My grandfather, Smerconish, and me.

On October 3rd, 2007, my grandfather and Babe Heffron went on the Michael Smerconish show to promote their new book. The interview was typical of one featuring my grandfather: lively, no regard for the FCC, and a tell-it-like-it-is approach. Smerconish loves Wild Bill and has him on the show quite a bit.

 

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Happy Thanksgiving to all…

A few weeks back, I heard about the death of Ryan Shay, an elite athlete who died during the Olympic Trials in New York city. Then, I heard of the death of Philadelphia police officer Chuck Cassidy, and was further horrified to find out that he is the uncle of a former work colleague. And, having just run a marathon, I saw my share of ambulances go by and am thankful that none of them were coming along to pick me up.

Disney Half Marathon, 2007

Well, it’s the first post of 2007! I thought I’d start it off with a great story about my trip to that most magical place on earth. The idea started as a seedling, and then grew like a brush fire. After all was said and done, I had, under my belt in […]

Sibling Solidarity

My 4 year old son received a “timeout” the other day for various small-but-normal infractions. I think his sentence was 2 minutes in his Spiderman chair, and the chair happened to be facing the staircase. He sat down and faced the stairs with his little hands on the armrests, silent.

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We Stand Alone as a Family

Most people know that I’m the proud grandson of William “Wild Bill” Guarnere. Something pretty special happened last night. My wife and I were watching the companion episode of “Band of Brothers,” entitled “We Stand Alone Together.” Well, my grandfather is featured quite a bit in that episode, and my daughter, who […]