Guestbook Archives
1999


Name: Luciana
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Rio de Janeiro
Time: 1999-12-27 09:36:45
Comments: I want to wish you all the Happiest New Year, may all your wishes come true and may God protect and bless you all!! FELIZ 2000!!! Joe, thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to be in contact again! 

Name: Graça Teixeira Lopes
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Portugal
Time: 1999-10-25 13:14:29
Comments: What a great idea... Hope to surf in more often and look up some "lost" faces. Best luck.

Name: Larry Stabb
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-10-20 19:24:52
Comments: Some thoughts regarding this weekend. I will be arriving on Friday night in Avalon. All are welcome to arrive any time after 8 P.M. If you are arriving before 1 P.M on Saturday please let me know. Also do not forget to bring plenty of pictures both old and new. I do have a carousel slide projector and screen if you want to use that format. I have a VCR also. If anybody has a digital camera please bring it, If we have that and a laptop we can get the pictures right out! My stereo is kind of beat so a boom box would also be welcome. If I'm missing anything please let me know and we'll get it out to all. Larry

Name: larry stabb
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-10-17 19:30:12
Comments: For those of you who are coming; please call me if you have any questions. From the Garden State Parkway: take exit 13 . Head East towards the ocean At your first traffic light take a right. The streets are sequentially numbered. You will enter the island around 30th st. make a right and head south until you reach 74th st. Make a right, we are the large green house on the bay. Our address is 315 74th St. The phone number is 609-368-5456. For those of you who who will be staying at my house; please bring your own sheets and towel. Double sheets will suffice for most of the beds. I would like phone confirmation from all if possible. I can be reached at home at 609-261-5234 or at work at 800-234-4656. I get new confirms every day but we are trying to buy supplies for all and would appreciate verified confirms from all. Please respond as soon as possible. Larry.

Name: Larry Stabb
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-09-28 20:03:55
Comments: Back again. I'm sorry I have'nt been able to respond to everyone quickly or in entirety. My limited command of this contraption and hectic schedule have proven to be a perplexing combination. I need to hear back from all who are attending by PHONE so that I can provide you with necessary information. My numbers are as follows: 609-261-5234 (H) and 800-234-4656 (W). Can't wait to hear from you all. Please hurry. Larry

Name: Bertorello (Ezzet), Milissa
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Sunnyvale, CA
Time: 1999-09-28 14:43:13
Comments: Hello.

Name: Larry A. Stabb
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-09-15 18:28:45
Comments: I've received a great response, 20 plus are interested in attending. And with the tragic exception of Sue Onorato the general consensus is for Oct. 23. Also general but not overwhelming opinion is that we bring spouses and children the next time. The date is set! However hotel space is limited. I need return correspondance confirming you are coming. Additional suggestions and ideas are also welcome. Please let me know if you need a hotel room. I'm trying to negotiate a group rate but there are only 8 rooms left at present at the hotel nearest to my house. Time to get back to me and get this off the ground.

Name: Larry Stabb
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-09-07 20:40:17
Comments: OK gang here is the plan. I have a large home in Avalon, NJ that is on the water and is a tremendous place for a party. Avalon is approx. 20 miles south of Atlantic City. Get your atlas out if your still not sure about where I'm talking about. I've narrowed it down to the following weekends. Please let me know if there is a real strong feeling about either of these dates October 16,1999 or October 23, 1999. There are hotels only 5 blocks away that should be very reasonable in the off-season. Once we've nailed down a date I will post the names of the Hotels along with all pertinent information. Please contact me ASAP. For those making extraordinary arrangements or could use the break financially I do have limited space in the house itself. By the way, are we including spouses? children? How do you all feel. Do you know anybody who can get there hands on some Brahma Chopp? Ideas, suggestions let's go! Larry

