Time to pop my head back up into the blogosphere. I've got a few moments to mention what many of my friends have known for a while: I've moved to New York City for school, as an undergraduate (junior) transfer student in biochemistry at Columbia University, pre-med. These last few months have been among the busiest of my life to date... scratch that, these have indeed been the busiest.
I bit the bullet and did the Facebook thing: it was damned near useless to me before, now it's indispensable. Having spent far too much time there, I'm turning my attention back here. More later, stay tuned...

Welcome to New York!
Welcome to the East Coast!
Good to see you posting again, sounds like you've had your work cut out for you the last while.
The very best of luck, Russell. I am sure you'll enjoy success in your new course although it sounds like extremely hard work. It must be a bit of a switch exchanging the sunny pleasures of northern California for NYC, but the latter is an amazing city. By the way, I'll be interested to read your thoughts on self-defence issues and how a person living in NYC and the surrounding area fares compared to the more libertarian parts of the States.
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I am one of Brians friends. We work together for Shelby County. He told me about your site and I just wanted to stop by and say hello!
Kristi