Rick's Ramblings - Archives

Rick's Ramblings - Archives

Here are the archives for the first four years of Rick's Ramblings BLOG. I've annotated each archive file. The most recent annotated entries are at the bottom of this page.

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03/04/2001 - 03/10/2001: My First Entry ("It's late."). Snow Shoveling. Omega Race.
03/11/2001 - 03/17/2001: The $360M donation to RPI, my alma mater. Spending $200 on a plumber. Two posts from work.
03/18/2001 - 03/24/2001: Leaving work, and discovering the cost of health insurance. The Long Rain. Visiting the Registry of Motor Vehicles (Watertown).
03/25/2001 - 03/31/2001: Becoming a parent! Watching the Academy Awards.
04/01/2001 - 04/07/2001: Becoming 33. My aching back. New golf bag. Dropping my Palm Pilot.
04/08/2001 - 04/14/2001: Tiger Woods achieving the Tiger Slam. My aching back. Daddy on the "dole". Good Friday.
04/15/2001 - 04/21/2001: Easter. Confused by dates. Trellix and Blogger. My wife's root canal. My love of the ice hockey playoffs. Visiting my safety deposit box. Alfred Moen died.
04/22/2001 - 04/28/2001: The music of Sling Blade and Paolo Conte. My aching back. Stuff I've been doing since I've become unemployed. The Turkey Hill water tower. Hero Machine.
04/29/2001 - 05/05/2001: Traffic ticket. The job market. The Fortune 500. Attending a job fair.
05/06/2001 - 05/12/2001: My aching back (better!). Unemployment checks (Daddy on the "dole"). Robert Parker sighting. Renato Umali's statistical diaries. Drinking beers.
05/13/2001 - 05/19/2001: Delivering the Sunday NY Times. Drinking beers. Attending a job fair. Visiting the library. An American Tragedy.
05/20/2001 - 05/26/2001: rickumali.com is up. Getting rejected by a company. Learning what it takes to pass the bar and become a lawyer. Drinking beers.
05/27/2001 - 06/02/2001: Cleaning my bookcases. Five-Finger Discount. Golf.
06/03/2001 - 06/09/2001: Getting a job offer. Fruit basket. My wife and EBay. Lawn patch. Watching sports live versus on television.
06/10/2001 - 06/16/2001: Ray Bourque finally holds the Stanley Cup. Surprise reunion on the golf course. Hot weather. Fitover sunglasses.
06/17/2001 - 06/23/2001: The Sum of All Fears. Father's day. My new job. Keurig Premium Coffee System. Living with wild dogs. Start the Commotion.
06/24/2001 - 06/30/2001: Carroll O'Connor. Online chat. Hot days.
07/01/2001 - 07/07/2001: Artificial heart. Finished paying student loan.
07/08/2001 - 07/14/2001: An ode to bike racing.
07/15/2001 - 07/21/2001: Cast Away. Graceland. Nicola Pizza tee-shirt.
07/22/2001 - 07/28/2001: The Executioner's Song. Thoreau and the Concord River.
07/29/2001 - 08/04/2001: Ron's birthday. Mastering Microsoft Office.
08/05/2001 - 08/11/2001: Decalogue. Yearning for a steady job. Insured twice. Mistaken $20000 deposit.
08/12/2001 - 08/18/2001: Miracle: Ultra-pasteurization. Red Hat Linux.
08/19/2001 - 08/25/2001: Jimy Williams quotes. Wash your car. Lottery musings.
08/26/2001 - 09/01/2001: Trainspotting. Telephone hatred.
09/02/2001 - 09/08/2001: September. Reading status. HP buying Compaq. The job scene.
09/09/2001 - 09/15/2001: Missing cell phone. Terrorist attack.
09/16/2001 - 09/22/2001: Terrorist attack.
09/23/2001 - 09/29/2001: My first boss out of college. The Executioner's Song. Ellen. Body parts. Howard Stern. Good bye Open Market.
