Born & raised in the Hammer
Loving Friend, Uncle, Brother, Son, and Spouse
Have lived in the Stinson Community since 2001, initial investor in Stinson School back in 2009
Values:
Innovation
New Technology
Politics
World Opportunities
Social Economic Trends
People
‘The Universe’
Sometimes it feels like time has disappeared, looking back that is. It doesn’t feel like 14 years have passed since that day in the summer when my sister and I were first introduced to Misty Mountain. I remember like it was just yesterday, Rachel and I had to stay with our Nonna and Nonno while my parents, Aunt Jeannie, Uncle Nat, Auntie Marjie, Marisa, and Peter got to take a drive down to a place called Cattaragus County. I can’t recall who, but one of my relatives noticed an ad in the Hamilton Spectator for land and cottages available for sale in the Allegheny mountains in New York state near the Pennsylvanian border. They mailed a lady by the name of Donna Reiss. Donna Reiss was quite infamous in the area – owning much of the land (most likely being deeded from her father).
My sister and I thought they were just looking, to our surprise when Mom and Dad arrived at Nonna and Nonno’s to pick us up they told us that in fact they had purchased a 5 acre parcel of land on the top of a mountain. They kept going on and on about the view. To this day, the view of the Valley still takes my breath away. A year later plans were drawn up by our architect Jimmy Lyn for our little ‘Cabin’ on the hill. Every single detail was thoroughly thought through. The main living area was designed to promote a feeling of openess and connectedness. Whether one was in the kitchen, eating area, living room, loft, or the wrap around deck, everyone could participate in the happenings.
The design was inspired by a little shack located up in Northern Ontario in a place called ‘Moore’s Lake’. Our entire family would spend every Thanksgiving up in a hunters lodge. There were only the basic necessities, what made it so memorable was the fact that everyone came together. We ate together, played together, sang together, and created memories which would last a lifetime. Past times at Moore’s lake included walks to ‘Pillow Mountain’, and the ‘Bat Cabin’. We would take boat rides on the lake, went fishing, had campfires, and even had echo contests.
When Misty Mountain came into existence, we moved our annual Thanksgiving event to our little cabin on the hill. It was a new venue, but the good times kept a rolling. Instead of walks to ‘pillow mountain’, we went for walks ‘around the mountain’. Cardiac hill is one of the great walks, newer walks include the ‘logging trail’. We have divided the land into various different areas, ‘the soccer field’, the pond, the forest, the volleyball field, and much much more.
A Pet’s Prayer
If it should be, that I grow frail and weak,
And pain should keep me from my sleep,
Then, you must do what must be done
For this, the last battle can’t be won.
Don’t let your grief stay your hand,
For this day more than the rest,
Your love and friendship stand the test.
We’ve had so many years,
What is to come can hold no fear.
You’d not want me to suffer, so
When the time comes, please let me go.
Take me where my needs they’ll tend.
Only, stay with me to the end
And hold me firm and speak to me
Until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time you’ll see it is a kindness you do for me
Although my tail its last has waived,
From pain and suffering I’ve been saved.
Don’t grieve it should be you who this thing decides to do.
We’ve been so close, us, these years,
Don’t let your heart hold tears.
SMILE, FOR WE WALKED TOGETHER FOR AWHILE.
Author Unknown
Stop.
Re-evaluate.
Plan.
Budget.
Execute.
Launch.
Get Ready…Get Set….GO!
Synergies create synchronies.
Linguistics…Linguini
Can you be in a state of trance when you dance? Memorized.
Is one ever too young to build a legacy?
I don’t believe so.
My ears hurt…
on the eve of great distinction.
Media Distribution – That is Mass Media Distribution in the form of CDs are trés passé
Media Player and other windows steadfasts have allowed music listeners to take control over their sounds and music. The degree of personalization and customizations among millions of playlists is absolutely astounding.
