Not Too Shabby...

Well, I must say that the Burley Blog is off to a pretty good start. Not surprisingly the women lead and the men lag behind. I’ve bugged Dave (the new father) and Cameron a little about it, but haven’t yet received a response…. I still need to track down Adam, Russell, Steve, and maybe a few more guys to make this blog a more well rounded. Then again, there are several girls that we still need to recruit.

Though the blogs posted thus far are exceptional, let me (try to) raise the bar by adding a picture. Wish me luck...
There. That wasn't so tough. This is a pic I took yesterday of my wife and fellow Burleyite, Joanne. We went to the Guggenheim Museum with my sister for a few hours.

Those who are as poorly cultured as I am may only recognize the Guggenheim as that one building that Will Smith breaks into while following an alien at the beginning of Men in Black. Honesly, I think that was probably the main reason I went. For my sister and other art lovers it's a happy place.

Joanne and I weren't sure, but we think we may have spotted someone else from Burley there: Cassie Beck. Remember her? She was a grade younger than most of us, and, being a Beck, related to Cameron somehow. Anyway, that was weird. Usually don't bump into folks from Burley in Manhattan.

That's where we now live, by the way. Perhaps now would be a good time to catch people up on what Joanne and I have been up to....

After getting hitched nearly five (!) years ago, Joanne and I have lived in Utah, Arizona, Oregon, California, and Colorado. This time around, it's New York City.

We moved to NYC last August so that I could attend law school at Columbia. At first, we really didn't think that a couple country yokels like us could handle the big city. After studying it out and talking to people who had done the NYC thing (including the Dowdles), we decided that we'd do it--for the adventure, if nothing else. So far, we've really enjoyed it.

Well, there you go. The first post with pictures--and two at that!

This day will go down in Burley history

...or not. This is either an incredibly ingenious plan (one of the many, I wish I could say) to bring Burley people together as the next logical iteration of BMail (incidently, other Blogspot members have already used the terms "BMail,""Burley," and "BurleyBlog"), or a horrible attempt (one of the many, I'm sorry to admit) at being the glue that bonds Burleyites together.

It is up to you to determing the fate of the Burley Blog! So whatever it takes for you to motivate yourselves to do something--DO IT! Then jump online and quickly blog away before the feeling fades and you find yourself falling back into the loathesome pit of unproductivity from whence you came!

PS: Another thing to do while you're on that motivation kick is to email other Burleyites and tell them about this blog.

PPS: Perhaps a post- postscript isn't the best place to finally get to the point of this post, but it will have to do.... The purpose of this blog is to replace BMail.

BMail, if you don't know, was a sorry attempt at monthly emails between Burley friends, giving updates and pictures of people from back home. That didn't seem to fly since the emails were huge and people had dialup.

The next iteration of BMail was an illegitimate webpage (hosted by my former employer for quite some time without them knowing) that I periodically updated with news and pictures from the Burley group.

This Blog is the logical next step in the evolution of BMail. Burleyites will (ideally) post updates on friends and family that they think other Burleyites may actually care about. The best part (other than I no longer have to do the updates manually) is that… um… I no longer have to do the updates manually. Also, the topic/post format allows for more interactivity, discussions, etc.

Enjoy!