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Wow it’s lonely back here. Where’d everybody go?

Something ELSE blueOriginally uploaded by jmissig.

At the same time.

I was planning on coming back home to go to my brother’s graduation. I was trying to decide whether to leave Thursday night or Friday morning. My father hinted that they had something for me to do Friday morning, so I should probably come in Thursday. I […]

Julian and Alice GraduatingOriginally uploaded by jmissig.

Four years, two majors, and a lot of work. Now it’s over. It still doesn’t feel real. I managed to graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, being conferred a degree of Bachelor of Science with University Honors in the field of Cognitive Science with an additional major in Human-Computer Interaction.
Alice […]

My grandfather passed away last night. He was a great man. He taught me to be humble and quiet, yet loving and respectful. He taught me that growing old doesn’t mean that you have to give up the sports and activities you love. He showed me how to be a quiet fighter; lessons I need […]

I had my last undergraduate class this morning and did not even realize it until now. I have quite a bit of work left to do, but I’m almost done with my undergraduate degree. Pretty crazy.
Of course, the Masters program runs straight through the summer (”No breaks!”, even for my undergrad graduation), and then I […]

Underground mallOriginally uploaded by jmissig.

This mall was under the Hyatt where most of the Wednesday-night parties were. Too bad there was that fire alarm…

Peter Saint-Andre says it best:

Peter Millard, my friend and a longtime contributor to the Jabber community, died last night. Peter fought a tough battle with cancer last year and seemed to have won. Suddenly, in the last few weeks, he faced a new battle with complications from his cancer therapy; he fought long and hard […]