Osler's Razor

I’m totally geeked (or just geeky?) that my friend and colleague Pat Wilson is now a part of the blogosphere. The name of her new blog, Boiler Babe, makes it sound like she is a vessel of boiling rage, but that's not the case-- she just went to Purdue. She is a good writer, and has an interesting life to write about, which are really the only two things a good blogger needs. She is also one of my life heroes, and my Deacon at church.

It might surprise some of you that she is my deacon, charged with my spiritual development, but I’m glad she is. We people up on the third floor have complex and tangled relationships, just like those of you downstairs. Here are some other interesting connections you may not be aware of:

1) Prof. Serr, Bill Underwood, and Prof. Wilson were friends in Chicago long before either started teaching at Baylor.

2) Prof. Serr went to law school with Bill Underwood, then recruited him to Baylor Law.

3) Bill Underwood was recruited out of Carrington, Coleman in Dallas, where he was a friend of Larry Bates.

4) Mike Rogers and Mike Morrison went to law school together at Oklahoma University.

One of the more intriguing facts about the current full-time teaching faculty, I think, is the fact that every member is from either Texas, Mississippi or the Midwest, with not a single person from either the East or West coast. Here is the breakdown (to the best of my knowledge):

Texas (10): Guinn, Rogers, Featherston, Counsellor, Powell, Fusillier, Jackson, Miller, Wren, Cordon

Nebraska (2): Ryan, Simpson

Minnesota (2): Bates, Beal (sometimes also claimed by Illinois)

Michigan (2): Osler, Underwood

Illinois (1): Serr

Indiana (1): Wilson

Iowa (1): Swenson

Mississippi (1): Quarles

[Sketch of Pat Wilson compliments of Bear Mate]