But in hindsight i can see he was offering his own form of enlightenment. He was guiding us away from the dark time known as the disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont go out of style. That said, my wife has gently advised me the definition of a classic look does not extend to certain flannel shirts from 1982. Our next topic on the less sons that we learned from chris back then involve culture. This is beyond the stereotypical Fraternity Life experience, because i was lucky enough to live with chris and another famous piedmonter austin tichner. Talk about enlightening. He dubbed our large room the triple occupancy club. Little did i know this came with the added bonus of an extracurricular education in the arts. Chris arrived with his stack of lps, many courtesy of his step dad, bob. The chron
Good afternoon, steve mcdonald. Chris and i have been friends since we pledged the fraternity at uc berkeley in 1978. I want to first thank chriss family for allowing me the honor of speaking today as we celebrate chriss amazing life. I look at this crowd. I try to figure out how much he achieved so much while making personal and professional connections and lifelong friends all over the world. This beautiful lightfilled rotunda is the perfect seting to celebrate chriss life. He was a true renaissance man and offered a lesson in modern day enlightenment to all he met. Some say dont sweat the small stuff. Chris was successful because he did Pay Attention to Little Details and common courtesis that showed the world that he cared. I think the roots of chriss enlightening character were evident when we were undergrads at cal. I would like to share examples. First of all we will start superficially on the topic of fashion. Chris like many of our pledge class was from piedmont. I recall thin
Up with piedmont. The khakis, penny loafers and buttondown shirts . Chris lived in the room across from mine. Seemed he had adopted this as his uniform. But in hindsight i can see he was offering his own form of enlightenment. He was guiding us away from the dark time known as the disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont go out of style. That said, my wife has gently advised me the definition of a classic look does not extend to certain flannel shirts from 1982. Our next topic on the less sons that we learned from chris back then involve culture. This is beyond the stereotypical Fraternity Life experience, because i was lucky enough to live with chris and another famous piedmonter austin tichner. Talk about enlightening. He dubbed our large room the triple occupancy club. Little did i know this
Washington and when republican lawmakers will take the extraordinary step of trying to overturn the will of the voters. We begin in georgia where voters are hitting the polls in two runoff races. Democrats jon ossoff and reverend Rafael Warnock they pi gain control of the senate. Vice president elect Kamala Harris would be able to break any tie. If Kelly Loeffler or david perdue win either of the races the republicans keep control by a slim margin. The amount of money has been thrown in, more than half a billion dollars, shows how significant this is. Gary tuchman is in Fulton County. Tell us what its like there at the polls. I can tell you here in this county there are 254 polling places. And 253 of them everything is going smoothly so far. This, the kathcathedral of st. Phillips, this is the 254th, weve been here all day, so i can tell you everything is going smoothly also. When the day started there was a line of about 50 people rushing in vote, its been relatively quiet since then,
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