To the Blders with kids, take lots of pictures this holiday season. I enjoyed looking at Caleb's website yesterday instead of studying biochem. I enjoy the pictures so much--you cannot send enough my way, in case you were wondering. I wish that we could rent a kid for Christmas--that would make it more fun, I think. Coal (our dog) tries to fill in, but he doesn't get that the wrapping paper isn't food. I think the people who have gifts under our tree are going to have slightly interesting expressions when they go to pick up their presents and they are a little soggy and sticky...he's enjoyed licking and sniffing them all.
Anyway, I hope that you are all doing well. My family is coming to Bama for the holidays. Should be fun. Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away yesterday, though, so I'll be making a trip to PA right after my exams this Thurs. The big bummer of it was that my brother and I had a visit planned to see him this weekend, since he'd been sent home with hospice three weeks ago. For future reference, when they say X number of months, I don't think they really know. At first I was really frustrated, because when they said 6 months, I kind of took it as 6 months guaranteed. But, then I realized how dumb that seemed, because they can't guarantee that he won't get in an accident on the way home or fall or anything. But, I was disappointed. Not to bring the house down or anything. In fact, given how much of a toll it was taking on my grandmother and how it was inevitable, at least now she's not hurting herself trying to lift him and everything. So, there's a silver lining always, I suppose.

Anyway, back to my original intention. Send/post pictures. Jonathan, I'm sorry to hear about you and Lindsay. I liked her very much, but maybe it really is just an opportunity for her to gather her wits and she'll be back. You really never know. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Have good days,
Kristin

If anyone is registered with Pogo.com, look me up. My screen name is rabbitseasoning (it's the name of a Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Elmer Fudd cartoon). I play quite a bit so odds are you'll be able to find me whenever, but I'm always logged in during lunch (12-1) during the week. It'd be nice to play with/against someone I actually know. My Dad & I have played cribbage a few times.

Anyhoo, wedding plans are coming along nicely. I'm finally going to book the hotel & flights for the honeymoon this weekend. All the other big stuff is out of the way. Hopefully, you all received a Save-the-Date email a loooooong time ago, including those I resent it to. It's April 16, 2005, if you didn't know.

Anne & I will be in Philly/NJ on the 30th, so we can also pick people up at the airport on the 31st if necessary.

Jon, I apologize for posting a message in your blog without clearing it with you ahead of time. Hopefully Ohio State's thrashing of Michigan this afternoon has put you in a good enough mood to forgive my presumptuousness.

ha-doug

PS. The NHL is dead, long live the NHL!

What, do you all work all day long? No time to post on the BLD blog? I am just declaring a coup right now. This blog is now my personal diary, although I may grant the rest of you limited privileges to publish posts if you make a formal request.

For those of you who are interested, I have made my reservations for the New Years trip to Philadelphia. I will be arriving early in the afternoon on Friday, December 31st and departing late morning on Sunday, January 2nd.

Hopefully you are all coming. I have only missed one of these soirees, and Rob will forever be able to mock me for it. No, I don't have children to raise, but taking care of myself is probably more difficult than raising a precocious BLD child anyway. So be there.

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Go Cardinals! It used to be go Red Sox when they were playing the Yankees, because the only team I dislike more than the Red Sox is the Yankees. (Such feeling of animosity are well-justified, I believe, especially considering that the Indians' payroll is around $40 million compared to a Red Sox payroll of $127 million and a Yankees payroll of a ridiculous $184 million.) Regardless, it appears that my powers as a fan are now spiraling out of control. I am unable to stop the Red Sox juggernaut that I created after the first three miserable games against the Yanks. Where were such formidable powers when the Indians were in the World Series in 1997? Why was I unable to overcome the dastardly Jose Mesa? These questions will plague me to the grave.

In an unrelated topic, I had the pleasure of visiting Conor Dugan '00 in Silver Spring MD this past Saturday afternoon. We grabbed brunch, I got to know his wife Laurel, and also got to meet his 2-month old Gianna. I then headed to Richmond to visit the Walshes. They prepared a wonderful meal that evening, but all that goodness was almost undone when we decided to play the board game, Battle of the Sexes. It is, quite possibly, the worst game ever. It did not help that Kevin and I were soundly defeated, either.

