Patrick Foley’s Blog

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A lot has been going on in the last few months. I just completed an exciting, international project for a large New York bank. I’m just starting a working relationship with an extremely cool consulting firm in Grand Rapids. I’ve been dealing with some enriching changes at home, and I’ve even started practicing violin again. […]

My sister Katie and her husband Manuel thought of a powerful new breakfast drink: Metamosa - the combination of Metamucil and Champagne. Yum.

“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you’re a mile away and you have their shoes, too.”

Thanks to Daniel Yokomiso for this one.

I’m surprised at how ill-equipped I am to handle some aspects of parenthood. My two-year-old, Gus, is the greatest kid in the world and my reason for living. He has the capacity to melt me with that sly grin, but he also has the ability to shatter my nerves, as John Prine would say. That […]

I thought I’d be able to sleep tonight, but I can’t. I just had the most fun on stage since playing with Pavarotti almost ten years ago (a little name-dropping never hurt anybody, hmm?). Alten Skies came off wonderfully. Ric Troll is a genius composer, and the whole band played great. Ric was great on […]

Rehearsing tonight for a concert Friday night, I had one of those Eureka moments: all I need to do to play jazz the way I want is to practice really hard for about 5-10 years.

April 1 at 8 PM: Local composer and performer Ric Troll and The Rhythm Comedians will be presenting a concert at […]

I lost my friend Mickey today. Michael Sullivan. I first knew him as Stroker, because that was the name somebody put on the back of his baseball shirt. He was one of my first baseball coaches about 25 years ago. He remained a close friend.

Mickey was a great coach. He had us do all kinds […]

I decided to move my blog outside of my company’s website (www.aptica.com). I found that I was censoring myself too much on my business website. I want to talk about serious things and stupid things in addition to business and technology. Heck, I want to talk more about my family and mundane things, too. […]

Coming back from vacation a couple of weeks ago, my family and I got stuck overnight in Atlanta. Since it was weather-related, the airlines only gave us a discount on a hotel, but at least it was a nice one. Like a dufus, I managed to leave my cell phone charger in the room. Such […]