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I can’t say that I’m ecstatic about moving to Philadelphia, but my trip there last week certainly got me thinking about things I’ll miss about Texas. Here is a short list of things that stood out as memorable during my visit.

Instead of taking the bus to and from Center City and campus, I can instead [...]

Thursday was the last day of Winter Welcome but it turned out to be one of the most enjoyable. The Follies show itself (I caught the 5:00 PM showing on Thursday) was hilarious, even though some of the inside jokes were not understandable to the R1 admits. However, there were several lines in the show [...]

In order to get an idea of what a daily walk would be like, I decided to make the trip on foot from my Center City hotel to Huntsman Hall. It took me about 45 minutes total, including a stop at Starbucks. I can already feel that I’ll probably be hooked on making this morning [...]

I’m finally here. There was a bit of a delay in DFW, but other than that, the flight was pretty good. After exiting the airport in PHL, I quickly found the R1 Septa Train, but the ticket machine didn’t want to accept any sort of the redesigned currency. There was a change machine that spit [...]

I had to make a quick trip to the mall tonight to make an exchange. I bought two pair of dress pants earlier this week but they seemed to be unfashionably long. I also swapped some jeans for the same reason; I don’t know why I thought these pants originally fit because I tried each [...]

I went shopping at Whole Foods today and decided to stop by the drink section to see if they had a Guinness in a pint bottle or can. I’ve never had one, but have been wanting to try it since I found out about the Black & Tan celebrations some people will be throwing up [...]

I’ve been tinkering with the stylesheets on this site just about all day. I’ve decided to call it quits (for the next few hours at least) and go with it. Hopefully it’s a bit easier to read and nicer to look at.

The online status check system continues to be pretty nifty and convenient. It is very nice to be able to see the processing of my materials without having to burden the office with phone calls or worry that the my mailings were lost in transit.
The first change I noticed was an additonal line that says [...]

After an exhausting run yesterday, I felt the need to see if I could have a decent run of a moderate distance without dragging my feet. I hit the lake loop around 5 this evening and the temperature was nice and there was almost no wind. The lake was very still and, thanks to everyone’s [...]