That is all.

Go Red Sox!

We even let Caleb stay up to watch. He clapped and danced with the best of them after the game. Then he got grumpy and we sent him to bed.

Happy Birthday to Dan Mazzucco today.

Given the frequency of my posts on this site relative to everyone else's, I get the feeling that these happy birthday messages are not an effective way to spread birthday cheer.

In Dan's case, that probably doesn't matter, since he is such a cheery guy to begin with. But it could have an effect on other people.

Hey Dan, is Aidan bigger than you yet? He was almost bigger than me when I saw you in February at Rob's wedding.

Happy birthday, Mr. Kevin Walsho. Hope you have a great day today. How is the new job going? JH

Too many people have birthdays around this time. Of course that is not a good excuse for forgetting to post a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our own Maurissa Horwitz on September 23rd. So sorry, Mo Dee. I hope you had a great day on your birthday and a great weekend too.

1) Congratulations, Kristin. That is exceptional news.
2) Happy Birthday, Rob - one day late, as always. Oh well. It's the belated thought that counts, right?
3) Congratulations to Doug and those silly Canucks for winning the world championship in hockey. too bad we may not be seeing any NHL games for quite some time though.
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Congratulations Kristin!! That's awesome! Hope medical school is going well for you. You can tease them all that you're already a doctor...but that might not be the best way to make lots of friends.

Caleb had to go to the emergency room again this week. (He's fine.) Nine months old, two visits to the ER and he hasn't even started walking yet. Yikes. Josh says I have to get used to it because a) he's a boy and b) he's a Papsdorf. Apparently, Papsdorf men go to the emergency room a lot.

We just spent the afternoon with Rob and Devon, Ryan and Bo and Devon's mom and stepdad in New Jersey. Rob and Josh amused each other with stories of Lincoln (and other college antics). We hear they visited the Mazzuccos yesterday. Aidan went from crawling to walking in 60 seconds...It made us wish we could see them more often.

Kevin? Aren't you on vacation? Shouldn't we be hearing from you about the new place?

Hi there,
I finished my Ph.D. officially yesterday--got final approval of my revisions. It's quite a load off and I'm hoping to enjoy life a bit more now.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Miss you,
Kristin

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUGLAY. hope you have a great day.

JH

Hey Douglay. I was watching that domination of the Yankees. Unfortunately, the Indians have been soundly beaten in the two games that followed, but it was fun while it lasted. Any time you can smack the Yanks around and piss off George Steinbrenner, even if it is short-lived, is well worth it. How are things with you?

Have a great Labor Day weekend, everyone.

JH

Jon, I hope you were watching the beating that the Yankees absorbed last night.

I was flipping between that and Canada's win over the United States in World Cup hockey. That game was nowhere near as close as the score indicates. I'm really hoping Esche doesn't repeat Richter's performance from 1996.

Doug- what brought on this insomnia? Have you been depressed about the recent Indians' losing streak? I recall the days (or should I say nights) during our sophomore year in Wheelock in which I would lay awake tossing and turning while you click-click-clicked on your mouse into the wee hours. Then when you finally decided to retire to bed, you would fall asleep - literally - within seconds, which really annoyed me. Here's hoping that you soon return to your halcyon days of quasi-narcolepsy.

Insomnia sucks.

Wow -- you are old, Kristin. But at least you can hide it. Nothing says beyond old to a new college grad like a baby on your hip.

Not that I'd trade him for the world. If I ever need a laugh, I can just fake sneeze in his face and he cracks up (which always makes me crack up, too).

Of course, Josh is going to see even older than you do when he stands up in front of a class of freshman at Fordham and starts spouting about Faith and Critical Reasoning and (horror of horror) correct punctuation, grammar and spelling! Yes, Josh will officially be Professor Papsdorf two weeks from today. We predict an astounding leap in higher education will soon follow.

FYI: there is nothing funnier:

http://whitehousewest.com/

Oh! and get this, to hammer the age difference home again. I was telling a student in my class that my husband is younger than I am and that he graduated in 2000 and she kindly bubbled that she graduated *highschool* then.

