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Random Act

2009-06-28T15:53:00.003-05:00

So my wife drops me off by the Ottauquechee River while she shops. I plug in the IPOD and I'm watching the fish rise. All is right in the world and it starts to rain. OK, I think, I can tolerate this till she comes back for me. then out of nowhere this guy appears and hands me a golf umbrella. He says, "Take this!" and leaves me - refusing to accept anything in exchange. I'm on a mission now, I figure the umbrella must get passed on.

Unbrella anyone?

Apple Store

2009-05-23T07:41:00.003-05:00

One could get into a lot of debt in this place!

2009-05-18T09:38:00.000-05:00

This was an awesome event and opportunity!

Fall 2009?

2009-05-14T08:38:00.003-05:00

I'm slated to teach History of Photography online in the Fall. I'm genuinely looking forward to this. It is the realization of an effort that began 5 years ago.

Surgery

2009-03-26T08:13:00.001-05:00

Marat never quite made it out of the nursing home...

Dante's Inferno

2009-03-22T13:51:00.002-05:00

Thanks for thinking of me!

Are you Iconic or Ironic?

2009-01-19T14:13:00.001-05:00

Hmmm ironic!

Adjunct Conference?

2009-01-15T20:33:00.003-05:00

I went to the BCC Adjunct Conference this evening and it was something of a non-event. I have to admit I was grateful for the brevity, but would have preferred to sit it out at home and avoid the cold.

Pittsburgh

2008-11-15T11:29:00.003-05:00

This was interesting. And while I always come away from anything Warhol feeling like he had short-changed me I did learn some things here. This is not your typical museum. There is a certain irreverance here.

SPEMA Conference

2008-11-15T11:22:00.004-05:00

Some serious tradition at this place. You can almost smell the academic rigor. And while Pittsburgh is a college town, it embraces the blue collar ethic that suurounds and envelops it. One almost expects to see faculty wearing hard hats.

SPEMA

2008-11-04T07:09:00.001-05:00

Be there or be square!

She is baaaaaaaaaaaack!

2008-10-01T07:55:00.002-05:00

Yes, Ula is back, fresh from completing her BA at Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza, she is now at SVA working on an MFA.

The 5 Minute University

2008-09-28T18:24:00.000-05:00

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8003123097729966914&ei=7g_gSJ2oGIfA-wGVqJGlCw&q=The+five+minute+university&vt=lf&hl=en

Yet Another Former Student,,,

2008-08-30T08:03:00.004-05:00

Starting medical school this semester... Congratulations Yana!

Summit

2008-08-24T14:11:00.003-05:00

My former students just continue to impress me. If not with scholarship then with other huge achievements. Pictured here is Jamie Harpster at the Summit of Mount Rainier which he climbed for charity, not just "because its there."

The Fall Semester 2008

2008-08-22T08:12:00.002-05:00

As we get ready for the Fall semester I'm reminded of the words of Dean Vernon Wormer, Professor Emeritus at Faber College: "Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

Last Lecture

2008-07-25T18:13:00.007-05:00

Inspired by this video and this man? If not you need to have someone check to see if you have a pulse!

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=the+last+lecture&hl=en&sitesearch=#

2008-07-19T09:15:00.002-05:00

If you haven't done this yet, check it out! http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/technology/18linkedin.html?ei=5087&em=&en=03d1354e6c3500fc&ex=1213848000&pagewanted=all

2008 Great Colleges To Work For

2008-07-15T07:37:00.001-05:00

This is an eye-opener!

Running on empty?

2008-07-08T17:54:00.002-05:00

http://chronicle.com/free/2008/07/3704n.htm

Got Gas?

2008-07-08T06:53:00.001-05:00

Yes, I can fly!

2008-06-19T17:28:00.002-05:00

*Note the field is not level!

Tim Russert

2008-06-17T07:42:00.003-05:00

My mom is so very upset by the passing of Tim Russert. (Seen here with my brother and mother) She got to meet him in April. I have to admit I didn't know much about the man but I'm impressed by the overwhelming response to his passing. Not just in the media, but in government, his hometown and even in sports. I get the impression that he was a guy who loved life, loved what he was doing. There is a lesson in here somewhere.

Resource

2008-06-15T09:13:00.003-05:00

I find myself reading my "Bergen" mail and cannot help but reflect on my history with this place. As a student, staff member and more recently faculty member. I often see people who have had life-long or life-altering relationships with institutions. Ask someone who went to the University of Ohio or OSU about their experience and they light up. It's like you asked them about their family and they beam with pride.

Ask someone about BCC and usually they just smile, but it's a knowing smile. So yes, I'm smiling this morning.

On the Carpet

2008-06-11T08:07:00.003-05:00

I love this cartoon!