Monday, November 30, 2009

The Widows of Christmas

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My mother in law is a Widow of Christmas. We watched "It's a Wonderful Life" with my mother and father in law on the evening...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

To Frack or Not To Frack? That Is Our Question

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The word "frack" has several meanings.  One of them is as a replacement word for a certain four letter word.  Some people in our a...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Mounted Police of Black Friday

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Yesterday morning I had "Black Friday withdrawal" and ended up getting out with spouse about 7:10 am to see what places we could g...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Black Friday

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I've been shopping Black Friday for years, even before many people knew the name.  I know I've been doing it for over 10 years. Ye...
Monday, November 23, 2009

The Long and Winding Road Back to Where I Once Belonged

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I'm watching the freestyle round on the finale of Dancing with the Stars. I saw Kelly Osbourne's freestyle final performance, danc...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

46 Years

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For baby boomers, the assassination of President Kennedy was the "defining moment" -  the moment that would be frozen in our min...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Arctic Night and Antarctica Penguins

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Around the globe, I continue to chase the Eternal Sunset, thanks to the Internet. In Fairbanks, Alaska, the day length is down to almost 5...

Organic FarmVille?

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I have become one of the many FarmVille addicts on Facebook.  I am writing this blog entry in while waiting for raspberries and strawberries...

Johnson City Lives!

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I'm a week late in reporting this but:  after the absentee ballots were counted, dissolution of the village failed .  Not by much, provi...
Friday, November 20, 2009

The Last Fish Fry

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Tonight was the last Dougs Fish Fry to Go benefiting PanCAN . Thank you for making the trip, Dougs, and letting us enjoy yur wonderful f...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Purple needs to be the new pink

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Kay Friedlander.  For those who live in Ithaca, a social worker, a helper to many with their eldercare issues .  She has devoted her life to...

NYC has the Rockefeller Center Tree-We have Books Books Books

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The Penguin Putnam booksale (a classic event every November in our area) is in progress.  Two more days, if memory serves. I, of course, ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Fighting Pancreatic Cancer One Fish at a Time

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Just finished my yummy fish dinner from our local Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser.  (I wrote about that yesterday). Unlike last week, we visi...

Them Good Old Days of Simple Electricity

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Several days ago I wrote about the dangers of dwelling in the past where everthing was just peachy-keen, when in reality, there were some re...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Frying Fish for Pancreatic Cancer

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 Pancreatic cancer is personal for me.  It killed an aunt, an uncle and a great aunt (both sides of my family have been touched.)  My walkin...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

A Special Veteran

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Many years ago, when we were a lot younger and my spouse was serving in the military, we befriended a younger single man.  At the time we we...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Never Forget

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November 9 and 10. For some reason certain dates seem to attract more than their share of anniversaries. November 10.... The 40th anni...

Farming on Facebook

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I am about a week into playing my first online game on Facebook.  It is a social game, and with only one friend also playing it I am not goi...
Sunday, November 8, 2009

Ah, those wonderful 50's and 60's-or not

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If you are the typical 50-something, you pass various joke emails back and forth....about aging, weight gain, and "how good it was in t...
Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Facebook of the Dead

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Facebook continues to be invaded by 50 somethings, if my office is any indication. The two most cited reasons are to keep up with family (...