Posts Tagged: Travels and Other Places
Friday Bullets For The First Of August
Posted by on Friday, August 1, 2008 in - 12 comments
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 …
Craigslist
Posted by on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in - leave a comment
Thinking of using craigslist to find a vacation spot. Any hints or warnings?
One Hot Friday Evening With the Watertown Wizards
Posted by on Saturday, June 7, 2008 in - 2 comments
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 …
I Like The New Photo Feature On Google Maps
Posted by on Thursday, May 29, 2008 in - leave a comment
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 …
My Last 24 Hours
Posted by on Thursday, April 10, 2008 in - 4 comments
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 …
The Yaks Of Syracuse
Posted by on Monday, March 31, 2008 in - leave a comment
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.
Tuesday Night, I Will Paint My Head Orange
Posted by on Sunday, March 23, 2008 in - leave a comment
Not really. But I am going: • “Massachusetts beat Akron, 68-63, with a 22-5 run to end the game today, which means the Minutemen will travel to the Carrier Dome on Tuesday to face Syracuse in the NIT quarterfinals. Of course, the two teams are familiar with one another. UMass defeated Syracuse …
A Few Friday Bullets For Good Friday
Posted by on Friday, March 21, 2008 in - 4 comments
Here we are on the last religious holiday left in the calendar. Somehow merchandisers have yet to figure out how to take advantage of Jesus on the cross to sell me a chocolate lump or to fashion an ad campaign for cars. For a brief while in high school there were a spate of Good Friday jokes like …
Gorgeous And Depressing
Posted by on Sunday, March 9, 2008 in - 2 comments
Great photos from a steam engine enthusiast's visit to an open pit coal mine in northern China.
Death On Yonge Street
Posted by on Monday, February 25, 2008 in - leave a comment
A sad view out of the front window driving up Yonge Street Toronto this noon hour. Is there anything sadder than a big outdoor video screen that has been turned off? That wasn't in Blade Runner. Maybe the spinning LP neon signs that are either gone or busted. Oh for a barn that had the interior …
