Gosh, now that I think of it, there are so many people to thank.
Like Drew Adams, Callie Albertson, Dierdre Alinson, Christy Allbee, Keith
Allen, Dr. J.D. Altman, Michael Anderson, Trent Anderson, Frania Andreuk, Jen
Appleyard, Chris Aquilante, Jamie Archie, Tariq Ariz, Lauren Asberry, Dallis
Ashton, Tatiana Atkins, Jamie Atteridg, Lorraine Attreed, Jessica Augustave,
Dave Avery, Jack Ayer, David Babnigg, Krista Badstuebner, Angel Baker, Mary
Beth Baker, Steve Bamford, Kevin Banks, Elton Barker, Bo Barkley, Leslie
Barksdale, Brady Barnes, Karen Barnes, Morgan Barnes, Kevin Batt, and Noah Bavier.
And also old friends Kathleen Beecher, Janet Belden, Molly Bell, Scott
Bell, Jeff Bendert, Les Benedict, Anastasia Benson, Scott Bergin, Shelly
Bergin, Rob Berkowitz, Bill Berry, Kevin Berry, Juniper Berse, Cindy Betros,
Jim Birkenmaier, Amy Bjornson, Blanton Blackburn, Craig Blackburn, Kathryn
Blocker, Angie Blackwell, George Blanchard, Chip Blaufuss, Zaneta Blocker,
Latisha Blue, Amy Bockman, Sue Boehm Locke, Rian Bovard, Rich Boyajian, Tina
Boyce, Ryan Boydston, Emily Boyle, Wayne Brackett, Doug Bradburn, Jihaan
Bradley, Karen Bradley, Karen Bradley, Pat Bradley, Sean Bradley, Karen Bray,
Keith Breault, Kyle Breault, Thad Brendle, Donovan Brengettsy, Kimberly
Brittain, Rhonda Brittain, John Brooks, Basil Brown, Glen "Bunch"
Brown, Jay Brown, Peggy Brown, Steven Bruny, Ali Buckley, Mrs. Buckley, and
John Burgess.
How can I ever repay the influences of my family, Grampa Burrell, Gary
Burrell, Adrienne Burrell, Bonnie Burrell, Jana Brown, Emily Randall, Erin
Randall, Jeremy Randall, Joshua Randall, Sherry Burrell, Steev Burrell, Leslea
Burrell, Shelly Reno, River Steven Reno, Mike Burrell, Shari Mattingly Burrell,
Samantha Jade Burrell, and Dawn Russell?
Or for that matter, animals like
Angel, Fluffy, Samantha, Sherbert, Fuzzy, Bunny, Scrappy, Tess, George, or
Wanda?
And people like Leroy Burrell (world class sprinter), Orville Burrell
(aka, "Shaggy"), Rusty Burrell ("The People's Court"
baliff), Scott Burrell (1st round draft pick in both baseball &
basketball), Stanley Kirk Burrell (aka, "Hammer"), Carie Burtner
("Tallulah"), Edwin Bussem, Bethany Buteau, Zoe Buziak, Kamaryn Byrd,
Corine Caginello, Cathleen Cahill, Ellen Cain, Jean Callahan, Jane Calvert,
Linnea Cameron, Alisyn Camerota, Maria Cammerota, Ellie Cardiff, Inger &
Chantel Cartwright, Tom Carty, Gabe Casias, Dave Casto, Maureen Cavanaugh, Neil
Cawley, Jim Chadwell, Louise Chamberlain (my first love), Tom Chappelear,
George Chauncey, Jen Cincola Roberts, Jen Clark, Monica Clark, Kevin Cleary,
John Clelland, John Clerici, Carter Coberly, Dan Coey, Dave Coffman, Ben Cohen,
Kanani Coleman, Jen Coltey-Christmas, Chuck Connolly, Adam Connor, Reverend
Toni Cook, Ted Cook, Caitlin Coon, George Coon, Meredith Coon (my godchild!),
Pam Coon, Tim Coon, Linda Cooper, Richard Cooper-Ribner, Keri Copp, Robert
Cording, Marsha Cosentino, Rich Costelloe, Michael Cotasanti, Mrs. Coughlin,
Miles Craig, Cindy Creeden, Chuck Crenshaw, Sage Crenshaw, Jan Crepeau, Patrick
Croak, Mike Cronin, Duke Crosby-Attipoe, and Tessa Crume.