Name: Larry Stabb
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Jersey
Time: 1999-08-25 18:22:33
Comments: As seen in a previous guestbook entry; Ed and I have discussed a re-union for the gang here in the East. There appears to be some good interest so we need to move this forward. I need to hear back electronically or the old fashioned telephone from all of those who have an interest in attending. Please include any suggestions such as time, place etc. along with ways for me to reach you real time. Of course this goes out to all who are interested in attending except Joe since we've all caught up with him to a sufficient extent. (just kidding) Initial thoughts Ed and I have are to plan this for around late Sept. or early Oct. Neither of us are thinking along too grand a scale. Maybe a picnic or something along those lines. Original location ideas included the Jersey shore or southern CT. Please rush these responses as quickly as possible so I have sufficient time to procrastinate and still find a way to get this done. Can't wait to hear from you all. Larry 609-261-5234

Name: Luciana Santos
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Rio de Janeiro
Time: 1999-08-25 06:31:17
Comments: Hi everyone!!! I just want to update my e-mail addresses: SantosL@state.gov AND lucianasantos18@hotmail.com . Um grande beijo para todos voces!!!

Name: Susan Onorato Ronan
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Danbury, CT
Time: 1999-08-18 02:04:32
Comments: Had a blast at the 79 Reunion in VA.last month!!! Saw Patti "Hallberg" ,Michele "Lalumia" and Cathy "Cagel" from our class. Don't miss the 81 East Coast Reunion because getting together with friends from over 20 years ago is intense to say the least. Check out the 79 EA site to see some photos.

Name: Joanne Trimper
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: EA class of 81
Time: 1999-07-20 21:31:09
Comments: Been all over and done a lot of things since EA, but I'm now living in NYC and editing cartoons. I've changed my name to Giovanna Godard- Gg. (I was an actress for about 12 years in LA, hence the name change.) Love to hear from you all.

Name: Joanne Trimper
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: EA class of 81
Time: 1999-07-20 21:15:17
Comments: My name is now Giovanna Godard and I live in NYC.

Name: Eddie Schick
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: West Hartford, CT
Time: 1999-07-03 17:45:34
Comments: To those of you Class of '81 living in the northeast (New England, PA, et al), I was talking with Larry Stabb last week and we were thinking of organizing a reunion for September? What does the galera think? Let me know. abracos, Eddie

Name: Lorna Leighton
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: new york, ny
Time: 1999-06-19 03:01:57
Comments: thanks! this is great!

Name: Joan Sarratt (Bardo)
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Demorest, GA
Time: 1999-06-18 14:47:09
Comments: Greetings, former classmates! I've been off line for awhile. It's a treat to see all the new names of long-lost friends, especially Roxanne and Leslie. I finished school at Emory and am now practicing the art and science of nurse-midwifery here in the North GA mountains. STILL no children yet...my parents accuse me of holding out for the millenium. If any of you happen to brave those lonely country roads, feel free to drop on by!

Name: Roxanne (Hernandez) Coyne
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Los Angeles
Time: 1999-05-04 01:26:41
Comments: Hey, Kids! What an incredible feeling to look at your class directory and see ALL THOSE familiar names! And I wasn't even in your class! Lots of memories there...... wow. Joe, three cheers for you putting up this site and inviting this wonderful cyberspace correspondence. Our classmates are spread far and wide and our lives are as different as they could possibly be. But we've all got EA in common forever, for better or for worse. And I bet if we met up again tomorrow, even after all those years, we'd just pick up where we left off. Because inside, we're all really about five years old, anyway! I've never been back to Rio since I left in 1981. My husband thinks he's going to get mugged seven ways from Sunday as soon as he steps out of the plane. What do I tell him????? Is it really THAT bad? He's making ME paranoid! I'd love to correspond with any of you out there. So drop a line when you can and we'll fofocar until our arms collapse from carpal tunnel. love you guys! roxanne

