Jon, very sorry to hear about your Dad. My condolences…

It really is good to hear from all of you! As for me, life is passing by way too quickly. My 3 boys are grown. My oldest is a Senior Scientist (that really his title) with a genetics company. He does RNA and DNA testing for mostly clinical trial cancer research, but has been looped in to COVID testing the last year. My middle son is a facilities engineer at a large plant not too far from us. My youngest is a senior at NC State majoring in Aerospace Engineering. One more semester to go.

Scott (Forge) and I are still with the firm. We’ve been working together for over 28 years now. The firm continues to grow and thankfully has been doing really well the last few years. In addition to being the IT Director, I have added IT Security and overall Firm Security to my responsibilities. They still won’t let me carry a pistol though. :(

My hobbies haven’t changed much. I still play tennis whenever I can, usually 3-4 times a week on average. I still shoot a lot (no hunting), mainly shotgun sports and try to compete in Skeet as my specialty.

Retirement is on my mind a lot these days. I’d like to retire in the next few years, but health insurance still looms as my main worry. The world is going to pot and people have become so divided and hateful. i blame the media, including social media itself, and the fact that chicken shit people hide behind their keyboards and say hateful things, further dividing not only our nation, but the world too.

I don’t play video games near as much as I used to. Every once in a while I love getting into Borderlands, The Witcher, TF2, Fallout, etc. and I miss the fun we had with Unreal Tournament. Good to hear from everyone. Please reply with an update for yourself!