Hungarian Version

So several years ago I wrote a chapter with my lovely advisor for the following book:

Creating Social Trust in Post-Socialist Transition


I had an english version of the book...but today I received the Hungarian Version.....

Clearly this will be of much use in the future....well at least I can put it on the bookshelf....

The McRoberts

So...apparently I have been a bit confused....in watching the duke games....I have been impressed with the freshman bigman #2 McRoberts....I kept talking about him as Omar McRoberts, which I thought was a slightly odd name for a very large white man....well...then I discovered the source of my confusion.....
Omar McRoberts is a professor of sociology at U of Chicago, he wrote this cool book, streets of glory....

The basketball player is Josh McRoberts....but I will not remember that and continue to call him Omar....so there you go....

Also I hate Lee Malchionni.....the man missed a wide open dunk in the most embarassing way....then.....airballed a 3 pointer....please coach K don't let him play!

Lil' Devil

Oh the cutest niece ever is sporting some sweet duke apparel

She clearly knows who to cheer for (can't use the word root.....it is naughty in the antipodes)

This year's rochambeaureGuard

You may remember last year Truth and I invented the RochambeaureGuard, an elite nut punching group.....

the origins
the first round
round two

Well I have found this year's first installment Tony Skinn

Here is to many more Guards being inducted this NCAA tournament!

ps we adopted a llama online today....

The Wrong Chaney Retired Today

The man the epitomized coaches looking like the mascot has retired.....

Who doesn't love Joh Chaney, well maybe John Calapari, but that is just because Chaney threatened to kill him in the best press conference ever!

Here's to one of my favorite coaches...

What a week....

I might be the crabbiest person I know, or at least the most easily aggravated...so while everything under the sun pisses me off, I am having a really productive week......
I sent off a paper to a journal
I sent a paper to a paper competition
I finished a draft of chapter 7 of my dissertation
I got a paper accepted at ASA (written with my partners in crime, or exchange theory Karen and Coye).....
You don't even want to know what is drving me nuts these days....but all I am saying is don't mess with my coffee or my grant money...it will make me really, really mad.

But for everyone's enjoyment, here is a photo of pigasso....he paints with his snout...it is cool....

Back from Mendocino

It was a great weekend, away from email, work and all sorts of annoying things.....

We drove along rt1 along the coast on the way up, it was gorgeous, but about half way up it started to rain, and it rained the entire time we were there......but that was ok....

we stayed at a super cute B&B the mendocino village inn, they had a wine and cheese every night and excellent breakfast!!!!!! The food was great and it was such a cute and friendly place.

On sunday, when it rained and rained and rained, we ended up driving through the redwoods, and then going wine tasting...yum, yum....then I had a massage at the spa next door....all very lovely....

We came back today, we would have been back earlier but some of the roads up there were flooded due to several days of intense rain....ooops....

by the way...muffin head has asked to be referred to as sir grizzlie bear....I guess I'll let it go.....