October, 2012

• Repeated from Facebook: Once again it's time for the annual TurkeyDay at the House. Come to Troy and see all the changes that have occurred in the past year.  Friday night 11/16 (5:30pm) there will be an ice hockey game at the Knickerbacker Ice Arena and the usual fun & games post-play.
  
  Saturday 11/17 the fun continues with both mayhem in the kitchen & the State of the State House Corp meeting at 10am.
  
  
  Alumni cooks will take over, but the Pledges have been bribed (with goodies) to assist as needed. If you want to make a dish, post what ingredients you need in the comments. The Dinner Line begins at 4pm with dinner served 6-ish baring any crisis with the ovens. Watch Pat explode a Turkey in the fryer! Watch Melnick do knife tricks! Watch potatoes get mashed with a Paint Mixer!
  
  The dinner is BYOB, and Alumni are encouraged to make a small donation to cover the food costs (suggested $10). If you've been here before, you know that what you get is worth 5 times that - entertainment value alone!
• Florin Neamtu's daughter, Hailey, was born on October 15th.  She weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz.
• Ian Marlow and his wife Lisa welcomed Isabella Madison Marlow on Thursday 9/27 at 10:09 PM.  She weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz.

September, 2012

• Karl Oestreich and I (Darren Felzenberg) attended an Orioles game in Camden Yards.  It was a good time.  The only problem is that the Orioles won.  Other NYKT attendees elsewhere in the ballpark were Ben King, Brad Dunn, Chris Vena, Brendan Gormley, Griffin Kean, and Wyatt Parsons.  Also, Joba Chamberlain is very fat.
• Speaking of baseball, I received a nice note from Gavin "Bro-Lender" Olender, who is following the Yankees in Germany.  He and his wife follow felzball.blogspot.com for all the up-to-date baseball information.
• Tony Dazzo sent a link of an R2-D2 keg.

August, 2012.

• Please join me in congratulating Karl Oestreich for receiving Pi Lambda Phi's highest honor, the Diamond Chip Council Key.

July, 2012

• The Chapter House will be painted this color this summer.

June, 2012

• Justin Candeloro married Erin Lennox on June 24.  Several Pi Lams were included in the ceremony.
• Adam Oates elected for NHL Hall of Fame.

May, 2012

•  The NYKT chapter of Pi Lambda Phi tries to play wiffle ball for thirty straight hours, raising money for charity, and also providing local news with plenty of b-roll footage of shirtless fat guys.
• Todd Hayes's son, Ryan Thomas Hayes, was born April 22.  Six lbs., 4 ounces, 19 inches long.  
• Alumni weekend 2012 was the weekend of April 27 - April 29.  Most of the information was disseminated via facebook.  The turnout was extraordinary and included some surprise alumni guests from all eras.

April, 2012.

• Gavin Olender (aka Bro-lender) is living large in Germany: "I got that job I wanted and moved my family to the south of Germany. We rent but the area is nice and we live nestled in the black forest near the Lake of Constance. The Alps are also not too far away. I assume you have gotten updates about our little girl last September from facebook. About work, I do design verification of the medical products in the company, Aesculap."
• I remember when Union College from Schenectady first joined the ECAC.  Now, they're one of the top teams in the country and one of the teams in the Frozen Four.