Back into the groove....

WOW, I keep saying I will start posting again, but something always comes up.  Am I busy?  You bet, and a lot has happened over the past year to make things just as crazy as it has ever been.  And a lot has happened since March when I last posted:

     The Bruins won the Stanley Cup, the first time since 1972.  That was also the year I started to bug my parents to start playing hockey, but because of my size, or lack there of at the time, I did not start playing until 1975, and I don't plan on stopping for some time to come.

     The Red Sox have reverted back to their old ways of breaking hearts and destroying hope.  So its back to the on again, off again, on again, off again love-hate relationship with New England's team.

    The NFL had a labor dispute, and this time, they solved it just in time and we didn't miss any football.  The New England Patriots are doing OK this year, and they could be doing better, but we will see when the playoffs come around this year.

     The NBA is continuing to disappoint with their chest thumping and posturing moves during their lockout, and the games on Christmas day to open the season wont feel like a present, but a lump of coal wrapped up in an "Its all about me" package that is the NBA.  I will still root for the Celtics, like I always do, but I find no reason to be compelled to watch any other games and will click off of them when I come across them.

    The Dockside Bison, our semi-professional drinking team disguised as a men's recreational hockey team, also known as the "Thundering Herd", continues its quest for a adult hockey greatness.  We actually have new shirts and several sponsors:  A bar, a beer company and a medical practice.... either one does not belong or someone put two and two together...

   Enough of my obsession with sports, playing, watching and complain about them.  I am still working in Waltham MA, working for a temporary services firm as their IT manager.  I enjoy it there, its challenging and I get to work on all kinds of cool stuff.  I am also working part time for a restaurant and bar in Waltham as an assistant manager and when we turn the place into a night club, I work security and the door.  Its not as challenging, but it puts a couple of extra dollars in my pocket and keeps me out of trouble.

     The biggest change over the past year has been that I have gone back to school.  Its been almost a year since I started classes, and I am only five classes away from achieving my Associates Degree in Information Technology and I will be the last of my siblings to earn a college degree.  Of the 10 classes I have taken, I have gotten five B's and five A's, and the B's were not because I struggled with the material but because I struggled with time and submitting some assignments in on time.  My goal is to knock out five A's over these last five classes, so far so good.

I will TRY to keep up with more postings.

C