Ten Years Ago:
I was a newly minted graduate of Loyola and working for serf's wages at Value Line. Miserable job but I had fun.
Five Years Ago:
I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of First Born. He was less than a month away.
We had just moved into our house and I was working at JPMC.
One Year Ago:
Working at JPMC after a year and a half
One Day Ago:
I was rejoicing in the arrival of the new bed. The old one was based the Toquemada Edition by Inquisition.

One Hour Ago:
I was eating my lunch and talking to Devil In His Eye about going to school.

Five Favorite Snacks:
Pretzels
Wings
Dark Chocolate
Popcorn
Beef Jerky

Five Songs I Know the Words to:
The Fly by U2
Blind Hope by Son Volt
Time To Go by Black 47
Run by Collective Soul
Red Barchetta by Rush

What I would do with 5 Millon Dollars
A million each in trust funds for the kids. They wouldn't even know about them until they were 35 or so
A million for my retirement and spread the rest around. Family, charity, etc.
5 Places I would escape to for a while:
Jackson, Wyoming
Dubai, UAE
New Zeland
Moorea
Connemara, Ireland

5 Things I would not wear
Sandals
White dress shoes
Sweatpants (in public)
khakis with an elastic waist
jewelry (other than wedding band)

5 Favorite TV Programs
Currently on the air?
LOST
Battlestar Galactica
Deadwood
Carnivale
Family Guy

5 Greatest Joys
My Wife & kids
A fire in the fireplace when it's cold and snowy outside
A drink with a good friend
Comfortable silence.
5 Favorite Toys
Xbox!
Tivo
Soccer ball
Frisb....uh....novelty flying disc!
pinball

Getting to Know Me …
5 things I plan to do before I die:
Visit Ireland
Go camping with my kids
Take my wife on her dream vacation
Get and advanced degree
Retire
5 things I can do:
Speak French
Make people laugh
Brew beer
Clean a blue crab
Make ice cream
5 things I cannot do:
Juggle
Roll my r's
fold a fitted sheet
trust a politician
not point out stupidity
5 things that attract me to the opposite sex:
wit
intelligence
her eyes
passion
curiousity
5 things I say most often:
"No!" to my kids
"What's on the agenda?"
"It's gonna cost how much?"
"I gotta go" (to work)
What do you want for dinner?
5 celebrity crushes:
Alyssa Milano
Nicole Eggert
Jennifer Connolly
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Kate Beckinsale

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