Welcome new GOOs. Sorry to miss the GOO bash. Is there a GOO East?

mostly Cambridge, a few years in Sebastopol (GNN), and off/on from home.

Wow Ellie, 19 years? Which office did you work in?

congrats on getting engaged! where are you living these days?

--mj

Absolutely, baby!

Wanna get hitched, baby?

Thanks Jay! It's nice to finally be legit here!

Welcome to being a real GOO!

I like salad tongs.

Congratulations! Sounds like the new job is going to be really interesting.

Woo-hoo! Welcome to the club, Phil!

Hey Brian,

Thanks for the invite! Official last day is today and I'm going to freelance for awhile. Hope you are well!

Nice to see you here, Richard! But I don't think anyone else will know which Richard you are. :-)

I do hope everything works out well. The track sounds like a good option for getting some exercise in, and it's certainly easy and inexpensive. Let me know how things go.

--mj

LOL at your photo. That background is familiar.

That's more like it. That looks like some pretty complex chemistry happening in that pie hole of yours. Rock on.

Thanks Terry! :)

Let me know if you guys need any cool/cutting edge Rails apps over there. I've always wanted to get more involved with Make/Craft. Maybe now I can, even if in some small way.

Yeah, it's been on the mind for a few months. The trigger was not being able to sell my old house. So, to keep both housees, I must enter into the the arena of the "new rich." :) Wish me luck with that, I'll need it.

Swimming... Wow, you're going to grow gills at that rate. After effectivly loosing my swimming partner, it's been very hard to motivate. My next exercise idea, now that I'll be working from home, is to hit my Son's school's track every morning for a jog. I've never been much into running, but it's free. I'll let you know how/if it works out.

Wow, congrats Rob!

Hi Rob,

Wow, I didn't know you were close to cutting loose. Best of luck on your new venture. Let me know how things go.

I am swimming lots and coaching the local age group kids, so I am logging lots of pool time. We have a nice masters swim team, so I hang out with lots of water logged folks of all ages at meets and practices.

Please do keep in touch!

--mj

I'm actually thinking about going back to the shaved head, in which case I would need to change all my online personas back to hair. Just to keep them guessing. For now, I added a picture from one of Terrie's July 4th's.

What is Absolute Seven?

I added a profile picture that basically captures the gist of it.

No No No! We need your picture home boy! Com'mon, update that profile photo. We want to *watch* what becoming a doctor looks like. :)

You never thought I would leave?? Well, I guess I wouldn't have thought I would quit *any* job just six weeks before having another kid. Such is the price of life.

Hey, gotta run, my boss is yelling at me (voices in my head).

Saw your new power pole (in the middle of the mud pile). Very nice! You guys are going to be so happy, snuggled up against that poll.

Hey, you should build a house there someday. Just a thought.

Cheers! ;)

Hey man, good to finally be here. Just in time. So, what have I missed?

Hey! Small world! Looking forward to my first visit to Metaweb.

Thanks for your positive comments. I need some positive reinforcement right now. I knew moving back to the Buffalo area would be a challenge, but I am finding it a little more difficult that I had imagined. Andy has a great job at the University of Buffalo Center for Computational Research and he loves it. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will have the same luck and I will keep you posted.

MJ and Tony "hope" the move to Buffalo will work out great. Whatever. I _know_ it will work out great.