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Rob

Golf doesn't build character, it reveals it.

About Me

My most favorite things in the world:
    Spending time with my wife and my kids. (no, seriously, I'd rather do that then anything else) Playing golf Marketing Genealogy Building or fixing computers Building something out of wood
I have been involved in the genealogy business for 11 years now, and have worked for two super companies: Banner Blue Software which became Genealogy.com and now OneGreatFamily . I really love the business and in creating great products that really help people connect to their ancestors.

My Interests

Rockstar: SuperNova--The ending was, in final thought, quite disappointing. I like Lukas and am happy for him.
But after all is said and done, I would rather see Dilana, Storm or Ryan in concert, especially if backed by the House Band, who were truly amazing.
Plus there is a fundamental element of hipocracy in the whole mess, as that Band maintained throughout that they had to pick someone right for them, but then claimed they picked Lukas because he was the fan favorite--which is is guys?

I'd like to meet:

In no particular order:

    President Gordon B. Hinckley Paul McCartney Phil Mickelson Tiger Woods Mark Steyn Ann Coulter Michelle Malkin Hugh Hewitt

Music:

Very eclectic: Favorite bands of all time (and, IMHO in a league of their own) are:

  • The Beatles: My Ipod has 300 songs on it and fully 100 are The Beatles. I have recently rediscovered Helter Skelter, a truly amazing song. Other top favorites are Yesterday, Revolution, Back in the USSR, I'm so Tired and Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End.
  • Led Zepplin: Stairway to Heaven quite possibly is the best rock song ever written, but I also really enjoy Houses of the Holy, Kashmir, Dancing Days, When the Levee Breaks, Misty Mountain Hop, The Song Remains the Same and The Ocean. Anybody who thinks of Zepplin as just another heavy metal band should listen to Traveling Riverside Blues or Hey Hey What Can I Do.
    Other favorite bands are: Lynrd Skynerd: Freebird is perhaps the greatest rock anthem of all time. Other favorites include Sweet Home Alabama, Truck Drivin' Man and Gimme Three Steps. I did see them in concert at Cleveland stadium and it was amazing.
  • Movies:

    Top favorites:

      The Godfather 1&2 Field of Dreams Jaws Shawshank Redemption Raiders of the Lost Ark Close Encounters of the Third Kind Ben Hur Ferris Bueller's Day Off Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein Patton Saving Private Ryan Star Wars La Dolce Vita Animal House

    Television:

    Right now TV is pretty much dead to me, but I'm a big fan of American Idol and Big Break

    Classic TV: Seinfeld, Hawaii Five-0, Hogan's Heroes and News Radio.
    Political: Hannity and Colms.
    Sports: Golf and some tennis. Basketball, football and baseball during the playoffs.
    Anime: Full Metal Alchemist.

    Books:

    Just finished reading Rough Stone Rolling and it was very good.

    Heroes:

    My wife, Tracy. She has had alot of emotional challenges thrown at her throughout her life, yet she has always forged on. Anybody who could willingly put up with me for 24 years has got to be something else.
    My mother, Marva. My mother, who I fondly call Mammy because I would walk a million miles for one of her smiles. In all of the challenges of life, she is first and foremost an optimist. Second, she is a strong woman who enjoys life, especially her family, her golf, her bridge and her friends. Third, she understands and accepts that life carries its duties and she handles them without complaint because that is life.
    My father, Jack Intellectually curious his entire life, a company man who always cared about the people he worked with, for and over, and a hard worker who maintained a reputation for getting the job.

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    Posted by Rob on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:44:00 PST