Bogdan Vasilescu, who first escaped the Grey skies of Eindhoven (NL) to visit DECAL as a PhD Student, fell in love with the sunflower fields, friendly people, wide-open skies and abundant sunshine of Davis; he then lingered here for 2 years afterwards to do a post-doc with us. All good things come to an end; he leaves us in the fall to start a tenure-track faculty appointment at the Institute of Software Research at CMU in Pittsburgh, PA. Come back anytime, Bogdan, specially if (when) you get cold and wet. We might ask you to bring some Allegheny water with you, to irrigate the almond trees in the Engineering courtyard.