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February 2026 - Mitch is admitted to the Fall class at NY Law School.
January 2025 - Max travels to Indonesia as part of the Gabelli scholarship program.
January 2026 - Chris, Matt, Alex, Wm, Yvonne, and Jim spend a long weekend together in Ft. Lauderdale.
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November 2025 - Bob leaves the hospital after winning his fights with esophageal cancer and Afib.
In Nov '24 Bob's cardiologist hospitalizes him for...
...heart issues and puts in a pacemaker.
In Feb '25 his endocronologist diagnoses prostrate cancer
...but before the doctors can treat it, they discover esophigal cancer.
They put in a feeding tube, which remains for 5 months, and start radiation and chemo.
Neither works, and Bob decides to have the cancer surgically removed.
It takes 13 hours, two surgeons, and a robot, but the surgery works.
To add insult to injury though, fluid starts to build around his heart
...requiring another surgery to make a permanent drain.
Twice after, Bob's heart stops due to afib, requiring cardio-versions.
But finally, after 35 days in the hospital, losing 70 pounds, undergoing two operations, and enduring countless procedures ... FREEDOM.
There's still more radiation to come for the prostrate cancer, but with Jane's continuing support...
and Karen's,
...and Kevin's, and the rest of his family's, he'll beat this too.
Novermber 2025 - Mitch takes the LSAT's while gaining legal experience working at two law firms.
Mitch
September 2025 - Alex runs the Cambridge Half Marathon placing in the top third of all women runners.
Alex
August 2025 - The Wagner Dance team holds a charity car wash on W. Fingerboard Rd.
Cars lined up for a $10 wash
Marin and Nana
Two watchers
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June 2025 - John and Brittany Caldarella have a son, Jack Robert.
John and Brittany
The whole family.
Jack Robert Caldarella, born: 6/6/2025
Grandpa.
June 2025 - Jack and Sue Caldarella visit Gaeta, the ancestral home of the DiSilvas.
Roman road
Nearby castle
Itri, a nearby town
Gaeta, the beach
September 2025 - William finishes his intership at Havas and returns to BC and his semester-abroad job.
William
January 2025 - Marin excels academically while improving as a dancer for the Wagner school team.
Marin

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Welcome to www.Fingerboard-Productions.com.

I built this site for practice while I was learning how to build websites (a hobby). I always intending to throw it away when I was proficient, but over time, it occurred to me that it was easier to use a website to access and navigate OneDrive than it was to use the more-technical OneDrive interface. (OneDrive is the respository I use for the thousands of family photos, videos, family trees, and more I've collected.) Once I had the site as a OneDrive portal, it was natural extension to use it for family news and to highlight the notable deeds of family members. At some point in this process, I also had the ephiphany that I could use the website as a blog to spout-off on things that interested, bothered, enraged or otherwise affected me.

This last purpose is both therapeudic and liberating. So much so, that my initial concern about the small number of visitors eventually evaporated. It just didn't matter; I truly don't care if anyone ever visits. Don't get me wrong -- this is not me being Thoreau-like even though I grew up on Walden Pond -- I'm happy to have visitors and even happier if they find some value here, it's just that I don't need visitors to feel good about the site. 

One last note regarding security... I did required a password of visitors at one time, but I decided to remove it. The site is already restricted by only sharing its URL with those who might have an interest in its content, that is, friends and family. In addition, I don't put anyone's personal or identifying information on the site or in any of its linked files.

Send me an email: if you want to make a comment or suggestions, or if you want something added or removed. By the way, the pictures are me 50 years apart, and no, it's not the same tie. 

Jim (jim.caldarella@gmail.com)