Here's a short video of my time in Italy. It was made using a website put together by Brad Jefferson, Jason Hsiao and Stevie Clifton (all Dartmouth Friends). They're looking for more people to test their website before the grand opening Aug. 14th. Email me if you want to give it a whirl! Really Really Fun!
(I should begin by offering my belated congratulations to Kristin and family.)
Now, in case any of you are planning on taking some classes in the future, or if you want to get started compiling advice for generation BLD 2.0, here's a few tips on cheating in college.
1. Do not plagarize any paper or article that can be located using Google.
2. If you are slapping together a paper from a bunch of different plagarized sources make sure they are about the same topic and take more or less a consistent position on it.
3. Pick papers or articles that use language an undergraduate might possibly understand.
4. Finally, don't plagarize your paper from sources the professor himself posted on Blackboard for you to read.
Really, the only way to successfully cheat is to pay a friend or an online database for a good undergraduate paper. The amonut of time and skill necessary to construct a workable paper from online plagarized sources is greater than the time and skill necessary to write a good original paper.
Ahh, the joys of teaching.
Kevin, we look like we're 12.
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As I sit her pondering explosion, I remember the following remark on Dan's post about Benjamin's birth: "Castor oil, curse or blessing"
Question: did you really try this?
I'll admit to being skeptical.
But, I'd enjoy a story about it, if there is one, while I wait. and wait.
and wait.
Jon wants to know how exciting our summer has been. Well, it's been crazy here at the Papsdorf household.
1. Reva is going to bed on her own. For at least a while. So now I have some time in the evenings to wash the dishes, run some laundry and sweep the floor.
2. While baby is sleeping, I have also have the opportunity to begin updating our family blog. I am now up to mid-March. I have high hopes to be in April before the actual calendar hits July.
3. Reva and I took a trip to New York a couple weeks ago. Caleb's babysitter watched her one day. The second day she just came to the office with me. So far I haven't been relieved of my duties.
4. Caleb has gotten about 50 mosquito bites. The kid looks like he has the pox or something.
5. We've been getting rain nearly every day for something like a month now. The garden looks pretty good, but it's a shame we can hardly enjoy our yard with all the puddles, mud, humidity and mosquitos.
6. Josh does not like teaching 4 hour classes (6 to 10 pm two nights a week).
That's all the news I can muster this morning.
Is everyone collectively having the most boring summer ever? I doubt that. How are you all doing?
Things here are going well. I can't believe it's been over a month since I got married, but it has been great. For those of you I haven't talked to, the honeymoon was fantastic. We got great weather in the Bahamas. It didn't rain until Friday evening, and we left Saturday morning. I was a little worried we weren't going to get off the island on Saturday (it was really windy and pouring rain), but everything went smoothly. Most surprisingly, Delta, which I hate with a passion, didn't screw anything up. Flights on time, no lost baggage - it was a minor miracle.
GO TRIBE.
Hi all,
I'm going insane. The days are SO slow. I have 12 more days of third year. It's as if every minute is a decade...that's probably because I'm moving so slowly. I weigh roughly a billion pounds now. Oh well. I have more sympathy for my patients, I think.
Regardless, I hope that everyone is doing well.
Miss you,
Kristin
The Mazzuccos like Shannon's idea of renting a condo/house for the reunion.
We're up for getting one for a few days, or for up to a week (if you have to rent by the week). We're also up for getting our own place, or for getting a bigger place where more folks can fit (preferable for the kids, so we aren't all cooped up in our own places while they nap).
Anyway, if others can give me a sense of their interest/availability levels, I'll start looking into options. If no one else is interested, we'll cry instead (as the song goes).
