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After seeing almost every film released this year , her favourites are American Beauty and Magnolia . We gently lifted them back into place whenever they got separated . Probably for the first time ever in history he awarded a PhD in the morning and provided musical entertainment in the evening at the restaurant / bar in which the newly-crowned Dr celebrated with friends . We've greatly enjoyed reading all the letters received from far-flung friends over the past weeks ( and if not from you ... We had a riotous evening with many of the people who have worked on Ian 's books ( and are now working on his current one ) , spent the night there ( we could hardly have done otherwise ) , breakfasted on lox and fresh bagels , lunched on oysters , dined on crab chowder . We're unsure what the future holds : he 'll probably always live in some kind of sheltered accommodation , and it 's not clear whether he 'll be able to hold down a regular job . Ian had an even more exciting time than usual with the flambeed bananas , though managed to escape with eyebrows ( almost ) intact . There are three women amongst 500 employees , and probably the same number of Hispanics and African-Americans . Fortunately Port Fitzroy is on a large , almost completely enclosed , inlet which is incredibly sheltered , so we spent a calm couple of days pottering around the inlet until the storm blew itself out and we were able to explore some of the many islands on the seaward side and their small sandy bays . having probably insulted nearly everyone in the family , let 's pass quickly on . The clarinet quintet that he plays in has been dormant this year ; probably just as well for sanity 's sake . ) He has published two books - - a second , greatly expanded version of Managing Gigabytes and a brand-new book called Data mining ; he is extremely proud of both . Having previously known almost nothing and cared even less about ballet , we found it really exciting . " Another little upset occurred when Ian 's car was gently rear-ended . On our last night Jake tucked into an enormous plate of spare ribs - - dinosaur ribs - - that would feed a hungry family for a full weekend , and , greatly to his credit , did it justice ( but only just ) . Graham could only spend a short time because of business commitments , but Pam stayed on for three weeks providing greatly needed comfort and assistance for her mother . We were hardly ever at home in San Francisco : sometimes we ate at Google , sometimes with friends , sometimes out . Today it 's a sleepy , dusty , unremarkable and almost unknown town , with a main street straight out of cowboy movies and a grassy town square where the lynching was done .