Tuesday, June 17, 2008

A Beautiful Day


On June 14, Washington Husky Dennis William Nyback received a diploma, a pizza dinner hosted by ten of his closest friends, and a one hour long pep talk by commencement speaker Quincy Jones. Quincy advocated 1) second language acquisition (he is studying Mandarin & Arabic) 2) foreign travel 3) forgiveness 4) a Cabinet level position dedicated to the arts 5) teaching jazz, which he views as America's classical music, in public school, and 6) never giving up on your dream - not necessarily in that order. Husky Stadium was packed and 40,000 proud parents gave Dennis (& Quincy) a standing ovation.

I was able to be there because Jenna and Bart agreed to pioneer some on site field research at the Fremont Street Center for Healthy Aging . Bart in particular has some valuable insights on the relationship between mood and circadian rhythms.