Friends like Kristin Curry, Margaret Czerwonka, Diane Dagefoerde, Karen
Danahy, Jen D'Andrea, Leslie Danehy, Maura Danehy, Maureen Danehy, Martha
Daniel, Missy Daniels, Dimitra Dariotis, Nancy Davidson, Anne Davis, Troy
Dawson, Debbie the Shot Girl, Munro DeForeest, Dan Deluca, Geoff Demore, Nat
Dewees, Marcus Diaz, Jon Dickson, Laura Dietz, Aubree Dill, Jeff Dimmock, Rae
Ann Dimmock, Jan Disher, Lisa Doberstein, Dino Dobson, Suzie Donnelly, Rory
Donovan, Sandra Dotson, Andrew Doyle, Stefvan Drezek, Mary Drohan (a lovely
Irish lass, if ever there was one!), Heidi Dudek, Tracey & Shannon Duncan,
Cyndi Dyson, Ernest Echols, Dawn Eckert, Sharon Edmunds, Caroline Edwards,
Frank Egan, Brena Egedisen, Brian Elenbaas, Christine El Eris, John Elliot, Dan
Ellis, Scott Ellis, and Jody Elovitz
made it enjoyable.
Oh, and then there's Joao Estrela, Annie Etminowitz, George Evajeliou,
Karen Farrand-Loin, Ann Farrell, Christine Farrell, John Farrell, Laurie
Farrstar, Wale Fasasamade, Joey Fawell, Meg Felice, Colleen Fenton, Anne
Fidler, Eddie Figela, Eddie Figiela, Margi Finch, Vince Fiore, Alan Fisher,
Patrick Flaherty, Oscar Flores, Liz Foreman, Chuck Forest, Stephanie Forsey,
Magdelena Fosse, Cendy Fountain, Lee Fowler, Joe Foy, Scott Frasier, Lisa
Fredrick, Jordan Fretz, Edwin Frissen, Josh Froelich-Olmstead, Kathy Frydl,
Patti Frye Berkowitz, Gary Fujinami, Shana Furman, Keri Gale, Shannon Galloway,
Shawn Galloway, Dan Garber, Heather Gardner, Ron Gardner, Jason Garick, Kevin
Garlow, Shari Gerson, Angelo Gesmundo, Rhett Gibbs, Greg Gibson, Joe Giglio,
Rachel Ginetti, Nectaria Gitsis, Heather Gold, Arlin Goldberg, Liz Goldsmith,
Kim Goldsneider, Zsofi Gomory, Denis Goodwin, Amy Gorke, Melissa Gotch, Alison
Gotkin, and Rachel Grabow.
The Grady side has been enormously influential as well, of course, with kinfolk
like Bill & Kathy Grady, Kate Grady, Stelly & Tom Brunelle, Greg
Brunelle, Colleen Brunelle, Meghan Brunelle, Courtney Brunelle, Derek Brunelle,
Billy Brunelle, Don & Toni Grady, Don Jr. & Gloria Grady, Caroline
& Patricia Grady, Geoff Grady, Geoffrey Grady, Grandma Estelle Grady, Jane
Grady, John Grady, Kevin, Alanna & Sean Grady, Kathy Grady, Emily Reber,
Benton Roberts, Paul & Renee Reber, Annie & Jacob Reber, Tim & Beth
Grady, and Aidan & Conor Grady.
