Change is a Constant

From Eddie:

I have resigned from my position as a Product Manager at my current company, Milum Corporation. I will stay thru July 26th to help the transition, and will be starting with my new company, SkyList, on July 27th. My two years with Milum has been an incredible learning experience not only in sales/marketing but also in computer technology and software design. I am sad to say goodbye to such good people, but am very excited to work with a younger, more dynamic company.

SkyList was recently acquired by Datran Media in New York, NY, and has been continuing to grow steadily since its inception in 1996. My role will focus on post-sales customer accounts and helping them make a greater profit by better utilizing SkyList's flagship software, StormPost. This is a great opportunity and I look forward to more posts on my progress!

Update: SKYLIST Ranked Among Best Places to Work in Central Texas!

The Professor

Enter "The Professor"



Holy crap he's cute.



We rescued him from the Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston. He is about one year old, and was sent to the rescue center with his brother, who was adopted the day before we picked up The Professor. He is a slight spazz until he has a few minutes to settle down. He's sleeping on my feet and snoring right now.

The most amazing part is that we have yet to hear him bark. We've seen him romp around with other dogs and even took him on a 3-hour car ride back to Austin, and he hasn't so much as whimpered. Smart dog = The Professor.

Click the link below to see a few videos we took with The Professor.
Professor Video 1
Professor Video 2
Professor Video 3
Professor Video 4

Jake & Kaori's Wedding!

Elaina and I had an awesome time in Napa, CA for Jake and Kaori's wedding this past weekend. It was so good to see everyone that I haven't seen in years (and to meet Kydon for the first time). Can't wait to do it all again!

Trip highlights:

- Downtown Napa on a Friday night
- Dinner and dancing at the Bayleaf
- Full service KFC in San Jose, CA (no joke)
- Drinking and hanging out at the "Hideaway" all weekend
- Telling stories, and then correcting Dave's version of them
- Seeing Katie and Nina for the first time in like 5 years
- Giving Ewald a noogie
- Testing out Mik's GPS navigation system
- Coppola (now the Rubicon) Winery with Noah and Shari

If anyone has any pictures, please send them to us!! I am an idiot and forgot my camera...

First Anniversary in Italy

Elaina and I just got back from an 11-day anniversary vacation in Villasimius, Italy (on the island of Sardegna). Elaina had a neuroscience conference there, which she attended for the first three days, then we spent the rest of the time celebrating our first year of marriage :)

Trip Pros:

• Sardegna is GORGEOUS! Click here for a quick video at our hotel
  
• Food in Italy is better than most food in America.
• Tops are optional on all the beaches and pools. Here is a non-nude beach clip
  
• We found an empty beach (which we decided was a nude beach)
• The town of Villasimius is 100% pure Italian, no tourist traps or Americans with fanny packs.
• We randomly found an amazing church in the town of Cagliari. Click here for a video
  
• Driving is easy in Italy because nobody pays attention to traffic laws.
  

Trip Cons:

• Some Italians do not like Americans.
• We know about 2% of the Italian language.
• Our airline, Alitalia, stopped flying to Sardegna the day before we left. Figuring this out in Italian was not easy. This also caused us to miss our connection to New York. Alitalia paid for us to stay in Rome with full room and board so we could fly back the next day.
• Driving is hard in Italy because nobody pays attention to traffic laws.

Click here for some pictures!

Congrats to Elaina!

On Tuesday, May 9th, Elaina completed her PhD qualifying exams with an "Unconditional Pass." The qualifying exam is a 3+ hour-long oral examination where Elaina had to present her doctoral thesis to a panel of specialized doctors, whose sole purpose was to question everything she knows about Neuroscience. Ask any grad student -- qualifying exams are much harder than defending your thesis.

A clean pass is rare, and is the highest ranking available :)

She is now officially considered a doctoral candidate, and must complete the experiments she proposed in the exam to graduate. Congratulations!!!

And now for a corny picture of a happy Elaina:

Eddie's Getting His MBA!!

Today I found out I was admitted into the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas here in Austin! The McCombs MBA program is ranked #18 in the nation by U.S. News.

Elaina and I went to Mirabelle Restaurant to celebrate :)

Here is the "welcome box" I received from McCombs:

Divine Intervention

It's rare these days to find evidence of a higher power, especially on a pizza box. Who knew that a delivery pepperoni pizza from Papa Johns would double as a delivery from the Lord?

Thinking back on it, the pizza was pretty good: it wasn't too greasy, it didn't make me bloated and farty, and the garlic butter dipping sauce wasn't already slightly open when I started shaking it. Truly divine intervention. Papa Johns? In my book it's Papa Jesus.


You can click on the picture to enlarge it.