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The collectors’ edition D&O Diary mugs that we have sent to interested readers have proven to be both ceremonial and functional, as reflected in the latest round of readers’ pictures. And the mugs have once again proven to be well-travelled, as well.

 

Readers will recall that in a recent post, I offered to send out to anyone who requested one a D&O Diary coffee mug – for free – but only if the mug recipient agreed to send me back a picture of the mug and a description of the circumstances in which the picture was taken. In prior posts (here and here), I published the first two rounds of readers’ pictures. The pictures have continued to arrive and I have published the latest round below.

 

The first picture underscores just how global the D&O insurance industry is, as well as the international reach of The D&O Diary.  Anita Panditaa of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited in New Delhi, India sent in this picture of the company’s Financial Lines division underwriting and claims team. The team is headed by Bhavesh Patel, who is holding the mug. Anita is standing directly behind him. Anita reports that everyone on her team reads The D&O Diary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The D&O Diary mug also fits in at home as well as overseas, and also helps to  celebrate diversity. Dr. Harold Barnett of the Roosevelt University Heller College of Business sent in this picture, about which Barnett wrote: “I had a hard time choosing a Chicago background for my D&O Diary mug. But with the recent Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and the Illinois House of Representative just refusing to vote on same sex marriage, I thought the Pride Parade was the place to be.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Coleman of AON Risk Services, Global Broking Division, in London sent in this picture taken (with the mug, of course) at the Southern 100 International Road Race. John’s explanation of the picture is reproduced in the indented text below the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been racing motorcycles for 9 years and at the age of 47 I must say I’m starting to feel like I’m getting a bit old for mixing it with twenty years olds on 600cc race bikes. I started riding in 1996 when my father bought a Harley Davidson on a bit of a whim, in his usual generous style he said I could ride it whenever I liked if I did my motorcycle test, which I duly did. After riding it for a few years I purchased my own Japanese commuter bike which I soon traded in for a Supersport 600, shortly after that I did a track day and it all seemed to snowball from there. Within three years I’d got myself a race license and a year later I was EMRA’s 600cc Roadstock Championship runner-up. I continued to race around the country successfully but never managed to repeat my achievements in my first year, starting racing at 38 was probably a bit too late, most of the professionals retire at that age.

 

As well as racing on the majority of the circuits in the UK including Brands Hatch, Donington and Silverstone I have also raced the roads of the Isle of Man including three years on the famous 37 ¾ mile TT Mountain Course and most recently for my second visit to the Billown course (on the outskirts of Castletown, IoM) for the Southern 100 International Road Races. Unlike the fast, open and flowing roads of the TT course, the Billown course is 4 ¼ miles of narrow country lanes but you are still hitting speeds of up to 150mph which makes for a more intense experience. This year’s event was blessed with amazing weather, unusual for a rock in the middle of the Irish Sea, but unfortunately marred by three deaths in three separate incidents. Everyone involved is aware of the risks in the sport and accepts the dangers, it’s partly why we do it. It often gets commented to me that it’s strange that a person who works in a risk assessing industry would do anything so dangerous for a pastime. Like anyone else in insurance, I have assessed the risks and come to the conclusions that the reward out ways the risk.

 

Finally, Iris Chu sent in this picture taken in her Shanghai office of Marsh (Beijing) International Brokers Co. She reports that she was happy to receive her mug, but sadly, as the picture reflects, the mug was damaged when it arrived.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Even worse, by the time I learned of this calamity, I had already given away all of the mugs, so I was unable to replace the damaged one Iris received. The shipping mishap with Iris’s mug and the many requests I have continued to received since I ran out of mugs have helped me to decide to just go ahead and order another round of mugs.

 

My order of  a second round  of mugs not only means that I can now replace Iris’s damaged mug but also means that I can fulfill the many mug requests I received after I depleted my original stock. It also means that if there are others out there who want a mug but who had not previously requested one, well, you can just let me know and I will send you one, too. But remember – if you request a mug, you are agreeing to send a picture of the mug back to me. Those awaiting or requesting mugs will have to be a little patient. Owing to upcoming work and travel schedules, it likely will be late August or early September before I can ship the next round.

 

Many thanks to the readers for their great pictures. I look forward to publishing many more pictures I the very near future.

 

Whether overseas or in the heart of our Nation’s Capitol, whether at work or at play, The D&O Diary always fits right in, at least if the “mug shots” that readers have been sending in are any indication. Readers will recall that in a recent post, I offered to send out to anyone who requested one a D&O Diary coffee mug – for free – but only if the mug recipient agreed to send me back a picture of the mug and a description of the circumstances in which the picture was taken.

 

We have shipped out nearly 150 mugs to readers (special thanks here to Mrs. D&O Diary for her assistance with the mug mailing). In a prior post (here), I published the  first round of readers’ pictures. The “mug shots” have continued to come in, presenting a broad array of sights and scenes. I have published a selection of the second round of mug shots below.