09/30/2001 - 10/06/2001: Gary Gilmore. A rampage in Zug. Scrubs. Marshall Plan for Afghanistan. Boston Bruins.
10/07/2001 - 10/13/2001: Changing a tire. While I Was Gone. Gas mileage "diary". What would you do if you could not fail?
10/14/2001 - 10/20/2001: What is failure? Winter.
10/21/2001 - 10/27/2001: Other BLOGs. The World Series. Translators. Mars Odyssey. Anthrax. CamWorld. Pay stubs.
10/28/2001 - 11/03/2001: The World Series. Halloween. AOL Instant Messenger.
11/04/2001 - 11/10/2001: Curb Your Enthusiasm. The World Series. Billy Joel. Minor annoyances. Days of Heaven. My e-mail address.
11/11/2001 - 11/17/2001: What to write? Cleaning up.
11/18/2001 - 11/24/2001: Howard Stern. Happy Thanksgiving.
11/25/2001 - 12/01/2001: What I'm thankful for. Mucking with old PC. Blowout.
12/02/2001 - 12/08/2001: World Cup. Sleeping.
12/09/2001 - 12/15/2001: First picture on BLOG. Segway. Google USENET archives.
12/16/2001 - 12/22/2001: Snow. umali.com. Brad Pitt. Country Music. No Golf Channel.
12/23/2001 - 12/29/2001: Solitaire. Christmas. Replacing a CPU fan. Happiness.
12/30/2001 - 1/5/2002: Happy New Year. Best of Books Read 2001. Best of Movies Watched 2001. Solitaire.
1/6/2002 - 1/12/2002: Moving Mia Picture Site. Working on old PC.
1/13/2002 - 1/19/2002: Newspaper musings. Glengarry Glen Ross. Steven Soderbergh.
1/20/2002 - 1/26/2002: Martin Luther King quote. New CPU fan. Debt of Honor.
1/27/2002 - 2/2/2002: New England Patriots win AFC Championship. Signing up for Blogger Pro. My wife's birthday. Nervous about the Super Bowl.
2/3/2002 - 2/9/2002: New England Patriots win Super Bowl. Various sports topics.
2/10/2002 - 2/16/2002: I am not Tiger Woods. Happy to be working. Golf Channel.
2/17/2002 - 2/23/2002: Uncremated bodies. Layoffs don't get rid of bad workers. Missing sock returns. Mutt.
2/24/2002 - 3/2/2002: Paul Kariya. Watching Ellie. Gordon Matthews.
3/3/2002 - 3/09/2002: One-year blogging.
3/10/2002 - 3/16/2002: Catholic church crisis. My neighbor died.
3/17/2002 - 3/23/2002: Buzzy's Roast Beef.
3/24/2002 - 3/30/2002: Big watches. A long bet.
3/31/2002 - 4/6/2002: Giving up soda for Lent.
4/7/2002 - 4/13/2002: Turning 34. Oprah's Book Club.
4/14/2002 - 4/20/2002: Tiger's third Masters. End of Mia's BLOG.
4/21/2002 - 4/27/2002: My pen ran out of ink.
4/28/2002 - 5/4/2002: May. Rain. Boston Celtics.
5/5/2002 - 5/11/2002: Making change. Lucas Hedler.
5/12/2002 - 5/18/2002: Boston Celtics. The Phantom Menace. New Jersey Nets.
5/19/2002 - 5/25/2002: Mowing. The Chronicles of George.
5/26/2002 - 6/1/2002: Cutting my finger. World Cup. Celtics lose to Nets.
6/2/2002 - 6/8/2002: Wedding anniversary. World Cup. Helpmeet.
6/9/2002 - 6/15/2002: World Cup. Shaq. Father's Day Thoughts.
6/16/2002 - 6/22/2002: World Cup.
6/23/2002 - 6/29/2002: Power drill. World Cup Predictions.
