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About Me

Pure dork. But the kind of dork you'd let borrow a stapler and KNOW he'd bring it back. Or if he didn't, he'd have a good reason. And that reason would probably not bear talking about, but it'd be a good one. And years later someone might come up to you and thank you for letting him borrow that stapler because it changed his life somehow.Yeah, that's it. And on the hot sheet, 5 things about AL:

1 - lost his leg in an accident - no, it wasn't lopped off, he really just 'lost it' and is still looking for it 2 - big fanboy - loves Star Wars and junk 3 - has 3 gorgeous daughters (no you can never date them) and 2 more on the way (you can't date them either) 4 - dug up a body once (but it was archaeology, so it was 'normal' - remember that the next time you hide a body to make it 'archaeological') 5 - got married by Elvis in Vegas with Vader giving away the bride, who is still a hottie ModMySpace Profile Customizer

My Interests

Star Wars, WWII enthusiast, history, gaming and costuming, home improvement projects, perfecting the art of the grill...

I'd like to meet:

George Lucas (finally got to meet him Dec 31 in Pasadena, California!), Bill Gates (gotta know his secret), Jessica Alba (no explanation necessary), Jimmy Page (rock on), and Major Dick Winters (WWII hero)

Music:

Still have the Led Zeppelin in my ipod, Sting, Peter Gabriel, U2, Gwen Steffani, weird mix of 'child of 80's' and metal. .. width="425" height="350" ....

Movies:

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Television:

Not much, really - altho Kathy would tell you my guilty secret is being hooked on Project Runway. Band of Brothers counts as t.v., right?

Books:

Stephen Ambrose, JK Rowling, Timothy Zahn

Heroes:

My daughter, Katie, who fought her battle with cancer with courage and dignity. My dad and all veterans for fighting wars so we can waste time on things like MySpace. My mom for living through a time we an only imagine. My wife for countless ways she impresses me. Oh, and the Star Wars kid for actually venturing outside after his 15 minutes of fame.

My Blog

Katie's Birthday

Yesterday was Katie's b-day. It was hard having that land on Mother's Day, but I made sure Kathy had a good day first then waited until she went to bed to reflect. I sat with a box of 8mm home movies...
Posted by AL on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:50:00 PST

2007 is great!

Okay, Valentine's Day obviously isn't my day. Woke up at midnight to find the hot water heater ruptured. Water is now all over the downstairs closet and pouring into the living room. I ran a hose to d...
Posted by AL on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:19:00 PST

Mom's moved out

Just as we got home from the Holidays it was back to grim reality. My brother tells me that mom, who has lived with me and Kathy since dad passed last January, had a minor stroke episode while we were...
Posted by AL on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:35:00 PST

Meeting George Lucas

Sunday Dec 31 will go down as one of the greatest days in my life. It saw my troopers marching in armor for Mr. Lucas himself in a dress rehearsal that he was said to be very impressed by. It also saw...
Posted by AL on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:36:00 PST

DCon 2006

This weekend was DragonCon - the biggest sci-fi/fantasy/comic-book/gaming/costuming/etc support group for geeks in the U.S. Kathy and I originally planned to skip it this year, because of the baby sca...
Posted by AL on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:49:00 PST

long weary trip home

Just got back from a 24-hour round-trip to NY to take my step-daughter Emily back to her father. Totally pisses me off how the guy changed his mind at the last minute and asked US to take her back - s...
Posted by AL on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:06:00 PST

woohoo - new job

Well I got the call last week from the Governor's Office asking me to join their network team. This is a real answer to our prayers, as I've been languishing at the CIO for some time now without any p...
Posted by AL on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:57:00 PST

Lost a friend today

I just learned that a friend and coworker, Mike Mathias, was found dead this weekend. Suspicious was the way the authorities described it, in the river with a gun shot wound to the head. Heavy stuff. ...
Posted by AL on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:46:00 PST

Hello World

Space-man Al reporting in. Current status: still married to a girl that looks like a mail-order fantasy bride. 10-year old Allie and 5-year-old Emily doing just fine. Two more clones on the way - Kath...
Posted by AL on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:21:00 PST