Last year I wrote about a card Amy & I received from our alma mater, Taylor University. Since we are both alums, the pitch encouraged us to give financial support to Taylor, as even though we are married, it would actually inflate the alumni giving numbers by counting as two gifts.

This year, Taylor decided to play up Valentine's Day a bit more, but delivered the same questionable plea. It sure is nice to be remembered by your place of higher learning around a Hallmark holiday, isn't it?

Seriously, Swallow Robin Hall?

It was March 1997 and I was a senior in college. A few guys that lived on my floor invited me to join them for Spring Break in Florida, as one of them lived there at the time.

Steve sings a painful "Via Dolorosa"

I'm not a Spring Break party animal, thus during our stay we enjoyed a day at the Magic Kingdom, spent a lot of time outside, watched a few spring baseball games, and attended a very early Sunrise Easter Service at a local church. Needless to say, because of that early wake-up call, we were quite tired from getting up at the crack of dawn, and personally, I think I was a bit loopy.

This video is a result.

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A few weeks ago my college roommate of 3 years, Tim Walston, gave me a call from O'Hare as he was passing through town.

Steve & Tim

He was flying back to St. Louis from a presentation he gave in Baltimore on behalf of Truman State University (Kirksville, MO), where he is an Assistant Professor of Biology.

Given how close Amy & I live to the airport, I was able to pick him up during his multi-hour stopover. We hopped over to the Potbelly's in Rosemont and enjoyed lunch together. It was great to see him again and catch up a bit.

Incidentally, the title of this post comes from the nickname we gave our dorm room in college, "The Warehouse."  Basically, we had a lot of everything, both useful and weird, including a giant stick of Wrigley gum!