Archive for May, 2008

Roads to Rome III

And so we come to the final installment, I hope you’ve enjoyed your tour of Tuscany. Please remember to take your belongings with you when you exit the ride, and enjoy the rest of your life at the Conspiracy of Happiness.
Day 7 – It was sad to leave I Greppi di Silli today. [...]

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Roads to Rome II

And so, we continue the exciting saga of our trip through Tuscany. I wish I had a cool scroll like on Star Wars to sort of set the stage for this episode, but I don’t, so you’ll just have to deal. Speaking of Star Wars, how in love was I with Miranda from [...]

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Roads to Rome I

I have been remiss in posting about my vacation for reasons, not the least of which is, that I didn’t want it to end.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to be home really from a country where I don’t speak the language, but it was really beautiful and I really didn’t want to come [...]

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Graduation Day

I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise;
Regardless of others, ever regardful of others.
Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man,
Stuff’d with the stuff that is coarse, and stuff’d with
the stuff that is fine.
From A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Today is graduation day.  [...]

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Oaks Day Blues

Here in Louisville, KY, we’re in the midst of an event that takes three weeks to prepare for and 2 minutes to occur. We spend millions of dollars on fireworks, create crazy events to foist on townies and out-of-towners alike, and only about 0.5% of these people actually see the Kentucky Derby in person. [...]

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It’s official!

That is the grade I got on my final course.  It came through yesterday and I tell ya, I couldn’t be happier.  This makes it all official now and I think I can relax through graduation.  In honor of my B.S. in Geography, I would like to present this video of my favorite geography song…enjoy!
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