November 25, 1999
Happy Thanksgiving!
Entertainment News

Friday night, Erica, Brad, and I saw The World is Not Enough. I thought it was so-so.

The really big news is that Episode I is returning to the silver screen for one week in December. It's a shame I'll be in State College where the theaters are not too great.

Speaking of Star Wars, they seem to have a sense of humor again, wishing folks a "Happy Life Day," on the Web site for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. That is from the notoriously bad "Star Wars Holiday Special" which George Lucas has been denying exists for quite a while.

Site News

Yet another addition to the Photo Album

Football News

Penn State has accepted a bid to play in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28, their first non-New Year's Day game in years. Paterno mentioned Y2K as one of the reasons for accepting the Alamo Bowl bid in his press conference.
November 21, 1999
Football News
It's beginning to sound like a broken record, but Penn State lost another thriller, this time to Michigan State, 35-28 in East Lansing. They were down 28-7 in the third quarter, so they showed great character in coming back to tie. It looks like another trip to the Outback Bowl in Tampa or a first time trip to the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.

In happier football news, Yale beat Harvard 24-21, at the Bowl. They are Ivy League co-champions with Brown this year.

Site News

I discovered this morning that some of the pages on this site got mutated on IE. I have corrected that.


November 18, 1999
Travel Advisory

I'm going to be headed back to BeltwayLand this weekend, so if you need to reach me by phone, call my Vienna number. I will still be receiving e-mail at my PSU address. 

Personal News

Friday night Erica and I went to see Weird Al at the Jordan Center. We both enjoyed it. I wrote a story about it for The Forum. 

Sunday morning, my friend Chrissa ('98) and I went to breakfast since she was in town. Thanks Chrissa, good to see you. 

I got a call Sunday night from Tom Harrison ('96) too.

Site news

I uploaded new Photos.

Web News

I was happy to see Slate mention the DNC's Spanish language site, in an otherwise less than flattering article.  I spent a good portion of the summer working on "En Español" section.

Did you find that "GO Network" green light logo to be silly? There is now a Web site with the "STOP Network" logo. This was funnier before a federal judge ruled that the GO light was to similar to Goto.com's light and they had to change it..
 
November 14, 1999
Football News
For the second consecutive week, Penn State dropped another game in heartbreaking fashion, 31-27 to Michigan. 

This was my last home game as a student at Penn State. I don't know when I will see another. In the five seasons I was here, they had a 24-7 home record, losing to Wisconsin and Ohio State in '95, Iowa in '96, Michigan in '97, undefeated in '98 and falling to Minnesota and Michigan in '99. The highlight of all the years was the '97 Ohio State game. I also saw them beat Rutgers in '95 at Giants Stadium.
November 12, 1999
Site News
Started adding copyright images to the bottom of my pages and title images to the top of my pages. 

Also, added new Photos
 
November 11, 1999
Today is Veterans Day, if you know any veterans, acknowledge their service. 

This is the first edition of Weekly William News, a feature that is going to include site news, some personal news, and items of interest I have found across the Web. The idea came from Eric Folley's nomadder.com, I think it is a good one. I actually think that it will be updated a little more frequently than a week, but my goal is to have a regular Thursday update.

Site News

Added Who's Fault is it that Penn State Loss? Poll and related materials, Press Release Archive

Personal News 

Friday night, Erica is taking me to see "Weird Al" Yankovic at the Bryce Jordan Center. This could be a very interesting experience. 

Random News

This morning I heard "How Soon is Now?" or I as like to call it "I am Human and I Need to be Rubbed," on the radio as my alarm went off.