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I still remember the feeling—the mix of excitement and terror—as I packed the last box into a U-Haul after college. Two buddies of mine drove with me across…

My daughter, a collegiate soccer player, recently called me with some tough news. After months of grueling recovery from surgery on a torn tendon in her left…

Both my parents worked throughout my childhood. They were out of the house by 7am and usually didn't come home until 10pm at night. I developed my work ethic…

A few years back, my younger daughter Brooklyn came home from school and asked me what "thats what she said" jokes were. She was probably 10 years old at the…

My first blog post on Renato.mascardo.com/blog was on March 9, 2007. 16 years ago. The post was titled “Hello World!” to which I just wrote

My memory stinks. I blame not getting enough sleep as a kid. The TV show M.A.S.H. would come on at 11:30pm after the news and I would find myself sneaking…

I love the mathematical term "Local Maximum".

I actually started writing this blog post a couple months back but didn’t enjoy how it was coming together so I started from scratch. Not sure why but maybe…

Life can feel full of setbacks. All very random and of varying degrees. Not sure I would have predicted having a stroke in 2021 but it happened. Setbacks can…

First, let me take a step back. About ten years ago, I was about 60 pounds overweight and horribly out of shape. I told myself that I wanted to be alive for…

Very interesting TED Talk about Bertrand Piccard's quest to travel through the night in solar powered plane.

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I would like to personally thank Facebook for making me feel special on my birthday. I received over 50+ Happy Birthday notifications via Facebook. Some were…