I just got an email from some of my old fraternity pledge brothers who are planning a pledge class reunion in Athens this October.  I can’t believe it was 20 years ago already that we were lining up at dinner to have rolls thrown at us and mashed potatoes stuffed down our pants! Here’s the [...]

This video always cracks me up. They won $10,000 in the talent competition. I wish they had videos of their competition. I envision church choirs and jug bands, etc., and then the full Sly and the Family Stone roll out onstage with about 20 people and just tear the roof off. The best is around [...]

I just finished teaching my first class of the semester.  It went pretty well.  I used my revamped slides, and it went a little faster than I anticipated.  I got into the material from the second class slides and still finished early.  Seems like a pretty sharp group.  We’ll see. I changed the theme for [...]

Yesterday, Sunday, was depressing movie day for me.  Not my original intent – I had recently downloaded Frozen River because I wanted to watch Melissa Leo’s Oscar-nominated performance.  Finally watched it yesterday morning.  Great performance by Leo, for sure, although I would still give the best actress Oscar to Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married [...]

Trying out some new stuff on the blog today. #1:  A new theme.  Not sure I like it as much as the old theme and I may change back, but thought after a year and a half or so it was time to try something else. #2:  Replaced my Google Reader Shared Items feed with [...]

Just booked the flights for my next trip.  I fly from HCMC to Lhasa, Tibet (technically China I guess, but anyway) on June 9th, leave Lhasa on June 15th on the high-speed train, arrive in Beijing on June 17th, spend a couple of nights in Beijing visiting my friends Jason and Mindy and their daughters, [...]

[Update: I forgot to mention that while out on my bike ride tonight, I drove out past the airport and promptly got lost. I ended up on a street with three - three! - dog meat restaurants. I had not actually seen that before in Vietnam, and thought most of the dog-eating action went on [...]

I went and bought a new mountain bike today – god knows I need something to get me off of my ass couch and exercising again.  It’s a 2008 Giant Igana Disc, matte black color.  Here’s what it looks like: I paid too much for it – but you always end up paying a little [...]