Every few months my Dad, a few Uncles and friends get together to have a card game. It is very simple, quarters mostly, with a dollar max on the bet. You can win or lose $50 or so over the course of the night. The cast of characters rotates, depending on family obligations or other... Continue Reading →
Tattoo
Eight years ago I got a tattoo. I had wanted one for many, many years, just didn’t ever invest the time to do it. I researched a ton, went back and forth on what I wanted and I ended up getting a tattoo that TONS of people have. A cross on my upper arm. Nothing... Continue Reading →
No Typical Day
Life can take you in the strangest of places. Take an inventory right now of all the places you have been. Even if you feel like it's not as much as others, I bet it's more than you think. From a wedding in Costa Rica, a hospital visit on Christmas, to a trip to Oakland... Continue Reading →
Hockey
Since it is fresh in my mind after watching the Bruins vs Maple Leafs game 7 last night I thought I would write about the beautiful game and what it means in my life. I’ll just set the scene from last night a bit. I was home screaming at the tv. Wife was upstairs because... Continue Reading →
Racing Time
You know that feeling when you are playing a game and the hourglass is getting close to emptying to the bottom and you start to hurry and maybe get one more correct answer in before your turn is over? I never really thought about life like that until I had kids. When you are young... Continue Reading →
Enjoy The Middle
A few years ago my brother in law took an internship in San Francisco. It was a CRAZY move by all of us back here on the East Coast. Not because we didn’t think it was awesome, it was just something we were not capable of. It was also a realization from my mother in... Continue Reading →
Mr L
When I was 10 I met the greatest baseball coach there ever was. If you ever had Mr. Larkin as a coach you probably agree. I got picked by him in the draft for that year; his team was called Pond Plain. We were green and yellow for colors. I knew nothing about the league... Continue Reading →
The Alcoholic
My parents had some interesting parenting techniques back when I was growing up. I was their first child so as some of you know, with the first one you have NO clue what you are doing. The ideas you have are basically done to avoid damaging them forever but also just getting them to stop... Continue Reading →
The Great Hambino
Benjamin "Benny" Franklin Rodriguez, Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan, , Tommy "Repeat" Timmons, Timmy Timmons, Scotty Smalls, Michael "Squints" Palledorous , Hamilton "Ham" Porter, Kenny DeNunez, Bertram "Grover" Weeks If you know me, you know I am obsessed with this movie. Probably seen it 375 times, and I think I might be underestimating. On a random night... Continue Reading →
Stay
Music is a funny thing. It can bring your mind right back to a specific time in your life. You can remember what you were wearing, who you were with. The older I get the more I listen to the music that I thought my parents were dorks for listening to when I was growing... Continue Reading →