Thanks, everyone! I appreciate all of the well wishes. Bittersweet day, though, with the news of the NIU shooting. I grew up in DeKalb and went to NIU. I had a number of classes in that room. My father was a professor and he taught many classes in Cole Hall. I am saddened at how different the world is almost 25 years after I went to college. You would never have worried about getting shot while sitting in class when I went to school. I wonder what we are supposed to say to our kids. Enough of that, though. Thanks for the well wishes. I am hopeful to be able to meet more of you in person at some point - perhaps in 2008! Mark P.S. Must-Ski ... We need to get our kids together for a waterski day up north this coming summer!
