Magical wish fulfillment

This the second Wizard of Oz themed posting here. Which is odd, because it's not like we are surrounded by reminders of the Wizard of Oz. At least not yet. Oh, OK, Barack Obama's mom was from Kansas. And he's been in the news. He lives in Hyde Park, too. Did you know that? The other day someone on MSNBC said Obama lived in the "exclusive Hyde Park neighborhood." And this is a fancy neighborhood. Even if the streets aren't paved with yellow stones. But a lot of campus buildings look like castles. Or Hogwarts. And that seems at least a little fancy.

Do you remember at the end of the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy clicks the heels of her ruby slippers and wishes to go back home to Kansas? And it works! That's called magical wish fulfillment. There's a whole book about it called The Secret. I'm not recommending it. But it was on Oprah. She's from Chicago too, by the way.

What's our point? Oh yeah. The O-Book is now available. You can download it and get started becoming familiar with how busy you'll be here during your first week in town. The "O" in O-Book doesn't stand for Oz or even Oprah. It is an abbreviation for Orientation. You'll see that we use the abbreviation a lot. As in "O-Week" and "O-Aide." And you'll be so happy and so busy, you won't want to go home.