A month ago, I gave myself a mixed performance review for my time at U of T. Turns out a few people think I deserve better: enough to scare the bejesus out of me last night when they all yelled, “Surprise!” It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me, and I’m grateful to everyone for making the end of my time at the university a memory I’ll treasure for the rest of my life. So without further ado, here are the pink hippo cake:
and the plaque listing all the projects my students and I have worked on in the past seven and a half years:
and my daughter, celebrating as only a three-year-old can:
Thank you: Abayomi, Ainsley, Alecia, Amy, Andrew, Aran, Blaaaaaake, Brent, Catherine, Cordelia, both Davids, Delphine, Diane, Dominique, Ellen, Florian, GregL, Clumsy Igor, Irving, Isaac, both James, Jason, Jennifer, Jessica, Jon, Jonathan, Jorge, Justin, Karen, Kristin, Laura, Laurie, Lila, Lilian with one L, Lillian with two L’s, Luis, Madeleine, Maria, Matthew, Michelle, Mike, Miles, Misa, Pat, Rory, Sadie, Sana, Sean, Sukhmeet, Tom, Val, Veronica, Victoria, William, Zuzel, and everyone else who couldn’t be there—thank you all.
Later: so it turns out there’s video as well…
Wish I could have been there. Thanks for your help both during and after CSC49x, and good luck with Software Carpentry.
Sorry I couldn’t be there. Thanks for everything. Good luck on your future projects.
Hey, how come Blake gets all those extra ‘a’s?
Even though I was only there as a hanger-on (and hopefully more a part of your future than your past), it was a pleasure to be there with all those people who so obviously love and respect you.
(Also so much awesome food!)
Delphine wants to know, but was too scared to ask, why are you called “Alpha Hippo”?
The extra ‘a’s are for “Awesome!”.
Greg – sorry I couldn’t be there; sounds like it was a great party! I’ll see if I can make it to the “welcome back” party next year……
Steve
Wish you all the best in the future Greg!
Looks like I missed quite the party! Sorry, I couldn’t be there. Hope to catch up the next time I’m in town.
Good luck with everything. It’s been a honor working with you.
Thanks,
Sukhmeet
Good luck, Greg! It was great working with you! Thanks for everything.
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