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2015 winter solstice letter

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+Blaise sent this letter to friends and family to celebrate the winter holiday season, 2015. +In addition to this html version, you can also download the letter as sent: PDF. +

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Winter Solstice Greetings - 2015

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+Hello to all my friends and family. +I hope that you are feeling peaceful, cozy, and happy in these unusually warm winter months. +

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+Following time honored Thompson tradition I'm already slipping behind in my holiday greeting card schedule. +I'm writing this the day \textit{after} winter solstice. +Madison is unusually warm for the time of year. +Outside it is very foggy and a large amount of rain is expected later. +Previous snowfall has long since melted. +

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+I'm now well into my 5th year of graduate school. +As of early December I've become the senior experimentalist on the femtosecond materials project. +Older graduate students in the group are still around but are focusing exclusively on finishing their dissertations. +Projects that I have been working on are finally being published. +Writing papers is frustrating but enjoyable once done. +Currently we are caught up to data collected 1.5 years ago, so there is much to do. +I'm hopeful that 2016 can be a breakout year where we really can use these tools we've created to say something useful about solar materials. +

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+The picture above is me tubing on a Wright Group boating trip on lake Mendota. +I was able to hold on for quite some time but did end up being thrown trying to do some tricks. +

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+I didn't take any large vacations this year. +The family did spend some time at Towanda lake in northern Wisconsin. +It was fun to return to a common childhood vacation location. +While there we spread the ashes of Vehrzheen +. It was a fitting goodbye - I'll never forget how much fun Vehrzheen and I had on that lake when we were young. +The picture below was taken by me on the day we scattered her ashes. +

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+I'm continuing to enjoy Madison. +I have started contradancing again. +I have gotten more serious about weight lifting and fitness as a hobby and have really enjoyed the facilities provided by the University. +I continue to enjoy living downtown in the hustle and bustle of city life but I may be outgrowing my apartment with stuff. +May move this fall if I can find a nice place. +

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+Have a fantastic 2016. +

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+Blaise J Thompson
+509 N Lake St. Apt 408
+Madison Wisconsin 53703
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+blaise@untzag.com +

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