Category: Family

Where Have All The Good Men Gone And Where Are All The Gods?

Yesterday, at the annual recognition and graduation ceremony for the physics department, I was awarded the “Student Adjunct Of The Year” award as recognition of my accomplishments as a teacher.

The award was presented by my advisor (and the department chair) who said some very nice things about me. I was humbled and proud to receive the award, and will continue to teach at the best of my abilities.

Here’s a photo taken by Jim during the event:

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What’s that? I have a bit of a downturned mouth there don’t I?

It reminds me of a photo from ages past…

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The frogman, it seems, hideth in me still!

Trip Details

The trip is fully booked now, and all that’s left to do is wait for the day of departure, specifically July 15.

We’re going to use the legendary ‘Reverse-Delta-Maneuver’, and travel England like so:

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Well start in London, with 2 full days. Then we hop over to Dover where we’ll spend the night and pick up our rental vehicle. The next 9 days are spent driving the length of the country, spending a day in various different locales that will allow us to see a lot of historically important places in England. Most of our accomodation will be in Bed & Breakfast’s, which should be a lot of fun (not to mention is very inexpensive). One of them is even a working farm!

Our destinations include Brighton, Stratford-Upon-Avon, York and Blackpool before we eventually end up in Edinburgh Scotland, where we will spend 2 full days. I plan to spend that time hanging out with Amy Pond…

Then we’ll catch a train back to London for 3 more days before returning home. One of these days may (ie. almost certainly will) be a day trip in Paris! (Yes Jim, you read that correctly!)

Then – the great Albion Odyssey complete – we’ll return to America.

I’m not sure if I’ll be blogging at all during the trip – it depends on internet availability. But I will be ‘postcarding’, so be sure to watch your mailboxes 🙂

On The Road!

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