Ryan and Debi

Month: June 2007

  • new theme, new site

    So, my web hosting company I’ve used for the past two years suddenly decided they didn’t want my business anymore. I went to post a book review on my blog yesterday and my website was gone, replaced by an advertisement for their company (the host was siteflip.com, which I definitely don’t recommend after this fiasco).…

  • move and new home

    And, finally, greetings from Florida. I left Cincinnati on the 13th around 6:30 am and drove straight to Statesboro, GA, where I met up with a colleague and spent the night at his house. He works at Georgia Southern University, which has a very beautiful campus. It was fun to finally meet his wife and…

  • graduation

    Well, it’s finally official – I graduated. I now have a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cincinnati. With a little urging from my adviser, I decided to participate in the hooding ceremony and I’m glad I did. It wasn’t particularly amazing, but it was a nice, ceremonial way to illustrate that one era…

  • Scott and Shalynn had their baby – Anderson Scott Morgan

    I’m a bit behind posting on here – I’ve been busy with our move (more on that soon). Anyway, one of Debi’s younger brothers and his wife just had a baby – Anderson Scott Morgan. He was born June 15 at 1:16pm; 7lbs. 13oz.; 20 1/4 inches long. Here are a few pics:

  • articles on poverty and class in NYTimes Magazine

    The New York Times Magazine is running a number of article on poverty and class in America. I highly recommend taking the thirty minutes or so it will take to read through some of these articles. They do a great job highlighting issues of class that increasingly present themselves in U.S. society, especially as the…