Name: Tracey Snodgrass Gillette
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Pleasanton, CA
Time: 1999-04-12 11:46:53
Comments: What an amazing find!!! Thanks to Cathy Choate for cluing me into an amazing trip down memory lane! I guess I am not the only one with fond memories of my time at EA (1975-1977). I've lived alot of life since those crazy days and am now happily married to a great guy and living in Pleasanton, CA. My husband, Keith Gillette, is an Attorney with a Maritime Engineering background. Together, we've seen a great deal of the world and hope to continue our travels into the future. Recently we entered the world of parenthood and are happily doting on our 4 month old son - Jack Gillette. Of course, we think he is just the best!!! I am working as the Director of Accounting for an Entertainment Software company in the outer Silicon Valley. All-in-all life is busy, hectic, and wonderful. (We gotta enjoy the good times!!!) Dewretha (Lange) Isherwood was a recent guest at our home. We had a wonderful time talking about the past, present and future. Thanks, Joe, for making this possible!

Name: Gina Johnson
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Referred by: AOL
From: Millersville, MD
Time: 1999-04-08 17:06:13
Comments: I attended EA for a semester in 1977. I did not graduate from EA but would have been in the class of 1980. My father was the elementary school principle at EA at the time, Mr. Johnson.

Name: Susan Onorato Ronan
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Danbury CT
Time: 1999-04-07 20:02:48
Comments: This is just too cool for me. My sister, Cindy told me about these EA web sites and I regret not visiting sooner. I can't even express how I felt going thru everyone's messages and photos. Renewed memories have not left my head since! Well I guess I'll start after leaving Rio in 1978. Before returning to the states for high school my family went to Machu Pichu, Peru. What a spiritual place. It reminded me of the cover of Led Zep's Houses of the Holy. CT was a culture shock. In High School I was "that chick from Brazil". Graduated from UCONN with a degree in Early Childhood. Visited my parents in Saudi Arabia during winter break and continued on to Cairo to tour the pyramids, etc. Pretty exciting huh? Now I find myself in Danbury CT. Married for 13 years to the best guy in the world,Bob. We have 2 boys, Douglas-9 and Daniel-6. I'm doing the Mommy thing. Created my own little preschool in our renovated playroom for 5 years and now I'm still very much involved with programs for young children thru my volunteer work with United Way's Children First Org. building playgrounds and working with the town's Parks & Recreation Dept. I teach Art classes, kindergarten religion, run a den of 12 bear scouts and organize most of the boy's school's PTO activities and Cultural events. Oddly enough the school has a bilingual program because Danbury has a large Spanish and Portugese speaking community. I've had the occasion to use my portugese with some of the students. I can understand them but for some reason they laugh at my attempts to respond. I've been thinking about taking some Port. classes at night so that maybe I can use my past experience of living in Rio for some good. Yeh- I'm the stay at home mom!? Oh yeah ,I also work partime for a friend's landscaping supply business.(at least I get paid for that) I still love the sun, the surf and rock-n-roll. Some things never change. I'm thinking of heading for the reunion this summer in VA. Are any 81ers planning on going? Hope to hear from you soon. I'll always remember our great dance parties and all the fun we had at school!!!!!Here's to technology and bringing those fading memories back. BYE...Suzi-Q

Name: Cassio
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-04-06 00:25:01
Comments: Oi gente: Minha irmazinha acabou de oficialmente anunciar a data do seu casamento (dia 31 de julho), de modo que por volta dessa data estarei pagando as primeiras 10 cervejas pra quem aparecer num lugar ainda nao determinado (provavelmente o bar preferido do Philipao) e aguentar o meu papo de gringo workaholic, pai de familia, ex-atleta (the older I get, the better I was), e metido a esperto. Mais tarde (provavelmente na vespera) a gente acerta os detalhes.

Name: Carlos Lummus
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Newark, DE
Time: 1999-04-01 21:58:53
Comments: Como vai y'all. Been a long time, I guess. Well, I'm currently working as a lawyer for First Union National Bank in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office where I manage litigation throughout the Northeastern U.S. and S. Florida (including Latin American bank litigation!) and am currently living in Newark, Delaware (although we'll be moving back up to Pennsylvania this year). I've been married for a little over 5 years now, and Heather and I have two beautiful little monsters, Lauren (3 years) and Andrew (8 months). It's great to read about what everybody's been up to. I'll try and keep coming back. Take care and maybe talk to many of you soon.

