Been around here ALMOST as long as the founders and remember the pre-Cardboard original fan fax newsletter and Longwinded's seminal posts. I chuckled at the original Uma/Dana wars and the Civil War history that used to crop up in posts around here. I'd pretend my feelings were irrecoverably hurt by not making Yvonne's list of the famous 13 but she gets a permanent hall pass for keeping this place running.
Lived at Alondra, Trailers and the GC Suites (in their first year) before switching to off-campus housing. The UW upset in 1981 made me a lifelong Stanford football fan and I watched the '82 Big Game in person and had a roommate on the field (carrying an instrument) who I'll never forgive for not tackling that C.al player. I saw the 1990 BG on TV (family Thanksgiving meal!) but have been in the stands for most others.Â
At Stanford I was a consultant for the hated LOTS system (to get extra allocation), the white kid who was a member of AASA (long story) and was an Industrial Engineering major with a great study group that made even the most boring classes fun (OR152 anyone?).
Best memories as a Stanford fan? Attending a Final Four and a Rose Bowl in the same two year period. Unfortunately we lost at both ..... but of such stuff is Stanford fandom made. I hope we'll make up for at least ONE of those records this year.
Have four kids ranging in age from 9 to 18 which keeps me busier than I'd like. The kids forced a Bay Area mortgage for a big enough house to give everyone room that makes me feel poor despite having an interesting and decently compensated high-tech job. Or maybe I should be complaining instead about those two car insurance bills I just started paying for the two older kids. Despite the complaints I can't imagine being happy with anything but a too busy house and the too frenetic pace that comes with it.
My work has let me travel to lots of interesting places including Ireland, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Cambodia. I never understand it when people claim they hate traveling for work. My non-Stanford wife puts up with it as long as I keep trips under two weeks and use frequent flier miles to take her to Hawaii.
Follow most Stanford sports but am most passionate about Football, Men's basketball, Women's basketball and Women's volleyball. I still get season tickets with that blasted roommate who turned down a shot at immortality by NOT tackling the UCB carrier in '82.
My current tech crush is free music on Spotify.
/Lefty
Lived at Alondra, Trailers and the GC Suites (in their first year) before switching to off-campus housing. The UW upset in 1981 made me a lifelong Stanford football fan and I watched the '82 Big Game in person and had a roommate on the field (carrying an instrument) who I'll never forgive for not tackling that C.al player. I saw the 1990 BG on TV (family Thanksgiving meal!) but have been in the stands for most others.Â
At Stanford I was a consultant for the hated LOTS system (to get extra allocation), the white kid who was a member of AASA (long story) and was an Industrial Engineering major with a great study group that made even the most boring classes fun (OR152 anyone?).
Best memories as a Stanford fan? Attending a Final Four and a Rose Bowl in the same two year period. Unfortunately we lost at both ..... but of such stuff is Stanford fandom made. I hope we'll make up for at least ONE of those records this year.
Have four kids ranging in age from 9 to 18 which keeps me busier than I'd like. The kids forced a Bay Area mortgage for a big enough house to give everyone room that makes me feel poor despite having an interesting and decently compensated high-tech job. Or maybe I should be complaining instead about those two car insurance bills I just started paying for the two older kids. Despite the complaints I can't imagine being happy with anything but a too busy house and the too frenetic pace that comes with it.
My work has let me travel to lots of interesting places including Ireland, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Cambodia. I never understand it when people claim they hate traveling for work. My non-Stanford wife puts up with it as long as I keep trips under two weeks and use frequent flier miles to take her to Hawaii.
Follow most Stanford sports but am most passionate about Football, Men's basketball, Women's basketball and Women's volleyball. I still get season tickets with that blasted roommate who turned down a shot at immortality by NOT tackling the UCB carrier in '82.
My current tech crush is free music on Spotify.
/Lefty
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.