Gertie Grant, Matt Grasso, Andy Green, Lewis Green, William Green, Mike Greene,
Richard Greenwood, Judy Greenwood, Scott Greenwood, John Gregory, Mike Gregory,
Chad & Amy Griffin, Kelley Griffin, Kim Griffin, Tam Griffin, Shiela
Grigas, Natalia Arias Grillo, Beth Groom, Crystal Grosch, Michael Grossberg,
Tom Hafen, Janeth Hagar, Dara Haid, Peter Dobkin Hall, Tim Hall, Sarah
Hamilton, Sangeeta Hans, Charles Hardwick, Al & Linda Harper, Danielle
Harper, Brian Harrington, Matt Harrington, Sue Harris, Brooke Hartzog, Mike
Hassett, Eileen Hattan, Dr. Robert Hauck, Jill Hazel, Stuart Hemingway, Carl
Henderson, Patricia Henke, Joy Hennenberg, Kyle Herbig, Doug Hermann, Silje
Riksheim, Ann Hilderbrand Braam, Harold Hill, Bill Hines and his wife Tina,
Monica Hinojosa ("Raven"), Koh Hironaka, Kim Hodge, Tracey Hodgeson,
Monica Hodina, Michael Hofer, Bill Hoffman, Nancy Hoffman, Keith Hohing, Cheryl
Holden, Jackie Holden, Tamara Holder, Rebecca Hooks, Aaron Hooley, Tamra
Hoppes, Rui Horta, Gary Horton, Travis Howard, Dr. Robert Howland, Al Huffman,
April Hughes, Liz Humphrey, and Jerris Hunsinger have helped me value my place in the world.
And then there's Geoff Ibbett, Dr. Douglas Ikeler, Kenichi Ishibashi,
Ira Jackson, Jim Jacobs, Mollie Jacobson, Drew Jaffe, Hema Jain, Lionel Jean,
Reid Jenkins, Greg Jewell, TJ Jochim, Alycia Johnson Baesman, Eldridge Johnson,
Frank Johnson, Lois Johnson, Rachel Johnson, Todd Johnson, Jennifer Jones, Zach
& Lori Jones, Ray Jorgensen, Kazi Joshua, Jen Schoenbrod Joy, Kevin Joy,
John Kaplan, Emily Kapner, Liz Kapp, Jason Karhu, Christine Kavanah, Joyce Ke,
Betsy Kelly, Catherine Kelly, Katy Kelly, Margaret & Patrick Kelly, Patty
Kelly, Salome Kendogor, Scott Kendall, John Kennedy (from England), Gene Kenny,
Dave Killen, Beth Kitts, Greg Knaddison, Tracey Koepke, Michelle Koetke, Sanna
Kolari, Sandy Kraus, Kathy Kuhn, who
have taught me lessons I'll never forget.
Indeed, I'm so endebted to folks, I could just go on like this forever.
Dave Kumaro, Roger Kumler, Maria Kuzniakova, Pete Lafferty, Rachel Lambert, Ann
Lambiotte, Greg Lancaster, Holly Lancaster, Stephanie Landin, Noel Langland,
Renee Lansley, Amy Lappy, Jayme Largent, Scott Lauder, Victoria Lawrence, Zelda
Lawrence (a modern Benedict Arnold), Pete Lazzerini, Sonia Leach, Bryan Leary,
Jeffrey Lee, Kellie Lee, Mike Lee, Seon-Kyu Lee, Christine Legere, Mike
LeGrand, Jocelyn Lemay, Agnes Lemomo, Maria Ines Lence, Chris Lent, Mandy
Leopoldt, Jim Leslie, Becky Levandosky, Dave Lewis, Steve Lewis, Sai Li, Laura
Libby, Scott Lien, Fred Lisk, Terry Livingston, Ann Lizzi, Annmarie Logue, Evan
Longmore, Simon Lu, Trish Lucas, Miguel Lucero, Susan Luchinger, Joey Maceyak,
Gieselle Madamba, Dave Madden, Edward Mahoney, David Mallery, Janine Maltz,
Luis & Luz Marin (lovely, lovely people), Soleil Marriott, Mike Martel, Anita
Martin, Jay Martin, John Martin, Larry Martin, Matt Masur, Jodie Matylewski,
Jan Mayer-Gawlik, Todd Mayville, Fabio Mazzochetti, Sherri & Jim McAuliffe,
Brandon McCarty, Mark McComb, Devin McConnell, Amber McCoy, Sherry McCoy, Ellen
McCullaugh, John McCurdy, Kelli McCusker, Sally McGarry, Ian McGiver, and Mo Carty McIntyre and her husband Tim, so
so cool and important.
