...or is it heli-cicle? I spotted this between Lowville and Watertown on Sunday, a snazzy frontlawn ornament indicating that jetcicles, cop-cicles and even putting your very own truck on a concrete or metal stick is well within the hopes and budget of all average folk anywhere.  •  And thank you …

I feel badly for Hans. I even drove near Heuvleton, NY on the way here so the whole family could wave at the ancestral home of Hans. But I have to get to the South Portland library to post this week, it was closed yesterday and, frankly, there is sea life to consume instead of blogging. Notes so …

I like Maine. You know I like Maine. Google knows I like Maine for God's sake. This year we are renting an urban cottage and looking forward to it. I have no idea as to the internet access so we will see how you cope.  •  Your weekly PEI is outraged over something update: Now the government is …

Can you believe it's August already? Can you believe the decade is almost over? This is crazy. Who sped up the clock? August is a month that is quite remarkable for standing for not much. Has anything remarkable happened in August? Here is a list of things that happened on this date. Hey, in 860 …

Thinking of using craigslist to find a vacation spot. Any hints or warnings?

2,370 sat with we four and watched the Watertown Wizards play their opening game for the 2008 season in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. Sure they lost 3-1 but, seeing as we were a little late to the game, we missed the only three runs that Little Falls earned in the top of the first. Lots …

There. I've said it. It's been a long time wince I thought that much about Google. I recall the day at work when I suggested to others that they should try this new search engine instead of Web Crawler. Then Google was evil. Then Google bought everything.  •  What I like about this photo feature …

I was within a couple hundred yards of highway 400 and highway 7 for around 18 hours not counting the drive to and from Toronto. It was very much like spending 18 hours within a couple hundred yards of highway 400 and highway 7. The oddest thing was getting out of the hotel room to go to where I …

Yaks! Who knew? Much smellier than the nicest animal in the world: the red panda. The Syracuse Zoo is one of the most manageable and interesting small zoos we've been to so far. Don't believe what people say. Zoos are coming back.