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Tools I want, and tools I don’t (and a bleg)

UPDATED BELOW UPDATED AGAIN (I’m keeping this post at the top of the blog’s main page until Monday; after that, I’ll let it slide down and put up new posts on this subject as events warrant. Newer content appears below … Continue reading

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Following hockey, the minimalist way

In our home we don’t have cable, so unless the hockey games are on one of the national networks or I’m someplace that does have cable, I can’t watch the games. Thus, a lot of times when the Sabres are … Continue reading

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Always scout first. Always scout first. Always scout first.

Folks, when you’re engaging in any kind of outdoor activity, always scout your route before you commit to anything. This is a cardinal rule of whitewater boating, rock climbing, anything. This is why: it seems that a couple of teenagers … Continue reading

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Easter follies

I was charged with the task of acquiring candy for The Daughter’s Easter basket, which was easy enough — a box of those awful Peeps things, an egg-shaped plastic doodad filled with Hershey Kisses, and some jelly beans. But not … Continue reading

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Closing the Shudders

Most of the people who commented on the fact that I was linked on the pay-subscription section of Fark.com the other day in an apparently non-flattering light told me to not take it seriously, don’t lose a whole lot of … Continue reading

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They don’t build ’em like that anymore….

The language in the commentary gets a bit salty at times, but check out the stunning photos of what is apparently the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in Cleveland, OH. What a gorgeous building. (via)

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Preznit Day!

A good time was had by all yesterday, for the holiday known as Presidents’ Day. After we lit memorial candles for Zachary Taylor, Chester Alan Arthur, and Warren Harding, and after we sacrificed six live weasels in hopes of securing … Continue reading

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