A terrific Saturday...

Marcus and I went to see Flat Stanley on Saturday. We read the book first, then saw the show. It was a good boy's date.

After the show we met some very dear friends for the Women's Basketball game. The game was much better than our men's Monday night showing against Gonzaga. In case you hadn't seen it on ESPN...our men's coach resigned after the humiliating defeat by Gonzaga.

Then, after the game we had our January GFGT downtown. We had drinks at the Rooftop bar of The Standard, then dinner at La Bella Cocina. It was a terrific evening!

The end of an era?

Can it really be called an "era" when it lasts less than two years and has a 14-35 w/l record?

BTW-I was at the nationally televised PU/Gonzaga game on Monday night. I was amazed at how poorly our guys played. Ouch.

A good interview and a fine man...

Of the many things I love about being at Pepperdine, one is being able to live near and interact with Dean Kenneth Starr. Despite anyone's politics, I believe Judge Starr to be an honorable and kind man. This recent profile from the LA Times (from an occassional series on LA's intellectuals) is spot on. Enjoy...

Kenneth Starr: Open to the public - Los Angeles Times

Long-delayed update...

Sorry it's been so long since the last update. Here are the final photos from our day avoiding the fires.

While this fire was much less damaging to Pepperdine, it was much more damaging to Malibu. Somewhere around 50 homes were completely destroyed. One of Madison's friends lost her home completely. They didn't get a thing from the house, not even a purse. One of Matt's friends also lost his house, but it was not destroyed by fire. The smoke damage exceeded the value of the structure so they also suffered a terrible loss.

Keep these families in your prayers over this holiday season.

PU Search Plugin

I just created a plugin for PU's website for IE 7 or Firefox 2. To install it visit searchplugins.net and then click on the "I" next to Pepperdine University. This will create a PU search plugin in your search box in the top-right corner of your browser. That way you can search PU's website without having to navigate to the search page.