December 10-14, 1979: An IST Class in Las Vegas
	October 15-19, 1979: Cullinane User Week in Boca Raton
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This year, my actual birthday fell on Friday, but it was on Saturday night that Linda Rappin had a few of us over to her apartment for a small birthday party for me.

The people in the picture at left are my four best friends from my building. I see each of them very often on weekends, but not during the week since I am usually traveling. We are in Linda Rappin's apartment at the other end of the building on the 17th floor. From left to right in the picture, we have Sheila Pasen, who I believe worked for the city of Chicago. Linda herself is next; she is a hair stylist and also works as the hostess at Bones Restaurant off Lincoln Park.

Turning around to face the camera is my friend and travel agent Steve Goldberg; he lives in a studio apartment on the sixth floor. In addition to being a travel agent, he also runs one of his family's currency exchanges a bit west of here. And finally, we have Diane Glickman, who is a buyer for Marshall Field. She has a collection of elephants, and when I happen to be in some unusual place where there's a gift shop, I am always on the lookout for one that is made of something unusual or decorated in an unusual fashion.

This wasn't a party per se, but just a gathering of friends where I was toasted and given a couple of small gifts. Nobody cooked; but Sheila brought in food from the Wendy's down on Wells Street.

Here I am, opening a gift that the girls got me. It turned out to be a little party game called "Pigmania". It consists of ten little plastic pigs, and the game revolves around tossing them out of a cup and onto a table to see which way they land. One gets points for various positions (including the jackpot for the position two pigs might occupy when making baby pigs. I think the whole point is to be a little drunk when the game is brought out.

I was pleased that my friends thought enough of me to want to get together for my birthday, and we had a good time trying our hand at Pigmania!

	December 10-14, 1979: An IST Class in Las Vegas
	October 15-19, 1979: Cullinane User Week in Boca Raton
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