This past weekend The Partner and I went to my friend Anna’s house to celebrate her not-according-to-the-State so-not-really-step-step-son’s* third birthday. This child got not one but three (or was it four?) baseball sets, among other things. Let me tell you, a three-year-old with a bat (nevermind the ball) is a dangerous thing indeed. [...]

After two years I have finally given up my hesitations and signed up for a pro account on Flickr, for two years — you know, to make up for the lag and because I needed one more fucking yearly bill for my online life.

I have been content using only three sets to categorize/organize my photos. [...]

The commencement ceremony went smoothly. Unlike a lot of folks (more than you’d think), my cap stayed on my head the entire time (because I know of these things called bobby pins) and I didn’t trip walking across the stage, which was my biggest fear.
I don’t have a lot of photos from Saturday yet [...]

An email was sent out by my university this morning informing us that the commencement ceremonies will be broadcast online for those not able to attend in-person.
‘Virtually’ entire world can view Purdue commencement
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.” Some 24,000 people will converge on Purdue University’s campus this weekend for commencement ceremonies, however, they won’t be the only [...]

Our grades were posted this morning.
Let’s just say I ROCKED.
The only snafu is that the university is now conducting “grade auditing” on senior grades to be sure we’ve taken the right courses for the various requirements. The maddening part is that we won’t find out if we actually get a degree until May 16th, [...]