Saturday, March 14, 2015

Local Saturday - Pi Day

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Pi Day - 3.14.15. (followed by about 10 trillion digits) Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter . What is so mys...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

Ice Breakup

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Spring is getting closer every week here in the Binghamton area of upstate New York. Last week, we were having lows below zero. This week,...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Owl Capone

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It's the movie The Birds - in real life. Sort of.  And only one bird. An angry owl has attacked at least three people (one person twic...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Winter Wonders - The Thaw

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This morning, we are under a fog advisory.  Spring is on the way. We received a peek of spring yesterday, as it reached 50 degrees F (10 C...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

How Many Stars are Too Many?

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When stars of the entertainment field come together to raise funds for programs benefiting people with autism, the answer is "never to...
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Monday, March 9, 2015

Is Daylight Time Still Necessary?

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This morning, I am groggy.  My body thinks it should still be asleep. Statistics show there will be a higher number of car accidents in m...
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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Civil War Sunday - Graffiti

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General Sherman and about 60,000 Federal troops were on their way to Fayetteville, North Carolina.  In another three days, they would arri...
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Saturday, March 7, 2015

Civil War Saturday Special Edition - The Bridge

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You could say it is only a bridge.  Built between 1939-1940, it opened on May 25, 1940 and carries some 17,000. vehicles a day over a river ...
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Friday, March 6, 2015

Overdue Compliments

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Today, it's time to pay a long overdue compliment. Did you know that March 1 was World Compliment Day ? Well, I didn't either.  ...
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Thursday, March 5, 2015

National Grammar Day - Thank Your Grammar Geek Today

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March 4 was National Grammar Day. I am not a grammar expert, which is why I admire those who are. I'm not the only one.  Here, the C...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Winter Wonders - Three More To Go

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It's that time of year. Somewhere in the United States, spring has come. Somewhere, robins peck at green lawns as mild breezes blow....
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Thanking the 19th Century

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100 years ago, in the United States, women could not vote in a national election (that right was granted by the 19th amendment, ratified in...
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Monday, March 2, 2015

Sneaking Through the Snow

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Have you ever heard of snow sneakers? I hadn't, either, until I read through an L.L. Bean catalog. L.L. Bean is a State of Maine ret...
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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Civil War Sunday - With Malice Towards None

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On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President for his second term. The nation had been at war with itself for alm...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Live Long and Prosper

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It was September of 1966.  I was in junior high school (what middle school was called back then) and I lived in a New York City housing proj...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

A Wintery Walk

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I sometimes don't understand why some of my blog readers seem to have an endless appetite for m me blogging about winter and snow.  Eith...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

When It Is Good to Complain

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Is complaining bad for you? That's our common wisdom.  Some people say "yes", and add that we should replace complaints with...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Winter Wonders Of a Below Zero Sunrise

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This is not what you want to wake up to, as my son did yesterday (the bottom temperature is the outside temperature.) This is -30.8 C, f...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

What A Man Did For His Son

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Why must individuals with autism suffer with an unemployment rate of 90%? Why, indeed. As the sister in law of a man in his 50's with ...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

The Six Flag Raisers

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You could say it's only a photograph.  But it is also a story, a tragic story, a story that will be getting some attention in the United...