>it's a way of life. as long as you keep it real and do it from your heart, that's being hardcore. it's not a pair of jeans, baggy jeans and a band t-shirt don't make you hardcore. it's a family. i count on you, you count on me. i'm a husband to one remarkable,long-suffering wife & father to two sons and a daughter, i'm a network wizard in my spare time and i will always be hardcore no matter how old i get.

yup,
well said John.
i'm still learning what it means to have this extended family that has loyalties and a brotherhood deeper than most people would understand.

how awesome to feel included in such a wide reaching love and empathy.