Cuppacafe

Well, the days are growing cooler, and it is getting darker sooner, so that means that the end of summer is fast approaching. True, we still have a couple of weeks of Summer left to us, but, well, it is back-to-school time, especially for my oldest, who is heading back to his second year at college. However, what is making this year different than last year, is that Dylan is studying abroad this year.

He is at the American University in Cairo (yes, Walt, the one in Egypt). There he'll be studying Egyptian law and history. While I'm obviously pleased that he is doing this and getting the chance to travel, I'm clearly not entirely pleased knowing that he'll be abroad for a full year (traveling in Europe over the Summer), returning home only in time to head back to Syracuse for his Junior year.

Presumably, I'll survive 'til then. (The pic with this post is from my cell phone while we were sitting at JFK last night, awaiting his departure.)

The Perfessor

Several years ago I heard that when someone in Japan gives you their business card, the card has, on the back, a map of where on the block their building is located, because the numbers simply don’t go in order over in Japan. I never really understood that, until now.

OK, all clear now?

The Perfessor

So, I know that this site is all about pop culture, and us poking fun at the absurdities of the world at large, but I just couldn’t pass talking about my son Dylan who just graduated high school this week.

Yeah, yeah, we all have kids and they all do cool stuff, but mine as voted to give the commencement speech to his class, which he chose to give in rhyme. Needless to say, the local paper wrote that up in their coverage of the event. (Technically, both local papers wrote about his speach, but the other paper requires a paid subscription to view pages.)

I am very proud of my son, and am missing him already as he prepares to head to Syracuse University in the Fall.

He’s been promoting this event for weeks, and well, now, he's there. That’s right, Starting this past Monday (yesterday) Stephen Colbert began a week of broadcasting from Iraq. You can view the full episode on ColbertNation.

I have to tell you that the show was a hoot-and-a-half, and not only that, but I totally want this suit:

Needless to say, while he was over there, he did his own fair share of celebrity sightings:

I can hardly wait for tonight’s episode.

The Perfessor

After my son, Dylan, came back from The March of the Living (where he along with 10,000 other Jewish teens traveled to the Death Camps in Poland for Holocaust Remembrance Day, and then to Israel for Independence Day), he, and his friend Michael made a slide show which they not only presented to their youth group (Kulanu), but Michael then posted to Youtube.

You don’t need sound for this — however, the music does add to the 9+ minute experience. The first half (when they are at the camps in Poland) is very hard and depressing, however the mood does brighten up when they reach Israel. (Apparently the Israel half of the trip was added into the original Poland trip some years back when it was discovered that the kids had some trouble adjusting back to the world after viewing the camps.)

After watching the slideshow, I’m sure that you’ll understand why.

The Perfessor

After my son, Dylan, came back from The March of the Living (where he along with 10,000 other Jewish teens traveled to the Death Camps in Poland for Holocaust Remembrance Day, and then to Israel for Independence Day), he, and his friend Michael made a slide show which they not only presented to their youth group (Kulanu), but Michael then posted to Youtube.

You don’t need sound for this — however, the music does add to the 9+ minute experience. The first half (when they are at the camps in Poland) is very hard and depressing, however the mood does brighten up when they reach Israel. (Apparently the Israel half of the trip was added into the original Poland trip some years back when it was discovered that the kids had some trouble adjusting back to the world after viewing the camps.)

After watching the slideshow, I’m sure that you’ll understand why.

The Perfessor