Goodbyes

It's hard saying goodbye. A good friend of mine is leaving Duke to return to Paris. He was fed up with the physics program here, and after securing a position in France, decided to return home. It's unfortunate that the department here could not do more to help, as he was genuinely bright; unfortunately he was suffering from depression, probably induced by the stresses of the PhD program as well as the dull boring city of Durham.

In general how does one say goodbye? You don't really, especially if you're good friends. You just end up saying hello less often. At least that's my take.

Unfortunately, more on goodbyes, it's goodbye to Duke's NCAA hopes for this year. We were outplayed by LSU. Sure the refs were really not entirely fair (from our point of view of course), but they closed our top scorer down. It was a fun run, and I enjoyed watching them play, especially since I thought they played such great team basketball, but it's over.

Such a somber posting. I'll balance it with this fun pic...street sculpture in some city in China. I mean, I love sculpture. Just a little more taste...especially if it's so in public? In a museum anything goes..on the street..c'mon!