Buckley

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Denver

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I first was able to see the Rocky Mountains about 60 miles from Denver. When I got into town the evening rush traffic was just starting to pile up.

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Now leaving Nebraska

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On the road

West of Lincoln, NE.

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Uncle Dave tells John and Blake about one of the largest steam engines ever built

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Backyard ball game

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John and the butterfly

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This guy loves books

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Picking strawberries with Grandpa

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At play with Nebraska cousins

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For those of you who are really bored on Saturday (or Friday)...

...you can watch my graduation live on the internet. Here's the link:

http://weblive.nsysu.edu.tw/graduation.htm

The shindig goes at 1:30PM Taiwan time on Saturday, June 11. You will have to do the time conversion yourself for wherever you are reading this at, but for folks in the central United States, that's pretty much in the middle of the night. So, if you find yourself with a case of insomnia on Friday night, tune in to the above, it will probably put you right out!

Oddly, I am doing this graduation thing on Saturday even though a big piece of the puzzle is still missing - my thesis defense will take place on Monday afternoon. Here's to hoping that goes well!

GJS

Things our 14-month old can say

Leafy green!

In order of appearance:

air poop
up
all done
more
Mama
Dada
milk (hand sign)
brother
open
thank you
again
poop
diaper
謝謝 (xiexie; thank you)
ball
yes
go
爸爸 (baba; Daddy)
on
魚 (yu; fish)
hello
ding!
yuck
peepee
apple
baby
hot
幫忙 (bangmang; help)
let's play
armpit
did it!

I wonder what he will come up with next?

GJS

Coming out of "The Desert"

Whoah - get down! Be careful if you see this guy in the area waving assault rifles around. (Psst! He's not qualified with that weapon!)

Check out this photo and many more in a new upload at my Flickr page, which will certainly be the last done from Taiwan for us. The movers will come and take all of our stuff next week, and then we're off to "the big PX in the sky" - back to the U.S.! Over 600 new items will soon be available for your viewing pleasure.

Lack of posting over the past few months can be attributed to a few things. First, my thesis, which I completed about 2 weeks ago, consumed most of my time from April onward. Plus, now that we are so close to heading home, the motivation to post waned. It will probably wax again sometime in the future - stay tuned.

GJS