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Happy Thanksgiving to all…

Gino Guarnere — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:32:50 +0000

A few weeks back, I heard about 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. (more…)

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Pre-Training Diet: One Pint of Graeter’s Ice Cream

Gino Guarnere — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:08:27 +0000

Well, I haven’t read this anywhere, but my marathon pre-training strategy has been the following:

Do absolutely no running the week before the training starts
Eat too much, mostly the “wrong” stuff (don’t worry, it’s all part of my strategy)
Eat one (ok, slightly more than one) pint of Graeter’s Ice Cream

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Sibling Solidarity

Gino Guarnere — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:41:51 +0000

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. (more…)

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We Stand Alone as a Family

Gino Guarnere — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:25:13 +0000

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 just turned 2, has never seen it. Anyway, she was playing with her toys in the vicinity when she must have recognized my grandfather’s voice emanating from the television. She wandered over, pointed to the screen and said “grandpop” in her little voice. She watched for a moment, and then moved on. That she recognized him onscreen, and especially in that context reminded me of how proud I am of the entire Guarnere family, and I was also reminded that had it not been for my grandfather, I wouldn’t be here today.

On this Veteran’s Day, Thanks, “Grandpop,” for all your sacrifice, and to all the vets who helped secure our freedoms.

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Scooby Doo, Where are you? Everywhere!

Gino Guarnere — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:20:34 +0000

My son is a Scooby Doo addict. At 4 years old, the little guy loves dinosaurs and Scooby Doo. What’s funny is that Scooby Doo has long vanished from my morning programming choices and I therefore didn’t realize that he was so alive and well. In fact, the treasure trove of merchandising is staggering, and we’re starting to amass a Scooby Doo shrine in our house, resplendant with priced-to-own DVDs, hats, pajamas, coloring books and last but not least, the obligatory Scooby Doo halloween outfit that my son will slip into tomorrow night.

I’ll play the Shaggy character, of course!

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Uh, is this seat taken?

Gino Guarnere — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:52:05 +0000

Wordpress makes creating a website so easy that I’ve decided to toss yet another blog into the mix. Hence, ginoguarnere.com was born. This site couldn’t possibly say anything that I haven’t said on any of my other sites, so let’s just say this will be the place where you can find all-things-pertaining-only-to-me. I guess that will include the proverbial bio, my resume, and any content that sits squarely outside my professional life.

Grab a seat, sign up, or whatever else makes sense.

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