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Its funny you should mention ND

I had a guy working under me one time that graduated from ND and he was the most arrogant person Ive ever been around
One day I had to tell him it was my way or the highway and he chose the later which I was all too willing to help him with

most arrogant Engineer I worked with was from UT-Austin

no surprise to most

Frank Solich retires for health reasons after 16 seasons as head coach at Ohio.

the winningest coach in MAC history and the fourth winningest active coach in all of college football,

Sounds like a douche.

Most engineers from UT-Austin aren't white guys that wear boots, most are from Asian countries and are very hard workers. Of course I say that as a Texas engineer who is a white guy that wears boots.  But I promise I never put them on my desk.  That would be rude.

Anyway, it's kind of surprising that y'all mention Notre Dame as carrying weight as a degree.  I guess it's regional, because that is not at all the case down here in Texico.  A degree from ND wouldn't open any more doors here than would a degree from Ohio State or Minnesota or Virginia Tech or something.

I googled best grad schools in chemistry, and the ranking is pretty close to that for "best schools" period.

Best Chemistry Programs - Top Science Schools - US News Rankings

I don't attach much faith to these rankings but I'd guess the ones at the top are in fact quite good.

If you rank according to subdiscipline, you can get quite a different result.  Purdue for example is #1 for analytical chemistry.

The wife told me she "heard" that Kirkland vodka is really good.  So we drove to the Costco not so near us that sells liquor and obtained same.  It's $18 for a 1.5 L, Grey Goose is well into the $40s, $45 I think.  So, I break it out last night, shake it with ice and pour it for us, and she thought it was in fact quite good, and she won't touch anything but GG.  I like GG but find Tito's is good, I'd rate Kirkland better than Tito's, and it's cheaper, here.

It's very smooth, no evidence for cogeners I could detect, a hint of a fruity taste, clean finish.

I also got some Kirkland Tennessee bourbon and Scotch to try one of these days.

Kirkland now has box chardonnay as well, 3 L for $13, it's "OK", quaffable but not transcendent.  Their California cab in a box is amazing.  They also have Kirkland Sonoma chardonnay in bottles for $13 and it is quite good at that price, nice balance.

I love Costco, own some stock, which has done well.

I prefer Tito's to Grey Goose

no Costcos near here

Vodka is an intentionally neutral spirit.  I find vodka snobbery to be... curious.