Wow! Today is the clearest day we've had so far. I'm right now on the front porch wirelessly surfing the web while I look at the lights of the airport and Long Beach about 30 miles across the water. Amazingly cool.



Two interesting fireperson stories:

• Last week after church we were at a potluck out in the courtyard on campus. During the blessing prayer for the new Children's Minister, Madison got stung by a bee! As you know, she's quite the drama queen. We'll, she threw such a fit that before we knew it there were 2 police, five firepeople, and about a dozen adults all rushing to treat her with ice. Seriously. There were firemen at the helm to help her bee sting. Welcome to Pepperdine!



• Tonight, while I got Marcus down to bed Michelle took the big kids for a walk at the track. Despite repeated warnings to not lock the keys in the car, Matthew locked the car. :( So, they started to walk home. However, there's about a 800 ft difference between our house and the track. So Madison got plum wore out before they even started up the big hill. Who came to the rescue, you ask? Pepperdine's Bravest! That's right. Michelle and the kids got a ride in a firetruck! They came home to get the keys then went back down to get the car. I took some pictures and I'll post them later. Pretty funny.

Well, those were the big events this week. Additionally, the fam went to the LA Zoo one day, and we took a shopping day in Canoga Park. Lots of fun so far. The highlight this week was that Michelle and her new friend Stephanie were able to spend a night out getting coffee, and got together a few other times too. Very fun.

Here are some

photos of us settling into our new digs here in Malibu. It's really beautiful here. Wow.

We've moved!  We're officially residents of CA now.  We arrived last week and are getting unpacked now.  It will take a while.  :(



We love it here though.  The weather is incredible, the view of the ocean from our dining room is GREAT, and our condo is TOO cute.  I'll post some photos soon.

MISQE Volume 3, Issue 1 is out. It's taken way too much time the past few weeks, but Vol3, Iss1 is finally out. Check it out. There are a few very interesting articles in this issue.

Big news! Last week I accepted a position as Assistant Professor at the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University. It's in sunny Malibu, CA, my dream destination! The whole family is really looking forward to the move. Just a few little things (Dissertaiton, ELWC project, selling the house. . . ) to wrap up before we go.

Here are some cool pics of PU.

Not too much has happened recently. Just working on the ELWC project, my dissertation, searching for a job, and enjoying my family. I hope to have some leads on a job within the next month or two.

Also, I put password on the photos section of my website. So, feel free to email me if you want to know how to access it.

I did start teaching a course this semester. It's calle "Organizational Informatics" and it's at the School of Informatics here at IU.

OK, OK. I know it's been much too long since I put anything up here. But I have tried a few times and the system has been down. Here's the big news...



I'm a Candidate of Philosophy! That's right, I defended my proposal on 10/1/2003. I passed and am offically working on my dissertation now. I started data collection on 10/14/2003. So far, so good. I'll keep you posted.



Marcus nearly choked to death! True. While I was defending my proposal, Michelle was trying desperately to get a checker out of his throat. Thank God Matthew was paying attention. Michelle was in the kitchen and Matthew started screaming for her. She ran in and he was pointing at Marcus who was blue in the face and coudln't breathe. She started trying to get the checker out while Matthew called 9-1-1. What an ordeal. It came out shortly after and all is well now.



ICIS Bound I'm offically going to the ICIS Doctoral Consortium. That is very exciting to me because it was one of my goals when I came to IU. It's a pretty selective consortium and many of the leading people in the field have attended it in the past. Including, Brad Wheeler, Brad Crisp, George Marakas.



More to come later. . . .