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I love making pancakes. It’s normally a saturday morning tradition around here. I made this special pancake this morning for my daughter Erin – just to see if I could. I think the reason I like making pancakes so much is that it took me so long to perfect it. I have it down to […]

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The last few days I had the distinct pleasure of meeting two very important people. The first, as you can see, happened this afternoon. I was in NYC working with a client’s sales meeting and their keynote speaker was Olympic speed skater Bonnie Blair. She competed in four winter olympic games in 1984, 1988, 1992 […]

Above photo courtesy of Mike. [UPDATED 9/23 7:34 pm] Welcome to the family Dillon Charles! Dillon was born this past Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 3:30 pm 1:47 pm (7 lbs, 1 oz. & 20 inches long) to my sister Jessica and brother-in-law Mike. Congratulations you guys, we can’t wait to come down to P.A. […]

KENNY: I think anxiousness is your drug of choice. KATE: no – now give me credit, i’ve been really good so far thru all this. KENNY: 1st stage: denial KATE: aoh! KENNY, I’ve been calming you down thru all this! KENNY: 2nd stage: rage KATE: you’re so gonna get it! KENNY: 3rd stage: violence KATE: […]

This is our cute bunny Millie. Millie peed on me tonight. I had her sitting in my lap while Kate trimmed her toe nails. Normally this is a pee-free experience, but not tonight. No, tonight she peed in my lap. We adopted Millie six years ago, after only 6 months of marriage. She has lived […]

It truly is a wonderful thing when you happen upon a situation that restores your faith in humanity – that is to say, if you are one of those people who sometimes stumble in your faith in humanity, like I do. Let me paint you a word picture… My car – a 2001 Honda Civic […]

Dear Erin Faith, Yesterday was your first birthday. It may not seem like a big deal to you, but it’s a VERY big deal to me. Even today, 366 days after you were born, it seems like only yesterday I was standing over you in the nursery of Valley Hospital as the nurses weighed you […]

“One of the misfortunes of advancing age is that you get out of touch with the sunrise. You take it for granted, and it is over and done with before you settle yourself for the daily routine. That is one reason, I think, why, when we grow older, the days seem shorter, we miss the […]

SUMMER has arrived. The sun is hot, the shade is warm. The grass seems a little greener, the smell of the pine trees seems a little stronger and the memories of youth come rushing back year after year after year. Your own childhood memories seem a little foggier, yet the stories seem to keep getting […]