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“It’s the edge. In that edge, which is so dangerous and so profitable on the other side, is where creation lives. It’s where it all happens. Whether it’s taking a risk on that ‘thing’ or you making a mistake and driving too fast and killing yourself. That point, where it happens, that’s where everything happens. If you don’t ever go there you, you just life a different kind of life.” – David Choe

A car

Acquire at least one CompTIA certifications.

Not that I can think of!

Doctors Without Borders

No

Probably a book from those book sales they had at school because I was (am) a bookworm.

Buy a house since we sold our house.

I am always surprised by my children and how quickly they learn and adapt to new situations.

Children’s Hopechest partners with organizations in the US to support orphanages and community centers in other countries through funding local initiatives.

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

Wow, that’s going back a looong time, but I’d have to guess it was some toy at a garage sale. I started delivering newspapers when I was 8 or 9, and saved the money I made.

Eat at a steak house.

My daughter left me a quick love note – totally made my day!

May not be a charity, but I spend an inordinate amount of time with our youth soccer club – Manalapan Soccer Club. I have been coaching for 7 years, and a member of the Board of Directors for 3 years.

51/49 – 51/49 means that in every relationship (business or personal), I want to give at least 51% of the value.

1998 Ford Bronco

Travel to Austin

Small towns closing down their main streets to allow restaurants to have outside dining

“I’m gonna shine out in the wild kindness” – David Berman

The album “A Hard Days Night” by The Beatles

Be able to go out with friends again.

How great it feels to get away from technology in my free time.

N/A

“At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. It’s about what you’ve done with those accomplishments. It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.” Denzel Washington

Clothes

Travel – go to a store – see family.

No

No

Do or do not, there is no try.

Gaming computer

I want to land a Heelflip

I found $20 in an old pair of pants

Skate for Change

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right” “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” =Wayne Gretzky

Pickup Truck

Personally, I want to be able to go out to dinner with family and friends, feel safe and not have to wear masks.

I have enjoyed how well things have gone at home with everyone being stuck in the house.

Wounded Warrior Project

“Life’s a wave, catch it.” – Unknown

A Slurpee from 7/11

Buy a car

How reliable my Sprint mobile hotspot was when I was working remotely in upstate NY and my WiFi got shut off.

I am a volunteer beach captain with Clean Ocean Action, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the marine waters of the NJ/NY coasts.

Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful – Warren Buffet

Bubble gum of course, I was like 6.

Listen to 6 audio books

How much I like Audible

Not really

A positive attitude brings much gratitude. Be positive, think positive, speak positive. Do it everyday, make it a habit.

Car

Sky Dive

I’ve learned how much I enjoy staying in, overnight out with the girls.

Raising the Stakes for a Miracle- Children’s Specialized Hospitals

“Nice hands, feet”

A pair of Jordans

Earn two IT certifications

No

No

We are the change we seek. – Barack Obama

Blockbuster rental of Spyro the Dragon for PS1

I’d like to pass a couple exams to get certified for my MCSA.

I traveled to Shenandoah recently. I was surprised by a deer who was walking around a trail and ended up following my girlfriend and I (at a distance of 5-10 yards) for 15 minutes.

The Nature Conservancy

“Trade your certainty for awe” – Silent Planet

iPhone 5

Write my own song on guitar

Not Really

N/A

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort

Fishing Lures

See my daughters safely off to college.

Yes – the rebound of the stock market since March

Scouting

I’m you’re Huckleberry.

With my first $350 under-the-table paycheck I received at 15 years old, I bought about 40 VHS tapes and a VCR from Walmart.

Honestly, I would just like to go somewhere with the family. Anywhere. We are pretty much sick of our house at this point.

Recently, even in the time we’re living in, I was able to host my niece and nephew at my house for the weekend which culminated in a cookout by the pool and bushel of crabs.

“Do nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism, but with humility consider others superior to you, as you look out not only for your own interests but also for the interests of others.” – Philippians 2:3

If we are talking the very first, probably candy.

Before the pandemic, I wanted to travel more. My new-found goal is to accomplish maximum curl definition with my natural hair.

…2020

Not Really, anyone that is related to Animals. I don’t have one specifically in mind.

N/A

A cassette tape of the Bruce Springsteen album “18 Tracks”.

Before the year ends, I’d like to be able to take a trip to the Caribbean. However, with current restrictions due to the coronavirus, I don’t know how likely that will be.

I’ve been surprised at how smoothly we’ve been able to transition from working in the office 100% of the time, to working from home 100% of the time. Although it did take a week or two to really get comfortable with a home office setup, I’m surprised at how much work I can still get done even when I’m not in the office.

American Diabetes Association (ADA). Diabetes has greatly affected my family and there is currently no cure for diabetes. The ADA does a great job of collecting and providing research to help those in need with this terrible condition.

