tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post3830279435256289892..comments2023-09-02T10:14:53.094-04:00Comments on Recreating Eden: The Butterfly Effect: Flowers, Bikes Thrown in Rivers and GoogleMary Soderstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-1430114969818233752008-04-25T09:54:00.000-04:002008-04-25T09:54:00.000-04:00Great story, Martin.ThanksMaryGreat story, Martin.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>MaryMary Soderstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-2416234949435733442008-04-24T16:01:00.000-04:002008-04-24T16:01:00.000-04:00Chance and Serendipity are always fascinating. As ...Chance and Serendipity are always fascinating. As are people's reactions to their operation.<BR/>Once, while in the Navy, in Japan, I dragged my reluctant friend Jim to visit a Professor from our college who was on sabbatical in Tokyo. There we met two exchange students studying at International Christian University. One of them, Kath, had persuaded her friend Claudia to come.<BR/>Is that sufficient chance for you?<BR/>Jim and Claudia did goo-goo eyes and were married just as soon as Jim could convince Claudia's Dad that he wasn't "just a sailor". Later when I mentioned that it was a good chance I talked Jim into coming that day, he vehemently informed me that it was fate, not chance, that brought them together.<BR/>--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.com