What else to relate? Well, I have also been checking out some of the postings on the EIMS and such and I definatly have found various schools that I am interested in... so I really need to get my but in gear and get my materials ready to submit!

One other thing I guess I could add (maybe I'll talk more about this in another diary post): the types of schools and regions of the country that I'm looking at. Presently, I'm focusing my search mostly on schools in the midwest (my family is in this area) and the northwest (my wife's family is in that area). As far as schools, I'm definatly feeling the longing to return to my small liberal arts school roots. However, I'm also very interested (and very much enjoy) working with undergraduates on interdiciplinary reserach projects. During my graduate and postdoc years at large research universities I have enjoyed having a sufficent number of students (as well as faculty from other departments) who share this interest and have embarked on several collaborative projects of this nature. So I'm also looking favorably as some of the (somewhat smaller) comprehensive universities (sepecially ones that have strong science/engineering programs)...