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Born in the Philippines in 1968. Moved to the United States with my family when I was three years old. Raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. Went to Catholic schools (St. Aedan's, St. Peter's Prep). Graduated college from Rensselaer in December 1990. Moved to Boston. Married Jenn in 1995.

I have two brothers, Ron and Renato. My Mom and Dad still live in New Jersey.

Jenn and I live in Arlington (a suburb of Boston). We have a daughter named Mia.

Yes, I blog. Do I ever. I've been writing Rick's Ramblings since 2001. Below are excerpts from my most recent BLOG entries. Click on the title to read more.

Daily Walk

May 4, 2008

Since the ice rink where I used to skate at lunch has closed for the season, I've slowly begun taking walks at lunch. Call it a nod to exercise, of which I get very...

100 Things About My Wife

April 16, 2008

My wife put together a list titled 100 things about me. I found the list insightful and fascinating, and it made me feel nice and warm when I saw myself mentioned....

Forty (YouTube)

April 7, 2008

Forty

April 5, 2008

Forty is the "new thirty." This means I should be feeling thirty, but I promise you, I don't feel thirty at all. I feel exactly forty. And it's not just physically...

Seven

March 30, 2008

I took a peek at some of my daughter's homework the other day. The class is learning how to count coins. For some reason, this seems advanced to me. I don't remember...

AYT

March 12, 2008

A few months ago, I received my first text message spam. I thought somehow my wife learned how to text. But instead it was spam, so I deleted it. Over the next few...

Pull Here. Hold Here.

February 20, 2008

I marvel at today's packaging technology. Tonight, for dinner, I had to open up a package of Sargento Cheese (shredded mild cheddar). The bag itself is sealed entirely,...

Cachinnatous

February 18, 2008

I was reading David Brin's The Uplift War. This is the first science fiction book that I've read in some time, and it's terrific so far. The aliens and humans in...

Review: Voyage of the Manteño

February 12, 2008

I can't remember when, but at one point I mentioned to Jenn that I was fascinated by adventures on the open sea. We conversed about it, and she told me about Kon-Tiki,...

I'm a sports nut. I didn't used to be. But now I am. My outlet is at Sporting News, where I bang away on a blog just dedicated to sports.

Fierce Finish for Celtics

May 8, 2008

The Celtics came out flat, but finished fierce. Boston 89, Cleveland 73. Ray Allen finally got some points (big time). And in the third quarter, it was lights out ...

Celtics Win a Tight One

May 6, 2008

76-72, Celtics over the Cleveland Cavaliers. And the game was tight! Tight! Only the Big Ticket (Kevin Garnett) had big numbers (28 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists). ...

Celtics Break Open the Whup (expletive)

May 4, 2008

Talk about control-alt-delete. The Celtics have rebooted themselves, and reinvigorated a doubting fan-base. They did so by booting the youthful Atlanta Hawks with ...

Pissed Off in Boston

May 2, 2008

I'm pissed that Boston lost. I'm just pissed. The listless shooting by Boston, and the way Atlanta played down the stretch, made me wish I was a Hawks fan. I guess ...

Celtics Regain Playoff Lead

April 30, 2008

The Celtics dominated the Hawks in Game 5 at Boston, 110-85. The series is now 3-2 Boston. This is what Game 3 should have looked like! The next game is at Atlanta, ...

I have plenty of pictures at a bunch of places [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11], but I primarily update Flickr. Below are the last few photos that I have uploaded there. Click on the title to see more.