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Thirty-Eight

November 25, 2009
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We all have people who touch our lives in many ways. One of those folks was Mike Casalini, the first manager I had at Target that took me under his wing and mentored me professionally. When I was just an hourly employee, Mike saw in me some sort of future potential and helped me discover [...]

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Memorial Day 2009

May 25, 2009

I’m a third generation Boy Scout. Like my father and grandfather before me, I chose to stay the course and complete the requirements to become an Eagle Scout. Each Eagle must complete, as a part of the requirements for the rank, a project involving community service and leadership of others. While my own project isn’t [...]

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Dear Dad, with love

March 16, 2009

Over at Science Blogs, Abel reflects on the 12th anniversary of his father’s death: It was out there, in the darkness between Denver and Albuquerque, that I believe we had our last discussion, maybe a year after you died. I was camping alone, without a tent, in the cool dry Western night marveling at the [...]

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A Dedication

February 19, 2009

I love Chartreuse’s dedication page: this site is dedicated to my best friend, Henry Michel, who passed away in 2002, my daughter Destiny who I miss dearly and my 2nd ex-wife (yeah, second!) ,who taught me how to stop being so “fucking pedestrian.” That’s my goal in life – to not be “fucking pedestrian”. I’m [...]

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Leonard Bernstein – Having Passion for what you do

January 24, 2009

I’ve always enjoyed Leonard Bernstein. I was reminded of something about Bernstein as I listened to the Minnesota Orchestra perform some of his better known compositions, such as Candide and West Side Story not so long ago. Everything that Bernstein did – he did with his own unique passion. Bernstein was one of the most [...]

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Looking back at 2008

January 24, 2009

I’m several days late with my traditional year’s end blog post – unfortunately life, vacation, and a host of other things have gotten in my way of taking the time to properly reflect on the year that is now past. The new year, as I’ve said before, is a time of great reflection for me. [...]

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Looking back at 2007

December 31, 2007

The end of the year brings us the changing of the calendar from one year to the next. Another year older, another step or two in our lives, a few friends lost, new friends gained.. perhaps some accomplishments behind us – and our dreams ahead. The new year has always been a time of great [...]

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20 Years Ago

January 28, 2006

Twenty years ago today, I was an eleven year old sixth grader at Covington Middle School in my hometown of Covington, Indiana. I remember that Mrs. Woodrow was my teacher for the english class I was in.. and we were working on an assignment, or a reading, or something similar to that. My neighbor, the [...]

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