GAG

Oh Man,
I am SO jealous of you vacationers. I'm already in my third week of medical school, wondering when I'll get time to finish these dissertation revisions. This is the craziest summer of all time. Not as crazy as chasing newborns or anything--but, I am jealous of that too! I must say, though, I'm not a huge fan of Bama just yet. I'll keep you posted, but basically, having no friends and having the average age of my class as 22.6 isn't working for me. I'm homesick and lonely. So, I'm willing to host any visitor who might find themselves in Dixie.
Miss you all.

Haha. I have seen "This Land." I've watched it several times, and chuckle every time I see it. What is your favorite part? Mine is probably when Hillary slaps Bill, prompting Bill to say incredulously, "What'd I do?"

JH

I love those CitiBank commercials.

You've probably already seen it, but in case you haven't, check out This Land. Be aware there is a bit of swearing. It's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

My weekly poker game has propelled me onto the internet at PokerStars. Have no fear, I am not playing for real money. My screen name is hoser98, if any of you feel like giving it a try.

Oh, and if you have any kind of video game system, go buy Beyond Good & Evil. It's amazing. In fact, I'm going to play it right now.

I am jealous of your trip to Hawaii.  That sounds like fun.  I  just talked with Adin the other day, although our conversation was cut short because Lindsey and I were having trouble finding a parking spot for the They Might Be Giants concert we were attending.  But Adin seemed to be doing well.  Definitely tell her I said hello.

We don't have any volunteers for the New Year's bash this year?  We need some better attendance.  Yes, I know that I missed two years ago.  But that was a last-minute recruiting trip to Ohio State.  And yes, I realize that I don't have any children and you all do.  But all your kids are going to be brainiacs anyway, so you might as well start them traveling and learning about the world early.

I am still living in a tiny apartment (I'll be there for one more year due to proximity to where I coach), but I'll have a house by next fall if things work out the way I am planning, so Cleveland could always be an option a couple New Years from now.

We should rename this Blog JJ for Jonathan and Jill since we dominate the postings.

JH

 

You know that commercial where the guy is sitting drinking a beer lip-synching to a girl talking about the leather bustier she just had to have. That's almost Josh. We received a call today that someone had tried to use one of our credit cards to buy $3000 (or so) worth of stuff at a music store. Needless to say, it wasn't us. I guess we're fans of the bizarre-spending notification now.

This just in! Papsdorfs Go to Hawai'i!

Earlier today Joshua Papsdorf called American Airlines and booked tickets for the whole family to fly to Kaua'i. The family will be enduring 12 hours in the air (not including the layover in Los Angeles) to reach the island and 10 hours home, but deem the torture meager payment for the sun, beach and Adin awaiting them.

The January vacation will follow quickly on the heels of the annual BLD New Years' Even party, location yet to be determined. Knowing most BLDers will be unwilling to travel to Hawai'i with them just a week into the New Year, Joshua and his wife Jill expressed hope they will be able to attend the party as well. They are anxiously waiting for someone from the group to declare themselves hosts.

Caleb Papsdorf stated he felt "auoauoauo" about the upcoming trip but was quickly distracted by a piece of stuffing Sherlock had pulled out of his toy. (Sherlock has not been told about the trip yet since he will be residing at the prestigious but non-tropical Puppy Paradise for the duration of the vacation.) He (Caleb, not Sherlock) will have his own seat for the flights and his parents have already begun praying he sleeps as much as possible along the way and incurs the wrath of as few fellow passengers as possible. They ask their friends to pray for them as well.

By the way, happy anniversary to the Walshos today.

Hey, Kevin. I thought you said at Kristin's wedding that you "were back". Where are your new posts to this blog?

I check the site at least as often as I post to Caleb's blog. Recently, that's been fairly often.

So I've finally sent all the baby announcements. It's only taken 6.5 months. If you haven't received one, I don't have your address. Email it to me and I'll send it on.

Hope those of you who could attend had fun at Kristin's wedding. Josh and I were in Hanover introducing Caleb to the brave 99s who returned for my 5th reunion. It was chilly, but fun, and we only got rained on once. We have a lovely picture of the Papsdorf family on the Green. Eventually, I'll get that posted on the website. In the meantime, you'll have to use your imaginations.

