Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Dancing with the Pinched Nerve

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Am at home recovering from a wisdom tooth extraction which followed a 6 week odyssey of jaw pain, ear pain, and two infections.  It's be...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Submitted for Your Approval: Binghamton Celebrates Rod Serling and the 50th Anniversary of the Twilight Zone TV Series

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Some of you may know that dramatic writer Rod Serling grew up in Binghamton, went to junior high and high school in Binghamton, and incorpo...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Monster Cereals, Wink and TaB-the Wonderful World of Forgotten Foods Part I (maybe of more)

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Who would have thought about fans devoted to Monster Cereals (Count Chocula, Franken Berry,etc.) or other current or former manufactured foo...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Fairbanks goes into the 20's and Fall Also Comes to Binghamton NY

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Brrr, yesterday and today Fairbanks, Alaska dipped into the mid 20's. When fall comes, Alaska doesn't hesitate a minute. They ha...

Things I learned today

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What an educational day.  Thanks to some emails from friends, and my son, I now know about these.  For all I know, I am the last person in t...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Laughing with Your Teen

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Sometimes older teens take a break from their lives and have a conversation with you that makes you...well, read on. This all started with...
Monday, September 21, 2009

It's beginning to look a lot like....Christmas?

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Of course, Christmas is right around the corner...after all isn't fall going to begin soon? So time to start discounting the Halloween...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

The Sunsets of Change

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It's been a while since I've revisited my obsession with tracking sunsets and the seasons.  The season of change is upon us again as...

Is it Worth Making Friends of the Young?

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Looks like I made the right decision not to try to friend my younger relatives/children of friends on Facebook.  (Unless I am invited to, of...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

A Blast from the Massachusetts Past

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When I announced I was going to Cape Cod, a co-worker recommended we visit Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA.  It was a wonderful ki...
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Cape Cod's Local Wild Jams and Jellies

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 This trip to Cape Cod, we kept running into local jams and jellies.  Not just your typical tourist jams but real, homemade, from domestic a...
Friday, September 11, 2009

Chatham Great White Sharks-Not! (Or, What we did on our Summer Vacation)

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I just returned from Cape Cod this afternoon.  So, fresh off the digital camera....  We did not plan to go to Chatham originally (where th...

Years ago it was my Father in Law's Birthday

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My father in law, if he had still been alive, would have turned 75 on September 11, 2001. Of course, that is not what September 11, 2001 i...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The continuing tragedy of the Binghamton Salt Babies - more Forgotten History

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There is an older black [this information is relevant] woman who has been seen for years in downtown Binghamton. She appears (to the casual ...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Forgotten History: The Binghamton Clothing Company Fire of 1913

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Binghamton has been in the news before in a tragic way.  This past April was not the first time. Many people know about the Triangle Shirt...
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

There but for the grace of.....

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There is a small, one woman beauty parlor on a main street in the Triple Cities.  In the front, the proprietor cuts hair.  In the back, by t...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Last Labor Day Weekend for Johnson City, NY?

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The Labor Day weekend was always a good time for Johnson City, NY.  Johnson City Field Days (a carnival, proceeds to local organizations) w...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

My Facebook Experiences-quick before everyone quits

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If the NY Times says so, it is official.....so quick, while Facebook still exists-as promised, my experiences. First, the good: 1.  I mad...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Grand Opening of the new Giant/Weis

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This is a big deal in our area, the sale of a 75 year old family owned chain to Pennsylvania chain Weis .  Today was the grand reopening al...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

More on the Baby Boomer Icon Death Journal

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Here are two recent deaths, both with links to my native Bronx. Corazon Aquino The Reverend Ike.  The Reverend was a part of the Bronx ...