{"id":10270,"date":"2025-12-18T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=10270"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:22:55","slug":"luck-of-and-with-the-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2025\/12\/18\/luck-of-and-with-the-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Luck of\u2014and with\u2014the Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>[Writing this today to bring us extra luck!]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing Notre Dame-related experiences with the boys &amp; my folks has made this fall truly one of a kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last few years I&#8217;ve been pleased to drop by an ND MBA class held in Silicon Valley, sharing some hard-won &amp; hopefully entertaining insights I&#8217;ve picked up over the years. This year I was surprised &amp; delighted to receive an invite to return to campus on a football weekend (which somehow I hadn&#8217;t done since graduating!) and once again address the class, and to speak with a large group of faculty &amp; staff who are wrestling with AI and its implications for education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/2NZu4zmqMQqYbfJ98\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-fam-1024x404.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-fam-1024x404.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-fam-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-fam-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-fam.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys joined me for a redeye flight to Chicago (sorry for slumping over on your tray table, Hen!), where we met up with my folks, then drove down to South Bend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/2NZu4zmqMQqYbfJ98\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folks-clean-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folks-clean-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folks-clean-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folks-clean-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folks-clean-1200x667.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Folks-clean.jpg 1259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our whirlwind four days included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The boys touring campus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Running into my old roommate Ed and his son, doing the same!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dropping by my old friend &amp; boss Kevin&#8217;s house for pizza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen getting to walk through the stadium tunnel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finn squeezing in an early-morning SAT (which he nailed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Touring the Studebaker museum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seeing the football team &amp; band walk right past us (hi, Coach!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beating the pants off of Boise State (whose fans are very nice!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Selects-5-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Selects-5-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Selects-5-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Selects-5-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Selects-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite predictably, Hen &amp; I took such a debilitating number of photos (!) that it&#8217;s only now that I&#8217;m getting around to sharing them. Without further ado:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/2NZu4zmqMQqYbfJ98\">Walking around campus<\/a> on Thursday &amp; then again Sunday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/4tda8ux9p9KZrR9q9\">Hen&#8217;s shots of Touchdown Jesus<\/a> &amp; more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/uGYKfo6qdTdWXEWx9\">Game-day festivities<\/a>, from the player walk to late dinner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/uGYKfo6qdTdWXEWx9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Go-Irish-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Go-Irish-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Go-Irish-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Go-Irish-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Go-Irish.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We headed back west on Sunday, stopping off at cousin Liz&#8217;s house in Chicago for a great Lou-Malnati&#8217;s-infused gathering; <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/Sb5xTVAsekrcSCpi9\">see pics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of our trip was thankfully uneventful, and a few weeks passed before the Irish flew west for their season finale at nearby Stanford Stadium. The lads and I got to enjoy the ND tailgater, where Hen got to meet the famous Leprechaun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/gTWcBdpaBgJ8dSAN8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hen-Leprechaun-1024x919.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hen-Leprechaun-1024x919.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hen-Leprechaun-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hen-Leprechaun-768x689.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hen-Leprechaun.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, as we still had some time &amp; it was pretty darn cold (at least by our Cali standards), we quietly snuck into a Stanford tailgater\u2014where we met none other than the famous Andrew Luck (former star quarterback at Stanford &amp; in the NFL); hence &#8220;Luck <em>with<\/em> the Irish.&#8221; He graciously came over and shook Finn&#8217;s hand, despite our copious ND paraphernalia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the game finally started, we enjoyed watching the team again beat the brakes off their opponents. You can check out our views in <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/gTWcBdpaBgJ8dSAN8\">this gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All told, we feel very lucky indeed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/gTWcBdpaBgJ8dSAN8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Stanford-Dudes-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Stanford-Dudes-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Stanford-Dudes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Stanford-Dudes-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ND-Stanford-Dudes.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Writing this today to bring us extra luck!] Sharing Notre Dame-related experiences with the boys &amp; my folks has made this fall truly one of a kind. In the last few years I&#8217;ve been pleased to drop by an ND MBA class held in Silicon Valley, sharing some hard-won &amp; hopefully entertaining insights I&#8217;ve picked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10270"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10314,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270\/revisions\/10314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}