No

Built my first computer

Take a weeklong vacation

No

I have been an active volunteer fire fighter for the past 15 years with the Marlboro Fire Company and still am today. We also regularly donate to the Sato Project. They rescue and rehabilitate dogs from Puerto Rico streets and beaches.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney

Video Camera

Join a golf club

My sister and her husband are having a baby girl.

Alzheimer’s Association

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Shorts

See a live Atlanta Falcons game

Yes, My daughter learning to swim on her own.

Gary Sinise Foundation

“What do I have to do to get a simple Persian rug with cherub imagery uuuuuuugh” – Kanye West, 2010

Flowers for my mom. Or a cheeseburger for myself. Don’t know. It’s been so long. Can’t say for sure…

I’d love to go out without fear of Covid, but… uh… Instead, let’s say completing some DIY renovations around the house.

Tomato quality at Shoprite baby!! Proof there is nothing major going on in my life.

Almost anything that gets high marks on Charity Watch or Charity Navigator.

I am very partial to “” but will occasionally indulge in ”.

Probably a ps2 game.

Make it to California in a 45-year-old deathtrap (and back).

How easy it is to change lower ball joints in a 1992 Volvo 240.

Goodwill with how they help to provide jobs to individuals who need a job to get a fresh start.

“Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop to look around everyone once in a while you might just miss it.”

1988 Pontiac Grand AM

Watch College Basketball

The open and willingness of the Domain team to help with anything they can.

Not really

“Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it.” – Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness

Bicycle

Close my first deal with Domain Computer Services

Starting with Domain Computer Services

I support any Autism or Suicide Prevention charities

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse!

CD’s

Get a COVID-19 Vaccine shot. 🙂

The ability of human beings to thrive despite a pandemic

Glen Mar United Methodist Church

Everyone should believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer.

Sony Walkman

Travel to Ashville, NC

The attitude and acceptance of remote work from home

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

N/A

When I got my first part-time job in high school, the first thing I bought was a MIDI keyboard.

I have been learning how to make music on a Maschine and would like to produce a track that I’m satisfied with.

This past month, I purchased an Instant Pot as I read about pressure cooking. Cooking has always been a very enjoyable hobby for me, but this device has changed the game for me entirely. It has added so much variety and options for cooking.

Doctors Without Borders

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry “We’re going to need a bigger boat”

Sega Genesis

Healthy family, friends, and colleagues

It has surprised me that with all the bad vibes going on in the world right now, I’ve reacted in the opposite manner that I would have expected. I feel more patient, compassionate, and thoughtful when considering other people. More aware of my place in the world and how fortunate I am.

I do not have a charity that I’m involved with. If I was to, I think it would be something to do with foster care. Not a charity but giving kids a fair shot is to me is critically important to our future.

Don’t stop until you’re proud & “Live like you were dying” -Tim McGraw

Lemons & Sugar (I used to have a lemonade stand at my beach house every weekend when I was little for people driving/walking by)

Reach my goal weight of 140lbs, only 15lbs to go!!!

My level of motivation and lifestyle changes! I have been sticking to healthy eating and getting my daily exercise in every day 🙂

4ocean – funding goes to their claim of cleaning trash from oceans

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston S. Churchill

Car – It was a Dodge Diplomat and happened to be a retired cop car

Clean up my house and get rid of old junk that is taking up space.

Our ability to remain productive while most of our workforce is working from home.

Best Buddies – They are focused on helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities become more socially accepted.

“When you find yourself cocooned in isolation and despair and cannot find your way out of the darkness, remember that this is similar to the place where caterpillars go to grow their wings.”

New beds for one of my 2 aunts who have cerebral palsy.

Finish my living room =). As a lot of you know I absolutely love home projects and interior design especially DIY.

My fiance does the laundry without me asking.

I don’t have any specific one. I am part of an organization called angels in the night located in the lower east Manhattan. We serve our community in many different ways primarily the homeless. Going into the new school year now and we will be focusing on children 3-18 and supplying them with school supplies. Many families have been hit hard by the pandemic we hope to help provide them with the essentials and more.

The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing

Guitar

Seal my basement

My son sneakily shooting me with a garden hose.

St Judes

“If you approach and engage people with respect and empathy, the seemingly impossible can become real.” – Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Cell Phone

Propose to my lady.

I have been pleasantly surprised how businesses have adapted in the midst of this pandemic. Some have failed, but others have thrived and I find bridging that gap in the face of disaster is something to learn from, especially in terms of leadership.

N/A

“The world is run by those who show up.” – Robert B Johnson “Done is better than perfect” “Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing” – John D. Rockefeller

Car, of course 😉

My wife and I would love to go on a trip. Let’s hope we can all help to contain COVID-19 and open the world again.

