From the category archives:

Family

All Good Things….

January 16, 2005

It was ten years ago next week that I was first promoted into a position where I was a leader of others. Sure, I had been in positions of responsibility before. As a young man, my peers selected me as Patrol Leader in my Boy Scout Troop. Later, I was selected as the Senior Patrol [...]

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Christmas with the Family

December 25, 2004

My brother Steve and I having a chilled adult beverage at Rock Bottom Brewery in Boston. Scotch Ale for me, the Lumpy Dog for Steve: Galadriel checking out what she thought was her present – the Filene’s Box that Steve’s gift came in: A candid photo of my father Butch at the table this morning:

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Family Portrait

November 3, 2004

Here’s a picture from my recently completed vacation to Florida. This is at Ormond Beach, just north of Daytona Beach. And yes, I’m really that burned. The airshow really whooped my tail. Me on the left in the Boston cap, my mother Nancy in the middle, my father Butch on the right. Yes, that’s really [...]

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Family Pets

November 3, 2004

My parents have two cats – Sadie and Katie – who are around a year old. The dog in the house is Bishop, whom my mother and I picked up at the Vermillion County Humane Society in the fall of 1992. She’s now twelve years old and has two rebuilt knees that she managed to [...]

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St. Augustine Florida

November 3, 2004

My last full day in Florida took us south of Jacksonville down to St. Augustine, where I have spent many days over the years. My parents and I toured the recently renovated Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and some of the surrounding areas. A few pictures: There will be more posted shortly in the [...]

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My Father’s Office

November 3, 2004

Over the years, I’ve given many gifts to my father that have ended up in his office. One of my recent gifts to him was a Navy Jack and a link to Lex’s posting about seeing the colors raised on the USS Stennis one morning. Here’s what I found in his office yesterday: If you [...]

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Remember these Times

October 30, 2004

This blog has always been a glimpse into my life and world – and I want to continue blogging about my life openly. There are things happening right now that I can’t write about – not because they’re secret squirrel stuff, but because it just wouldn’t be appropriate to write about them publically – perhaps [...]

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Cool Parents

August 17, 2004

Here’s how cool my parents are… I was out to dinner last night at Champps in Minneapolis with a couple of my headquarters partners – enjoying a fine chilled beverage, some wings, and a patty melt when my father called my cell phone. Now, my parents rarely ever call my cell phone and we usually [...]

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