Name: Karla Redig
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-04-01 15:25:46
Comments: The reunion thursday night at Pizzaria Guanabara was quite a blast. Unfornately no too many people showed up. Those presents were: Lia Ecker (and future daughter), Luciana Santos and husband, Philip Greenman, Anna Nystrom, Vera Waissman, Carmen Ferreira, Andrea Chateaubriand and myself. On monday night I had the chance to meet up with Eric Willner, Vera Waissman, Tony Pires and Philip. Foi muito legal. On Monday , April 5th, we are planning to meet at Cobal Humaitá, since Nicole Huber will be in town. So it's time to show up, those classmates in Rio. I am sure that those who are away, would love to join us. Pictures were taken and will be sent soon. Joe, OBRIGADA, for making all this possible. Happy Easter to all the members of Class of 81. Karla

Name: Andrea Michelle Seiger
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Referred by: Net Search
From: Washington, DC
Time: 1999-03-25 09:07:37
Comments: Wow, what an amazing surprise to find all of you guys, and the link to the class of '81!!! Have wondered about a lot of people over the years...high tech certainly has its advantages! Hope to get back in touch with people whom I haven't seen since I left EA in 1979. Hello to all, Andrea Seiger

Name: Heith Root
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: San antonio, TX
Time: 1999-03-23 22:37:14
Comments: Hey, everyone...It's great to find out what you all are up to. I hope to catch up on the past 20 years sometime. It was fun (I'm still not believing it) getting together with Joe in Dallas. Rich, I know it's my turn to call you. Matthew (Tico), congrats...I'm happy to here about your recent Daddyhood. Pedro Kato, Congrats to you as well. What? Of course I remember you! Cathy, lets get back in touch. Hi, Michelle...I hope to get in touch soon.(say hi to Susan)Karla, It's about time we bumped into each other at some movie theatre. I'll be looking. I could keep going but it would take all friggin' night. Webmaster Joe, THANKS for providing the medium for this great reunion! (who would have thought it would happen like this) Heith San Antonio, TX

Name: Pietro Di Leonardo
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Glendale. AZ
Time: 1999-03-17 23:57:57
Comments: Joe, thanks for tracking me down. It was rather strange looking at some of the pictures.... All is well. I'm married to Helen and we have two wonderful kids, Marianna (4) and Paul (1 1/2). Take care and keep in touch. Pietro

Name: Stacy Cox Pronko
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Referred by: From a Friend
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Time: 1999-03-15 05:36:50
Comments: Greetings to all you E.A'ers class of 1981. I'm now in Dubai, U.A.E. with my husband David and our two kids, Nicholas (5) and Molly (8 months). We've been here three years now and I am enjoying the expat life. My husband is a pilot with Emirates airline. We still have a house in the states that we go to in the summers. I sure hope that more of us from that photo log on! Does anyone know what happened to Karen Preto, Peter Jackson, Debbie Banks...? There are a whole bunch of us missing. Well, take care and please stay in contact! Thanks Joe for doing this, I'll stay in touch. I gotta tell DeWretha Laing about this place!

Name: Eric A. Willner
Website: none yet
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Ft. Lauderdale
Time: 1999-03-07 23:36:45
Comments: Hey

Name: miriam jordan
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: New Delhi, India
Time: 1999-03-06 09:50:37
Comments: Oi gente! It has been a long time, and the twists and turns of fate have led me to many faraway places. Since university, I have made Mexico, Brazil, Israel and Hong Kong home. India is my current abode. Luckily, in 1990 I found a wonderful man with the same wanderlust, with whom to share my life. Since getting married in 1993, we have had two children. Twin girl Maya and twin boy Daniel, now nearly 2.5-years-old, cross the globe with us. Jonathan Karp, my husband, and I are with the Wall Street Journal. We expect to be in New Delhi another year or so. Depois, soh Deus sabe! As several of you know, I carry my friends with me -- inside -- wherever I go. If you can't visit us in New Delhi, we are usually in Savannah, Georgia, in July. And sometimes even Rio. Or, just keep in touch. Hope to see you soon. Todo Carinho and All the Best, Miriam 20 Nizamuddin East New Delhi 110013 INDIA tel (91-11) 464-9454 fax (91-11) 464-9455

