Graduation Report

Dara and I had a relatively free day on Friday while Kyla worked, so we went downtown to check out the WWII memorial which neither of us had ever seen.As memorials go, it was underwhelming. I'm not quite sure what it was trying to capture -- I suppose sheer scope of the war or something like that. Certainly it did not seem to aim at a human element except peripherally. So, to add to the human element, here I am in front of the Pacific theater end of the memorial, in support of Dad's contribution to the cause.

I had not seen the Korean War memorial either. You have to admit this is at least a little more human, as it catches these larger-than-life Joes warily trudging their way through to their next enemy encounter. For the sake of national security, we should all hope that this is the closest I come to the battlefield.

Here's the Master's graduate with the proud parents. We have a bunch of lousy pictures of the ceremony that I won't bore you with.

The indefatigable Aunt Missy drove all the way down from North East, through South East. Dara and Kyla texted back-and-forth during the ceremony (generally about Josh), and Missy got the job of entertaining me.

That evening, to celebrate both birthday and graduation, we went to the Melting Pot restaurant for a fun meal of fondue. It started with the cheese course, then on to the meat and fish course, followed by the chocolate finale. Here, Josh concentrates on the task at hand.

Congratulations Kyla!!!