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Best Party on Earth @ Camp Boggy Creek

Posted on December 9, 2023May 1, 2024 by Joe Del Rocco

Another year of the Best Party on Earth at Camp Boggy Creek! This is wonderful holiday celebration every year at Camp Boggy Creek to serve the families that have visited. It’s a day filled with heartfelt speeches, games, food, desserts, music, dancing, etc. I usually work the dessert bar catered by Chef Stefan Riemer and…

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Orlando Coalition for the Homeless

Posted on November 23, 2023May 2, 2024 by Joe Del Rocco

This Thanksgiving I’m thankful to have a roof over my head. I’m thankful I wasn’t forced to grow up in poverty and have to beg for money on the side of the road with my parents. I’m thankful I’m not so mentally ill that I can’t function without help. And I’m most thankful for my…

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Summer Pool For The Boy

Posted on April 19, 2020July 19, 2021 by Joe Del Rocco

Setup a small above ground pool for my son this summer. He’s a little restless in quarantine 😛

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Adjustable Height Desk

Posted on October 19, 2019July 19, 2021 by Joe Del Rocco

I’ve wanted an adjustable height desk for a very long time. I was even considering building my own. Recently I happened upon one in my very own home office! It was an early Christmas present from my wife. Awwwwww 🙂 I must say, I am very impressed with it. It’s quiet, sturdy, and can be…

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Andorians!

Posted on October 31, 2018July 19, 2021 by Joe Del Rocco

For Halloween this year, we were Andorians. We did not take part in the Ushaan, however we did drink Andorian Ale (Mountain Dew Voltage).

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Merry Tuba Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2017July 19, 2021 by Joe Del Rocco

Tuba Christmas is a national annual concert originally organized by Dr. Harvey Phillips, a legendary tuba player, composer, advocate, and professor, as a tribute to his teacher, William Bell. The first Tuba Christmas concert took place at Rockefeller Center in 1974. Since then concerts have taken place all over the United States (and elsewhere), locally…

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Pumpktris Project

Posted on October 31, 2017May 5, 2024 by Joe Del Rocco

This year for Halloween, a few of us attempted the popular Pumpktris instructable. Pumpktris is a version of Tetris playable in a pumpkin 🙂 Nathan Pryor (HaHaBird) created it. Here is his version in all its glory. It got a lot of interest, from other instructables to local news coverage to BoingBoing. Nathan also made…

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Halloween 2017: FF WHM

Posted on October 31, 2017July 19, 2021 by Joe Del Rocco

For Halloween this year, I donned a Final Fantasy White Mage costume, one that I crafted myself. FYI a WHM looks like this. As a longtime fan of the series, and devout WHM, this was something I’ve always wanted to do. The colored water bottles are potions, and the feathers are phoenix downs.   My…

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International Week 2016

Posted on November 13, 2016July 19, 2021 by Joe Del Rocco

For International Week this year, my family and I hosted a soirée for my South East Asian students. Anyone was welcome, but the intention was to connect these young people to one another and strengthen relations between China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I attended many of these soirées as an exchange student in Japan. And…

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Jack-o’-lanterns 2016

Posted on November 1, 2016December 2, 2016 by Joe Del Rocco

Here are the jack-o’-lanterns we carved this Halloween 2016 – Jack Skellington, a Minion, smiley face, 5-eyed monster, and the Chinese hansi for ghost.

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