6/30/2002 - 7/6/2002: World Cup Results. Nigerian Scam. Dealing with Hot Weather. Being an American. Ted Williams.
7/7/2002 - 7/13/2002: Internet Connection Down. Starting a BLOG.
7/14/2002 - 7/20/2002: Sky-diving. Home for Lost Pictures. Internet Connection Down.
7/21/2002 - 7/27/2002: The Making of the Atomic Bomb.
7/28/2002 - 8/03/2002: Trapped miners.
8/04/2002 - 8/10/2002: The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Review). Commuting into Boston.
8/11/2002 - 8/17/2002: Asteroids. Graceland.
8/18/2002 - 8/24/2002: Dad's new camera. Heat wave.
8/25/2002 - 8/31/2002: Huge pumpkins. "How was your weekend?" Recognized at lunch line. No 'X' in my Address Book.
9/01/2002 - 9/07/2002: 12th book. College kids. USA Basketball Team loses to Argentina.
9/08/2002 - 9/14/2002: Yugoslavia are the World Basketball Champions. 9/11, one year later.
9/15/2002 - 9/21/2002: Random thoughts. Greg Berge. New England Revolution.
9/22/2002 - 9/28/2002: Conan O'Brien at the Emmy's. Solheim Cup. Someone falls for the Nigerian Scam.
9/29/2002 - 10/5/2002: College fair.
10/6/2002 - 10/12/2002: Yankees out of World Series. Jugglers. New England Revolution. San Francisco Giants.
10/13/2002 - 10/19/2002: Impulse buying a car. "Dude, you're getting a Dell!"
10/20/2002 - 10/26/2002: Web clock. Barry Bonds. Carlos Ruiz.
10/27/2002 - 11/2/2002: Giants lose the World Series to Angels. Throwing out hockey equipment.
11/3/2002 - 11/9/2002: What Mia can say.
11/10/2002 - 11/16/2002: Eminem.
11/17/2002 - 11/23/2002: Ralphie. FC Sporadic on MyCoupons.
11/24/2002 - 11/30/2002: MyCoupons on FC Sporadic.
12/01/2002 - 12/07/2002: fdisk /mbr
12/08/2002 - 12/14/2002: Lost my cell-phone. Ashleigh Brilliant. Hair.
12/15/2002 - 12/21/2002: Catholic church crisis. Perl's 15th anniversary. Replacing VCR.
12/22/2002 - 12/28/2002: Merry Christmas.
12/29/2002 - 1/04/2003: 2003 Resolution. 2002 Book and Movie lists.
1/05/2003 - 1/11/2003: Best of Books Read 2002. Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books.
1/12/2003 - 1/18/2003: Best of Movies Watched 2002.
1/19/2003 - 1/25/2003: John M. Fox, developer of concentrated frozen orance juice.
1/26/2003 - 2/01/2003: Super Bowl XXXVII (Oakland versus Buccaneers). Movie: 25th Hour.
2/02/2003 - 2/08/2003: Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. Michael Pouliot (Tapestry Solutions).
2/09/2003 - 2/15/2003: Bob Herbert on joblessness. Cold.
2/16/2003 - 2/22/2003: Heavy snow. Movie: Adaptation.
2/23/2003 - 3/1/2003: Middle of my life.
3/2/2003 - 3/8/2003: Added BLOG features (links, comments). Ash Wednesday.
3/9/2003 - 3/15/2003: Two years BLOGing. Miraculous day.
3/16/2003 - 3/22/2003: Saddam Hussein and Google. Kevin Sites. Rumaila.
3/23/2003 - 3/29/2003: ScriptLance. Movie: Talk to Her.
3/30/2003 - 4/5/2003: Mia turns two. Michael Jeter. Ejection seats and VxWorks.
4/6/2003 - 4/12/2003: Turned thirty-five.
4/13/2003 - 4/19/2003: Weather warming up.
