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I have never been much of a supporter of the big social network websites like myspace, etc.. I have never seen much use for them. Well, that is until recently. Just recently I was contacted twice through facebook by old friends. One who was nice to the fat kid and helped me through hard times in highschool, and one who was my best friend in college.

Talking to my old friends gave me pause to reflect a little bit. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say thanks to a few people (whether they read it here or not).

I want to thank my friend George Cosentino for being my close friend all through grade school and into highschool. He and his family are amongst the few people that I think were always really good to me.

I wanted to thank my friend Dylan Turnbull and his family for the same while I was in highschool. Some of the most fun times I had were with Dylan. When I wasn’t hanging out with him and his family, I was hanging out with my buddy Bob Lisak and his girlfriend Carolyn Kavitch (hope I spelled that right). These are the people that kept me sane and (mostly) out of trouble while I was stuck back in nowhere upstate New York.

When I went to college, I actually felt pretty abandoned and lonely. Central Ohio is a long way from upstate NY when you only have a motorcycle 🙂 Luckily I found a new best friend there who not only became a great portion of my support system, so far away from home, but also became a brother to me – really part of my family. That person is Gary Savage. I owe him a lot. Gary not only helped me find places to live and helped me get back and forth to work, but also was instrumental in leading me to Jesus. He was also really very entertaining to hang around with 🙂 Ahh, the stories…. But I digress….

This is where I met my wife, Michele. It goes without saying that she is a big portion of my life and I couldn’t do without her. Now I might imagine it differently now and again, but just the same, couldn’t do without her. She, of course, was instrumental in the birth of my daughter Charlotte as well 🙂

Since then, a few friends have been instrumental in helping me grow up along the way. They are my friend Bob Catera, for finally getting me into the IT field my buddy Carl Whitmore, for keeping me sane and entertained so may years on Rock Street, my friend Dann Washko who was instrumental in my Linux wanderings and ultimately my current career, and finally Brian Hechinger, for getting me started in my new and better life in Downingtown/Philly.

So, why the trip down memory lane? I just wanted to make sure to go on record and say thanks to a few friends. Real life can be so demanding these days that many times people can forget to do so. Certainly I have been one of them.