 

Long-time readers know that The D&O Diary’s reach is global, with a readership that spread far and wide around the world — even all the way to the antipodes. Jarrett Jeppesen of the Sydney, Australia office of Chubb sent along this photo of The D&O Diary Mug posing down under.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess because we mailed out the mugs during the spring and early summer, several readers have sent in baseball-related photos. The first picture below depicts “Slider,” the mascot of the “five-time Atlantic League Champion Somerset Patriots” of the minor league baseball Atlantic League.  The picture, sent in by Neil Waser of Everest Global Corporate Services, was taken at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey, during a game between the Patriots and the Bridgewater Bluefish that was also a fundraiser for Special Olympics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This picture shows Judith Baum-Baron of the Simsbury, Connecticut Chubb office, who took her D&O Diary mug to a game at Fenway Park between the Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels. She reports that she paid $18 for two beers. The mug, however, was free.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Although The D&O Diary mug fits in well at sporting venues, it is also appropriate at scenes of power. John Mulligan and Joe Costello of ICI Mutual Insurance Company (a risk retention group), sent in this photo of their mugs taken at  the “White House Press Room.” Never under estimate the power of a blog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to round out the Washington power scene mug shots, we have these pictures sent in by April Gassler of the Sperduto Thompson law firm, taken at the U.S. Supreme Court. Apparently, Gassler took her D&O Diary mug with her the day she was sworn in to the Supreme Court (seriously, who wouldn’t want to have a D&O Diary mug at hand for an appearance at the country’s highest court). The first picture shows Gassler on the Court’s steps. The second photo was taken during the photo opportunity following the swearing-in ceremony. If you look at the group of people across the room, you will see Justice Ruth Ginsburg at the center of the group. From the photo, it looks as if the Justice is not fully aware that she is in the presence of the mug. Too bad, I am sure it would have meant so much to her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two readers sent me detailed photo studies of their cities that they assembled while roaming around town. First, Blaise Chow of the Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley law firm sent me a gallery of city views he assembled while jogging around New York city on a particularly picturesque day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Finally, Justin Kudler of XL Professional assembled  a collection of photos while strolling around Boston. His city tour included the historical Freedom Trail and the original Cheers bar, each of which in their own way are particularly appropriate places to take a mug shot of a D&O Diary mug.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 My thanks to everyone who has sent in pictures. We are now down to our last few mugs, but if there is anyone else out there who still wants one, please let me know, we will send them out on a first-come, first-served basis. I hope to be able to publish many more mug shots.

 

My thanks to all of this blog’s readers for their loyal support. Cheers.

 

We make it our business to cover a lot of ground here at The D&O Diary, and apparently so do this blog’s readers, at least judging by the first round of pictures readers have sent in as “mug shots” of The D&O Diary coffee mug. Readers will recall that in a recent post, I offered to send out to anyone who requested one a D&O Diary coffee mug – for free – but only if the mug recipient agreed to send me back a picture of the mug and a description of the circumstances in which the picture was taken.

 

We have mailed out dozens and dozens of mugs (and I would be remiss if I did not pause here to express my thanks to Mrs. D&O Diary, whose assistance in helping to mail the mugs has been indispensable). The early picture returns are starting to come in. If the first batch of pictures is any indication, the collective “mug shots” will constitute a formidable gallery. Here a few pictures culled from the first batch.

 

The D&O Diary writes about issues affecting the liabilities of corporate directors and officers, and that means this blog’s beat includes the world of corporate and securities litigation. In light of this blog’s business litigation bailiwick, what better place is there to picture The D&O Diary mug than on Wall Street itself, outside the New York Stock Exchange? The photo below was taken by Gregory Del Gaizo of the Robbins Arroyo law firm of San Diego, who took this mug shot while visiting the East Coast on business.

 

 

With nearly 40% of its readership outside the United States, The D&O Diary has a global reach. So the D&O Diary mug fits in abroad just as well as at home. Our good friend Aruno Rajaratnam, of Ince & Co. law firm’s Singapore office, took this “mug shot” of these musicians at Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi. Aruno reports that “The musicians just gave me a cursory nod at first when I said I wanted a photo of them…..then when I placed the mug in front of them, they were very amused!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The D&O Diary also knows how to relax. George Washington University Law Professor Larry Cunningham sent in the following rooftop shot from East Hampton, New York (Cunningham’s name will be familiar to readers as he is the editor of a volume of Warren Buffett’s essays that I reviewed in a recent post, here):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loyal reader (and frequent blog post commentator, as well as occasional guest post contributor) Donna Ferrara of Gallagher Management Liability sent in this shot from the McFaul Environmental Center, in Bergen County, New Jersey, near her home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, Jeff Gauthier of the Great American Executive Liability Division sent in this picture taken at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina.  Jeff’s explanation for this, well, unusual picture, taken at the famous Pinehurst No. 2 course, is set out below the picture:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bobby Jones described Pinehurst as the St. Andrews of United States golf. Pinehurst is the site of Ben Hogan’s first professional win; the 1940 North and South Open. Home of the 1951 Ryder Cup where play was suspended midway through the match so both teams could attend the North Carolina vs. Tennessee college football game in Chapel Hill, NC.

Pinehurst No. 2 (there are 8 courses in the Pinehurst family) was completely renovated in 2011 (led by Ben Crenshaw’s design team) in an effort to restore it to Donald Ross’ original design. No rough, larger playing areas, more strategic shot options and a return to the natural aesthetics of sand, hardpan and native wire grass. * Caddies note: wire grass is more commonly referred to as “love” grass because everyone getting involved with it gets screwed.

Pinehurst No. 2 hosts both the men’s and women’s U.S. Open, back to back, in 2014. This is the first venue ever to host both events in succession.

In 1999 Payne Stewart jarred the longest winning putt in U.S. Open history on the 18th green of Pinehurst No. 2. Payne’s celebratory pose is now immortalized in bronze not far from his accomplishment. The D&O coffee mug does its best to replicate the pose …

 

My thanks to everyone who has sent in pictures so far. Even with over one hundred mugs mailed out already, I still have a few left for anyone who is interested – and who is willing to send back a picture – on a first-come, first-served basis. Just let me know if you would like one of the well-traveled and world famous D&O Diary mugs.

 

As I said in the title of my original post about the mugs, the best things in life are free. I don’t know if you have noticed, but it seems that lately more and more of the Internet is going behind pay walls and toll booths. You can be assured, however, that The D&O Diary will remain free. Always has been and always will be.

 

My thanks to all of this blog’s readers for their loyal support. Cheers.