Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Greetings from Memphis

Just a quick note-- I haven't posted here in a while; it's been a busy May.
On the road for a one-night trip to Memphis-- doing a site visit evaluating a vendor's technology in the morning, then hopefully heading back home by the early afternoon.

Tonight for dinner, a couple of co-workers and I went down to Beale Street and stopped in at a Cajun spot and had some good Jambalaya (admittedly, I'm no great critic when it comes to Cajun) and fried shrimp. And then we sat out on the sidewalk and took a sampling of some of the plentiful live music out in the cool late spring air.
It was breezy and cool out and was really the perfect night out. And just as I was beginning to reminisce about the Deeney wedding of a few years ago..

And then we saw two girls swap shirts.
No idea what that was about. Just two women on the sidewalk-- they'd been talking as part of this larger circle of people-- and all of a sudden they've each whipped off their shirt and are handing it to the other...

So how does that come up? "Hey, I've got this great idea.. I really like that shirt you've got on.."

Saturday, May 12, 2007

"Humbled and grateful..."

This is a really nice reflection on Chris Zorich from Blue and Gold.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Congrats, Chris Zorich

Chris Zorich was the first football lineman I knew by name, coming up as a kid, watching those Irish teams of the late 80's. And he was such a MAN. Embodied all the traits of toughness and work ethic, combined with a human integrity that, I believe, set ND apart.
To say nothing of the pathos NDNation felt when news came out of how he returned home to his Chicago home following the bowl game (Orange?) to find his mother had passed away in her chair while watching her son on TV.

Zorich was the prototype.

We need more guys like him now.

And now he's in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Here's the press release from UND.com