30 Years (and counting)

July 31st, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

I almost missed this: On July 27 it was 30 years since I moved from Ohio to the east coast. I’ve lived in this house in New Jer­sey for 20 of them — more than twice as long as I’d ever lived any­where else.

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Astronomy

July 30th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Science, Travelogues |

The United Astron­omy Clubs of New Jer­sey have an incred­i­ble, com­mand­ing view that stretches about as far as any I’ve seen in the state.
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Star Painting

July 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home, Tech Stuff |

A week or so ago I wrote about some nice work that was being done on my house. I just fin­ished remak­ing the web site of the out­fit who did it for me, Star Paint­ing.
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Blairstown, NJ

July 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Travelogues |

Blairstown is a very appeal­ing lit­tle burg, just a short drive out­side the Delaware Water Gap National Recre­ation Area.
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Riegelsville, PA

July 28th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Travelogues |

Part of a week­end mini-vacation, a visit to the tiny burg of Riegelsville, PA.
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Lambertville, NJ

July 27th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Travelogues |

Bridge over the Delaware River

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Scary, But Safe

July 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments | Family |

Son A. has been trav­el­ling the coun­try since Sep­tem­ber; back­pack­ing, jump­ing trains, camp­ing, couch-surfing. He and his friends had a dan­ger­ous sit­u­a­tion in Chicago over the weekend.

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Proofreading Ms. Palin

July 21st, 2009 | 0 Comments | Politics |

Van­ity Fair’s edi­tors and fact check­ers cor­rect edit Sarah Palin’s res­ig­na­tion speech. My per­sonal favorite on the first page is the cor­rec­tion of under which admin­is­tra­tion Alaska was pur­chased from Rus­sia, by the way. But I’m nerdy that way.

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Pond Tour

July 20th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Home |

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It was amaz­ing and inspir­ing to see the oases that peo­ple have put together in their back yards.

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Home Improvements

July 15th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Home |

Porch, afterwards

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Band Concert

July 13th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Music |

The first con­cert of the Maple­wood Com­mu­nity Band with me as it’s con­duc­tor is Sun­day, July 19 at 7. The venue is Memo­r­ial Park, Maple­wood, NJ. It’s not too late to sign on. We’re rehears­ing Wednes­day at 7:30 at the Rec Cen­ter in DeHart Park.

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Dumber Than A Bag Of Hammers

July 13th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Comedy, Politics |

If peo­ple this back­wards don’t like Sonia Sotomayor, she must be doing some­thing right.

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