Summer, 1986
Vignettes of Meriam
If you’re looking for the logic in these pages, you won’t find it in the math.
“I spent the summer of 1986 supposedly deconstructing a pension plan, but mostly I was just deconstructing myself to make room for a girl who was smarter, sharper, and far more interesting than any database I could ever write.”
About the Book
If you’re looking for the logic in these pages, you won’t find it in the math. I spent the summer of 1986 supposedly deconstructing a pension plan, but mostly I was just deconstructing myself to make room for a girl who was smarter, sharper, and far more interesting than any database I could ever write. This is less a memoir and more a series of glimpses into the specific, quiet moments where the life I thought I was planning simply vanished, replaced by a Persian princess and the persistent, life-altering smell of sumac.
About the Author
Thomas Jay Rush is a software engineer and writer. He’s spent more than forty years building software, from early database systems to blockchain infrastructure to AI artists.
Rush holds a mathematics degree from Temple University, an MS in Computer Science from The University of Pennsylvania, and an MFA in Poetry from Rosemont College. He lives with his wife in near perfect harmony. You can find his personal writings at stonylanepress.com.