Name: Andrea Chateaubriand
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Argentina/Brazil/USA
Time: 1999-02-24 12:46:56
Comments: Que loucura, o mundo, que uma vez parecia tao enorme, esta ficando pequenino com internet. Beijos Andrea

Name: Andrew C. Huber
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Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Philadelphia area
Time: 1999-02-23 11:18:16
Comments: After all the years of wondering what ever happened to various class mates, and where they are, I've now discovered a way to possibly locate some of them!! In addition to posting my email address I'd also like to post my phone number (609-795-2251)as well as my address; 211 Woodland Ave., Haddonfield, New Jersey, 08033. My first at bat with this new toy, I emailed and heard from Timmy Huber, Gilbert Brown, and Joe Musgrave. I look forward to hearing from many more alumni!!!

Name: Cathy Cagle Choate
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Arlington, Virginia
Time: 1999-02-17 20:17:46
Comments: Hi all! In my excitement over finding this website, I didn't realize my previous message was going out to all of you - okay, I didn't read the directions. I always did have a problem with that! So permit me a little moer space to say hello and tell you that life is good here in Arlington, Virginia. I'm married with two children - Rebecca, 2 1/2, and Adam, almost 1. I became a stay-at-home mom after Adam was born. Before that, I was a manager for a financial services company. Since I left Rio in '77, I have remembered my three years at EA with the very fondest of memories. Put me in my car, listening to Bread (on the oldies station!) with bus fumes coming into the car and I'm transcended to the best part of my childhood - ! Since finding this website I have been remembering some fabulous memories. I'm proud to say that Michelle LaLumia and I have stayed very good friends all these years - she's been there for me through the best (we were in each other's weddings!) and worst. This website is so much 

Name: Michelle LaLumia
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: Atlanta
Time: 1999-02-16 12:50:34
Comments: Hi everybody! Cathy Cagle clued me in to this site and I'm oh so excited to find all of you! I left Rio after eighth grade graduation (Joe, I can't believe you put the program up!) and my three years there now seem like some magical dream. Living in Atlanta since 1990, when I married Marc Wright. Two cats, one dog, no kids. I'm a writer for a huge medical software company, McKessonHBOC. Life is good, even better now that I have found this place to revive all the good memories.

Name: Aaron Root
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: San Antonio, TX
Time: 1999-02-15 23:39:21
Comments: It was great visiting with you Joe!! Remember, we'll be in Dallas once a month for another year, so I plan to get together again, this time we'll drive out to your neck of the woods, yes?

Name: Catherine Cagle Choate
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: at ea '74-'77/arlington, va
Time: 1999-02-15 21:29:26
Comments: Hi Joe - I don't know if you remember me but I have the fondest of memories of my EA days. I got this web site address from Aaron Root. I'm in touch with Michelle LaLumia, Tracey Snodgrass, Mike Hunter, Tico Brocchini. My heart just pounded when I saw the class photo. I wish I'd been in it. Wow - what fun. How neat that you did this.

