Yesterday and today were graduation days at the UO. Yesterday we served cakes and punch and platters of fruit and crudités and cheese. Today there was a bit more of that, but it was mostly something new: GradFest ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Commencement and Spokane's Gay Pride Parade. Last year I got to work one and watch the other, when the university experimented with having commencement on Friday instead of Saturday. Sad to say, the experiment was a dismal failure with the parents, who protested vigorously. So this year (and for the foreseeable future) both events are ( Read more... )