Day: May 9, 2007

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Up Coming Graduations… at Southern Cal & Ted Koppel

Fight On for USC!To be honest, there have been very few graduations i have ever attended. Some of the reasons are typically male… I wasn’t around.

When my eldest daughter Kristin was graduating from West Point, I was coaching at the California State High School Meet. Now, don’t groan… my middle daughter Karen was competing on the same day and I stayed and coached — while Mom went to West Point.

Not that I have attended many of my own graduations. I missed my two graduate degree festivities except for a small Beta Gamma Sigma ceremony the day before at Southern Cal.

This time it will be different. I will at long last see a Southern Cal Graduation as Karen recieves her Masters in Strategic Public Relations. Interestingly enough, Ted Koppel will be the Commencement Speaker in the main ceremony.

This will be fun … I will be coming home.

Roger freberg

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Harry Potter’s Trunk… now for sale!

a trunk full of magic and imagination!Okay, this will sound like an advertisement to some … but it is really a note from one of the many fans of the six Harry Potter books by ‘Joe’ Rowling….waiting… it seems… like so many others to read Book 7.

As so many others have speculated, will the seventh book attempt to appeal to the critics by providing an ‘ending’ that is truly depressing, sad and hopeless? OR… will the ending provide hope and encourage the best in all of us?

Certainly, the series has had a generous dose of reality. Cruelty is not overdone, but it is present. Generousity and self sacrifice are virtues displayed throughout the pages… which lead me to be optimistic about the final chapter of the Potter series.

However, whatever the outcome… the final chapter will be what people remember and embrace… or dismiss.

In the meantime, I recieved this note from Amazon.com offering a Harry Potter Trunk and books… seems like a great deal.

Can’t wait for Book 7.

Roger Freberg