s home, which is Port Jefferson Station on Long Island. So it’ll be a bit hard to see them in person. I hope the pictures here are really worth a thousand words.

If they are not adopted within two weeks I will have to bring them to the animal shelter by 11/5/2006. The shelter will not accept kittens more than 3 month old. So hurry.