My two little boys surprise me every day!

Boys and Girls Clubs of America

“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” – Oscar Gamble

My first real electric guitar, an Epiphone Les Paul Custom

Play at least one live show in front of a live crowd; not Virtual

I showed up onsite to a client on my birthday to see our contact had balloons and cupcakes waiting for me as a birthday surprise

Doctors without Borders

“Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.” Arnold Palmer

Most likely a video game

Break 80

How well the team has responded to a great deal of adversity and a constantly changing environment

St. Judes

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety” Benjamin Franklin

Remote control airplane

Catch up on Flying lessons.

Nothing new.

Catholic Charities of Trenton.

Today’s special moments are tomorrow’s memories. – Gene

I can’t remember. Lol I do remember the first thing I bought as an Adult with my own money was my car. 🙂

I would love to go to Florida to see my Dad’s side of the family for Thanksgiving.

I got a letter in the mail from a friend i haven’t spoke to in a while just to check in on how I was during this pandemic. I did not expect to get a letter in the mail. It was exciting and definitely a surprise. 🙂

Heroin-Kills NJ is a Christian non-profit organization who’s soul purpose is to get people who are battling addiction the help they need to get clean. Here is their site with more info – https://heroinkillsnj.org

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, JR.

Lunch

Weekend at a Beach House

The resilience and adaptability of children

Equal Justice Initiative – founded by Bryan Stevenson, the attorney whose story is chronicled in the movie, Just Mercy https://eji.org/

“Yes but what about second breakfast?”-Pippin, Lord of the Rings “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is Strength” -George Orwell

“There’s that word again, heavy. Why are things so heavy in the future is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull” -Emmett Brown, Back to the Future

GameBoy Pocket and Super Mario Land 2- What a waste.

Finish a glass of bourbon while sitting in a rocking chair on the back porch in the Fall while it rains.

Kris’s “real” chainsaw- I was pleasantly surprised it could cut something stronger than warm butter.

Non-Profits- Ten Thousand Villages, Habitat for Humanity.

You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming and encouraging your greatest asset. – Tom Hopkins

Food

Enjoy a meal inside a restaurant with friends without any concerns

How well people are handling the pandemic in Philly.

No

I reject your reality and substitute my own! – Adam Savage

Probably food, but my first big purchase was a custom ordered gaming PC

Go on vacation

No

No

The time is always right to do what is right.- MLK

Watermelon Now&Later candies, 5 cents from 7-Eleven

Travel

Yes, how remote work has been productive.

Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nintendo 64

Go camping for a weekend with the family.

Maybe not surprised but definitely impressed with how the whole team at Domain has come together and really stepped up their game during the past few months.

HomeFront, NJ – Helping families break the cycle of poverty in Mercer County

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that.“ – Rocky Balboa

Metallica CD (do people remember those)

Travel somewhere away from the Northeast.

The amount of work and what we can accomplish in a remote environment.

No, I don’t have any charities, I know I am an awful person.

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” – Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando, The Godfather)

Not sure. Probably first significant independent purchase was 1st car

Actually go somewhere for vacation.

No

Humane Society

‘You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” – Wayne Gretzky – Michael Scott

A GTX 750Ti graphics card for my first computer

Take a road trip down to Texas to see my family

I recently learned that ‘brussel sprouts’ are actually spelled ‘brussels sprouts’

Lebanese Queer Relief Fund (for victims of the explosion and further LGBT+ oppression in Beirut)

Attitude makes the Difference

Car

See my granddaughters in FL

My adjustment to working from home

Anderson-Snyder Memorial Fund

“I am who I am. Your approval isn’t needed.” (I have a picture with this hanging in my basement) and of course “I’m your Huckleberry”

Shoot I can’t even remember the last thing I bought. Maybe baseball cards

Get back to normal life

My kids wanting to go back to school even though they can’t.

No

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin

A snack

Travel

How well we adjusted to working remotely.

The Sentencing Project

“So often times it happens we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key” The Eagles “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans” – John Lennon

Probably a video game!

I would like to contribute to the team to help them meet their yearly goal and help bring on a ton of clients from the new merger.

My fiancé and I just adopted a puppy and I am pleasantly surprised that I don’t mind waking up to walk him at 3 AM because he’s so cute!

Friendship Circle of Central NJ, which is an organization for special needs kids. I volunteered there all throughout high school and still try to participate in events whenever I can!

Family is not an important thing. It’s everything

I worked for a few days and like half a week and then I got my first cash in hand, I ran to the store for a really nice pair of Brahma Boots.

I want to learn how to play an instrument

My wife surprised me with new sneakers, favorite color, size, all perfect, she knows I love Sneakers!!

Not really at the moment