Yeah.. That first year I posted so little on the boards (only around 150 posts) so I figured they could handle one thread. So I keep everything here when I'm feeling narcissistic so that people who've been around can just ignore the thread

(Interestingly enough, my post counts have approximately doubled each year -- if you shift the first year's posts to 250.. I'm a real spammer now.)

Surprisingly, it seems people haven't unsubscribed from it... They like me.. they really like me!

If course I also go back and edit my first post about once a year to keep track of important things that happened through the year.


Tourbi:
Yeah, glad you liked it.

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You make a good point there.

I figured as I'm so important, my mere presence in this thread would be honoured.

Oh man, did I just stepped in something?

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the
degree of unity retained. — W.H. Auden, English poet (1907-1973)

Commencement ceremonies are this weekend. (Honestly, I can't think of anything quite as boring as watching a graduation ceremony if you only know one person in it anyway. LOL)

However, if you so desire, you should be able to watch it via the webcast.

The details
College: Liberal Arts & Sciences
Location: UIC Pavilion
Time: Sunday, 5/8 9:00 am (CDT)
Webcast link: Look for the LAS college here on Sunday




Oh yeah.. this weekend is also marks my 4th year registered on the forums here.

Mmm... Disco.

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Congratulations!!! That is great!
I will be at a baby shower for Baby Elise,
have great fun and enjoy every moment.
4 years... wow.... Good for you!!!

What does Disco have to do with anything??

Well, graduation went relatively well. Noone tripped or anything. I actually found a use for the silly masters sleeves (I had my name card in one sleeve and my camera in the other.)

At one point the name reader was like 20 names behind and I was afraid that when they got to physics, I'd be back in my seat before my name was read. Fortunately, the department marshalls finally got on the ball and actually waited for the previous department's names to be finished before going through. I was the only Master in Physics at the ceremony, so I was all by myself. (It was a huge ceremony... just the liberal arts & sciences college graduates filled the entire pavillion floor -- think college basketball stadium. But only 9 of us were Physics -- 3 PhDs, 1 Master, 5 Bachelors. Of course, that's huge compared to my BS ceremony, in which I was the ONLY physics graduate on the last year before they closed down the physics department at my old school..)

No wonder I'm so sick of you .

hehe congrats mate.

Congratulations, Master!

hehe


No, that feeling of sickness is from something that was slipped into your Guinness a few months back... We'll see how you feel in 3 weeks

Oh wait... I wasn't supposed to tell you about that.

Let's get this party started.

Today I turn 100000 (in binary of course)

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy B-day Tom!

Thanks guys

BTW: That's 20 in hexidecimal for those who don't understand binary

And it should last a while with it being St. Patricks day and all the drinking...yes, yes i believe this shall last a while Happy Birthday Tom

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happy st. patties!

I thought 20 was 10100...

Well, Tappy Birthday, Tom!

You're thinking 20 in decimal. I said 20 in hexidecimal (base-16).

Since some people apparently are having a hard time with hex, it's 40 in octal.

Happy Birthday. I missed the party this year. Hope you had a great one!!!
Chai Cheers!! And Bright Birthday Blessings!!

Thanks.. it was very relaxing. Had a great morning.

(And I've been told some people don't know octal base. For those people, it's 26 in base-13. We all know base-13 right? After all, we all know 6*9=42 in base-13.)

The day before yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of my first post in the forums....

wow.

Hard to believe a half of a decade has gone by..

Happy Anniversary!!

Does it make you feel old, Tom? :-p

I already feel old compared to you


Alas, this party had to be aborted early due to certain events in the 'real' world that dragged me chloroformed to Cerberus's lair, covered in raw steaks, and with my shoelaces tied together. (i.e. long story)

you should feel great comparing to us
congrats to every event you had ..wish you nice happy time always

Time to start up the party again.

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Congratulations!!