Caine's RSS Feed http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:56:38 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss VillageMaker 60 At long last the moment we have been waiting for has arrived - D-Day!  That means Dirt Day! When we closed on our new home in July 2009, we kicked off a project of land clearing including tree removal and substantial excavation.  There was essentially no front yard for the house, and http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/6000?from=rss Caine http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/6000#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/6000 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:56:38 GMT Our daughter Meghan got married in September as described in another post on this site.  Her husband, Ajay, is from India.  So it was important for Meghan and Ajay to also have a marriage ceremony in India, and the wedding was held on December 4th. I was fortunate to join them for http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/5367?from=rss Caine http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/5367#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/5367 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:00:17 GMT Our daughter, Meghan, got married on Sunday, September 28, 2008.  It was a wondeful day and evening, in every regard.  Held at Ponzi Vineyard, outside Portland, OR, the weather was absolutely perfect, and the vines heavy with grapes ready to be harvested furnished the backdrop. This first http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/5069?from=rss Caine http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/5069#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/5069 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:27:02 GMT This year, Real Pro Systems employees and a few friends formed a softball team to play in the Eugene, OR city league.  It's all for fun, as many of us haven't played in years, if we ever played at all.  Donald Hansen organized a series of practices, coached us, and got us going on the http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/4097?from=rss Caine http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/4097#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/4097 Thu, 22 May 2008 10:16:56 GMT Cindy and I love to mountain bike, and our favorite ride is in Sisters, Oregon.  Sisters is located "on the dry side" of the mountains, east of Eugene.  The climate is sunny and dry, not what comes to mind when most people think of Oregon.  It's a small tourist town of about 1,000 http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/4096?from=rss Caine http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/4096#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/4096 Wed, 21 May 2008 17:33:18 GMT I attended the Jamesville-DeWitt High School Class of '72 30th reunion in August, 2002.  All these incredibly young and good looking people! At that time I took a lot of pictures, and always meant to get them onto a CD for distribution.  That approach is soooo 2002!! Now I have a http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/3228?from=rss Caine http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/3228#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/3228 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:07:29 GMT From the annals of time comes this blast from the past.  I recently came across photographs taken at a band practice when I was a sophomore in high school.  As for when this was, the only thing I'll admit to is that it was a long time ago! Three other friends and I comprised the very http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2225?from=rss Caine O'Brien http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2225#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2225 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:30:48 GMT Music has always been my passion.  But with a long career in technology companies, there hasn't been a lot of time to spend on my pastimes. A few years ago that began to change when I was asked if I would join a couple of other guys and play music for a fundraiser at a hospital.  One http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2160?from=rss Caine O'Brien http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2160#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2160 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:04:27 GMT I live on the west coast now, but I grew up in Syracuse, New York.  Most folks on the west coast assume all of New York State is a suburb of New York City, but nothing could be further from the truth.  One-fourth of NYS is a forest preserve! "Upstate New York" is one of http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2180?from=rss Caine O'Brien http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2180#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2180 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:00:00 GMT Our niece, Allison O'Brien, got married in August of 2006, in Fayetteville, NY.  Cindy and I were able to make the trip, along with our daughter Kate.  It was a great day- lovely ceremony, and terrific reception afterward at the Craftsman in Fayetteville.Weddings are great http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2168?from=rss Caine O'Brien http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2168#Comments http://www.realprovillage.com/Caine/Posts/2168 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:03:53 GMT