For those few of you that I haven’t told about this, my brother Andrew and his (now) fiancee Andrea headed down to Antarctica in October for 6 months “On the Ice”. We’re so proud of them for taking this leap and letting us follow along. They’ve been cataloging their adventures on their blog, but I’ve pulled together some of my favorite pictures here.
If you haven’t heard of “the cloud”, you probably haven’t been paying attention to all of the online services that are cropping up online. If you’ve used Flickr, Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, or any of the thousands of online tools available today, you’ve used the cloud. It’s a way of saying that the things you put on those sites are stored “somewhere”, but you don’t know, or need to care, where it’s stored. It’s just in the clouds. I’ve always been a little hesitant of putting things “in the cloud”. Continue reading
Dear Sir,
I am a proud alumnus of the University and a proud supporter since graduation. I am writing to you, the clerk of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate, to express my displeasure and distress at the wording of your recent resolution concerning the University’s mascot. While I completely support a search for a school mascot, I was alarmed to see this body dictating the bounds of the mascot discussion by excluding all Native American symbols. If this search is to be accepted by the students and the citizens of this state, both of which are funding the school, it should be conducted in a manner that is free of political maneuvering and allow the true feelings of the stakeholders to be expressed. I would ask that you pass my concerns on to the Senate members and encourage them to avoid unwelcome limitations on this process.
Respectfully,
Nathan Baxley
BUS ’97
I have to say that after being home on paternity leave for two weeks, I’m once again humbled by the number of things that my wife does for our family. While I did manage to get the kids fed and off to school, and keep things somewhat clean, I failed at keeping things running as smoothly as she does time and time again. To top it all off, I found that even though I was doing a fraction of the work, I still felt totally exhausted at the end of the day. I’m going to say to all the dads with stay at home wives, take a week or two in her shoes.
1) Yes, we know what causes this and we quite enjoy it. ;)
2) The first three are the hardest, after that, it just gets louder.
3) No, we don’t own a bus, but we’re thinking about it.
4) Nope, no twins!
5) Were still looking for a ninth man for our baseball team if you’re interested.
6) Girls are definitely harder.
7) Bunk beds!
8) Who can really say when a job is done.
9) Why yes, we are Catholic
10) No, I’m not joking! :)
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