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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 write a blog. 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.

Best Movies Watched in 2009

February 23, 2010

I watched 47 movies in 2009. My favorite movie from 2009 was District 9, followed by The Wrestler and The Hurt Locker. All three I saw in the theater. My favorite...

Best Books Read in 2009

February 23, 2010

I read 37 books last year. I attribute the increase due to my current project, which has me on an airplane pretty regularly, reading some genre fiction. My favorite...

Books and Movies from 2009

January 28, 2010

A belated Happy New Year, although it feels old to me already. I did something different with my book and movie lists from 2009. They're now on Library Thing and...

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2009

I hope everyone's Christmas Day was filled with joy and peace!

Stream of Gratitude

November 27, 2009

i was in the car going for take-out and enjoying some music i can buy music anytime i want i'm not rich but i have enough to buy nearly any piece of music within...

Clock Watching

October 31, 2009

6:20AM - Since my daughter was born, I have rarely slept past 6:20AM. Once, coming home from a business trip after midnight, I told my wife I'd sleep an extra hour....

Getting to Know Me

October 1, 2009

Some random details. 1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:20AM 2. How do you like your steak? Medium 3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The...

Best Sentence I Have Read

September 13, 2009

"I am no one, nothing. I am an abstraction, an emotion, the ooze of terror, the sweat of horror, the shake in the air when a scream has departed." That is probably...

Ted Kennedy

August 26, 2009

Ted Kennedy, Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, passed away today. All of Massachusetts is in mourning. Listening to the stories about Senator Kennedy, I'm moved...

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.

Quicksilver

March 2, 2010

TV ratings for the Olympic gold medal ice hockey game between the United States and Canada went right through the roof. Some 34.8 million people watched the game ...

Prediction: Colts Over Saints

February 6, 2010

Tomorrow night is Super Bowl XLIV (or as the tweeters might call it, #SB44). The Indianapolis Colts are the 4.5 point favorite of the New Orleans Saints, in what ...

The Conference Championships

January 23, 2010

Rick the Flip with some thoughts for Sunday's Conference Championships. AFC: NY Jets at Indianapolis Colts. Indy is favored by 8.5 points and it's hard to argue ...

The Time for Big Fans

January 18, 2010

I watched "Big Fan" tonight. This is the movie about the fervent NY Giants fan, "Paul from Staten Island", played by Patton Oswalt. The movie was written/directed ...

Perfection Derailed

December 20, 2009

I rooted for those New Orleans Saints to come back against the Dallas Cowboys in NFL's Saturday Night game. They couldn't overcome, and it was the Cowboys that marched ...

I have plenty of pictures at a bunch of places [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11], [12], but I primarily update Flickr. Below are the last few photos that I have uploaded there. Click on the title to see more.