Nineteen months ago, Amber and I packed up a moving van and moved me from Charlottesville to Blacksburg, to start school at Virginia Tech. That afternoon, when we arrived in Blacksburg, the sun emerged from behind the clouds and revealed a rare, beautiful double rainbow. Today, driving back from the graduation ceremonies at Virginia Tech, …
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Off to Sorensen, VT graduation.
I’m off to a Sorensen Institute session in Harrisonburg (topics include the poultry industry, transportation [Whit Clement is the speaker], gangs in Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley [Sen. Mark Obenshain speaking], and the Virginia budget), though I’m bailing early tomorrow to drive down to Blacksburg for my Virginia Tech graduation.
On infamy.
A few years ago, I set up the Virtual Community Chalkboard, the on-line version of the soon-to-exist Community Chalkboard, which the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression is funding to have installed on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. I used to play with it, when I first set it up, but I haven’t looked …
It’s good to be missed.
Apparently my week-long final-exam-caused blogging hiatus, which ended in the wee hours of this morning, did not go unnoticed. On Raising Kaine, Lowell Feld offered the following theories as to the source of my absence: He’s being held prisoner in one of Scott Howell’s dungeons, currently being tortured by not being allowed to blog for …
Until May 7.
Don’t even ask.
New rule: Don’t ask me to do anything for you between now and May 14th, when I graduate (if I play my cards right). I have too much to do. That includes asking me if I know of anybody else who could do something for you. I don’t even have time to write back to …
Graduation countdown.
I graduate from Virginia Tech one month from today. I’ll graduate with a degree in political science with a concentration in law, with honors. My cap and gown just arrived in the mail today. Commencement is at the same time as I’m supposed to be in Sorensen, so I’ll have to leave our session (in …
Power to the people.
Well, that sucked. Amber and I lost power Sunday morning, and just got it back 10 minutes ago. Since we’re out in the country, that means no water, which is really terrible. We made due, but the timing couldn’t have been worse. My servers — which I host — have been down the whole while, …
Exams wrapped up.
I had exams, tests and the like this whole week — I just took my last exam an hour ago. So to those who I’ve been ignoring for the past 10 days (what with the studying prior to this week), don’t take it personally — I’ll respond to your e-mail/phone call/blog comment as soon as …
I’m not a candidate.
I’ve thought about it for a couple of weeks now, and I’ve made up my mind not to run for House of Delegates. If I run, I work for the good of a single seat. If I don’t run, then I can continue and markedly expand my efforts to help influence the outcome of House …