Cross Country the Long Way

University of Illinois sponsors a cross country bike ride for cancer at the end of each year.  I just happen to know someone from UofI, my first semester roommate at The Village.  And he is one of the ride leaders this year after his graduation.

So Congrats to Marc on his graduation and good luck on his cross country trip.  You can follow him through his tumblr or the Illini 4000 website and his blog entries there.

Its been a while...

... since I have posted anything.  Terribly sorry about that.  I'll get to it.

But its been even longer since I did a do a good deed post!

So, courtesy of Blackfive. 

Welcome home First Lt Cory French

Use your Facebook-ing powers for good!

And Letters for Lyrics and Lets Say Thanks are still up there to the left.

Also the 2011 Warrior Games are going on.  Go Navy, Beat Army.  Check the Navy Live site for blog updates from that.  I don't know why it doesn't update in the blog roll but its at the bottom.  

The Rise and Fall of the Scorpion Whisperer

On my first dive at Southwest pinnacle in Koh Tao, I was introduced to the elusive scorpion fish and the important dive concept of beer fines.  Over the week, a legend was born, and then quickly fell.

Searching for the Big Fish

One of the goals for diving in Thailand was to find the big fish.  Whale sharks are known to frequent the Gulf of Thailand in April and May and occasionally, very lucky divers get to spend time with them.  Just reading about it and looking at pictures psyched us up.  There was probably a better chance that we would not see one, but we told ourselves we would.