4/20/2003 - 4/26/2003: Planting grass.
4/27/2003 - 5/3/2003: Grass blades. Nature. Movie: Confidence. Joe Jaena.
5/4/2003 - 5/10/2003: Grass growing!
5/11/2003 - 5/17/2003: The Mighty Ducks.
5/18/2003 - 5/24/2003: Movie: The Matrix Reloaded. Annika Sorenstam.
5/25/2003 - 5/31/2003: Vanessa Carlton.
6/1/2003 - 6/7/2003: Speeding!
6/8/2003 - 6/14/2003: Father's Day.
6/15/2003 - 6/21/2003: iMike. MAME cabinets. All the President's Men.
6/22/2003 - 6/28/2003: No writing.
6/29/2003 - 7/5/2003: Movie: Stone Reader.
7/6/2003 - 7/12/2003: No writing.
7/13/2003 - 7/19/2003: Writing from work. Three movies.
7/20/2003 - 7/26/2003: New ending for 28 Days Later... Robert Rodriguez.
7/27/2003 - 8/2/2003: Lance Armstrong. SportsCenter. Current books. Movie: Spy Kids 3-D.
8/3/2003 - 8/9/2003: Keys. Flash rain. Harvey Pekar. American Splendor.
8/10/2003 - 8/16/2003: Internet worm. Drowning machine. Maile Meloy. Elvis.
8/17/2003 - 8/23/2003: Ideas for writing. Little League World Series.
8/24/2003 - 8/30/2003: Movie: Step Into Liquid. Seeing Tiger Woods.
8/31/2003 - 9/6/2003: Welcome college kids.
9/7/2003 - 9/13/2003: 9/11, two years later.
9/14/2003 - 9/20/2003: My picture. Movie: Matchstick Men.
9/21/2003 - 9/27/2003: ISP woes. Boston Red Sox.
9/28/2003 - 10/4/2003: My brothers' web sites. On Writing (Stephen King).
10/5/2003 - 10/11/2003: Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox.
10/12/2003 - 10/18/2003: Chicago Cubs. Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox.
10/19/2003 - 10/25/2003: Red Sox. Movie: Mystic River. Snow. DVDs. Take Back Your Time.
10/26/2003 - 11/1/2003: Mia drawing faces.
11/2/2003 - 11/8/2003: P. Diddy runs NYC Marathon. umali.com.
11/9/2003 - 11/15/2003: Avoiding holiday stress.
11/16/2003 - 11/22/2003: Blogging just a fad. Tripod web hosting woes.
11/23/2003 - 11/29/2003: Movie: Master and Commander.
11/30/2003 - 12/6/2003: Tripod web hosting woes. Nor'easter.
12/7/2003 - 12/13/2003: Shoveling pictures. Newspaper delivery. JAlbum. Down on recent eBay transaction.
12/14/2003 - 12/20/2003: Gift giving.
12/21/2003 - 12/27/2003: Merry Christmas.
12/28/2003 - 1/3/2004: Movie: Shattered Glass. Happy New Year.
1/4/2004 - 1/10/2004: Cut Time. 2004 Resolution. Cold.
1/11/2004 - 1/17/2004: Best of Books Read 2003. Best of Movies Watched 2003. Bitter cold. Car won't start. New England Patriots get to AFC Championship.
1/18/2004 - 1/24/2004: Thoughts on upcoming Super Bowl.
1/25/2004 - 1/31/2004: Car woes. Belichick's Times op-ed. Super Bowl hype.
2/1/2004 - 2/7/2004: New England Patriots win Super Bowl. Car woes: throttle body.
2/8/2004 - 2/14/2004: Star Wars on DVD!
2/15/2004 - 2/21/2004: Valentine's. "Make a box."
2/22/2004 - 2/28/2004: Ash Wednesday.
2/29/2004 - 3/6/2004: Lord of the Rings.
