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To Pittsburgh!

Last weekend, The Family and I took an overnight trip to the fair city of Pittsburgh, PA, the mythical city of my birth. We spent one whole day there, not nearly enough, but we had a great time in general. … Continue reading

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And now for something completely different….

Here at Casa Jaquandor, we have our clock radio in the master bedroom set to WNED, Buffalo’s classical music station. We’re not always awoken by music, though: WNED actually leads off every hour with the newscast of BBC Radio, so … Continue reading

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Frustration….

So The Wife’s car needed an oil change, so I decided to do it myself. She’s driving a 2000 Dodge Caravan now, so we went to Autozone and picked up the oil we need, a new oil filter, and a … Continue reading

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Sorry for the radio silence….

…but it’s been a really busy week, and come to think of it, the weekend is pretty jammed up, too. Yowza. (BTW, on a “metablog” note, I’m noticing that sometimes I approve comments for publishing here, and yet, for some … Continue reading

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Wasted moments….

Tonight, the Moon was only the tiniest of slivers. Also, earlier this evening, a Facebook friend posted something in her Status about how amazing it was to look up into the night sky and see the International Space Station. (Apparently … Continue reading

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Break time!

My Facebook friends know that on Wednesdays, I like to celebrate “Hump Day”, past the midpoint of which the week is all downhill, with the indulgence of a donut or two at my mid-morning break. Above you see two of … Continue reading

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It’s Pi Day!

(image via) Yup, time to celebrate the Lord of All Irrational Numbers, the King of All Ratios and the Mostest Cool of All Formulae, “A equals pi R squared”. It’s Pi Day! Here’s Wikipedia on Pi: π (sometimes written pi) … Continue reading

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Save the Night!

Roger solicits opinions on Daylight Savings Time, so here’s mine: I hate it. I think it’s stupid and a giant annoyance. Look, I like sunlight as much as anybody, and being outside is nice and all and I like it … Continue reading

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Staying the couriers from their appointed rounds

Lance Mannion writes a full-throated paean to the United States Postal Service: Delivering the mail isn’t a side-business the Government has become stuck with. It is part of the business of governing. Privatizing the mail is like privatizing democracy because … Continue reading

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When Magazines Go Bad

It’s happened a lot to me over the years. Well, maybe not a lot, since I’ve never been a big consumer of periodical literature, but still enough that I see a pattern. I discover a magazine that quickly becomes a … Continue reading

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