Scattered across this fractured thing we call ‘Earth’
Do you over think about how important and relevant things can become in the future? Most people don’t…but I do. Inspiration and the Sound of Musiic. I’m compiling my own playlist as we speak…a task I haven’t done for awhile.
Resurgence : bringing again into activity and prominence
So here I am sitting at my desk, listening to my favourite type of musiic while I type. It’s been awhile since I took some time to breathe.
Let’s talk about some things that have been on my mind as of late:
Technology – I love it…tech helps move our society and modern civilization forward. Regardless of the size of the technological advancement, an advancement is an advancement nonetheless. Technology helps to connect us to things that would otherwise be out of our grasp.
I am a pioneer, a trendsetter in tech. I remember the day back in 1995 when I first connected to a little company called ‘CompuServe’. CompuServe opened the world to me, I ventured to a little unknown site called ‘Yahoo!’. My initial impressions of the internet was that it was like an encyclopedia only easier to use and much prettier. Now, just so that you don’t think that I was first introduced to the net in ’95. I was an avid ‘Bulletin Board’ user reaching as far back as 1991-1992.
‘Bulletin Boards’ were one of the first ‘internet like’ communities albeit on a much smaller scale. I connected to The Hamilton Spectator’s Bulletin Board called ‘CompuSpec’ via Terry Berry Library’s public computer which was tucked away in a corner on the second floor. Having been an extrememly shy and introverted individual during my youth, the boards let me meet people I would have never imagined meeting in the ‘real world’. I blossomed on the internet, in fact the internet helped shape, and continues to shape the person that I am today.
The internet removes boundaries and borders, obstacles to doing business. Some people question whether the future is in the ‘pipe’ or the ‘content, apps, and information’ that flow through the pipe. I say it’s both. You cannot have one without the other.
I don’t know how many of you have heard of a little company called ‘Mirabillis’, and a little program called ‘ICQ’. Their invention would forever change the face of the world (literally).
Here’s some information about ICQ
The ICQ Story
ICQ was established in July 1996 by four young avid-computer users who wanted to introduce a new way of communication over the Internet.
Before ICQ, people were connected to the internet, but not interconnected. ICQ was the missing link, a technology that made peer-to-peer communication possible. The following year ICQ took the internet by storm. Through viral marketing a chain reaction was created, resulting in one of the largest download rates for a start-up company in the history of the Internet.
ICQ has always been technologically innovative. Not only was ICQ one of the first Internet wide instant messaging services, many features that make up the core of today’s IM services were first introduced by ICQ and appeared on its desktop client.
Today, Video, VoIP, and SMS features are seamlessly integrated within the client. Skins, emoticons, avatars and other personalization tools make ICQ the natural choice for millions of young users around the world.
ICQ is a personal communication tool that allows users to meet and interact, to catch up with old friends, to meet new friends and to hear the latest stories from the world wide community. ICQ is the one-stop-source for all types of communication, the tribe campfire of the virtual community where users meet to share feelings, experiences and content.
I would have to say throughout my highschool years, music was just about the only thing that kept me together. Having been exposed to a wide variety of music through my youth, and the abundance of musical talented which resides within my family its no wonder why music is such an important aspect of who I am. I would say I have a good musical ear.
We are all introduced to music at a very young age, most of us grew up listening to the music our parents played. In fact, I would argue that the musical tastes of our parents heavily influence the type of music one likes and follows.
Classic House means different things to different people. Wikipedia defines house music as ‘uptempo music for dancing and has a comparatively narrow tempo range, generally falling between 118 beats per minute (bpm) and 135 bpm, with 127 bpm being about average since 1996.’
Another one of my favourite genres of electronic music is ‘Trance’. Techno and trance, the two primary dance music genres that developed alongside house music in the mid 1980s and early 1990s respectively, can share this basic beat infrastructure, but usually eschew house’s live-music-influenced feel and black or Latin music influences in favor of more synthetic sound sources and approach.
I like electronic music because it knows no gender or race. It is somewhat timely, and has evolved smoothly.
TBC
