It's a niece!

Hal writes:

My brother Jay called to say that he and his wife (well, mostly his wife) had a baby girl this evening. Daisy was born early this evening and all is well for mother, child, and father. My hope is to possibly go see my new niece this weekend and have some pictures next week. For those of you in to the stats of newborns, this one came in a little over 7 pounds and about 19 inches long.

Thank you for your suggestions for naming our fish. We still are waiting on a couple people to get back to us, but in the mean time "little fish" (as we are calling him until he gets a name) is continuing to enjoy his home on top of the wine rack.

I was the on call this weekend and I have never had so many phone calls during an on-call weekend. Nothing major, but it's not easy to get a good night's sleep when the phone rings throughout the night. At least there wasn't anything that I had to leave the hall for in the middle of the night, all the situations that happened in the other halls were taken care of without me having to leave my hall.

Tonight begins Homecoming week at UWP. The first two events were the Banner display and the Kickball competition. Pictured below are some members of my hall's team just shortly after they beat another hall in the co-ed division. Our homecoming t-shirts have the "too much rock for one hand" display on the front, thus the hand signs that are being flashed below.

Go Southwest Hall!

Sesquicentennial post

Hal writes:

150 posts! Hooray!

This past weekend Anna completed the Fox City half-marathon. Official time has not come in yet, but she finished well under two hours. We don't have any pictures of her running, but she may have bruised the back of her leg with a muscle tear, so we might take a picture of that. ;)

I would like you to meet my fish. Anna bought him for me last week. I tried naming him Archimedes, thinking that I would have a smart, academic fish; but Anna would have none of it. I would appreciated any suggestions you have for a name, still looking for something that sounds academic.

My fantasy football team is 3-0. I don't have any "great players", but my players have been consistent. Better start than the Minnesota Vikings...

Weekend at GAC

Hal writes:

This past weekend I was up at GAC to fulfill my alumni Class Agent responsibilities. The purpose is for me to gather news and information about the college and then pass it on to my classmates through newsletters that I write. Typically there are two of us, but the woman who has been working with me the past six years has decided that she will not be able to participate anymore. So, I'll be looking for a new person to assist in the process.

But, part of being back is to visit with former professors and administrators. I spent a majority of the day on Friday catching up with friends and mentors. Although each trip back there are less and less people I know due to career changes and there have been new buildings added in between my visits as well.

My sister took on a job at GAC recently as Assistant Swim Coach. She didn't want me to take her picture at work, but I was able to snap this one quickly before she could stick her tongue out at me.


During my visit to GAC, I stayed in my sister's new apartment. I know that some other people are wondering what it looks like, but I didn't go around taking pictures of everything. I did take one of the fireplace in her apartment because I thought it was neat.

In 2006 when I first move in to Southwest Hall at my school, GAC also opened up a Southwest Hall. Here is the GAC version of SWH:

It was fun to be back on campus and to see people. I enjoyed that there were numerous students with college sweatshirts and t-shirts. There is not as much school pride at my current institution. I also enjoyed attending daily chapel and having the opportunity to wander around campus.

So, funny story. The man who bought the Barry Bonds ball that broke Hank Aaron's record is letting the public vote on what should happen to it. Your options are to send it to the Baseball Hall of Fame, have it branded with an asterisk and then send it to the Hall of Fame, or to have it brought up in a space shuttle and launched in to outer space. Click here to vote for your favorite option.