She P-h-Did it!

And we were there (Boston, MA)! I'd say she did it the Burk way-- stickin' with it through blood, sweat and tears. (Maybe I should make separate post, elucidating the Burk Way sometime....)

If you'd like to know more about the "Applications and Characterization of mRNA Expression Compendia in Inference of Genetic Association Networks," I suggest you contact Dr. Elissa Cosgrove-- or just watch for her publications in your favorite BME (Biomedical Engineering) journal.

Her proud (and supportive, to the nth degree!) husband.

With her advisor, who attended from Oakland CA via this modernistic device.

Thanking her muse (or was he an anti-muse...?).


Celebrating with French-Vietnamese style at the Elephant Walk restaurant.

Congratulations to our big girl!! We love you lots!

Happy 4th!

A fine celebration in St. Anthony Park; click here to enjoy.

The Triumphant Return of Ansel Thomas

I can see that I did not take near enough pictures when the Young Cosgroves arrived last night; where's the picture of Ansel with his doting grandparents?? (One set thereof, at least...) Anyway, here you see him immediately finding the things I should have moved; although, when he crawled along our relatively new wood floors with a rock in each hand, it was easy to keep track of him. To see a few more pictures, including his reunion with Dalila Jeanne (both of them a bit underwhelmed) and a video of AT on his throne-- click here.

Canoe Camping in the Late Midde Ages

Now that we, together with camping cohorts Howard and Esther, have reached the combined age of 211, we thought it might be time to try a trip that didn't involve carrying canoes and supplies over steep rocky slippery buggy portages. This was a stroke of brilliance. We canoed about 4 hours into Dogtooth and Kilvert Lakes in northern Ontario, and secured an idyllic campsite, from which we waved at passing motorboats and caught bushels of fish. The livin' was good.

To see the trip highlights, including my not-quite-ready for-National-Geographic wildlife shots-- simply click here. Be warned: you will wish you were there (unless you are a shameless city slicker).

Turn up your volume to hear the birds on the video above; below captures the capture of a yet another walleye-- ho-hum.

Spring in California

A new blog post can only mean one thing: we've seen the Number One Grandson! Our time in Palo Alto was perfect: plenty of baby, a few sights, and weather that was not only beautiful but aromatic.

Click here to see more!

Christmas Traditions

Elissa, Anna and Derek so treasure our annual tree-decorating tradition: I trick them into coming over (food works well), turn on the Christmas CD's, then lock the door until they've hung their personal collection of ornaments (most of which I've given them over the years) on the tree. Now you can savor the tradition with them, with a mere click!

Above you see them displaying their Santa-theme ornaments, received circa 2003 (every year has a theme); Elissa named hers "Ugly Santa Head"; and now it has mysteriously broken....

(Last year's ornament theme was "The Ornaments I Bought In Early November, But Can't Find Since We Had The Floors Installed." A Christmas miracle: I found them last week!)

Enjoy the season!

Still poring over my pictures....

I'm trying to leave a few shots for Elissa and Ben to put on their blog; but there are some cute ones I may have missed earlier. Although that doesn't apply to this particular picture, which I have up at least one other time; some are that cute.