Mark Dilling

Tom Burke, JJ, Me and Brother Ken

The Summer after graduation I went back to work with JJ and Ken for JJ's Dad working trash. JJ and I turned 18 in August and moved to Worcester as soon as the ink on the lease dried. I went to Quinsigamond Community College and JJ went to Worcester State. We partied like we were supposed to and had a blast - after we got robbed JJ went back home and I went to Hudson. I graduated with an Associates of Science. JJ lost his licence and had to drop out.

When Ken turned 18 we moved in together in Fitchburg. After that lease expired, the 4 hooligans in the picture moved in to a house in Leominster. Those are some times I'll never forget and I'm sure there are moments I will never be able to remember. My brother graduated from Fitchburg State and Tom went back to school at Franklin Pierce so JJ and I moved to Lancaster for a couple years.

When JJ's parents moved to FL he went to live in his parents house in Bolton. I lived in Oakham, MA for a while and then to Stow where I lived on the Lord's Orchard www.carverhill.com - shameless plug for some of the best people on this planet.

I then went to work for a company in CT and moved to the Nutmeg State in ....98?

I presently work for zygo corporation in Middlefield, CT as the Senior Field Service Engineer. Basically I travel around the country (eastern US) and the world (Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan, Costa Rica, Canada, France, Japan and South Korea) to install, repair and train customers how to use microscopes and interferometers. These are instruments that use the interference of light waves to measure super-flat surfaces; optics mostly.

I met my wife getting breakfast with Tom and Ken the morning after Halloween in 1998. She hired me as a bartender for the club she was managing and I've never been the same. We got married on August 16th 2002 and it was the best wedding I've ever been to. Then we had an awesome all day outdoor reception. One of my best all-time memories is dancing to Blind Melon with my wife, Tom, Ken and his wife and JJ in our yard. My wife Kellie is my best friend and is the smartest person I've ever met. Unfortunately it doesn't always bode well for me and my argumentative nature..... oh well humility is a good lesson to learn too.

My step daughter Danielle has the most beautiful soul and has taught me as much if not more than I have taught her. She has a great sense of humor and loves to read. I am truly blessed to be a part of her life.
We live in Marlborough, CT with our two great rescue dogs Freak and Atticus.

For fun I still race motocross, my wife and I ride Harleys and all three of us play soccer. We have a camp in NH that we love to hang out at, hike and play with the dogs.

Kellie and I just got back from our Summer vacation in Sturgis, SD.

This picture was taken at a bar in Deadwood - yes the same place the HBO series is based on.

Yup, we rode the bikes there and back and put on about 4300 miles in a couple weeks - it was an amazing adventure for sure!