You mean grad school doesn't go on forever and ever?

It's official! My Ph.D. defense talk will be on Friday, August 1 at 1 PM in East Lansing (in the same room where many of you recently witnessed Katie's wonderful Ph.D. defense...she will be a hard act to follow!)

I would love to have you all come for the talk! There will be food (aren't you curious to see if Jean can top her bee honey cupcakes with an amazing wren-themed dessert?) and you will get to hear a fascinating talk about bird reproductive behavior, aka "What to do when your mate is sexy". However, if you are too busy with other things, (like work or planning a wedding that will occur less than 48 hours after my defense,) I understand. :) If you need more detailed directions/info, please ask.

Sigh...sad but true

On to round 2

The Red Wings finished off Nashville 3-0 today to take the series 4 games to 2. Ozzie played great in goal and should get the start in Round 2 versus either Colorado or Calgary. My favorite Wing, Nik Kronwall, had another monster hit this game. :) It makes such a difference to have him healthy and contributing on the blue line this playoffs.

I HATE watching Wings games on NBC because the announcers are so obviously anti-Wings. Pierre McGuire is the worst of the offenders, but they all do it. All the announcers (and the maybe the referees, judging by all of the non-calls on the Preds today) clearly wanted Cinderella Nashville to defeat the big bad Wings. However, I was relatively calm and confident (for me) the whole game. I just got the vibe that we were going to win. The better team prevailed and hopefully this is the start of a nice long playoff run (my last in Michigan!).

NHL playoffs are here!

The Wings start the playoffs tonight! Our round 1 opponent is the Nashville Predators. Here is some interesting info about their goalie from that very reputable news source, the Onion:

Goalie Clearly Living In Net

Lets Go Buff-A-Lo!!!

For those of you who haven't heard, I have been offered (and have accepted!) a post doc in Buffalo! I knew it was fate when I found out their school mascot is a griffin! :) I will be leaving in August. I'll really miss my MI friends, but I am excited about this great opportunity.