3/7/2004 - 3/13/2004: "What do you want to do?" Three years blogging.
3/14/2004 - 3/20/2004: Drinking.
3/21/2004 - 3/27/2004: Dream Job (ESPN). Mia's Third Birthday.
3/28/2004 - 4/3/2004: Dream Job (ESPN).
4/4/2004 - 4/10/2004: Lunch by myself. 36th birthday.
4/11/2004 - 4/17/2004: Removed web page counter.
4/18/2004 - 4/24/2004: Visiting New Jersey.
4/25/2004 - 5/1/2004: Childhood friendships. Changing jobs. Miscellaneous thoughts.
5/2/2004 - 5/8/2004: Poison ivy.
5/9/2004 - 5/15/2004: Mother's Day.
5/16/2004 - 5/22/2004: Commencement speeches. Randy Johnson's perfect game.
5/23/2004 - 5/29/2004: My church is closing.
5/30/2004 - 6/5/2004: Ninth anniversary.
6/6/2004 - 6/12/2004: Detroit Pistons.
6/13/2004 - 6/19/2004: Detroit Pistons. My name is Rick.
6/20/2004 - 6/26/2004: Baby doll for Mia.
6/27/2004 - 7/3/2004: Middle of the year.
7/4/2004 - 7/10/2004: Reading at Risk.
7/11/2004 - 7/17/2004: No writing.
7/18/2004 - 7/24/2004: 35th Anniversary of Moon Walk. Lance Armstrong.
7/25/2004 - 7/31/2004: No writing.
8/1/2004 - 8/7/2004: Commuting. "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster."
8/8/2004 - 8/14/2004: No cream.
8/15/2004 - 8/21/2004: The beach.
8/22/2004 - 8/28/2004: Beth Marie Kavanagh.
8/29/2004 - 9/4/2004: No writing.
9/5/2004 - 9/11/2004: Patriots and Red Sox.
9/12/2004 - 9/18/2004: No writing.
9/19/2004 - 9/25/2004: Writing a novel.
9/26/2004 - 10/2/2004: Red Sox make post-season.
10/3/2004 - 10/9/2004: Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox.
10/10/2004 - 10/16/2004: Movie: "The Yes Men." Red Sox. Red Sox.
10/17/2004 - 10/23/2004: Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox win American League Pennant! Red Sox.
10/24/2004 - 10/31/2004: Red Sox. Red Sox. Red Sox win World Series!
10/31/2004 - 11/6/2004: Voting.
11/7/2004 - 11/13/2004: My novel. Snow.
11/14/2004 - 11/20/2004: My novel. Being revealing (This Fish Needs a Bicycle). Blogger profile.
11/21/2004 - 11/27/2004: The present.
11/28/2004 - 12/4/2004: No writing.
12/5/2004 - 12/11/2004: What do I want (for the holidays)? Ice rink at Eiffel Tower.
12/12/2004 - 12/18/2004: No writing.
12/19/2004 - 12/25/2004: McDonalds. Jeri Ellsworth.
12/26/2004 - 1/1/2005: Mia's guitar. Good-bye 2004. Book and movie list.
1/2/2005 - 1/8/2005: Letter writing results. Best of Books Read 2004.
1/9/2005 - 1/15/2005: Best of Movies Watched 2004. New England Patriots.
1/16/2005 - 1/22/2005: Knee hurts. Snowy winter.
1/23/2005 - 1/29/2005: Snow blower. Group BLOG.
1/30/2005 - 2/5/2005: New guitar. Happy Birthday Jenn.
2/6/2005 - 2/12/2005: New England Patriots win Super Bowl. Rhapsody in Blue.
2/13/2005 - 2/19/2005: New computer.
2/20/2005 - 2/26/2005: No writing.
2/27/2005 - 3/5/2005: Ending BLOGs and Mia Picture Site.
3/6/2005 - 3/12/2005: Big Break III.

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