Category: Personal

  • Purdue 5k 2012

    Today was the 2012 Purdue 5k Challenge. Mom and Dad came down to watch us run. This was Justin’s first official 5k and he did great! My bib was #888 and I finished 179th place with a time of 24:03. Justin was #1392 and finished 433rd place with a time of 28:14.

  • Happy Birthday, Molly!

    A quick post to say Happy Birthday to Molly! She is 17 years young today but doesn’t look a day over 5. She’s still just as lively as ever.

  • Wedding Bells Abound

    It seems like wedding bells are ringing for everyone anymore.  In October I had accepted a job offer after applying to a different part of Purdue University.  In talking with my new manager, I found out she wasn’t married but had been with her boyfriend about as long as Justin and I have been.  Apart…

  • Freedom From Religious Persecution

    The United States was originally founded because the first immigrants from Europe were searching for freedom from religious persecution.  How fitting that today, hundreds of years later, their descendants are persecuting others based on that same religion. As a gay man, I have limited rights in the country I was born despite the fact that the founding…

  • Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center

    On December 30th, we traveled to the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center which is only 6 miles north of downtown Chengdu.  Once you arrive it is a quiet serene contrast to the rest of the city.  We went with several of Justin’s relatives and the album below is but a small sampling of the many…