Rick Umali's Home Page

Bio
Blog
Sports
Pictures
Contact

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.

A Rapper's Father's Day Sentiment

June 17, 2009

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....

Jarhead

May 25, 2009

"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...

Rooted

May 5, 2009

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....

Happy Birthday

April 6, 2009

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....

A Decline in Weight

March 22, 2009

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...

Boston in the Movies

March 10, 2009

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...

Lunch Derailed

March 2, 2009

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...

The Wrestler

February 21, 2009

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....

A Valentine's Day Proposal

February 14, 2009

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.

So Close, Yet So Far

June 28, 2009

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, ...

Withstanding the Pressure

June 13, 2009

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 ...

Stepping on Their Throats

June 5, 2009

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 ...

Picking the Rematch

May 29, 2009

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 ...

My Playoff Interests

May 22, 2009

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.