Snowflakes still…

I had thought about changing my banner to something a little more Spring-y, but we're getting many many snowflakes outside right now, so I think I'll just leave it 🙂 Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Pittsburgh’s big dig

Stanwix St. entrance to tunnel under river 0306080756.jpg Actually, this is the less interesting end of the tunnel, it just happened that I was downtown for a seminar, and the garage I parked in had a great view of the hole in the ground. On the North Shore end, the TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine, brought…

Back to the gym

I didn't like what I read in my post yesterday. It sounded like all I did was eat & watch TV, which I don't think is really how I am, but it sure sounded like it's how I am.  And my excuses for not going to the gym are all gone — I'm completely recovered…

A day in the life

Here's some real excitement… I thought I'd make a record of everything I did yesterday, a fairly typical Saturday. Here are the raw notes, with some editorial explanations in blue: walked out in the fresh snow to get paperpuffins & P-G [Puffins = Barbara's Puffins cereal, one of my favorites. P-G = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.]italian coffee &…

QotD: Today is the Greatest…

What's the best thing about today? Mississippi trip reunion dinner: seeing our new friends once again, watching the slide show of everyone's photos. I found a recipe online for a carrot & parsley salad to take, since I've got lots of both of those. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

On our own again

Our nest is once again empty… Nikki left today for her first real job after graduating from college in December - teaching at a nature/environmental camp about 3 hours from here – she'll stay there till June. Alex has been back at college since mid-January – and sooner than we think, he'll be halfway around the world…

I Don’t Get It

  Beau Rivage OK – here’s the beautiful Beau Rivage casino in Biloxi, MS – rebuilt to surpass its former glory within a few short months after Hurricane Katrina. Total Biloxi casino revenues during the month of December 2007 were over $78,000,000.       Sharkheads Conversely, here’s a local beachfront business literally a few…