And, geez, I just get weepy thinking about Colleen McKinney, Chris
McKnight, Eric McMahon, Kara McManus, Tim McMillan, Dana McNabb, Harry McNamara,
Keith Melder, Rebekah Mergenthal, Amy Merrifield, Steve Metallo, Steve Michon,
Ray Micou, Rob & Michelle Middleton, Dee Mikyuls, Heather Lee Miller (a
horrible, horrible person!), Leslea Miller, Julie Cottrell Mills, Leanna Mills, Kim Mizesko, Charlene Moberg,
Bernie Mohan, Christine Mohan, Melvin Monroe, John Monson, Desiree Moore, Nancy
Moore, Spencer Moore, Lee Moraglio, Andrea Morris, Tom Morrison, Jo Haney Moss,
Nadine Moss , Ric Moss, Tegan Moss, Thierry Multon, Sarah Lewis Murrow, Pat
Nagle, Dave Navarre, Danny Newton, Cindy Niave, Basia Nowak, Tina Nye, Ellie
O'Brien, Ani Oganesian, Meghan O'Hara, John O'Leary, Alyssa Oswald, Rich Page,
Johnathan Paliwoda, Steve Paloli, Belinda Paredes, Dorothy Parker, Binky
Parliman, Ken Parzych, Kevin Parzych, Sara Pasqualoni, Maya Patchen, Alkeesh
Patel, Matt Paton, Artis Patterson, Steve Patterson, Brian Pearce, Kari
Pearson, Toni Pennington, Andrea Persons, Amy Peruccio, Kaitlyn Peters, Robin
Peterson, Cheryl Petrarcha-Lyon, Frank Petrilli, Kevin Philson, and Chris Pike - they've all been important to me.
Kris Pineo, Ben Pittenger, Dave Plant, Bob Plaster, Christine Porter, Dave
Poulin, Rob Poulin, Sharon Poulin, Tracey Privatera, Karen Pruitt, Bob Pyle,
Joylyn Quintana, Priti Radharkrishnan, Rahim Rahman, Lorena Rapisarda, Barry
Rate, Rich Reagan, Julie Redfield, Katherine Reed, Stacey Renfro, Paul Rheault,
Debbie-Sue Ricard, Donna Ricard, Noah Richstone, Jim Riley, Ben Obidiah
Roberts, Chaz Roberts, Stacey Robertson, Joe Rodrigues, Tim Rogers, Jon Rooney,
Joel Ross, Wilds Ross, Kim Rossignal, Randy Roth, Reinet Baroness Roy, Rachel
Rubio, Mario Russamano, Patrick Russell, Scott Sadeghian, Pam Sagar, Beth St.
