Curtin Call

Yes, yes, yes!  Finally!  It is Friday!  Yay!  Yay!  Yay! The week that wouldn’t end is finally wrapping up!  This place has been a ghost town all week.  I was seriously hoping to bail out early today but, of course, “the boss” is coming up with all sorts of last minute things that need doing [...]

How can a four day work week l-a-a-a-s-s-s-t-t-t  s-o-o-o-o-o  l-o-o-o-n-n-n-g-g-g?  And it’s only Thursday!?!?!? I can only hope that the upcoming three day weekend lasts half as long as this week has seemed!

There.  I said it!  I’ve learned a lot about diversity over the past several years that I have worked at one of the most prestigious universities in this fine country.  It’s been some time now since I’ve used the words “Merry Christmas” – these were replaced long ago by “Happy Holidays”.  However, now, I find [...]

… will you see two of the major roads closed down so that elephants can get from their train to the Boston Garden for the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus. Elephants on Mass Ave Elephants on Memorial Drive (with Boston in the background) This is an exciting event at MIT every year!  The streets are [...]

As mentioned previously, I received a digital camera for my birthday nearly 6 months ago!  I was so very proud of myself when I got the photos from the camera to the computer (using iPhoto) but had not been able to get them from the “picture” section of my blog to the home page.  Well, [...]

Here’s Frosty at his best (in Mom’s opinion!) Here’s Frosty at his best (in his opinion!)