I was home last weekend for my sister's college graduation (yay!) and Reva suddenly developed a fear of strange places, noise and basically anyone that wasn't me. It was a long weekend because (as was expected at a big family gathering) people wanted to hug me and that meant getting close to Reva who pretty much cried every time. She also cried if I put her down or stepped from the table to the sink (one step away) while she was in the high chair. She refused to eat more than a few spoonfuls, so we reverted to nearly 100% nursing. And she refused to sleep when there was anyone around. Since her bedtime is usually between 7 and 8 and the graduation didn't even start until 7:30 pm, she didn't sleep enough and became even more grouchy.
It was so frustrating for me I swore I was going to skip the Hurst wedding. But I was very sad because I wanted to see everyone. I started to forget how horrible the weekend was and remember that it was nice to visit and to see my sister graduate. The rest of the ceremony was really very boring anyway, so it was actually a good thing I spent it wandering the hallway with Reva in the carrier.
And now I see Adin is attending, and I can't miss seeing her. So Reva and I are coming as originally planned.
This is just a warning that you should not expect her to be sociable.
p.s. You would be amazed how many perfect strangers would come up to Reva and touch her. What is up with these people? Do they not respect a baby's personal space?
p.p.s. None of you are perfect strangers and will actually be allowed to touch and talk to the baby if you so chose. Just don't be too hurt if she seems to reject you. She'll learn soon how wonderful you all are.
Hello out there in BLD land. I haven't posted anything in many moons, so it's good to be back. I had been waiting for something newsworthy to break my silence, and it's finally happened. Hold your breath for this one.... I got a job.
Your's truly is now a visiting assistant professor of theology at Newman University here in Wichita. I adjuncted a couple of classes there this semester, and I'll be starting full time in the fall. We're pretty excited to have an opportunity for me to work in theology that is actually close to family. At present it's a one year appointment, but there's a real possibility it could turn into a longer term deal after that.
In other news, I finally sent a draft of the final major section of the dissertation to my advisor, so it looks like the defense will finally take place next semester. We are also making a small move from the apartment to a little house nearby. It's still a rental, since we don't know for sure that we'll stay here yet. Nevertheless, we are excited about the prospect of a yard, garage and no loud-music, door slamming, late night arguing, punk neighbors living above us.
Anyways, looking forward to seeing people in a few weeks for the big hitchin'. Hopefully we won't be struck by mysterious fevers this time and will get a chance to actually catch up with folks. That is all.
I know it seems like a long way off, but our 10 year reunion (for classes of '97, '98, and '99) is next June. My sister and I are planning to rent a house or condo for the week so that our families can vacation together, and we have wrangled our little sister and some of her friends into coming up to babysit so that we can enjoy all the reunion festivities. We haven't booked anything for sure yet, but are leaning towards a house or condo in Quechee Lakes. I think a bunch of my sister's friends are planning to stay there as well, and it would be a blast if a bunch of BLDers did the same thing.
Quechee Lakes has a lake an indoor and outdoor pool (I am guessing it will still be too chilly for swimming outdoors), tennis courts, golf, boating, playgrounds, etc, etc. Check out www.quecheelakesrentals.com if you are interested.
I can't believe our little Jonny is getting married in 3 weeks. Craziness.
We are very excited about the wedding. The whole Walsh family will be headed to Cincinnati, arriving Thursday and leaving Sunday. We have reservations at both the Holiday Inn and the Hampton Inn, but I think we are going to cancel the Holiday Inn.
You all know that I have a serious need to be in the know, and here is what I know:
Walsh, Mazzucco, Slack, Papsdorf families or parts thereof will be present
Everyone else, I don't know if you are coming or what your plans are, and again, I really like to be in the know, so spill.
I just wanted to post something for May.
Jon, we mailed our reply for the wedding today. Caleb's not going to come. We didn't know how he'd handle the late nights (7 is getting late for our 3 year old), so he's staying with my folks for the weekend. That way, we only have to worry about Reva having a bad time, but I can always walk her around in some quieter place for a while for her to fall asleep. We still need to make hotel reservations I think. Where are the rest of the BLD crowd staying? I know at least one hotel is booked.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone!
