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“Work Together”
My three year old son Finn loves going to Chuck E. Cheese to play video games. I’m so happy about this. Some of my favorite moments as a child were spent in arcades playing video games. But what I...
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The Beach Boys, First Concerts, Hellos and Goodbyes
Last Friday I had the chance to see my favorite band in the world live one final time. What made the event even more special was that I got to experience it with my son Finn. It was his first...
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Fin
Today is my last day at the Portland Public Library. May 15 2010 at the Grand Reopening of the Portland Public Library Three years ago we came to Maine as a trio and now we leave as a quartet. We’re...
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Finn and The Dentist
He’s pretty awesome I used to write about my family, music, and other things on this blog a lot more in the past, but in the last few years I’ve focused solely on library stuff. I’ve been wanting to...
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3D Printed Mask
My oldest son Finn (aka the heir to the Hoenke family fortune) loves to dress up, so when I came across this awesome mask on Thingiverse I had to print it out for him. This is where the future of 3D...
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Happy Birthday Finn!
FIVE! Happy birthday Finn! You are five! You are awesome! You have one of the most unique personalities of any person I have ever met! Keep being you and amazing things will happen. I am proud of...
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Calm, cool, connected: Study suggests an hour of video games a day makes kids...
First and foremost, a big thank you to Casey Phillips of the Chattanooga Times Free Press for chatting with me and my son Finn about video games. Read the full article here: Calm, cool, connected:...
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Life and Libraries and 2014
2014 is coming to an end and every blogger and writer out there is going to be writing a year end recap of what’s going on and what to look forward to in 2015. I love these kinds of posts and I usually...
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Our Third Place
Young. Twenty-something. Full of energy, excitement, and the strong desire to change everything that you see around in the world. That’s why I got into this library thing and that’s how I started on...
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Little Things
I have written in the past about the little things and how I believe that they are extremely important when it comes to libraries. Here’s my own personal example of how the little things bring a...
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The Next Few Months
Over the next month of my life, I will be visiting some amazing places to talk about libraries. Next week, I’ll be in Lake Placid, NY for a few days to present at the New York Library Association...
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8720-9657-9344 NZ/AUS/PA
The answer to the question “Are you excited to be visiting New Zealand and Australia” is yes, I am excite. However, being a human being makes the situation more complex. I have thoughts and feelings...
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“Don’t ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after...
I am getting older. I like this. I feel more comfortable in my skin. My brain hurts less. The things that people say don’t affect me as much. I can do whatever the fuck I want with my life. I got this...
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THREE THINGS 2016.2
IT IS COLD It is cold these days in Northwest Pennsylvania (NWPA). I don’t really mind it at all. I think the body and the mind shut down a little bit once that happens and we go into a kind of...
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Happy Birthday Finn!
Happy birthday Finn! You are seven! Holy crap! Over the past year you’ve taken a really strong liking to Five Nights at Freddy’s, LEGO, and building characters out of clay. You have this amazing brain...
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THREE THINGS 2016.6
FIDELIA HALL I am a very anxious and constantly moving ahead kind of person. Fidelia Hall has been one of those projects in my life that has caused me to stop and think about who I am and how I can...
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THREE THINGS 2016.9
THANK YOU TECHNOLOGY Brief shout out to computers, the internet, and technology in general. It’s easy to be negative about technology and computers, especially since they are a bit confusing and...
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Play Video Games With Your Family
My son Finn turned 8 on January 17 and one of his gifts was his very own copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. My wife Haley and I have been playing the game for over three years and haven’t stopped...
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My Great Grandparents
Up until a few days ago I had never seen a photo of my great grandparents. I didn’t think I’d ever see a photo of them cause, well if I haven’t seen one so far in my 36.5 years I doubted I’d come...
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WEEK OF MUSIC: “Either Way I’m Fine”
It makes me so very happy to be able to put this new album out into the world. All of the albums that I have shared this week were written and recorded between 2004 and 2009. Once Haley and I started...
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