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Thanksgiving

Published at November 27, 2007 in Family and Friends. 0 Comments
“Did I ever tell you kids about the first Thanksgiving? It took place between the ancient Egyptains and aliens from a distant galaxy.“

Ah Thanksgiving, the funnest, yearly ritual sacrifice ever conceived. Thanksgiving means my yearly trip to Miller’s Crossing Bar in Cranston, RI. Miller’s on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is basically a timewarp back to high school. There are some people I only see at Miller’s on this night. We’ve all moved away, but Miller’s calls to the Native Sons of Cranston ( West ). Though I hear Billy’s Frosted Mug has a similar gathering for our cross city cousins of the East. At any rate, the Wednesday ritual was good. A certain degree of awkwardness aside, it was good to see everyone.

On nicer days, I would go to the yearly football game between the 2 high schools, East vs West, the Cranston Cup, fought for bragging rights for 1 year. This year my mighty Cranston West Falcons fell 21-14. I think the overall record for the series is West 19, East, 18, I could be off, it is close though. This year’s weather proved amazing. But alas, blood is thicker than Gatorade, and I skipped out on the game and drove 3 hours north, to my sister’s house.

It was a pleasant drive, though the weather got progressively worse as I drove through Massachusetts and the temperature was 20 degrees cooler than when I left Cranston. It was a simple dinner, turkey, potatoes, bread, canned cranberry sauce, the typical bounty. I napped, I snacked, I napped again. ( Dormito, mangiato, dormito ? )

Next stop, Christmas.

The Guys Throw A Wedding!

Published at July 23, 2007 in Family, Friends and Whoa. 0 Comments

Friday night saw the first of Us to get married. James married Kristin! Without a doubt the best wedding any of us had ever been to! What more can I say? Please head on over to the pics and take a look for yourself!

Job, Vacation, Moving, Ya Know… Life Stuff

Published at May 15, 2007 in Family, Friends, Whoa and Work. 1 Comment
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.“

Ive recently made a decision that I mostly kept to myself, for fear if I didn’t go through with it, I would look quite the fool! I gave my notice at work, planned a month long vacation and am moving to Boston. All of which were things I wanted to accomplish this summer, but due to CBMC ( Circumstances Beyond My Control ), I had to move up my timetable.

I will remain at my present job through July, my last day being Friday, August 3. My work has taught me much, and I will draw from my experiences there for quite a while, I have no doubt.

Next, I’ll take most of the month of June off, to take my vacation, on the road touring with some old friends. It should be a hell of a time, and will give me the chance to see many parts of the country I have not been to before.

After I leave work, it’s the move to Boston. The fates aligned on this one, as Mikey, Dave and Pauly were all in the market for roommates. The IT Job Market in Boston is ripe for the picking, and I do not anticipate any problems finding a job. Plus, everything else was too good of a chance not to take.

If ever there was a Summer of Stickney, this should be it, and I couldn’t be happier.

So Long Narragansett, and Thanks for all the Fish (smell)

Shave the Mustache… Shave the World… The Donation

Published at May 3, 2007 in Family and Friends. 0 Comments

I just completed the donation of $250 to the American Diabetes Association! Many thanks to all who donated to this worthy charity! And we are in luck, because this month, the fine people at Cary’s - the maker of Cary’s Sugar Free syrup - have decided to match all donations ( up to $50K ) made to the ADA! So our $250 actually bought $500 in research, awareness and information to the ADA!

Thanks again, I deem this mission a success!

World… Shaved.


Cary’s Sugar Free Syrup

Shave the Mustache… Shave the World… The Day After

Published at April 22, 2007 in Family, Friends and Whoa. 0 Comments

Well, many thanks to all who showed up to celebrate this End of an Era. With all your help, we raised $200 for the American Diabetes Association. Thanks for your donations! Also thanks to the Pauls and Nick and James for their show of solidarity in not shaving for various amounts of time. If someone has better pics, please send them along.

Well, I suppose a picture is worth 1000 words. We’re working on getting some video footage.

Thanks again!

Best… birthday… ever.

The Before
I took this picture on my actual birthday Thursday, the 19th. I had been sick in bed for the entire week, and hadnt shaved since the Friday before that. I thought it was a good time to take a Before shot.

The After
Here I am the next day. I cleaned up the shave from the night before. It’s pretty hard to look in the mirror, but I think I am warming up to this new face.

The Boys

In an amazing and surprising show of solidarity, the Pauls, Nick and James all had various degrees of mustaches. Nick had let his grow out for 4 months, hiding it from me under his beard. Paul had about 3 weeks there in that pic. Paul works at a Boston Law Firm, and actually went to work like that. It’s good to have friends like these guys!