Tag Archives: Daily Life Stuff

A Post of Pith

Some pithy observations: :: I’m sorry, soccer-lovers of the world, but your sport just isn’t for me. I can’t imagine what you all love about it so. I get especially confused when soccer fans tell me that baseball is too … Continue reading

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Dispatches

Sorry for the radio silence, but my father-in-law is in town visiting so we’re doing more family stuff this weekend than spending time online. Regular posting will resume Monday (although I don’t rule out the possibility of a stray post … Continue reading

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Random Observations

:: I’m saddened by the separation of Al and Tipper Gore. :: I’m annoyed at all the commentators who think that the important thing about the oil spill in the Gulf is that President Obama isn’t showing enough emotion about … Continue reading

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To the fallen….

See you tomorrow, folks.

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Random Notes from Home

Daily life stuff…. :: I made pizza for dinner last night. Nothing fancy, just cheese, pepperoni, and sausage, but I made my crust and my sauce from scratch, so that’s something. It turned out really well, I thought. There’s something … Continue reading

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30 years….

…since Mount St. Helens’s massive eruption of May 18, 1980. We actually lived in Hillsboro, OR at the time of the 1980 eruptions (there were quite a few, starting earlier than that, but May 18 was the Mother of ’em … Continue reading

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The Preznit!

Next Thursday, President Obama is scheduled to spend some time in Buffalo. Now, I’ll be working, so unless one of his stops is The Store, I doubt very much that I’ll be in any position to see him. But his … Continue reading

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Save me, Jeebus!

Well, today brought me a first: I saw my very first Chick Tract. Now, I’ve seen lots of these online, since they’re all very helpfully (to somebody, I suppose) archived on Teh Interweb, but until today, I’d never run into … Continue reading

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Adventures in Food

Some recent food-related stuff that I keep forgetting to post…. :: New York State is one of the country’s biggest producers of maple syrup, and every year, in order to bring attention to the state’s maple producers, there’s a thing … Continue reading

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Signs you’re in a fine local lunch establishment

Chain restaurants are all well and good, but sometimes you decide to give that little local place a try, to see if it’s any good. You know the place: it’s the one you’ve driven by any number of times while … Continue reading

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