Oregon got away with a big one today. It must be Karma for all the bad calls they suffered last year. After months of speculating about how the NCAA recruitment violations would effect the next seasons, all that stress about Oregon being post season ineligible is gone. The NCAA stripped Oregon of a scholarship in…
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer Mark had an amazing year at University of Oregon. Enrolled at Lane Community College and University of Oregon at the same time, He managed to pass his EMT 1 class with flying colors and pull a 3.7 GPA while working two jobs. Employed by RESNET and Epic Software as…
Mark’s Girlfriend–Phoebe Hsieh–graduated from Leland High School today and impressed the crowd with her excellent commencement speech. Rumor has it that Apple Stock took a late rally after her endorsement of the IPHONE 5 and beyond. Congratulations Phoebe from the Syns. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer
My beautiful niece, Megan, graduated from Bret Harte Middle school today. Megan only received 3 B’s at Bret Harte and two of them were in PE. I have a feeling she is going to do great at Leland. Congratulations! We are here for you, and we are so proud of your achievements. Get the flash…
Phoebe and Mark at the last prom I will ever photograph (maybe). The Pre Prom photo shoot was at the beautiful Boulder Ridge Golf course down the road. Phoebe will be giving the Commencement address this Wednesday at the Leland class of 2013 graduation. Next year she will be attending University of Oregon with Mark.…
So in a day , what seemed to be the ultimate goal, has come and past. It was a hopeful wish the day she was born, a landmark that I planned my retirement around, and a source of anxiety as we watched the cost of education rise faster than our savings plan. Mia Syn, our…
We took the day off to head up to Berkeley to watch Mia present her Senior Research Project to Faculty and Alumni. Only 4 more weeks of UC Berkeley for her and then off to Columbia in New York. The last 4 years have flown by.
It was nice having both kids back for a little while this past weekend.. Marks two jobs at Oregon requires a car so we sold his non speed bump friendly BMW 330 and purchased a 2009 Mazda3 Hatchback with the help of expert mechanic and friend Ryan Rich. He headed out today for school, but…
Most thought it was impossible, but the Oregon Ducks have made it to the sweet 16. Cal as usual went down in flames and reinforced the idea that a PAC12 teams are weak. It was serendipity when Friday’s session of the tournament featured the Ducks and Bears in sequential games in San Jose with two wins…
Yesterday, a landmark day in my daughters career – acceptance to Columbia University’s Masters Program. One of the premier masters programs in Nutrition in the country. Its off to New York before the end of the year. Congratulations to our Ivy League bound daughter. My sister and brother in law live not 15 minutes from Campus…
When coach Jim Harbaugh sais the game was taken away from the 49rs by a bad call, it sounds like sour grapes. But if you look at the way the officials consistently favored the Ravens throughout the entire game, it makes even an impartial bystander wonder if the fix was in, especially after watching the replays. Hitting,…
What a weird day. This mornings first text from my son “Chip Kelly has left for the Eagles” followed by 5 more e-mails and a voice mail just letting me know that Chip had bailed on the kids at Oregon after all seemed copacetic. The word on the street is that he left because of…
The BCS college football season ends with The Tide drowning The Irish in a blowout that not even Rudy could have saved. Although the game started out like an Ducks Beatdown Romp, it was nice of Mussberger to break up the monotony with a ” babe sighting” . Entertaining was his semi rapist ogling –“Wow,…
As the last day of Mark’s Winter Break winds down, one more set at The Hook in Capitola before heading back to Oregon for the winter quarter. It may be awhile before Mark surfs his local beaches. The three amigos–Mark, Nikita and Brian ride one more time together on there local waters after finishing a…
With a blowout win over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl, it’s clear to most that they are at least in the top two teams in the BCS. With K-State no match for Oregon at all and #3 Florida getting pounded by #22 Louiville in the Sugar Bowl. That leaves only three teams –Notre…
This years we had much to give thanks for. Our family was together as the kids came back from their colleges for a couple days–like the old days. Mia celebrated her 22nd Birthday, Mark came home and surfed a day before preparing for his first set of College Finals, we had our traditional Thanksgiving meal…
What a great Stadium. Our first game in the new stadium did not disapoint. Mias apartement 50 yards from the enterence guaranteed us close parking and I felt like a VIP. The Ducks killed the Bears 59 to 17. It was cold but there was almost more Oregon Green in the stadium than Cal fans.…
In her last year at University of California Berkeley, Mia juggles her upper division studies with CALTV. Today, CAL was again ranked the number one public university in the world by Newsweek, the top 21st nationally, and #2 in Biological Sciences nationaly Newsweek also ranked University of Oregon 55th in the country for public schools…
There comes moments in ones life when you feel like something epic has happened but you cant put your finger on exactly what it is. I felt that way this weekend as we made the ten hour drive to Eugene Oregon to set up our son at the University of Oregon. This picture sais it all–its hard…
Ten Days ago, Mark underwent ACL surgery at Kaiser Hospital. Here are the Arthroscopic Photos of his successful surgery. The circled area is where his ACL should be. It has atrophied since the tear a couple months ago. The surgery involves an autograft using Mark’s own Patella Tendon. A strip of it is removed with…