January 2010
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Immediately Neutralize
So Bill O’Reilly says Sarah Palin now has a platform from which she can immediately neutralize 60 Minutes. And for 60 Minutes and all those other biased journalists: you are on notice. The gig is up. I was almost expecting a wink there, Sarah.
Rest in Peace, TheBrad
Brad Graham was an inspiration to me, as I’m sure he was to many bloggers who’ve been around for the long haul. He’s been on my bookmarks list forever, even though he hasn’t written regularly on his blog in a few years (I know the feeling). It’s a real shock to learn of Brad’s death [...]
In the Same (Sunken) Boat with the Steelers
The 2008 season was great for both of my football passions — the Steelers won the Super Bowl, and my fantasy team won the Fantasy Bowl. And as defending champs, both passions shared the same fate for the 2009 season which ended Sunday night — missed the playoffs.
My fantasy team was out after week 14, [...]
Roots
Last July I traveled back to my parents’ place with Marlin as part of a long weekend where we visited friends in State College for the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts and then continued on to Clarion County where my dad’s family (Yeany) was having a family reunion. It’s been quite a few years [...]
The Diesel Devil
Through the entirety of fall 2009, one thing filled a lot of my spare time: waiting for a new car. After owning several vehicles I bought “off the lot” I was finally in a position to order something I wanted and wait for it to be built. In this case, it was quite a long [...]
Reboot
I’ve been fortunate for the past two decades to get most of intersession as paid time off — one of the perks of working in higher education. I’ve often used part of that time off to do a redesign project with my blog.
This year, it’s not just a redesign, but a total reboot. New blog [...]