Cyr, Takafumi Saito, Carl Salina, Ron Salkin, Salvador Salum, Kristin Samperi
("Bear"), Amy Sanderson, Gary Sanderson, Melissa Sartorius, Carl
Sayers, Sarah Scannapieco, Catherine Scannell, Becky Scharfenberger, Tiffany
Schetzel, Wayne Schlegel, Sona Schlesselman, Julie Schmidt, Margot Schwartz,
Teresa White Scoggins, Leslea Scollins, Stephanie Scott, Julie Scussel, Adam
Seidman, Bredon Selwyn, Susan Sept, Ryan Sevier, Jon Seymour, Makoto Shamoto,
Naomi Shankar, Heather Shavender, Mike Shaw, Linnea Sherman, Kris Shields, Max
Shuftan, Mike Shutterop, Diane Simmons, Lora Sinelli, Greg Singleton, Royce Singleton,
Sonya Slack, John Sleeper, Andrea & Sydney Slouka, Mike & Lynn Slouka,
Crystal Smith, Jason Smith, Lindsay Smith, and Julie Solinski - what better friends could a guy ask for?
Kim Soloman, Joe Spencer, Joe Spillane, Daan Steenbakkers, Jake Stene, Nick
Steneck, Kim Stevens, Jamie Stewart, Dave Strand, Mark Strobel, Lynn
Stromquist, Tammy Strycharz, Jim Stuart, Ian & Sandra Summers, Shields
Sundberg, Seneca Suter, Susan Swanton, Julius Swathan, Suzie Swentofske, Wally
Szczerba, Nadine Tabari, Lisa Talaga, Kristin Tamburello ("thanks for
doing your job"), Dustin Taylor, Matt Taylor, Dana Tetrick, Sarah Thayer,
Michelle Thibodeaux, Schuyler Thompson, Jerry Thorne, Brian Thorpe, Diana
Thurber, Jamie Thurber, Rich Thurman, Jeff Tompkins, Elisabeth Torres, Emily
Tracy, Alex Trias, Han Trinh, Jill Trotta, Tomomi Tsuboi, Jen Tufts, Bruce
Tully, Botheina Tunesia, Kai Turner ("The Blues Vassal"), Laura
Turner, Matt Twerdy, Laura Twible, Lori Tyler, Jossie Ufland, and Ashley
Underell, - all vastly important.
And finally Jack Usab, Derek Vaillant, Gloria Valentine, Bob Valley,
Tawny Varga, Leslie Varsegi, Marcelo Vassallo, Laurie Vendryes, Dorian
Vinaccia, Hermann Vohs, Vicky Voth, Jeff Wachsmuth, Brittani Wade, Jen Waggett,
Ben Waldron, Kenneth Walfton, Mary Helen Walker, Nancy Wallace, Rob Wallace,
Dave Walls, Larry Walsh, Mariellen Walz, Min Wang, Marianna Waroblak, Wade
Wassenberg, Adam Watkins, Angela Watson, Bill Weber, Dale Welch, Zandra
Wennerstrom, Anne Werfel, Bob & Holly Whewell, Anne & Rob White, Holly
White, Laura White, Don Whitehead, Lisa Widell, Josh Wiest, Ellyn Wiles, Amber
Wilke, Jonathan Williams, Mark Williams, Michelle Williams, Kristopher
Williamson, Marc Williamson ("Wally"), Colin Wilson, Lindsay Wilson,
Mark Wilson, Yusef Windham, Pete Wisner, Eric Wisnewski, Larry Witten, Wendy
Wollard, Wendy Woo (http://www.wendywoo.com), Dillon Wood, Sandi Woods, Eric
Wuest, Joshua Yonker, Alex Young, Katie Zhender, and Lora Ziefel.
You've all been like an inspiration to me, a credit to the world, and, of
course, must therefore be explicitly and eternally thanked here. I needed to
practice anyway, as I may win an Oscar someday. And to anyone who thinks I've
padded this list with names of people I probably don't even know, well, you're
wrong (and you can't prove it anyway).
Thanks to you all. Although this page started as something of a lark and
a sleep-aid, it has become for me a reminder of all the people who have
affected my life, whether in minor or momentous ways. I’ve learned something from all of
you, and for that experience and impact, I give thanks.
Dave
This page was created in a fit of
somnambulation on 27 July 1996 by Dave
Burrell. Last updated, 08
February 2006.