My condolences, April, on your father's passing
And good luck with the job


--- In princessbride@yahoogroups.com, "April M.H. Blakeslee"
<aprilmhb@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> Sorry I've been so silent lately... I've had a lot going on. First,
I did
> get my PhD... yay! It was pretty cool at the graduation ceremony
b/c Bill
> Clinton and Bush Sr. spoke, and I was in the front row, so I got
some
> pretty cool pictures!!!
> Then in sad news, my father passed away from complications due to
cancer
> at the end of May. We had only just found out about his cancer in
> December, so it all went very fast. It was really rough on my
family as my
> Dad was one of the nicest, most wonderful people I've ever known.
If any
> of you are at all interested, you could check out my father's
website
> (www.cyhaus.com) which has some really cool stuff on it. We're
going to
> eventually make it in memorarium. Actually it was his site that got
my
> "Princess Bride" page running (wow, way back in 1996, I think it
was!) and
> where it's been housed ever since (at his domain).
> And now most recently, we are in the process of selling our house
in NH
> and moving to Annapolis, Maryland area. I got a job (hurrah!!) at
the
> Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Pretty exciting!
> Anyway, that's all the most recent news. I hope everyone else is
doing
> well and hopefully I'll have more time to keep in touch.
>
> Ta ta for now!
> --April :)
>
>
> --- Blue Goddess <thebluegoddess1@...> wrote:
>
> > April,
> >
> > Congrats to you on your PhD!
> >
> > Blue~
> >
> > "April M.H. Blakeslee" <aprilmhb@...> wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I successfully defended my PhD this past Friday, so as of May, I
will
> > officially be Dr. Blakeslee. Pretty cool, eh? (that's for Angus!)
My
> > talk had nothing to do with fish (well, I guess I had one slide
with a
> > fish on it but that wasn't really the point...), but in any case,
fish
> > are
> > still as cool as ever.
> >
> > Now I just need everyone to cross their fingers for me that I get
a
> > job!!! :-S
> >
> > I will write more later! I actually have some free time these
days...
> > weird. I was even able to watch American Idol and Dancing with
the Stars
> > this week... :-)
> >
> > Best wishes!
> > --April :)
> >
> >
>
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