## ODonnellWeb – Tag Personal

Men with or without hats

Posted on 01/02/2017 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Hats, Etiquette, Christmas

nice hat

My wife bought me a flat cap for Christmas. It’s first hat I’ve ever owned that isn’t a baseball cap or a winter stocking hat. This led to me googling “men’s hat etiquette” because I was curious if it had changed since the men never wear …


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Maybe 2016 wasn't so bad

Posted on 01/01/2017 in misc • Tagged with Personal

Yesterday I was doing the important work of organizing the 2016 photo directory on my PC. As I was moving photos into various folders based on events or trips I realized that maybe 2016 wasn't as bad as it seemed in recent months. I mean, these selfies cover the entire …


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Breast Cancer Support 101 For Guys

Posted on 10/17/2016 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Fuck_Cancer

Picture of Michelle

My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer about a month ago. It was a total shock, as it was discovered in her routine annual mammogram. She went in for her yearly check up on a Friday, the following Monday I was taking her to the Women’s Health Center for …


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Is This Thing Still On?

Posted on 09/07/2016 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Travel, Camping, Music

I'd feel guilty about not writing here for four months, but it's not like I have any readers left to notice. If you are reading this leave a comment here, or on Facebook or Twitter, just so I know somebody still visits this blog.

August 19th was my 25th anniversary …


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Where Am I From

Posted on 10/21/2015 in misc • Tagged with Life, Personal, Facebook

Facebook keeps asking me to add a hometown to my profile. I haven't, because I honestly don't know what to put there. I spent my first 18 years on a variety of military bases all over the world, never spending more than 4 years in one place. I think my …


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Fenway (2000-2015)

Posted on 03/04/2015 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Life

In August 2001 our first child (Hans, a dachshund) passed away from complications of Cushings Disease at age 11. Michelle went from never wanting another dog to wanting another dog NOW in a couple of weeks. We wanted another dachshund, however all we were finding were older, mean dogs in …


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That day you learn that your dog has cancer

Posted on 09/14/2014 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Fuck_Cancer

Fenway has cancer


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2258

Posted on 08/18/2014 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Travel

And with that, we have all the kids in college


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10000 days

Posted on 07/09/2014 in misc • Tagged with Personal

I met my wife exactly 10000 days ago


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10 things about ODonnellWeb

Posted on 06/24/2014 in misc • Tagged with Site-News, Personal, Blogs

10 random things about this website


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21st anniversary haiku

Posted on 08/19/2012 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Haiku

Halfway to 42!


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Stuff I learned on a road trip to Atlanta

Posted on 04/24/2012 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Travel, Atlanta

Atlanta road trip report


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9131

Posted on 02/21/2012 in misc • Tagged with Personal

9131 days ago I got really lucky


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Black Friday on Old Rag

Posted on 11/25/2011 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Virginia, Travel, Hiking

Black Friday with a different kind of crowd


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20th Anniversary Haiku

Posted on 08/19/2011 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Haiku

I can't believe she stuck has stuck around for 20 years :)


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Important Aug 19s in history

Posted on 08/19/2010 in misc • Tagged with Personal, History

The annual anniversary post


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How heavy metal lead to me meeting me wife

Posted on 08/12/2010 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Music, Purdue

Connecting the dots between metal and Michelle


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18th Anniversary Haiku

Posted on 08/19/2009 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Haiku

Shockingly, she still hasn't left me ;)


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Going out in style

Posted on 05/02/2009 in misc • Tagged with Personal

Breck wins his final competition as a youth fencer


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A Get Well Coconut

Posted on 10/08/2008 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Travel

I wish I could remember doing this


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