Return To Name List

 

Gary Butler

 

Marital Status:

single.. do i have to sit at the kids table?

 

Education:

i highly recommend

 

Occupation:

after working one job for so long, tried and quit-- fishing boat,casino boat, nursery, small market, bartender and cook. anybody hiring?

 

Volunteer and Professional Activities:

eco clean ups along the gulf

 

Current hobbies and interests:

fulfilling the lifelong dream of learning to sail, music always and golf

 

What percentage of your hair is visibly gray (is this a trick question?)

i was told there wouldn't be any math--- some

 

If you had one year free of all responsibility and unlimited funds, what would you do?

sail in the Greek isles and SE Asia

 

What are the most rewarding things that you have done in your life?

did some pretty nice relief work after the hurricanes tying up, shoring up and battening down, putting tarps on roofs (or is it rooves?)

 

What rewarding things do you plan to do in your life?

would like to help escalate interest in the solar market and put both the oil companies and car companies into bankrupcy.

 

What other non family stuff oops?

bought a distressed house. spending some time making it worse.

 

How would you best describe your idea of "being successful?"

each to his/her own gifts and passions

 

What are your most vivid memories of your days in Ridgewood?

the Gulch, cycling, Graydon, T&W (extra points for use of amperstand?) family BBQs, Harry Uberti's parties

 

What achievement or activity are you most proud of in your life?

kinda personal, don't think i'll share that one

 

What single piece of wisdom would you like to leave for the next generation?

have found easier to be wrong when i made my own decisions, recognize futility as soon as possible (some things are a huge waste of time), put down the remote and go outside and oh yea eat your veggies

 

How have you changed since high school?

i think/hope i'm a better guy... less mean, more balanced and thankful

 

What else should we know about you?!

tell you at the reunion... some of it might even be true

 

Return To Name List