Mallard at dawn, originally uploaded by Memotions. I’ve mentioned a few times recently a family friend who was hospitalized, and then in the ICU. She’d had a brain hemorrhage and other complications, and she’d been on life support for several days. All her children had flown in to say goodbye. Her family had made the …
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Please, Mr. Postman
mailboxes, originally uploaded by dcJohn. On Monday, I received no mail. Periodically through the day, I peered out the door to check. I went to the USPS website to verify that it wasn’t a federal holiday. It wasn’t a holiday, but my mailbox remained empty. I spent the day on the computer — as I …
UPWords Reading Series: Lori Jakiela and Stacey Waite
From the mailbag: Friday February 8th at 7pm is the next UPWords at the Union Project featuring writers Lori Jakiela and Stacey Waite. Join us for an intimate evening of free entertainment. UPWords is a monthly reading series generally occurring the 2nd Friday of each month. Union Project is located at 801 N. Negley Ave., …
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Song of the moment: “Old Tom Brady’s Going Down”
Visit www.oldtombrady.com to hear the song. Beware: It is a serious earworm of a song. We’ve found that this commercial effectively replaces the song in your brain. (Link via Coudal.)
Morning
CPMC Surgery, originally uploaded by crucially. My mom is in the hospital this morning, undergoing surgery to repair her foot. She broke her foot sometime last year; she slipped while walking down stairs, and though she barely fell at all she tore a tendon in her heel. The tendon is irreparable, but the surgery will …
Pittsburgh Geek Night the 57th
My Geek Bookshelf (2006-06), originally uploaded by zefredz. Geek Night is a highly informal bimonthly gathering of people in the Pittsburgh high-tech industry. There is no dress code and no cover charge. Show up anytime after 5:00pm, and leave when you feel like it. When: Thursday, February 7, 2008, 5-9pm and later Where: The Church …
Push Comes to Shove
Happy 60th birthday, Mikhail Baryshnikov! rWcuNakztTw
This machine kills Fascists
this_machine_kills_fascists, originally uploaded by ivalladt. Strange coincidence: On Wednesday, on his terrific blog about arts and culture in Venango County, Dittman posted a link to a t-shirt with a graphic of a guitar and the words "This machine kills fascists." I thought, "Neat graphic. Don’t know what it means, but interesting." Meanwhile: I subscribe to …
I get by with a little help from my friends
IMG_2255.JPG, originally uploaded by mbfulk. Justin Kownacki and Norm Huelsman kick off Day 1 of PodCamp Pittsburgh 2, August 2007. Norm Huelsman was kind enough to post about my blog today — he’s writing about a different site each week in his BlogShare feature. That’s a nice example of how Pittsburgh’s social media community — …
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Please, sir, I want some more
Italian Sausage and Lentil Stew – L’unico, originally uploaded by avlxyz. Tonight for dinner I made a fabulous sausage stew. I take no credit for the recipe. It comes from Jacques Pepin’s The Short-Cut Cook: Make Simple Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort. (My mom had my copy signed by the great man himself!) It included …