Tonight, my team plays in round 1 of the playoffs. I have very high expectations that we'll make the finals, and win the whole thing. Which will be great because I'd love to win a championship while playing on the field with both Austin and Christina on it with me.

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Happiness is sitting in Madison Square Garden, seeing Eric Clapton live for the first time on two tickets your daughter gave you for Christmas after you'd decided not to get yourself tickets due to the high price, and listening to your son seated next to you signing along with, not only the big hits, but some lesser-known ones to which you didn't ( Read more... )

Wishing all our friends and family a most Blessed Christmas and a Joyous, Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Here is Austin and his Senior Guitar Ensemble performing The Carol of the Bells for you.

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...that Amy and I stood in front of an altar in her mother's home, and were married in the Buddhist tradition of her family.  Amy's father had passed away just 6 months prior (though he had given his blessing to us), and we had thought that her mom would want us to push back the wedding until the traditional one year mourning period had ended.  ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks back, we loaded up the family, and headed for northern California for my cousin Mike's wedding.  A brief synopsis of the trip and subsequent vacation in the San Francisco area follows for those who are interested ( Read more... )

I am, once again, late with this post, but better... you know the drill.

On the nights of November 15, 16, 17 and 18, leading up to her sweet sixteenth birthday, Christina performed in her school's production of the musical Hairspray.  This year, she had two roles.  On the 15th, 16th and 18th, she played Tammy, a member of the Corny Collins ( Read more... )

A few weeks back, Amy and I took the kids to Atlantic City for two days. When her sister visited us back in July, Amy and her siblings went to AC for a day, and she had signed up for a Rewards Card at Harrah's. Now, neither of us is a gambler, but when the chain (which includes Caesar's, Bally's and Harrah's) sent her a membership package that ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to post about the trip we took to Atlantic City a few weeks ago, but never get around to it. I'll do that next. Meanwhile, I had cause to post the following in Peter Heck's group, so I'll repost it here.

We drove to upstate New York (from downstate NY). Amy's sister has a house in a town called Afton, between Binghamton and Oneonta, ( Read more... )

It's been a very busy summer for us, and the rest of it looks pretty busy still.  Some highlights ( Read more... )

The sister-in-law of Carol (remembrance above). Also one of my mother's best friends. Dee and her husband Donnie were preparing to travel to Brooklyn for Carol's funeral. Dee reported that she was having upset stomach at the news of Carol's death, and went to lie down. She apparently suffered an aneurysm of some sort, and died, less than 24 hours ( Read more... )