
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.
On the CD "Asleep in the Bread Aisle", rap artist Asher Roth sends forth a heartfelt father's day message on his song "His Dream". You can hear the song on MySpace....
"We are afraid, but that doesn't mean we don't want to fight." Memorial Day is a time to remember the fallen, those who have died for "our cause." But there is a...
A house on our street is up for sale. The sign went up over the weekend. Since I live at the end of a dead-end street, we saw the tell-tale stream of strange cars....
Forty-one today. I just now noticed that 41 (years) times 365 (days in a year) = 14,965 (days). This means that in less than a month I could be at my 15,000th day....
I have lost almost thirty pounds over the last year. When I turned 40 in 2008, I made it a point to start visiting the doctor regularly (prior to this appointment...
By no means an exhaustive list, but here are my favorite movies that were shot in Boston. For the other great city of my life, Jersey City, New Jersey, I can't name...
Around 11:30AM or so, after shoveling out our driveway and my wife's car, I took off for some lunch. I drove through our recently shoveled street, and then had to...
After finishing The Wrestler, I felt a bit depressed. To say that this is a serious movie is an understatement. This is a somber, even dour piece of film making....
I proposed to my wife on Valentine's Day, 1993. It's mildly embarrassing that I don't remember much of the details, other than the restaurant (formerly known as...
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.
The United States National Soccer Team had a 2-0 half-time lead on Brazil in today's Confederations Cup final. Unfortunately, the lead succumbed to a prideful offense, ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins are this year's Stanley Cup champions, beating the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 at Detroit. Max Talbot accounted for both goals for the ...
One thing I remember from the Cleveland/Orlando series was Cleveland putting up 10, 15, even 20 points on Orlando. I'm not going to research this carefully, but ...
It read today that the Pittsburgh Penguins facing the Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup is a rematch from last year. I had a vague feeling throughout the postseason ...
With the Boston Celtics ushered off the playoff stage, I can now choose other teams to root for during the remainder of these hockey and basketball playoffs. Basketball ...
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.









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