Name: GiGi Reusch
Website: N/A
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Coral Springs, FL
Time: 1999-02-12 13:22:25
Comments: Oh so fine it is to see u all once again in this age of internet technology. How easily we ride on this vast super highway...so, I went to Michigan State, froze my bunda off, met a nice guy, married him for the wrong reasons, moved to WDC and worked for an international telecomm company...Travelled extensively, split up with the nice guy for the right reasons, fell in love for real and moved to NYC where I really grew up. Got fed up with the city, moved to Jersey, still worked for same telecomm. company. Had alot of fun, did some bad stuff (meaning really good stuff), did some really good stuff(had my son), and learned what it is to be a mom, and a wife. Life brought us down to Richmond, VA after I got fed up with Jersey...Worked for a Business News radio station and ran the sales division. True love got in real trouble, and again I learned somemore about motherhood. Decided to redefine committment. So, True love and I and Bubba moved on down to paradise. After unpacking the U-haul, I began working for a little start-up company. Helped build the company. Still there. In the meantime, learned how to swim well, became part of a team, competed...On the side, worked and swam at the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Taught kids how to swim. Now, I don't compete much, but learned that having and nurturing a passion is a good thing. Also, had baby boy number 2, and realized that I am enjoying being a mother - alot. Tis a good, solid thing. Anyway, true love got in real trouble, again. Couldn't help him, couldn't help him help himself. Got divorced, cried. Kids cried, but I learned again this interesting thing about motherhood - not only is it good, but you always should act how you wish your kids to act. In other words, tried to set a strong example in the midst. Only hope they'll understand in the future...So, true love is now a Big Lesson, and a Big Scar. Ouch, I say, at times. A while ago bought a house; decided to build my kingdom...tis a good thing to stand up and stand tall. Kids are cool, true gringos; gotta take them to Brasil soon. Big guy is the consummate scholar/athlete, little one is simply a large terror, and chooses to eat the world..."Watch out" I'm thinking, cuz he will never hold back. So, I am cool, enlightened, fine and wonderful, and at times wistful, crusty crabby, but - Hey Give Me a Break- always memorable...I am a mom, and a friend, a worker, manager, sister, aunt, daughter, classmate...so many roles to play, so many lives in one. As most of us do, I carry my treasures with me; memories of EA, memories of farras, loucuras, etc. e tal are folded neatly and somewhere near the top of my magic bag....... Hope you are all content!! Gi

Name: Rick Needham
Website: The Better Bettor
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Palo Alto, California
Time: 1999-02-06 00:12:43
Comments: Ola .. just got back from an interesting evening with Chris Redfield, Casio Conceicao, Luis Conceicao, Robert Asperlag, and Alex Santoro ... needless to say .. some chopps were consumed .. maybe a big time reunion is in order! Rick Needham "preciso presunto"

Name: vera waissman
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Referred by: From a Friend
From: rio de janaeiro , brasil
Time: 1999-01-16 11:59:57
Comments: Gente ! O que eh isso?! Joe, voce estah de parabens !!!! Loved joining this great page. Hope everyone has 365 day of happiness in 1999. Gente feliz 1999 ;-) vera

Name: Joe Musgrave
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From
Time: 1999-01-13 16:59:20
Comments: I don't know how many of you still read this guestbook, but I have to pass on a new Internet Service Provider (ISP) that I am using for FREE. Their url is www.netzero.net. All you have to do is download their software, install it, fill out a simple profile, and you have free internet connection. The downsides are that they use a dialer that connects you to their service that puts a pop up window with advertising that is there continuosly. I just move mine up to the upper right hand corner, use the highest resolution that I can (in my case 1024X768), and I forget that it is even there. Also, if you don't click on an ad every thirty minutes you get an annoying pop up inactivity message. Every 20 minutes or so I click on an ad and it takes me to that company's page. After it starts loading, I click on the back button and I'm back to what I was doing. You even get POP mail service (however, I think I found out that there is a restriction on how many e-mails per day and I am awaiting a response on how many). If you chose to use them, then be sure to look at their Support page and set up the dialer with the proper configuration for better service. By the way, I am connected right now at 50000bps, so clearly their dialups in my area support 56K.

Name: John White
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
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Time: 1999-01-01 20:05:19
Comments: Happy 1999 to All. Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable New Years Celebration. It's really great to see that more EA'ers have been contacted and added to the class list. Joe, keep up the good job with the Web page, it's looking great!!

Name: Heith Root
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Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: San Antonio, TX
Time: 1999-01-01 15:04:41
Comments: It's good to back in touch! I wish Aaron and I could have graduated with you all; it was really hard to leave. There are a few classmates I'm in occasional contact with so I'll get them in the loop. Chegou a hora de matar saudades. Ate logo....Heith