It's been a little while since the last update, so I wanted to take a few minutes to write about a few things that have been going on around here:
Alumni Weekend '08
This past weekend was the annual University of Richmond Ice Hockey Alumni weekend. I have now been back for all three times this event has been held. It is amazing to me that I last played for UR in 2004 - time sure flies. Anyway, it was certainly a weekend of memories (good and bad), debaucery, and some hockey. I took some pictures and plan on a blog entry specifically about this sometime this weekend.
Shirlington Village Oktoberfest Nerfed
Every year Capital City Brewing Co. celebrates Oktoberfest by inviting a number of breweries to Shirlington for beer sampling. This has been a great event, and was probably my favorite event in Shirlington (mainly because I couldn't care less about the Theatre stuff). It used to be that for $25 you got unlimited tastings - and with 42 breweries with multiple beers, that was a necessity. But thanks to complaints of teetotalers and generally grumpy people, the Virginia ABC has stepped in and nerfed the event. Now you are only allowed 10 drink tickets in the small sampler glasses - about 1/4 of a pint glass. That means you get about 2.5 beers for $20 (the new price). So, it's kinda not worth it anymore. It's a shame, because this was a great event.
Norovirus Outbreak at Georgetown
So, almost 200 students became sick at Georgetown this week after eating at the dining hall (aka Leo's). They closed down the dining hall for a couple of days while they were searching for the cause, and totally disinfected the building. My initial thought was "Wow, I'm glad I don't work on Main Campus anymore!" They later discovered that it was norovirus, a virus that is transmitted through faecally contaminated food. Really I'm not all that suprised it happened, given that a load of crap (literally) sat on the floor of the 3rd floor of St. Mary's Hall right in front of the elevator for about 5-6 hours a couple weeks ago. I'm not saying the two incidents are related, but.... At least now we at GU will be in a cleaner state of mind!
Vice Presidential Debate
I'm not a political person - in fact politics just tend to make me angry - but I did watch a large portion of the VP debate. I hadn't been planning on it, but it was on the TV on the treadmill I was working out on in the gym, so I decided to watch it. I consider myself still an undecided voter. I don't particularily want another Republican, but I'm not in favor of the Democrats policy of big government. I'm also dubious that either McCain or Obama can actually bring about any positive change. That being said, I don't understand how people are saying that debate was a tie. I thought Palin looked lost for a large portion of the debate, constantly losing her place in her notecards. I think she looked flustered many times, almost like a deer in the headlights. (Not to mention she sounds like a Canadian - and do you really want someone like that in office?) Biden seemed much more intelligent, but kind of like a whiner. All in all, I thought it was mostly a he-said-she-said battle of who did what, and not a whole lot of actual talk about the issues and platforms.
That's about it for now. There have been some other interesting developments this week, and I hope to have another post about those sometime soon.