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Continue reading →: A Tough Job
I like to think that I have had a pretty good “career”. And I use the term “career” a little lightly, because, if I am honest, I have mostly just had a series of pretty good jobs, in which I’ve gotten to work with some really good people while doing…
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Continue reading →: Childhood Album
It is funny how simple actions a parent takes with a young child can have long-lasting impacts on that child, without there having been any intention behind the action. Whether it be the first team you see in a professional sports event that becomes your lifelong team, or perhaps the…
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Continue reading →: One Fine Day
Today was a good day. Of course, the “today” I’m referring to is not the “today” you are reading this. I did not get up at 5:00 a.m. and write this blog. Besides, even if I did get up at 5:00 a.m. and write this blog, how would I know…
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Continue reading →: Severus Hans Steve Gruber Spurrier Snape
When you think of the Harry Potter movies (and without being able to say Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, Neville, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Sirius Black, Mad-Eye Moody, Voldemort, Ginny, Draco, Professor McGonagall, Dobby or Moaning Myrtle), who was your favorite character? Severus Snape? Me too!!!! And while we are on the…
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Continue reading →: She Who Laughs Last
When I was just a wee lad, we used to spend two weeks every summer in Orchard Park, NY, where my mom was born and raised and where she met my dad and they began dating. As my mom came from a good-sized family (3 sisters and 2 brothers) and…
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Continue reading →: Springtime
Ahhh, springtime! The sun is warm again, the days are longer and, after three months of hibernation, people are emerging from their virtual cocoons. For a long time, spring was my favorite season (and not just because it meant the start of baseball). As a younger child, I used to…
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Continue reading →: I’m No Superman
There is always a fear when a popular TV show, movie or even just a character is brought back from “retirement” to make another run at it. Will it live up to its past glory? Will the character(s) be a caricature of themselves? Quite bluntly, will it tarnish the memory…
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Continue reading →: It Takes A Village
In just over a month, my youngest two daughters will graduate from James Madison University, an accomplishment they should be extremely proud of, as are Mrs. Chump and myself. As I tend to do, I am both over-thinking this and getting overly nostalgic. As I look back over the years…
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Continue reading →: Happy Anniversary
Every now and then, whether intentionally or unintentionally, I do something right. For now, we can avoid discussing the frequency of such occurrences and instead, focus on celebrating one of the times when everyone who knows me can not only not deny that I got something right, but also cannot…
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I’m Don –
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