We flew out to 'Berzerkeley' last weekend to see Ben graduate with his PhD. That listing in the program just confounded the people behind us. They kept saying, "Philosophy? This is Engineering!" They also said, "Wow, the rain is really coming down now" when it was just a heavy drizzle. I had to laugh!
It was drizzly and cold enough (in the 50's) that we left as soon as Ben got 'hooded'. Luckily they did the graduate students before the undergrads, and Ben's dept was first, so he was the 5th one across the stage. Ben had a front row seat in those white chairs up on the stage, so he couldn't sneak out right away like planned.
Some of us were smart and packed our raincoats. The only other time it rained between March and December in the time we lived there, was at Thomas' graduation (which was inside, luckily).
Here's a short video. They skipped somebody in the program list, so I wasn't ready, so the name being called out didn't get recorded, which was what I was trying to get. Oh, well! It's a bit shaky, too, but at least you can see it if you want.
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