I think i'm the only one who ever checks this site with any regularity. You all must have too much to do during the day. :(

i think you should have been more specific in your research, kristin. figuring out how dan mazzucco's brain works might have been more beneficial to science (and much more interesting)

In 48 hours I will know how the brain works.


I have a lot to do.

Hello BLDers. How are you all doing? I just returned from a boring Sports Lawyers conference in Baltimore, but the trip was spiced up because I stayed a few nights at the Walshos. Mary Grace is a hoot. She may never be as smart as Shannon, but she's already smarter than Kevin. I am learning alot about the Dos (Shannon) and Don'ts (Kevin) of parenting, should that information ever become applicable to my life. Kevin Example #1: while waving a knife in front of Mary Grace at dinner (surely not attractive to a baby): "what do we do with knives? we don't touch them" Kevin Example #2: while watching Mary Grace find a dirty old cheerio on the floor: "what do you have there, Mary Grace? an old cheerio? yummy"

Caleb has his own blog now. Of course, all I need is something else to keep me up late at night updating. I'm working on a whole new version of our website as well. I guess I'll have to post again when that's up and running. You can see the old version here. Enjoy spring!

sorry dooglay. i figured you wouldn't be too happy. i actually watched the overtime period (all 30 seconds of it) and saw the winning goal. what are you going to do, eh? at least the indians actually won a game last night. shocking.

I have a burning desire to inflict bodily harm on someone after watching the end of the Montreal playoff game. Does that count?

I freely admit that Tampa Bay has played well, but I'm REALLY sick of all the fluke bounces they're getting. Let's see... clearing attempt hits seam in glass and bounces right to Tampa Bay player? Check. Blind pass into middle bounces off defenseman's skate into net? Check again.

Now I'm going to play some Perfect Dark against 8 MeatSims all named LeCavalier.
Good night.

Does anyone know Lincoln's whereabouts? I thought I heard that he was in law school. If that's the case, do you know his new address? Danke

Calling all you PhDs out there...did you also consider inflicting bodily harm (on yourself or others) as you reached the end (or not, as the case is with me)? I have to move in June (I actually really really want to, Hanover is the bane of my existence now) and this degree is really and truly neverending. I think this is the most dejected I've felt about school/work ever. Ah, the joys of graduate school. I'm going to STRONGLY discourage everyone I meet from placing their ego on such a roller coaster. Anyone considering graduate school--it's no fun. Blech.

Really Hursty, I think Ha Ha would have been sufficient; there was no need for 7 ha's.

Perhaps if you hone your own skills, you too will one day be able to type a letter and hold down the opposite 'shift' key at the same time.

We'll deal with your 'sentence' structure at a later date.

hahaha. josh's cat-like skills and reflexes. hahahaha

Hey BLDers. Long time no post. Josh and I are hammering out vacation plans for the year and were wondering who called dibs for the New Years shindig this year. Caleb wanted to host it here, but that's just because he doesn't understand the concepts of space or volume. Right now he's concentrating on stuffing everything he can grab into his mouth. Lucky for us, so far his grabbing skills are still weak so Josh's cat-like skills and reflexes easily stay ahead of Caleb.

Anyway, any ideas on the location for New Years?

Aidan says pbbbbbt!
Go St. Joe's

What, now that you all have babies, no one has the time to post on the BLD Blog anymore? What are those of us without progeny supposed to be doing?

Walsho, you created this thing. When was the last time we heard from you? Perhaps you are hunting duck with Scalia and Cheney.

Jon, after the suffering you have endured at the hands of the Indians, I would not say such things if I were you

P-A-N-T-H-E-R-S PANTHERS!

That's pretty funny, Kristin... I thought that my Endnote was called BLD 98 b/c I had put something stupid in the registration info.

For those going to the Fasani/Lynch wedding, Adin will be there, as will Aidan. Adin is staying at the Oxford Suites, so we figured we would join her there. Also, we're flying into San Fransisco b/c it's $300 cheaper, so if someone wants to carpool from there, let us know. Flight arrives @ 12:45 PM Friday, and leaves 12:20 PM Sunday.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!

hey everybody, you should all check your email. i actually got off my lazy butt and sent you correspondence. if you don't get an email from me, you can email me to yell at me for forgetting to add you to the list of recipients.

good night
dcd