About Me
I was born and raised in Virginia. I attended the University of Mary Washington (undergrad) and Boston University (graduate). I’m presently working for a Virginia hospital doing systems analysis and technology projects. I’m a certified PMP and MCSE.
Research Interests
- IT Project\Operation Methodologies
- Better Software Development
- Effective Teaching
Assorted Things I Love (in no particular order)
- Reading - Especially non-fiction
- Being Catholic - The faith of our fathers
- Ultimate Frisbee - Great fun (and exercise)
- California Pizza Kitchen - Wheat crust! A different kind of pizza
- Savannah, GA - The Old South at its best
- The New Yorker - Some of the best reporting I’ve ever read
- Alison Krauss - Redefining bluegrass
- Boardgames - Always a great social experience
- NFL Football - Redskins & Steelers
- Cheerwine - Obscure and curiously satisfying soda
- Running - burns more calories per hour than any other exercise
- Cape May, NJ - beautiful & charming
- Flannery O’Connor - Haunting fiction
- HBO’s “The Wire” - Incredible storytelling
- Negra Modelo - The best of the dark beers
- Florence - The finest city in the world?
- St. Francis Xavier - Brave beyond comprehension
- Iced Caramel Macchiato
- Sanibel Island, Florida - Like being on a tropical island
- Battlestar Galactica - high drama
- Troy Polamalu - Ocean covers 70% of the world, TP covers the rest
- Tiffany Lamps - Beautiful
- Panera - Best french onion soup
- Rowing (Crew) - Always a rush
- Bear Grylls (’Man vs. Wild’) - Wow
- Cooks Illustrated - Nobody teaches cooking better
- Gale Sayers - The “Kansas Comet”: The greatest NFL game-changer of all time?
- The Wailin Jennys - Neo Folk
- Peggy Noonan - Graceful wisdom
- Deep Creek Lake - A peaceful escape
- Malcolm Gladwell - Brilliant
- Bocce - Summer favorite
- Seth Godin - Marketing god
- G.K. Chesterton - The master of common sense
- Mojitos - Delish
- HBO’s ‘Band of Brothers’ - Epic
A randomly generated assortment of our photos:
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 Atop Old Rag Mountain, Shenandoah National Park
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 Florence
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 Venice, Italy
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 Private Garden - Civita, Italy
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 Vatican
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 Venice, Italy
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 Lecturing at Princeton University
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 Duomo - Orvieto, Italy
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 Natural Coastline - San Francisco
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 Victorian Gingerbread Homes - Cape May, NJ
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 Entering the town of Civita, Italy
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 Locanda Rosati Agriturismo - Orvieto, Italy
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 Trevi Fountain - Rome, Italy
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 Spanish Steps - Rome, Italy
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 Anniversary in Naples
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 Inner Harbor - Baltimore, MD
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 Vatican
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 Washington, DC
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 Venice, Italy
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 Locanda Rosati Agriturismo - Orvieto, Italy
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