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Our Seventh First-Date-Aversary

Seven years ago today I was nervous. I was sitting at my desk in Framingham and I was freaking out a little bit. I still had a couple of hours left to go before I could leave the office, but it wasn’t work that was messing with my head.

I had plans that evening. After work I was to drive to Lowell, MA to meet this nice girl I had been chatting with online. It was our first face to face meeting. It was our first date. Yeah, I was nervous all right.

We met at the Outback Steakhouse in Lowell. After dinner we went to the Brewery Exchange, also in Lowell. We were out pretty late for a weeknight for two responsible adults. I had a great time the whole date and I didn’t want it to end. Apparently, the nice girl didn’t want it to end either. When it was over we both wanted to see each other again.

That was seven years ago. How have things gone since then? Well, we’re happily married. I am the luckiest man alive.

Happy first-date-aversary, Jen!

JFK Anniversary

My wife DVR’d a lot of the coverage of the ceremonies remembering the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. We are sitting together right now watching the coverage.

Obviously it was before my time, but you didn’t need to be there to see what a colossal waste it was. All of that hope. All of that optimism. Gone in a flash. Listen to his speeches and compare them to those made by our politicians today. It’s painful how he could speak of finding the correct solutions rather than the Republican or Democratic solutions. It makes me feel as though we’ve soiled his legacy with our inability to work together. Maybe we should take a step back and think about what that Irish guy from Massachusetts taught us during that brief little window that we had him among us.

Blogaversary

I missed it. Yesterday marked five years since my first post to Blogger. Unless my math is off, that makes five years with at least one post a day every day except one. There has only been one time over the last 1800+ days when I failed to post to either of the Blogger pages or this little wordpress.com page. How lame am I? Haven’t I heard that blogging is no longer cool? Well yeah I’ve heard. That’s why I still do it! Because it’s not cool! If it were cool I wouldn’t be caught dead doing it. Given the crap I post I figured that would be obvious.

So I’ve been yapping on about National Solo Album Month. (No progress. If I can schedule a vacation day I might be able to finish, otherwise no way). I knew that NaSoAlMo wasn’t the only creative challenge in November. National Novel Writing Month was the original November challenge. Turns out there is another one going on. NaBloPoMo: National Blog Posting Month. The goal is to post once a day for the whole month of November. I don’t need to sign up for that. I’ve completed the challenge in 59 of the last 60 months. I’m good for now.

Happy blogging, my fellow net nerds!

Our Fourth Anniversary

Four years ago today, these two clowns got married!

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All kidding aside, I married the love of my life four years ago today. My best friend and I have been through the best ride ever, and I could not be happier.

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I love you, Jennifer!

First Dateaversary

Today is a very special day.

Six years ago today my beloved wife and I went on our first date.  We had dinner at the Outback in Lowell and then spent the rest of the night out at the Brewery in Lowell.  It was the best date I ever had.  It was the turning point in my life.  Everything has been better since then.  I love her like crazy.