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Who I Am

I'm thirtysomething, married, with two sons ( one biological, one as a stepfather, if you must be pedantic about it ) and a daughter. I'm a software engineer in the finance industry, which means that you're likely to hear me use any number of unintelligible jargon terms at any time and without warning; smile, nod, and go along with it.

While my job keeps me working many long hours, I do my best to stay a hands-on dad, which means that whenever my wife wants me to I change poo-filled diapers, and whenever Ben wants to we play the Wii.

I suppose the simplest way to sum up my personality is this: in college, I was a Computer Science Major...with a Theatre Arts minor. I've never quite resolved this dichotomy, but every day we all learn to cope a little better...and Ben, when he wins a game on his DS, does the best 8-year-old Jazz Hands ever.

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  1. SDM
    September 21st, 2009 - 03:54

    Congratulations on your family. I married Landon 5 years ago and our oldest just started kindegarten last week. It’s amazing what kind of peace/chaos having a family brings. I’m glad to see you’re happy. All the best to you and yours, –Sabrina Mandt

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  • Oldest + Youngest, Best Buds

    Ben & Amelia, proving that a 7-year age gap is nothing when it comes to brothers & sisters & Playmobil..

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    02/28/10

  • New York, New York

    The last time I went to NYC, it was for a conference. I brought along
    Becky and Ben, and they went off to visit friends while I went to listen
    to people talk about some Compliance thing or another. I don’t remember
    much of the conference, to be honest, but I DO remember ditching it one
    afternoon to walk around Central Park, Ben happily chasing his “Pumball”
    (a wadded up piece of paper — yeah, he’s always been this way). It feels like a lifetime ago.

    Now, we have too many kids to bring them along, so it’s just me. I’m
    going to work, and it’s cold outside. Probably will be so busy that I
    won’t even make it over to Central Park, much less to wander around it.
    Will be wearing dress clothes, and sitting in meetings, and maybe
    getting some of the locals to show me something interesting after work. I’m thrilled to be going again, though. There’s something about NYC that
    feels really good to me; maybe it’s that it is unabashedly City, that
    it’s such a hodgepodge of buildings and nooks and crannies and people.
    Or maybe it’s the streets and bridges whose names are famous nationwide, thanks to
    Sex and the City and countless other movies and shows: FDR Drive, Park
    Avenue, the Jersey Turnpike, Brooklyn Bridge — as a visitor, there’s
    great novelty in seeing that you’re riding on these streets that have
    been mentioned a million times. I imagine it’s the same feeling Chicago
    visitors get about Michigan Ave or Lake Shore Drive.

    So, this time I intend to breathe in as much as I can while rushing from
    airport to office to hotel and back to office again, embedding another
    fond memory into my cortex to tide me over until the next time I get to
    visit, because while Chicago is my home, I will always love New York.

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    02/27/10

  • Go Ask The Daver.

    I gave some advice. Is it good advice? You be the judge.

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