Archive for September, 2009

Wedding Weekend in Saratoga Springs

14, Sep 2009

My wife and I have known our friends Maureen and Mike for as long as they’ve known each other. We were there the night they met five years ago at an Ithaca College happy hour in Washington, D.C. Even though all four of us graduated from the same college, it was only after we moved [...]

Terrelle Pryor Is Just Another a Dumb Jock

7, Sep 2009

Longtime readers of this blog will probably recall my obsession with Terrelle Pryor during his senior year at Jeannette High School. The star football and basketball player led the Jayhawks to the state championship in both sports and was heavily recruited by several Division 1-A football powerhouses. Pryor eventually picked Ohio State, where he led [...]

In Search of the Perfect Lawn

6, Sep 2009

Many people would probably say it’s not worth the effort. Or simply a waste of time and money. But for me, having the perfect lawn is a matter of pride. I want my yard to be the best in the neighborhood.
This spring I started transforming it from an unkempt mess by focusing on the front [...]

Facebook, Twitter Aren’t One in the Same

5, Sep 2009

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been using the Twitter application for Facebook to automatically publish my tweets as my status updates. As an early adopter of Twitter — way back in April 2007 — I initially thought it was a convenient way to save time while promoting my views in both communities.
I [...]