After my brother and his wife died in a car accident nearly 15 years ago, the University of Waterloo established the Jim and Diane Ohi Memorial Award, which is granted annually to "a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering who demonstrates the qualities of leadership and a high level of academic achievement." My family donated some of the money, but the bulk was raised by the staff and students of the university.

This year, the recipient of the award wrote to my father, who forwarded it to Ruth and me; he says he is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UoW, and will be an assistant professor at the University of Toronto Institute of Technology this fall. An excerpt from his letter: "It is indeed a great honor to receive this prestigious award. Also, I want to take this chance to thank you for your generosity, and wish that someday I can pay a visit to you and know more about Jim and Diane Ohi."

This was the first time we had ever heard from an award winner; we never expect it, so were surprised and deeply touched that this Ph.D. student had taken the time to write a thank you letter.

Follow-up from yesterday's Blathering

Allison has pointed out that this year is the 100th anniversary of the original publication of Anne Of Green Gables. You can see her memorabilia collage in Flickr (move your mouse over any item to see her note about it).

I've updated Babylon Five Virgin with episode reports for "Eyes" and "Legacies."

Photo by Allison

Thanks to those who answered my cookbook survey. Here are some of your suggestions:

Cook's Illustrated magazine, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food by Nigella Lawson,The Joy Of CookingHow to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking by Nigella Lawson, Mrs Beeton's Household Management by Mrs. Beeton, Boston School of Cooking cookbook by Fannie Farmer, Small-Batch Baking by Debby Maugans Nakos, Fix-it And Forget-it Lightly - Healthy, Low-fat Recipes For Your Slow Cooker , How To Cook Everything Vegetarian, Settlement Cookbook, Larousse Gastronomique, Anthimus's De Observatione Ciborum (On the Observance of Foods), The Clueless Vegetarian by Elaine Raab, three Monastery Cookbooks by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette: Twelve months of Monastery Soups, From a Monastery Kitchen, and Simplicity from a Monastery Kitchen, Green & Black's Chocolate Recipes, Essential cookbook series, Delicious magazine, Cook's Illustrated magazine (Delicious U.S.), Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker , The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, Boston School of Cooking cookbook by Fanny Farmer, Fear of Frying by James Barber.

Video O' The Day: Star Wars vs Saul Bass

Thanks to my friend Ray for pointed me to this video. From the description of the video: "If Star Wars was filmed two decades earlier and Saul Bass did the opening title sequence, it might look like this... This was a school project. The song is Machine by the Buddy Rich Band off the album Big Swing Face (1967)."

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