Recent events

Yesterday was my Birthday, so I went with a few of my to Waldo's (a local
pub). Fortunately it's withing close walking distance. Maya, Ben, Leah,
Josh, Neil, and a few others came along. Thanks guys!

Earlier this week, there was also a computer science dinner. The Physics
department had theirs the week before. We met at Alyce Brady's house and
just chatted for a few hours. There are about 10 senior computer science
majors, which I thought was quite a few compared to the 6 physics majors,
but Maya pointed out that there are actually a lot more of most of the
other majors. Who would have guessed that people don't like physics or
computers? Actually there was a survey at a K recently asking people what
they think are the easiest and most difficult majors. I'm curious to see
the results... At the CS dinner, Maya and her friend Jenny also came
along. They appreciated the free food, but said it was awkward hanging
out with a bunch of nerds :) They're both psych majors. Jenny talked
about "Rat Roast", which was the name of the dinner for the psych majors
the previous week. Get the pun in the name? Jenny said she had never
worked with rats so didn't understand the pun at first either. Alyce's
house is in the little town of Mattawan, and it was actually a very nice
drive to get there from Kalamazoo. There are quite a few vineyards and
orchards along the way.