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Mark

About Me

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

All the living Medal of Honor recipients (I've met one).

My Blog

Charleston Harborfest 2009

I attended Harborfest 2009 with my wife, son and daughter-in-law yesterday. This was my first tall ship festival, but I'm comfortable saying it won't be my last if I have anything to say about it.I st...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:02:00 GMT

Goodbye to the Greatest Job I've Ever Known

On Monday I signed out of the unit to which I've been assigned for almost the last seven years (less the year I spent deployed in support of OEF/OIF), 447th Signal Battalion, at the United States Army...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:18:00 GMT

Art Quiz

Try this art appreciation quiz. This image is a 800x600 grid containing details from 46 paintings - all are by important artists. Some, but by no means all, will be easy to recognize. Try to identi...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:25:00 GMT

For Better or Worse

It was 26 years ago today that took a vow "for better or worse," and I'm here to tell you that it's been a lot more better than worse.Is it always easy? Nothing worthwhile ever is, but it is always w...
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 03:59:00 GMT

Experiments (and Disasters) in Self-Portraiture [pics inside]

Experiments (and Disasters) in Self-PortraitureThis month I've been buying a few toys for my photography. I got some daylight balanced fluorescents, a light panel and a copy stand that I can use for ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 May 2006 18:06:00 GMT

100 Things to do Before You Die

100 Things to Do Before You DieA few years ago, while waiting for my daughter's Karate class to finish, I read an article (in Mens Health, I think) titled 100 Things You Must Do Before You Die. It wa...
Posted by on Sun, 07 May 2006 13:15:00 GMT

It's Nice to Find You Haven't Completely Screwed Up Your Kids

The last few weeks have been full of good news about my (5) kids.  There was a time in their teens that the older ones ALL hated my guts, and I was sure I had screwed them up completely.  I...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:06:00 GMT